I'm setting my first crawler. I have the Castle Sidewinder ESC, Futaba MS controller and Integy 55 Brushed motor.
The ESC comes in Brushless mode. When I got it at the store, they tried to do it for me, but the Castle Site, didn't have the latest update for the newer Sidewinders, so I had to do the Calibration by hand.
I have steering servo in Ch1, I have ESC in Ch 2, Black and Red wires are connected to motor (with no regard to direction at this point) and battery connected to ESC.
I've followed the steps. 1) Turn on the Transmitter 2) plug in battery to ESC 3) Full Throttle on controller 4) Turn on ESC
It is supposed beep 4 times after a few seconds, then beep 4 times again after a few more seconds.
What it's actually doing, the light blinks very fast, then 4 quick progressive tones when the switch instantly turns on. I've waited a solid minute and nothing. When I let off the throttle...the ESC does blink. If I turn the steering, the servo does turn correctly. At least I know power and connections are working.
What blatently obvious thing am I missing? Should the brushed motor be connected during this initial programming?
The ESC comes in Brushless mode. When I got it at the store, they tried to do it for me, but the Castle Site, didn't have the latest update for the newer Sidewinders, so I had to do the Calibration by hand.
I have steering servo in Ch1, I have ESC in Ch 2, Black and Red wires are connected to motor (with no regard to direction at this point) and battery connected to ESC.
I've followed the steps. 1) Turn on the Transmitter 2) plug in battery to ESC 3) Full Throttle on controller 4) Turn on ESC
It is supposed beep 4 times after a few seconds, then beep 4 times again after a few more seconds.
What it's actually doing, the light blinks very fast, then 4 quick progressive tones when the switch instantly turns on. I've waited a solid minute and nothing. When I let off the throttle...the ESC does blink. If I turn the steering, the servo does turn correctly. At least I know power and connections are working.
What blatently obvious thing am I missing? Should the brushed motor be connected during this initial programming?