| Modifying the TM751 Transceiver
I have successfully modified three of these units
with some erratic results and I accept no
responsibility for the effects of anyone making these modifications.
You follow these instructions at your own risk.
The TM751 Transceiver is useful on two counts: first it is smaller than
the RR501 and secondly it responds to all unit codes for its house code
setting.
- First remove the two screws at the back of the unit.
- Separate the two halves of the case.
- Unsolder the black wire going to the copper strip by the arial.
- Remove the PC assembly from the case.
- Remove the large blue 2.2uf 250 V capacitor. Ideally, you
should replace it with a 1uF 400V capacitor, but my 1uF capacitors
will not physically fit. I have therefore used 470nF 400 V
capacitors instead.
- Replace the 200nF 250 V capacitor with a 100nF 400V capacitor.
- Replace R22, the 220k 0.5W resistor with a 470k 0.5W resistor.
- Replace the blue MOV with a 275V MOV.
- Unsolder one of the wires going to the CAM relay and solder a 100
ohm 2W resistor in series with one of the wires.
- Make sure there is no stray solder on the
circuit board and check your work carefully.
- Reassemble the unit and test.
Having performed these modifications, I have found that the CAM relay
does not always operate as expected.
On one module pressing unit code 1 "ON" the relay switches
"ON", but pressing unit code 1 "OFF", the relay does
not switch off. Instead the next press of unit code 1
"ON" switches it off.
The other two modules operate correctly with unit code 1 "ON"
switching the relay "ON" and unit code 1 "OFF"
switching the relay off.
Any comments guys?
Dec 2002 - Daniel Rubino has commented:
The problem that I
saw, was that
the module wasn't getting enough volts. It should be 19 volts before the
78L05 power regulator and 5 volts after it... But I only got 2 volts
instead...Nov 2005
Matthew
Nazmi has reported
that the design of the module has changed and that these instructions do
not work. Please therefore be careful if you attempt any
modifications to this module.
If you attempt these modifications, please let me
know your results, and read the warning on the X-10
240 volt modifications page. |
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