Frequently Asked Questions

• My winch is very slow ?
• How to change the mode of Way
• Not use RaspberryPI board, how to change board ?

My winch is very slow ?

check openwinch/constantes.py file constant :

LOOP_DELAY = 0.01  # Delay in second of main loop.
WINCH_DIAM = 0.2   # Diameter in meter.

How to change the mode of Way ?

Change OW_MODE environment variable to specific mode : Mode.OneWay or Mode.TwoWay

Not use RaspberryPI board, how to change board ?

Change OW_BOARD environment variable to specific board :

• RaspberryPI : openwinch.hardwarePi.RaspberryPi (you can remap GPIO in hardware_config.py file)