Lippert teach pendant

[mrpardee]

Well after having to pay twice to fix my full wall slide, it has broken again! The rear motor starts while the other 2 do not. Same thing for the third time. I think it’s time to purchase a teach pendant. Does anyone know where to get one? I’ve looked on eBay and Amazon.

[justinpirie]

Originally Posted by mrpardee

Well after having to pay twice to fix my full wall slide, it has broken again! The rear motor starts while the other 2 do not. Same thing for the third time. I think it’s time to purchase a teach pendant. Does anyone know where to get one? I’ve looked on eBay and Amazon.

I got mine on eBay for about $450.

[Louseman]

Anyone ever opened a teach pendant up? Is it just a box of switches, or is there any integrated circuit smarts inside? At $450 a pop, it's time to reverse engineer that thing, and post the schematics.

[mrpardee]

Originally Posted by Louseman

Anyone ever opened a teach pendant up? Is it just a box of switches, or is there any integrated circuit smarts inside? At $450 a pop, it's time to reverse engineer that thing, and post the schematics.

If I find one I’ll let you know. A shop charged me $550 to sync mine and only used the slide about 10 times before it stopped working again. I figured if I can get one for $450 I’d be ahead of the game

[justinpirie]

Yeah that’s why I bought mine..,

[mrpardee]

So I was talking to Lippert to troubleshoot my slide. He told me to check voltage coming in to the board. should be 12v or more(makes sense). I do get a low voltage light on my dash if I am sitting for a period of time. We were sitting for about 4 weeks when I tried to move slide in. I've read on these forums that low voltage seems to be the norm so I've never given it much thought until now. Lippert told me that anytime the voltage is low the stops need to be reprogrammed.

[Louseman]

Originally Posted by mrpardee

If I find one I’ll let you know. A shop charged me $550 to sync mine and only used the slide about 10 times before it stopped working again. I figured if I can get one for $450 I’d be ahead of the game

I am willing to take a crack at figuring out what goes on in the teach pendant.

Have you seen the manual approach to programming your slide motors? Attached is a PDF published by Power Gear that describes the operation on page 6. It may take three people to monitor, move and set the controller, but appears it can be done. This procedure is what makes me believe that the teach pendant is mostly a simple remote switch box. Maybe some communication protocol also.

Manual_Slide_Control_pg_82_S0379.pdf

Here is the text of the PDF instructions:
This procedure is intended as an emergency instruction list for service center
personnel to use in the field. On site personnel may not have ready access to the
programming box. The procedure is best handled with three people. One operating
the wall switch inside the coach, one operating the reset buttons on the control, and
a third person checking room seals.

1. Align the rails. If one or more rails are not in the correct position you must
align them by unplugging the motor on the rail(s) that is the first to reach the
stop point, then the person inside the coach can move the rest of the rails until
another person under the slide room to advise when the rails are aligned.
Then plug the motor back in. This may take a couple of tries. The object is to
get all rails aligned in a row before setting the stop points on the controller.

2. Reset the IN stop point. The reset buttons on the controller are noted in the
picture above. Press the reset button for the IN position in and hold while
moving the room IN until reaching the correct stop point. When the room is in
the correct IN position, release the reset button. This will set the correct
position for all motors. Note: IN must be set before OUT

3. Reset the OUT stop point. Push in and hold the OUT stop reset button while
another person operates the room switch to move the room until it is in the
correct out position. Once the room is in the correct OUT position, release the
OUT reset button. This completes the slide control calibration / programming.

4. Failure to completely hold the button in until finished programming will
require starting over!!!!!!!!




PROGRAMMING SLIDE CONTROL WITHOUT PROGRAMMING BOX

Intended for service personnel in the field.
On site personnel may not have ready access to the programming box. The
procedure is best handled with three people; one operating the wall switch
inside the coach; one operating the reset buttons on the controller, and
one checking room seals.

Align the rails.
If one or more rails are not in the correct position, align them by
unplugging the motor on the rail(s) that is the first to reach the stop
point.

Next the person inside the coach moves the remaining rails until the
person under the slide room determines that the rails are aligned. Next
plug the motor back in. This may take a few tries. The objective is to
get all rails aligned in a row before setting the controller stop points.

Reset "IN" stop point. Press and hold the reset button for the "IN"
position while moving the room "IN" until reaching the correct stop point.
When the room is in the correct "IN" position, release the reset button.
This will set the correct position for all motors.

Note: "IN" must be set before "OUT." Reset "OUT" stop point.

(See wiring diagram, Page 5)

Repeat this for the "OUT" position. Push in and hold the "OUT" stop reset
button while another person operates the room switch to move the room
until it is in the correct out position. Once the room is in the correct
"OUT" position, release the "OUT" reset button.

This completes the slide control calibration/programming.

[mrpardee]

So I bit the bullet and ordered the teach pendant. I followed the instructions provided by Lippert. So much better than a 3/4” wrench lol. In the teach mode slide works perfectly. Switch it to run mode and now my rear motor won’t run🙄. Any ideas? I’m lucky I’m not going anywhere for a while.

[Tha_Rooster]

Originally Posted by mrpardee

So I bit the bullet and ordered the teach pendant. I followed the instructions provided by Lippert. So much better than a 3/4” wrench lol. In the teach mode slide works perfectly. Switch it to run mode and now my rear motor won’t run[emoji849]. Any ideas? I’m lucky I’m not going anywhere for a while.

Check fuse on that motor?

[marjoa]

Originally Posted by mrpardee

So I bit the bullet and ordered the teach pendant. I followed the instructions provided by Lippert. So much better than a 3/4” wrench lol. In the teach mode slide works perfectly. Switch it to run mode and now my rear motor won’t run��. Any ideas? I’m lucky I’m not going anywhere for a while.

Just for other folks that may be following this thread.

This is no punch or insult to or at the OP for your problem....trust me. I really feel bad for you. It's just another one in the archives I've read over the past few years.

I am so done with Lippert Schwintek slide systems. They are nothing but trouble from all I've read. And especially on full wall slides. Small bedroom slides seem—SEEM— to be ok. I know, I know....sure they're are some folks that have no problems. SOME. But I'll tell ya one thing—IF—and that's a BIG IF—we ever decided to change to a different coach, it would NOT have Lippert Schwintek slide system. PERIOD.

Are you reading social media Lippert? Hummmmm? Hello.....anybody out there? Here's another one of YOUR customers...that has to go buy a $450 item to make your POS system kinda work.

Jeeze.

[A Traveler]

Originally Posted by Tha_Rooster

Check fuse on that motor?

Read his post again. He said the slide works perfectly in the teach mode. If it was a blown fuse, it wouldn’t work at all.

[Tha_Rooster]

Originally Posted by A Traveler

Read his post again. He said the slide works perfectly in the teach mode. If it was a blown fuse, it wouldn’t work at all.

Thanks, but your post is not true either. Each motor has its own fuse on control board so one motor could blow its fuse and not work.

[mrpardee]

Originally Posted by marjoa

Just for other folks that may be following this thread.

This is no punch or insult to or at the OP for your problem....trust me. I really feel bad for you. It's just another one in the archives I've read over the past few years.

I am so done with Lippert Schwintek slide systems. They are nothing but trouble from all I've read. And especially on full wall slides. Small bedroom slides seem—SEEM— to be ok. I know, I know....sure they're are some folks that have no problems. SOME. But I'll tell ya one thing—IF—and that's a BIG IF—we ever decided to change to a different coach, it would NOT have Lippert Schwintek slide system. PERIOD.

Are you reading social media Lippert? Hummmmm? Hello.....anybody out there? Here's another one of YOUR customers...that has to go buy a $450 item to make your POS system kinda work.

Jeeze.

I wish! it was $800

[mrpardee]

Originally Posted by Tha_Rooster

Thanks, but your post is not true either. Each motor has its own fuse on control board so one motor could blow its fuse and not work.

The Rooster is correct. All fuses are good, I have power on both sides of fuses. I even switched the #3 motor plugs to motor #4 which is empty on my controller with no change. The odd thing is that the initial problem was the rear motor was the only one working