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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/19/2006 2:17:11 PM   
jaskel



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Status: offline 		mine cuts off at 9 volts on an 11.1v LIPO, I know this cause ive chucked the multi meter on the battery when the low volt cutoff kicks in, it will always say around 8.9v.

I emailed Elvin myself and directed him to this link and said please read it as there is alot of us that need the programming for the esc, so I hope he has looked into it!!

EVERYONE PLEASE EMAIL HIM AT; elvinlam@netvigator.com and tell him the problem we are having!

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/19/2006 2:22:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		Jaskel, in menu one(1) what option have you selected was it 3 ?

Thanks

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/19/2006 2:43:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have no idea, it just did it...so i left it, but option 1 for me is def the brake!

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/19/2006 3:13:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ahh TNBoy, you made a very good point there!
When I tested my 2S packs on settings 1 & 2 i thought it was killing my lipos as the power would
slowly fade as if they were dead flat. But with a voltmeter they were still reading 6.5v afterward.
So that is a feature of the speed controller! Never heard of that before, good work and thanks
for testing with a variable power supply.

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/19/2006 3:29:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		Also with your timing question I assume you would use +2 and +7deg for inrunners and +15 and +30deg for outrunners.
That seems to be what VULTCH is implying and today I heard someone say that you will destroy a Hacker inrunner on
high timing advance, that fits this idea.
As I noted though there are 5 choices for menu3 so what is the 5th choice? I think it would be impossible
to measure, likewise with the switching rate option.

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/20/2006 2:40:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		http://www.himodel.com/en/rc_hobby/electric_490.php

Check this site, I reckon this is the type of controllers RC-SMART are selling, they appear to be un-badged Tower Pro, the programming is very very similar, but From what I have discovered so far, the factory have gone to Gen2 CPU's on the ESC, hence the extra menu items in programming mode,I have not found any manual yet that address' the Gen2 programming completely.
Get back with more info (Hopefully)

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/21/2006 5:18:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Have been told by the distributor, that the ESC is same as tower pro, so there you have it.
check the website mentioned above for instructions.

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/21/2006 6:02:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, that looks like where VULTCH cut 'n pasted from.
I can't find any explanations of the extra menu items though....

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/21/2006 8:44:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		no way it is the same programming wise, mine has so many more beeps than what this is saying....definatly different programming.

I found this pic of a tower 60a the same as mine...now to find a simalar manual for it;



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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/21/2006 1:01:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		OK, just sat here for the last hour testing each beep etc and seeing what the results wer, this is what i came up with, couldnt really get any consistancy;

* - Brake
* -- No Brake
* --- Brake poss medium
* ---- No Brake
* ----- No Throttle
* ------ No Brake

** - No Brake
** -- Very Soft Brake
** --- Harder Brake
** ---- Hard Brake
** ----- Hard Brake

*** - Same as last setting with brake
*** -- No Brake
*** --- Hard Brake, A little more grunt
*** ---- No Brake, No xtra Power
*** ----- Hard Brake, No xtra Power

**** - Nothing, No Brake
**** -- Hard Brake and feels slightly more grunt
**** --- No Brake , didn’t feel as grunty
**** ---- Brake but all is feeling the same


I also found this, test it and see how ya go; it is different than mine; http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5511

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/21/2006 1:33:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yours isn't this one is it?

http://www.himodel.com/en/rc_hobby/electric_1875.php

click on "manual 1" for the PDF programming instructions.

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/21/2006 1:36:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		I cant imagine there being 20 options just for the brake

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/21/2006 1:40:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		hmm, i know it def doesnt have a balencer on it...but settings seem simalar...ill test it tomorrow

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/21/2006 1:57:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		sorry, I didn't mean to pick the one with the balancer but the normal one has the same programming anyway.

The strange thing is it has 7 programming menus and only 2 or 3 options for each one.

If you have identified your menus properly then it appears you have the same options as my 30A esc,
at least the same number of options. In that case these instructions are probably useless to you.

I guess this occurs because there are so many companies selling the same rebadged product that you
don't know who the actual manufacturer is and when they make changes it takes time for the info to pass
down to everyone. Maybe this is what we have to put up with for buying cheaper.

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/21/2006 2:03:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		I just wish Elvin would answer our questions!!! pathetic customer service!

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/21/2006 2:18:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hes probably never flown an RC plane....

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RE: RC Smart 30A Brushless Speed Controller - 7/21/2006 3:34:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi guys! I've buisy lately but thought I would follow the thread again. Looks like you have been having fun playing with these things. Nothinglasts is right concerning "rebadging" products. I purchased a 400 watt brushless motor a while back only to le