Pypilot not turning motor

[andy kopac]

My Pypilot setup stopped working about a week ago.  It is a off the shelf setup with pypilot, motor controller, Davis wind instruments and sensor box, and rudder sender.  It worked great until about 2 weeks ago.  Wish I could tell you what I did before it quit.  I checked the motor and it works perfect directly connected to 12v both ways.  The pilot and Esther box boot perfect.  I can control it with opencpn overwifi,I can control it with wireless remote, I can controller with its web page, but it won’t drive the motor.  The motor is a Benmar and it worked before with it. And works direct from 12v again. I’m 1/2 way down the California coast headed to MX.  I also have a spare motor controller box.  It makes a fast beeping noise, and do the leds in the boxes give any fault codes or anything?Any help would be appreciated.  This might help.  Its coming up with an error message. " SYNC_MAX_RUDDER_FAULT".  It also moves the motor slightly when you engage the drive the first time after you boot PyPilot.

Thanks guys

Andy