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i dont have my gate sizes i cut them down alot after i built them. but its not too important just make sure its mounted at least a 1/2in from the bottom of the boat and a 1/2in insde the outer edge.  if you search posts under my name i have a thread where i had pics of my hdpe gates on my 99vlx

i like the stuff you put in your rear compartments definitely going to add this to all my sub seat and compartment storage i have finished fiberglass/platic but things just get wet sitting on the floor in there. 

sounds like you're using jon's code i have no idea how to help troubleshoot that - there is a new build that someone took on in the working forum that has bluetooth and a phone app

so i'm going to have to raise the platform to add FAE which most new boats have a higher platform so i'm going to go ahead and raise it with some HDPE 

so much more room in the back of a 247 vs a 21VLX! doing this install soon as well. 

i've got a 2010 would love more information and detail about how you mounted these.  i'm working on finding a boat in the KC area thats a 13 or 14 to go measure and template off of

Gatorstep showed up today. Going to swap to the counter sunk bolt heads. 

3 minutes ago, jtryon said:

i have a GPS coming that will be delivered today and i should know if it's working by tomorrow as well.

jhartt, on the GPS i'm using here, it has external male pins so all you need is a female/female jumper pins from the board to the GPS and you're good to go with no soldering.

Yes thats what i have but Thompson said he was able to configure the board in such a way that you could just plug the GPS straight into the main board. Not sure what he did though

4 minutes ago, SONICJK said:

So rotary encoder is working in the code. Now just need to test GPS.
Once everything is up and running effectively I'll put up a wiring diagram. 

Can you set the pinout such that the GPS just plugs into the board i know jon said he did that so there is almost no wiring  between internal devices. 

Really love what you guys have done here thanks for continuing to improve my initial design i look forward to seeing the schematics. 

@jtryon  thanks for taking this on if you run into any issues let me know i'll see if i can help.  I don't have time to really build a new one again.  Really interested to see how this turns out.  

@jonthompson  any updates? 

@jonthompson How are things going man? 

@jonthompsonhowd the lake test go?  

@jonthompson you feeling any better man?  

10 minutes ago, jonthompson said:

yep was coming here to say that - the #1 issue people have is the rotary encoder, they all vary and it was a huge pain. if you have that in. pull it out.  otherwise it sounds like a speed issue is your gps displaying a valid speed? can you paste the debug code in?

 

just a heads up, ontop of a broken finger i was in a bike accident right after posting on thurs and am still recovering.. clearly not my summer - concussion and bumps and bruises and maybe a broken hand, tbd still.  i will post the code this week, just got slowed down on cleaning up and commenting it further.  if anyone already got the new romeo ble controller, hold off, the old code isnt compatible with that one.

@jonthompson  wait you're saying i need to send back the romeo i bought from your previous post? 

I'm likely upgrading to @jonthompson new controller setup he posted.  Will have bluetooth connectivity to your phone .  and less parts to wire up since the motor controllers are integrated to the board.  Hopefully he gets that all posted up in the next few weeks.  my old arduino gave out and rather than get a new one i'm going to try out his new setup.  it appears it maybe able to run off of 12VDC straight from the battery as well. 

@tylerstrop  awesome thanks for having others look into it - I'd say have them look at an android/apple app vs an lcd screen.  would be easier and more versatile and we all already have them in our pockets or on our dash to play tunes.  Wouldnt take much to have that for tweaking the gates in.  @jonthompson said he'd done this but i'm not sure with what.  Please openly share their progress i'd love to upgrade my system from the simple controller i built. 

@jonthompson  did you ever get your new control with bluetooth to a phone app working i'm very interested in upgrading to this system.  

I guess People should be posting who's code they are using here mine or jon's mine doesnt have an encoder and has less parts making it simpler to troubleshoot if you dont really understand what you're doing and just following the guide. 

Either your board is losing power or the speed is dropping out. 

Awesome Jon I'm interested to see what you've got now

no clue, my code would have to be altered to accept it. i have been reno'ing my kitchen and this works well enough for me as is so i havent looked to add that at this point.  also looking at maybe getting a 2013 or 2014 VLX with surfgate and selling my 99VLX so i may never get to it. 

I just looked at your schenatic more. The switch should connect to the Arduino you should pull 5v off of it and send that back to the input. You should not be sending 12v to an Arduino. You may have friend it. 

On a separate note this stuff is really robust. Somehow my controller box ended up full of water.  The only part that needed replaced after drying out was the GPS module. 

I'd just swap your connections at the relays. Then it should work fine. Probably where it's actually backwards.