DMordarski said:
do you have any more details? I would love to do the same on mine
Hi and welcome. I used the Carefree sensor, part number SR0093. It's available on Amazon still for $85.02.
https://www.amazon.com/Carefree-SR0093-Direct-Response-Upgrade/dp/B004RCUR8M
I have the Lippert Solera awning, it has the Power drive Solera head with speaker.
I removed the cover from the drive head and mounted the sensor - it uses double stick tape. Connected the wiring and brought the cable out the same place the other cables entered the head unit. Ran them inside the arms in the same channel as the power cables. Getting the cable inside and routing to where your current switches are will probably be the hardest part. You remove the old switches and install the CareFree ones and you are set.
You can download their instructions
https://www.carefreeofcolorado.com/documents/12V-Travelr-Direct-Response.pdf to give you an idea of what the wiring looks like.
Running the cable cleanly was the longest part. In my case, wiring the new switches was easy as the old switches were easily changed as mine had on/off on one switch and the retract/extend switch but no sensors.
With the sensor installed, when you press Retract it retracts all the way. If you want it to stop, hit Extend. Turning it Off prevents it from auto-retracting (or extending), I turned it Off when moving only.
I used my RV a lot at race tracks teaching motorcycle racing, I installed the sensor back in 2016. On track 30 minutes, off an hour. It was nice to have the awning extended, and I can't tell you how many times I came back in and my awning had retracted. I never had an damage. I thought that was great for $85 and some time.