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Pete C

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Hi, my control panel has the white screen of death. I’ve tried all the tricks to get it to reboot. Is there a way to open the hydraulic slides , I got the electric bed slide open.

Thanks in advance we’re in the middle of an Rv trip
 
Which hydraulic system do you have? There is a way to run the pump with a drill.
 
Hi, my control panel has the white screen of death. I’ve tried all the tricks to get it to reboot. Is there a way to open the hydraulic slides , I got the electric bed slide open.

Thanks in advance we’re in the middle of an Rv trip

I would check your trailer manual. Mine shows how to manually activate the relays that In Command actuates to make things happen. For mine, the relays are on the main wiring panel in the pass-through storage compartment.

UPDATE: Welp, I can’t yet find where I saw those instructions but I can tell you they are NOT in my trailer manual, which is a nearly useless collection of general information. My best advice then is to contact support for In Command or your trailer model and/or examine the electrical panel I mentioned to see if it’s marked there.
 
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I would check your trailer manual. Mine shows how to manually activate the relays that In Command actuates to make things happen. For mine, the relays are on the main wiring panel in the pass-through storage compartment.
You are correct. Commonly referred to as the "brain".
 
I checked my “brain” 😀 and it’s spelled out pretty well on the board how to operate things when In Command isn’t working. There’s a rotary switch to select the various relays and a switch to engage whichever relay you’ve selected. And there’s a guide to which relay does what.
 

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I checked my “brain” 😀 and it’s spelled out pretty well on the board how to operate things when In Command isn’t working. There’s a rotary switch to select the various relays and a switch to engage whichever relay you’ve selected. And there’s a guide to which relay does what.

I see a happy face! Guess that's a good sign. :)
 
If you have hydraulic slides the switches on the BCM will not operate those slides, only electric slides
 
If you have hydraulic slides the switches on the BCM will not operate those slides, only electric slides

I have electric slides so I’m at the end of being able to prove examples, but I will just add that I think there must be a similar way to engage the hydraulic actuators for the slides if In Command is down. In Command surely triggers relays somewhere on the way to powering up the hydraulic pumps. Even a rocker switch on a wall panel does that (which could also fail).

I am saying “must be a way” but I probably mean “hopefully there’s a way” because it would be a spectacular oversight if you couldn’t switch on the pumps without In Command, even if they haven’t laid it out neatly on a circuit board.

But this goes on my list of things to look into if I consider a rig with hydraulics. So thanks. 😀
 
I have electric slides so I’m at the end of being able to prove examples, but I will just add that I think there must be a similar way to engage the hydraulic actuators for the slides if In Command is down. In Command surely triggers relays somewhere on the way to powering up the hydraulic pumps. Even a rocker switch on a wall panel does that (which could also fail).

I am saying “must be a way” but I probably mean “hopefully there’s a way” because it would be a spectacular oversight if you couldn’t switch on the pumps without In Command, even if they haven’t laid it out neatly on a circuit board.

But this goes on my list of things to look into if I consider a rig with hydraulics. So thanks. ��

Tis a fact you can’t just switch on the hydrauilc pump if the in command is down..

More than just the pump has to run for the hydrauilc slides to extend or retract..

A Hydac cartridge valve that is (NC) normally closed without 12 VDC to the coil that is slide over the cartridge valve also won’t receive the needed 12 VDC to energize and open to allow fluid flows


If there is a failure of the In Command display or BCM then the only way to operate the hydraulic slides is to manually operate.

** the same procedure is used to manually operate the six point hydraulic level up system should the control panel die, the front forward control module die, etc..
** in this case there are 3 separate Hydac cartridges one must manually open ( one at a time ) to manually operate the hydrauilc levelers while using a cordless drill to run the pump motor

This means one must use a cordless drill, 1/4 inch drive bit to turn the pump and an Allen wrench to open the manual override screw located on the end of the Hydac cartridge valve ..


For those with hydrauilc slides and just a manual switch used to operate the slides in or out that switch sends 12 VDC to Both the dual polarity solenoid to run the pump motor as well as energize the coil on the slide out Hydac cartridge.
 
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