Help! Ar7000 acting funny with ACE esc
05-15-2008, 06:32 PM
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Help! Ar7000 acting funny with ACE esc
Hey,
I just finished building my Mini Titan with stock motor and stock ACE 40 amp esc. Sometimes when i plug in the battery the lights on the Ar7000 light up and stay solid like i think they should, and then sometimes they come on and do a slow blink but still maintain the same functionality. It is a slower blink then the binding blink which is really fast.
Also i have a new CC BEC but i'm not sure how to install it properly. On the Ar7000 the aux2 and batt/data ports are open but i want to keep the batt/data port open because i have an eagle tree eLogger comming. Do i just remove the red wire on the ACE esc and then plug the CC BEC into aux2 on the reciever to power my servos? or do i need to buy a Y splitter?
Mark
I just finished building my Mini Titan with stock motor and stock ACE 40 amp esc. Sometimes when i plug in the battery the lights on the Ar7000 light up and stay solid like i think they should, and then sometimes they come on and do a slow blink but still maintain the same functionality. It is a slower blink then the binding blink which is really fast.
Also i have a new CC BEC but i'm not sure how to install it properly. On the Ar7000 the aux2 and batt/data ports are open but i want to keep the batt/data port open because i have an eagle tree eLogger comming. Do i just remove the red wire on the ACE esc and then plug the CC BEC into aux2 on the reciever to power my servos? or do i need to buy a Y splitter?
Mark
05-16-2008, 07:26 AM
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RE: Help! Ar7000 acting funny with ACE esc
The slow flash is telling you that you lost power.
The most common cause is you unplugged the battery and plugged it back in without turning off the transmitter. The instructions say that you need to let it sit for 30 seconds but you can let it sit forever if you don't turn off the transmitter it will come back up and assume there was a power loss. Where you have a problem is when you have solid lights when you take off but blinking lights after you land, that means the fast connect was activated in flight because the voltage dropped below 3.3 v
The most common cause is you unplugged the battery and plugged it back in without turning off the transmitter. The instructions say that you need to let it sit for 30 seconds but you can let it sit forever if you don't turn off the transmitter it will come back up and assume there was a power loss. Where you have a problem is when you have solid lights when you take off but blinking lights after you land, that means the fast connect was activated in flight because the voltage dropped below 3.3 v
05-16-2008, 08:16 AM
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RE: Help! Ar7000 acting funny with ACE esc
Zeuss,
I've got a few ar7000s hanging around and iirc you may end up snipping a few wires. On your esc, you will cut the red wire (or just remove it from the servo connector with an exacto by lifting on the tab) and on the bec you can cut the signal wire (orange I think it was).
I just used some short extensions and cut the wires on the extensions then plugged them inline so I didn't have to cut on the electronics. You end up with the esc still plugged into the thr channel and the bec plugged into the batt port.
As far as your elogger is concerned, I believe you can power up the rx from the bec through just about any of the channels iirc. I never tried leaving the batt plugged into one of the other ports but I did plug it in to one of the aux channels when I was binding initially (bind plug in batt ch, esc to thr and the bec went to aux 1 or 2).
I've got a few ar7000s hanging around and iirc you may end up snipping a few wires. On your esc, you will cut the red wire (or just remove it from the servo connector with an exacto by lifting on the tab) and on the bec you can cut the signal wire (orange I think it was).
I just used some short extensions and cut the wires on the extensions then plugged them inline so I didn't have to cut on the electronics. You end up with the esc still plugged into the thr channel and the bec plugged into the batt port.
As far as your elogger is concerned, I believe you can power up the rx from the bec through just about any of the channels iirc. I never tried leaving the batt plugged into one of the other ports but I did plug it in to one of the aux channels when I was binding initially (bind plug in batt ch, esc to thr and the bec went to aux 1 or 2).
