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Abstract

An electric valve control device inputs pulses to a stepping motor to rotate a rotor in a second direction; inputs pulses to the stepping motor to rotate the rotor in a first direction when the electric valve is in a second-direction-rotation restricted state; obtains the number of pulses (an input number (Xi)) input to the stepping motor from the second-direction-rotation restricted state to a first-direction-rotation restricted state when the electric valve is in the first-direction-rotation restricted state while the rotor rotates in the first direction; determines that the rotor can rotate normally when the input number (Xi) is greater than or equal to a design number (Xd) and is smaller than or equal to an upper limit number (Xu); and determines that the rotor cannot rotate normally when the input number (Xi) is smaller than the design number (Xd) or is greater than the upper limit number (Xu).

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