For trade
An awning, a step or a bed, from the screen
The Motor Driver lets a SavvyVan3 open and close one motorised mechanism - an awning, a step, a drop-down bed, a pop-top or a side pod - with a tap. It learns how far the mechanism travels by calibrating itself, stops early if something is in the way, and can be locked out by a sensor.
It drives one 12V DC motor of up to 5A, which must reverse with its polarity and have its own limit switches to stop it at each end. Three-wire motors are not supported yet. It is driven from the panel's screen only - not the phone app, a SavvyDot or a logic rule - and it needs panel software 2.5.1 or later.
The Motor Driver is sold to trade only - converters, dealers and installers with a SavvyVan trade account.
What it does
A small board between the van's 12V and one motor, set up and driven from the same screen as everything else.
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One tap, all the way
Open or Close runs the mechanism to the end and stops. A red Stop, never greyed out, stops it at any point, and the screen says where it is.
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It measures itself
Auto-Calibrate runs the mechanism out and back once, and the Motor Driver learns how long it takes and how much current it normally draws.
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Stops on an obstruction
It watches the motor's current the whole way and stops early if it rises past the limit, which is what something in the way looks like.
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A lockout input
A sensor can stop it and refuse to move it - an awning's travel cage in place, or the bedroom door open on a drop-down bed. Not needed? Link it out.
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Named for what it drives
Awning, Bed, Pop-Top, Side Pod, Step, or your own name. The owner sees it on their page, and opens it from the side menu.
The details
- Motor
- One 12V DC motor that reverses with its polarity and has its own limit switches
- Motor current
- Up to 5A
- Supply
- 12V, fused at the battery
- Terminals
- Eight screw terminals - the lockout sensor, the motor and the supply
- Lockout
- For a three-wire sensor, set to act on contact or on separation, or linked out
- Connection
- Wireless, to a SavvyVan3 - one Motor Driver per panel
- Set up in
- Installer Settings, on the panel
- Panel software
- 2.5.1 or later
Fitting it, and using it
Talk to us about the Motor Driver
Trade pricing and lead times are worked out with you directly. Already have a trade account? Get in touch. If not, apply and we will come back to you.