Etek Star Board Breakbeam sensor part# (or other help)

[new ion?]

Hey,

Trying to drop an E2 board into an Etek Star frame, I have the frame dremelled out to accept the board, but the sensor on the E2 board doesn't match up with the trigger, as everything 06+ went to a centered arm instead of an offset one. I was thinking of just desoldering the sensor from the Star board and placing it on the E2, , but the emitter takes 5V, whereas the emitter on the E2 board is only 1.5V to the emitter.

Does anyone know the part number? I want to see if I can find a similar part with a lower voltage requirement to match the E2 board.

Or, if I could replace a resistor, that would work too, but I would love to know which one and what I should replace it with.

Really wishing I had an electric soldering iron right now, my butane one is just EATING through fuel while set as high as possible.... yes, I took the emitter off before checking the voltage drop.

Thanks!

[Nobody]

can the E2 board handle break beam eyes? i am assuming that the etek eyes are break beam.

[new ion?]

E2 can handle break beam eyes, but I'm talking about the trigger sensor.

[new ion?]

Further to this, does anyone know any specs on the receiver used for these boards? I'm curious to know what wavelength these emitters are supposed to be detecting.

I wonder if an email to Planet could help me with this better..

edit - being dumb. I can just match both pieces and be good to go.

edit 2 - Ordering these parts:

Emitter

Receiver

I worry about the receiver orientation being correct, but hey, it's like 4 dollars.

[pote]

I did it on my karni a ling time ago using an mq2....dont remember how i did the trigger tho....

[new ion?]

I've actually modified an 06 frame for an E2 as well. For that one, I just put a 'flag' of electrical tape along the trigger arm...

I don't have pics, but I can get some when I get home.

This I want to do 'properly' though. Plus, there would be a LOT more trigger arm to file off, and I would still need to put a 'flag' on the arm.

[new ion?]

So, I've replaced the trigger sensor. Pics to follow. Unfortunately, my screen developed a couple lines in it, which sucks. Possibly due to a short I inadvertently introduced when I accidentally touched the capacitor leads to bare aluminium.

[new ion?]

Crappy second photo, but here we go.