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I am currently installing an Elmod board in a WSN T34. Everything functions as it should, but there is one thing not yet connected. This is the recoil.

I have had the unit running off a 6v power supply, so I know that the motor is ok, and that power goes through the microswitch (though the actual recoil hardly looks worth bothering with!  ::)

What I need to know is, where should the power be connected on the board?

Two wires off the microswitch.

Two wires off the recoil motor.

I am looking for 'how does the recoil work' and which route does the power take, rather than a description of HL/WSN wiring (that all went out of the window), this is a complete rewire job. I can hook up these wires to anything on the tank, I just need to know what is permanent live and what triggers the recoil etc

Hoping someone out there can tell me. 

Cheers

Rob G

The microswitch is just to light the gun flash LED, you can by pass that and hook the LED directly to the flash output of te el-mod circuit.

The recoil motor you just have to connect to the el-mod recoil output and fiddle with the settings I seem to recall that there is a setting for the WSN recoil (as opposed to the Tam) but I don't have my el-mod instructions to hand

Aha! Ok, the flash is already working as I have that wired into the 5 pin aux lighting socket.

I have read the manual on recoils etc, and though it refers to the WSN unit it doesn't say where to attach the wiring?

There are two 3 pin servo sockets, but as I only have 2 wires from the recoil motor I am guessing it isn't those? I tried the airsoft circuit but that didn't do anything at all.

What I can't figure out is how the recoil motor knows when to stop rotating, or does the Elmod board take care of that? I seem to recall that I can set the jumpers to sort something out, but as it doesn't work yet..I am stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Rob G