sidewinder LED index..LOOK for HELP!!!!!

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this is what the CC support sent me in regards to my sidewinder shutting down....by the way it was just needing a BEC..hopr this info is helpful for someone else..CC support was helpfull and prompt with there response

What are the LEDs doing? That tells you everything.

The LED's can have different meanings depending on what you are doing. Hopefully this makes some sense, if you have any questions, just post a reply and I'll do what I can to help clear things up. This applies only to our car controllers (Mamba Monster, Mamba Max, Sidewinder Micro, Mamba Micro Pro, Mamba 25)

*If you are not calibrating and have no throttle input then:*

_Flashing Red and Yellow_ = over temp
_Flashing Green and Yellow_ = low voltage cut-off(battery)
_Flashing Green OR Red _= Speed control has not been calibrated and is not armed; or throttle sub-trim is not at 0.
_Solid Green OR Red _= should not happen when at neutral, indicates full throttle/reverse
_Flashing Yellow _= possible problem with controller
_Solid Yellow_ = indicates neutral and armed
_Flashing all colors_ = speed control is not receiving a valid signal from the receiver, usually indicates the receiver wire is plugged in backwards into the receiver; possible problem with controller or with throttle channel on receiver.

*If you are applying throttle or reverse when NOT calibrating:*

_Flashing Red and Yellow_ = over temp
_Flashing Green and Yellow_ = low voltage cut-off(battery)
_Flashing Green OR Red _= indicates partial throttle (green) or reverse (red)
_Solid Green OR Red _= indicates full throttle (green) or reverse (red)
_Flashing Yellow_ = possible problem with control
_Solid Yellow_ = should never happen
_Flashing all colors_ = speed control is not receiving a valid signal from the receiver, usually indicates the receiver wire is plugged in backwards into the receiver; possible problem with controller or with throttle channel on receiver.

*If you are applying throttle or reverse WHEN calibrating:*

_Flashing Red and Yellow_ = should not happen when calibrating
_Flashing Green and Yellow_ = should not happen when calibrating
_Flashing Green OR Red while beeping_ = indicates speed control is looking for full throttle (green) or full throttle (red). If it continues for more than ~ 8 seconds, indicates speed control is seeing partial throttle (green) or reverse (red), increase endpoints on transmitter so speed control sees full throttle/reverse.
_Solid Green OR Red _= indicates full throttle (green) or reverse (red) has been read
_Flashing Yellow_ = speed control is not seeing a valid neutral signal, check your transmitters throttle sub-trim is at zero, exponential is set to 0 or linear, and mixing is disabled.
_Solid Yellow_ = indicates neutral has calibrated and is armed
_Flashing all colors_ = speed control is not receiving a valid signal from the receiver. Usually indicates the receiver wire is plugged in backwards into the receiver; also happens when speed control has accepted a calibration setting (throttle, reverse or neutral) and flashes/chimes 4 times before moving to next calibration point; or problem with throttle channel on receiver.

Again if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Joe Ford
Product Specialist
Castle Creations