martonmiklos / robomow_rl_ppm_remote

Drive your RL series Robomow lawnmower with a PPM remote

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RC Remote control for Robomow RL series lawn mowers

What?

Quick and dirty Arduino code to being able to control your Robomow RL series mower* with a PPM remote.

*= Tested with Robomow City 120 however likely to work with RL-1000, RL-2000 RL-550, RL-850, etc. which has similar removable terminal with pigtail cable. It is possible that similar mowers are compatible, however RL-500 is known to be using a different protocol.

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Necessary equipment

  • PPM compatible RC transmitter an receiver (tested with a DJI Phantom MK1 remote an receiver)
  • Arduino Pro micro (the code shall be portable to other Arduinos)
  • Inverter to the Arduino TX line
  • PPM-reader library from Nikkilae

Connection info - see schematic in cad folder

  • Hook your PPM receiever's output to the Arduino's pin 3
  • Remove the terminal from the mower
  • Connect your Serial1 port TX pin to the RX pin of mower's terminal RJ11 (pin 5)
  • Power your Arduino and the mower
  • Profit!

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Drive your RL series Robomow lawnmower with a PPM remote


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