I have a 20-year-old awning. The control box broke. I want to replace the box with a wall switch where, if you flipped the switch up, the awning would go out. If you put the switch in the middle, the power would be off. If you flipped the switch down, the awning would go back in. I have attached a picture of the 120V wiring. The bottom wires, white, black, and green, plug into a wall outlet. The top wires, blue, black, white, and white/green, go to the awning motor.
The awning manufacturer, Awntech, would not give me any wiring information or who makes the motor. Help Please!

 

Can you measure with an ohm meter to see if the "blue" wire connects to the motor frame to see if it is the ground connection?
And I would think the green wire from the power point is ground so if the wire does go to the frame, those 2 wires can be connected together.

Then measure from the black and white to the white/green to ensure they are connected (with some resistance) to ensure they are the motor windings.
If so, the white wire will probably go to the white/green wire.

If none of the tests above are correct, stop and get on site help.
Wiring a 100W mains lamp in line with the power in can be a good safe way to test the setup as the lamp will prevent things blowing up.
BUT----
If you are not happy with dealing with mains wiring, please get someone to help you. That can prevent fires and death!!1

 

Can you measure with an ohm meter to see if the "blue" wire connects to the motor frame to see if it is the ground connection?
And I would think the green wire from the power point is ground so if the wire does go to the frame, those 2 wires can be connected together.

Then measure from the black and white to the white/green to ensure they are connected (with some resistance) to ensure they are the motor windings.
If so, the white wire will probably go to the white/green wire.

If none of the tests above are correct, stop and get on site help.
Wiring a 100W mains lamp in line with the power in can be a good safe way to test the setup as the lamp will prevent things blowing up.
BUT----
If you are not happy with dealing with mains wiring, please get someone to help you. That can prevent fires and death!!1

So, I remembered that I have to manually wind the awning out a bit. It has limit switches and shuts the power off when it is fully extended or retracted. Using my ohm meter, I did not get a reading when touching the black to white/green, so white/green is ground and will connect to the power cord green. Black is hot and will connect to the power cord black/hot. Now I need a light type switch that is on/off/on so that the middle is no power, black power cord connects to motor black, left connects white power cord to motor blue, or right connects white power cord to motor white.

 

Most important is to know which one is the motor ground. Check with one multimeter lead on the metal frame, to the other wires. Possibly it's the green or old faded blue?
Did this ever work right? Because I think the motor white goes to Neutral. I'm not sure which is Neutral - the white and white/green etc.

Can you make out the brand of motor used? Simu, Aleko, and Somfy are common. Awning companies really want to do the wiring and charge you for it.

I can draw a wiring diagram if you can take a few ohmmeter readings.
You want a light switch with a center-off, these are rare and expensive, should be waterproof?
https://www.grainger.com/product/HUBBELL-WIRING-DEVICE-KELLEMS-Wall-Switch-3D370
So that is why you have that toggle switch, it's just lower cost.

 

Most important is to know which one is the motor ground. Check with one multimeter lead on the metal frame, to the other wires. Possibly it's the green or old faded blue?
Did this ever work right? Because I think the motor white goes to Neutral. I'm not sure which is Neutral - the white and white/green etc.

Can you make out the brand of motor used? Simu, Aleko, and Somfy are common. Awning companies really want to do the wiring and charge you for it.

I can draw a wiring diagram if you can take a few ohmmeter readings.
You want a light switch with a center-off, these are rare and expensive, should be waterproof?
https://www.grainger.com/product/HUBBELL-WIRING-DEVICE-KELLEMS-Wall-Switch-3D370
So that is why you have that toggle switch, it's just lower cost.

Can you measure with an ohm meter to see if the "blue" wire connects to the motor frame to see if it is the ground connection?
And I would think the green wire from the power point is ground so if the wire does go to the frame, those 2 wires can be connected together.

Then measure from the black and white to the white/green to ensure they are connected (with some resistance) to ensure they are the motor windings.
If so, the white wire will probably go to the white/green wire.

If none of the tests above are correct, stop and get on site help.
Wiring a 100W mains lamp in line with the power in can be a good safe way to test the setup as the lamp will prevent things blowing up.
BUT----
If you are not happy with dealing with mains wiring, please get someone to help you. That can prevent fires and death!!1

So you are thinking the motor was manufactured in Japan, and they use blue for ground?

 

So you are thinking the motor was manufactured in Japan, and they use blue for ground?

So I figured it out. Thank you for the reply regarding checking which wire is ground at the motor. The ground is green/white. To make the awning go out, wire black goes to motor black, wire white goes to motor blue, and motor white is not connected. To bring the awning in, wire black goes to motor white, wire white goes to motor blue, and motor black is not connected. Now to find a switch.