Castle Creations / CC firmware updates (CCLink & CC ESC's).... what are they...

[Charlie-III]

Castle Link... Castle Creations | Software Revision History - Castle Link

Mamba ESC... Castle Creations | Firmware Revision History - Mamba

Sidewinder ESC... Castle Creations | Firmware Revision History - Sidewinder

All links to Castle Creations found here.... Downloads | Castle Link Download

Holmes ESC directions... http://holmeshobbies.com/Common%20fi...ion%201.08.pdf

[TrailAddict]

I see that in the more recent updates to the firmware the default “Auto-lipo” cutoff was changed to 3.2V per cell. Does this also apply to the BR-XL and the Axial AE-2 (Since they are both programmable with the castle link).

Thanks

[Charlie-III]

Depends on when they were programmed.
Being a "Holmes guy" I see no info on what firmware they are running. Otherwise, I would have included that.

[TrailAddict]

They were programmed by me two weeks ago . But I do think the BR-XL has its own custom firmware, because the option for the "Holmes hold" is present.

[AdventureIQ]

Grrrrr.... I just spent the past two days swapping everything with a wire in it, burned up two motors, and by chance did a fimware update on both ESCs.....grrrrrrr.....

[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by AdventureIQ

Grrrrr.... I just spent the past two days swapping everything with a wire in it, burned up two motors, and by chance did a fimware update on both ESCs.....grrrrrrr.....

Did you set the "motor type" correctly, by default CC ESC's are set to brushless which is bad for a brushed motor (actually the ESC).

[AdventureIQ]

Originally Posted by Charlie-III

Did you set the "motor type" correctly, by default CC ESC's are set to brushless which is bad for a brushed motor (actually the ESC).

Yes....was all set up, ran several weeks and then one day started glitching.....ried to trace down everything we could, started replacing parts. Pulled an Esc out of the box ordered same day as mine, same issues. At one point we had two complete set-ups side by side on the bench...from radio to motor....both did same exact thing. Found the firmware by accident, did yhe update, both set ups immediatly ran awesome.