2020-08-23, 08:58 PM
(2020-08-23, 07:51 PM)jamos.tan@gmail.com Wrote: Thanks, I don't have a hydraulic motor yet, but my current H-bridge can go to 43A, but I've configured Pypilot to max 20A.
I didn't yet know btw that the amps setting you describe would have such an effect, this probably means that I need to set my small Autohelm st4000 tiller to a much lower setting. My presumption was, just set it as high as it "can" go for testing, not yet having properly set it to the best value for power saving.
I was planning to use a hydraulic as main and only for emergency use a tiller, still browsing on the internet for a second hand somewhere.
So in case of main autopilot failure I wanted to switch to the secondary tiller, but, use the same H-Bridge driver for it. So I was thinking of adding a hardware switch which could make this possible.
I have this exact setup but in my case I have a hydraulic motor on my main and an electric cable steer on my "kicker" motor. I have a Dual pole dual throw switch which selects between the main and the kicker. They actually make one that fit right in my switch panel and it matches my other switches.