Lutron Shade Experts,
My 2003 Sivoia wired blackout shade for home theater has been getting stuck for years. So mostly I don't use it and keep the shade down. There are left and right tracks that have hair to block light, and this hair seems to create a frictional force which causes the motor current to increase.
To open/close the shade, I have to climb a ladder and with a paper clip end I have to play with the 4 small contacts on the shade roller end, and I am getting tired of doing this.
I believe the root cause is the processor senses too much motor current and assumes the shade will tear and stops the shade motor.
I believe the motor current threshold is programmable, but my Lutron system and software are from 2003 and only has a RS-232 connector for communication and I fear an upgrade will be problematic for my system.
The Sivoia shade is controlled by a HWI-ENC-LV17-120 low voltage enclosure. Is there a dip switch setting that I can manually change to increase the motor current threshold?
If not, what have others done to fix this problem? Can the tracks of the blackout shade be widened to reduce the frictional force which will reduce the shade motor current?
Thank you