dual sidewinders wont calibrate to 4pl

[barrybelvedere]

i am having some issue with the signal from the futaba 4pl. when the dual micro sidwindrs are hooked up to a tq3 radio and reciever they work perfect and will calibrate. but when i try to use a 4pl radio on them they chime up but act like they cant find neutral to finish the initiation. when i put the fxrs back in they work on both radios. i keep getting 2 green lights on like the trim is set too far forward but when i try to adj it back i get no results no matter where i adj it to. i have been trying to calibrate them one at a time and/or together. i asked marlboroman and he had the same problem and diddnt use them because of it. so someone has had to figure this out by now. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!

[agbracing]

Check the firmware on the sidewinders with castle link. I could not get my micros to calibrate on the newest beta firmware. Try to downgrade them to the last non beta firmware and the calibrate. I don't know if it is a futaba thing or not but that was the problem I had trying to get running with my 4pks and micro sidewinders.

[Szczerba]

Have you tried reversing your throttle setting on the 4pl. Before calibration.

[RickM]

I have two mamba micro's and I sometimes have to calibrate them one at a time, depending on firmware.

[barrybelvedere]

Thanks agbracing!!! That worked perfect. It will only work with the 1.32 non beta software. But my laptop offered the new version 1.38 beta i clicked on it not knowing what would happen. I wish I would have posted this sooner. I spent many hours scratching my head with frustration and screwing with the settings in the radio. I called a Castle creations tech guy 3 weeks ago about it and he had no idea. Thanks again bud!!!-------- There are some pretty fart smellers in here

[The Violator]

IMO, I have found that firmware upgrades in most things, not just RC, don't always help out. I never upgrade my phones, tablets, or the like. If they work, i leave them alone. Castle specifically has always given me issue when I upgrade firmware. I tend to roll them back to the oldest one available in the castle link software.

[C*H*U*D]

Originally Posted by Szczerba

Have you tried reversing your throttle setting on the 4pl. Before calibration.

This is what I had to do when I move my MMP over to my 4PL.

[agbracing]

Your welcome. I scratched my head a couple hours over this same issue a couple weeks ago. I just happen to try downgrading and it worked. Merry Christmas.

[brazwewn]

Just had the same problem with mine. It would give me a low voltage code when I tried to calibrate. If I just plugged it in, the ESC would eventually arm. The problem is you could tell the settings were not correct. Beta versions seem to be a pain in the rear end!

Wes