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Author:  Bjoern_ve [ Fri 20. May 2016 19:58:08 ]
Post subject:  Spirit Governor and esc arming
Hi,
First my Setup:
Gaudi X3, HW50v3 in Spirit gov
Now mit Problem:
Esc with gov in Board:
Normaly when i connect my Batterie and my Engineswitch on my Transmitter is in Position "on" the esc doesn't Start the motor because the esc First needs the "off" Position to gets
Armed
Esc with Spirit gov:
The Motor Starts immedeatly when i connect the Batterie with engineswitch in "on" Position.

Is it possible to fix this Problem in the next Update?
Author:  Adrian [ Tue 24. May 2016 19:37:59 ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit Governor and esc arming
This should not be the case. I just checked with my setup (DX9 with 2SAT on Spirit running FW2.0.1 and CC Edge ESC controlled by Spirit Gov.)
If Hold is Active and I power up Heli, ESC gets initialized, starts on Hold release.
If Hold is OFF and I power up FBL, ESC does not get initialized, first I need to Hold to initialize and release Hold to get Motor running.
Author:  btheli [ Tue 24. May 2016 19:52:16 ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit Governor and esc arming
HW doesn't work like the CC. The CC will not arm until it sees zero throttle, but the HW will arm for non-zero throttle conditions. Read over the "Normal Start-up Process" in the HW manual. The bottom line is you need to have zero throttle with the HW when you plug in the battery otherwise the motor will start. The only exception is if you want to go into calibration mode, and then you need to have the throttle stick all the way up.

With the HW, I use two throttle hold switches for safety. Both have to be on for the transmitter to finish booting up, and both have to be off for the motor to start.
Author:  jgiannakas [ Tue 24. May 2016 22:19:19 ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit Governor and esc arming
btheli wrote:
HW doesn't work like the CC. The CC will not arm until it sees zero throttle, but the HW will arm for non-zero throttle conditions. Read over the "Normal Start-up Process" in the HW manual. The bottom line is you need to have zero throttle with the HW when you plug in the battery otherwise the motor will start. The only exception is if you want to go into calibration mode, and then you need to have the throttle stick all the way up.

With the HW, I use two throttle hold switches for safety. Both have to be on for the transmitter to finish booting up, and both have to be off for the motor to start.


Are you sure about this? I have 2 HW ESCs and none of them initialise if throttle is above the min calibrated level.
Author:  btheli [ Wed 25. May 2016 14:07:51 ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit Governor and esc arming
jgiannakas wrote:
btheli wrote:
HW doesn't work like the CC. The CC will not arm until it sees zero throttle, but the HW will arm for non-zero throttle conditions. Read over the "Normal Start-up Process" in the HW manual. The bottom line is you need to have zero throttle with the HW when you plug in the battery otherwise the motor will start. The only exception is if you want to go into calibration mode, and then you need to have the throttle stick all the way up.

With the HW, I use two throttle hold switches for safety. Both have to be on for the transmitter to finish booting up, and both have to be off for the motor to start.


Are you sure about this? I have 2 HW ESCs and none of them initialise if throttle is above the min calibrated level.


My motor definitely started up when I plugged in while I was setting things up, i.e., all electronics laying on the bench and before calibrating the ESC. I concluded the HW worked differently than the CC and never looked back. When I read your note this morning I realized that I never checked it after I had everything properly setup, calibrated and flying. So I just pulled the blades off and tried it. I'm using the Spirit gov so when throttle hold off my throttle signal is something like 75%. The ESC/motor started a continuous rapid beep (very annoying), but it did NOT run. I unplugged, flicked throttle hold on, and plugged back in. The motor beeped six times and armed.

So my "corrected" answer to the OP (or best guess!) is that the HW ESC calibration and Spirit gov setup needs to be checked and corrected. Sorry for the error on my part.
Author:  jgiannakas [ Wed 25. May 2016 15:43:15 ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit Governor and esc arming
No worries! Was not sure if I was missing something here :)
Author:  Adrian [ Wed 25. May 2016 16:31:43 ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit Governor and esc arming
Happy, if we could help to clear the mist for followers on this.
Not yet solved 8-)
Author:  Coco66 [ Wed 25. May 2016 17:53:58 ]
Post subject:  Re: Spirit Governor and esc arming
Adrian wrote:
Pls. edit title with [SOLVED]


lol

The OP did not confirm yet he solved ))))
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