I seek enlightenment w.r.t. this ESC
http://www.componentshop.co.uk/18a-ground-brushless-motor-speed-controller-esc.htmlI had one arrive this morning intended for some experiments in a small boat. I also got the programming card thingy. The first thing I did after connecting a motor was to connect the programming card and change a few setup items. That all went well. Then I connected it to a receiver. When I switched on, the motor started up (throttle not at neutral) and the motor responded to the stick position including neutral in the middle and reverse worked OK - So far so good.
The instructions include the usual procedure to calibrate the stick positions. In this case it says "Turn on Tx, hold the SET key on the ESC & then switch on ESC, when the red LED begins to flash release the key immediately."
Problem: The microscopic SET key appears to be a rocker. & there are no LED's.
It's also not clear whether to switch the ESC on with the ESC switch or by plugging the battery in.
Regardless of which way I do it the result is the same - a constant beep, beep, beep, beep..... at about 2 beeps/second. That beep frequency ties up with nothing in the instructions.
If anybody is interested the instructions can be downloaded here:-
http://www.hobbypartz.com/hobbywing-ezrun-18a-18t-brushless-combo.html (different make, same instructions. Look for 'manual' about halfway down the page)
Incidentally mine is Version 2.0 as are the instructions.
Other than a SET switch which does nothing useful, it appears to work OK (at least with the motor unloaded) - the stick calibration is OK as far as I can tell. It's a good job I bought the programming card - I couldn't program it with the set switch if I needed to.
So - the question is, has anybody used one of these ESCs? Did yours had LEDs? If so where abouts? Of course I will e-mail component shop on Monday to see what info they have - if any.
TIA for any help.