Driveby wrote:Will do. My friend repairs circuit boards for the phone system so this should be relatively simple for him.
Will this void any warranty offer?
Nitrex
Driveby wrote:Will do. My friend repairs circuit boards for the phone system so this should be relatively simple for him.
I am happy to know they are actually getting some good use!!mtlee wrote:Scott,
Just so you know, although I have not used my 2 launchers with birds yet because of the range issue, I have put them to use. I had a pig pickin' at my place this past weekend and people were intrigued by the strange box looking things sitting around. So, I did what any normal good ol boy would do. I loaded it up with a cold beer, launched it straight up, caught it, cracked it, chugged it. Who says these things are worthless!
Sidenote: They will throw a 12 oz can approximately 7-8 feet in the air.
Not so sure about that. You might want to ask him why he didn't set up the antenna for the way the board is laid out. The IC you have on the board is good for up to 3000 feet. The remote key fob is good for 1000 feet. The problem is entirely with the antenna design. There is a place on the board designed specificly for mounting an antenna that is not being used at all. There are is what's called a usable area on the board that the antenna can be mounted to for optimum performance and where the antenna is currently mounted is outside that area. If you look at what would be the top right hand corner of the board you will see what looks like 5 holes in the shape of an "X". (small) This spot was put there for a pcb antenna mount. What we (electronis engineer and myself) are doing now is soldering the antena mount in, running a short pice of coaxial cable from there to the cover, and installing a "rubber ducky" antenna on the cover (similar to a rubber walkie talkie antenna). We will be picking up the parts for the mod this weekend. I will have a few more dollars invested in the launcher but when we're done, I hope to get at least 200 yards of range out of it, maybe more. I'll post pics of the modification and results when we are done. If this works like we think it will, maybe you can incorporate the design into future launchers. My friend and I won't even ask for a design fee.Scott D. wrote: The good news is that he is one of the most skilled wireless designers.
DrivebyDriveby wrote:Not so sure about that. You might want to ask him why he didn't set up the antenna for the way the board is laid out. The IC you have on the board is good for up to 3000 feet. The remote key fob is good for 1000 feet. The problem is entirely with the antenna design. There is a place on the board designed specificly for mounting an antenna that is not being used at all. There are is what's called a usable area on the board that the antenna can be mounted to for optimum performance and where the antenna is currently mounted is outside that area. If you look at what would be the top right hand corner of the board you will see what looks like 5 holes in the shape of an "X". (small) This spot was put there for a pcb antenna mount. What we (electronis engineer and myself) are doing now is soldering the antena mount in, running a short pice of coaxial cable from there to the cover, and installing a "rubber ducky" antenna on the cover (similar to a rubber walkie talkie antenna). We will be picking up the parts for the mod this weekend. I will have a few more dollars invested in the launcher but when we're done, I hope to get at least 200 yards of range out of it, maybe more. I'll post pics of the modification and results when we are done. If this works like we think it will, maybe you can incorporate the design into future launchers. My friend and I won't even ask for a design fee.Scott D. wrote: The good news is that he is one of the most skilled wireless designers.
My board designer is very good. That is not the problem it is the quality that I received from my supplier. That is why it is so frustrating. The good news in this is that when I get this straight it will be a good product. My designer has much experience with with wireless stuff. He designed the control systems for the small unmanned aircraft that the military uses and many other things. One of the e-collar companies was going to have them redesign their stuff a few years back but, didn't move ahead on it (they should have)
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Scott, you might give Ed Radar in In a call. He is a genious at what you are doing. He developed the first hand controlled receiver for shock collars.
rstbkt69 wrote:No new voluntary news for us today. No word from the electronics dude on the distance problem. The antenna problem. Is he still jumping to every whim on the money folks. Get my dog back this week. she had just been gone a short while when I ordered. Looks like I'm gonna have to take you up on that money back offer if you wireless guy is still playing pinochico with the jumping directors.
JIm
Yes, I still want to do a little more testing but, the range issue looks to be solved with the fix. I have been reprogramming and testing bad ones today with good results. If you are comfortable removing the cover an pulling out the circuit board you can send that back to me I will reprogram it and return it. I did not address this yet because I wanted to make sure the software fix was going to take care of the issue. Once I have it all straight I plan to update the software on everyone's launcher.dugger13 wrote:What about the launchers that some of us kept. Do they need to be shipped back to you for a software update?
You are correct it has been a long process. I am starting to get caught up on this. By the end of the month I will likely be complete caught up with no wait time on new orders. I am shipping the ones that came back to me this week. I have fixed most of them and tested them.littleking wrote:ok, i paid for mine in april, received it in august, it didnt work, so i shipped it back. here it is september and i still dont have a launcher.... any updates?!?!?!?!?
why not send one that works to those that have sent their launcher back
Has this happened for anybody yet? Has anybody received working copies yet? Seems like the man has had long enough to produce working copies. WDOBCA1228 wrote:Scott, when can those that ordered back in April/ May but never got one, expect to see theirs?