WIRELESS POWER PAL TROUBLESHOOTING SECTION
The red light on the receiver card does not come on when the program
button is pressed
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Check to make sure the receiver card is properly mounted and
seated into the connector on the PDC board, secured with three (3)
screws.
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Make sure that there is power going to the Power Pal box. A green
LED on the PDC board labeled ‘Power’ should be on.
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Check to make sure that your ‘control’ switch is turned on.
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Using a voltmeter, check that there is 12 volts on the 'Batt'. Terminal
and that the PDC has a metal-to-metal chassis ground. Inspect the
connections for loose wires, loose connections, and poor crimps.
The program light stays on solid or goes out when I attempt to program the
receiver card
.
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Use the top left position on the transmitter keypad to program. Any
other button does not allow the unit to program.
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Remove the receiver antenna from the connector on the receiver
card. Hold the transmitter close to the receiver card and attempt to
program again. If the program is accepted, THOROUGHLY check
your antenna for loose connections, kinked cable, broken cabling, or
excess cable that is coiled.
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Check the status of your batteries. Replace them with fresh alkaline
‘AA’ batteries.
I programmed the receiver to the transmitter, but the unit still won’t
function
.
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Check to make sure the ‘wired / wireless’ switch is in the wireless
position.
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Try moving around the vehicle and operating the transmitter. If the
unit operates intermittently, check your antenna connections
thoroughly.
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Remove the antenna cable from the receiver card. Hold the
transmitter near the receiver card. If the unit operates correctly,
inspect the entire antenna system for poor connections, kinked,
broken, or excess coiled cable.
The transmitter works, but it is intermittent and / or the range is not what it
should be.
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The area of operation may have a high amount of radio frequency
(RF) noise. Try the transmitter in another area and see if the
intermittence stops or changes.
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Check your batteries. Use only alkaline ‘AA’ batteries.
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Make sure that the antenna connections are tight and clean. DO
NOT splice the antenna cable to extend or shorten. Make sure that
the antenna is tight and secure on its base and that the antenna base
is free of oil, dirt, and corrosion inside and out.
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