Erfolg Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 When purchasing a new seed controller, I decided that a programme card would be useful. Now I have it there is a connection which I do not know what it is for Card Link At the top of the card are 5 connections. Three are plainly for the ESC connection. What are the two connections to the right for. I assume that the power supply comes from the LIPo connection to the ESC. Or do you put a power supply onto the card, or maybe both? Customer comments mentions a 5V supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 The card needs a supply to work Erfolg. If your ESC has a BEC, then you only need to connect the ESC cable. If the ESC has no BEC, then you will probably have to connect a receiver battery, to the 2 pins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 Chris The ESC has a BEC, strange though, as all the range seem to have BECs, not being OPTO isolated units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Chris has it in one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 I have just been using my latest ESC and programming card and noted a few what I think are anomalies. The card has P for the signal conductor. The ESC has red for the +ve, middle connection, and brown for the -VE conductor and yellow for the signal wire. Programming Card ESC you can see the situation on the links. Cannot say i am that impressed, or is it me. PS Both do what it says on the box though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 "P" probably means Pulse. Anyway, as you said, it all works so no big deal, especially at the price.Incidentally, the ESC rx lead colours are "standard" JR and Spektrum colours. Edited By Tim Mackey - Administrator on 03/12/2010 21:31:05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don9f Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Hi Erfolg, I have a couple of electric twins and on each plane, one of the ESCs has the red wire disconnected so the two BECs don't feed in parallel. Presumably then if you wanted to program the one with no red wire, you would feed a supply to the card from a battery ? Cheers Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 it also means you can program the esc safely without supplying power to the motor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I don't do much electric stuff and I'm not familar with these programming cards. On the few occassions I've had to program a ESC I've always done it via the throttle stick and the "bleeps". I assume this gadget does away with that? Going by the photo Erfolg posted the link to I assume you move "jumpers" between the pins to get the set of conditions you want then plug it in. Is that correct? Seems a useful bit of kit for a regular electric flyer. Does one card work with all ESC's or do you need a specific one for each type? BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Yes.YesIndeedNo Ha...you expected standardisation BEB - Ho Ho Ho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 I do not believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have just received a new programming card to set one of my ESC's, and it does not seem to work. As this is the second of the same card, it seems to co-incidental for both not to work. I have a 30anp AE Esc the card I have purchased (actually two of them) is BESC card, I think I have the correct combination. Yet the diodes do not light up, when the battery is connected to the ESC. The motor ESC combination seem to work quite happily together, although I have left the ESC in the default settings. I bought the card as I find the throttle beeping system problematical. I seem to beset with problems at the moment, and do suspect I am not doing something, that is necessary. The other programming card Blue Series Card with a40 Amp Blue ESC, which appears to work fine. So any ideas what I am not doing, as I am finding all my current issues frustrating, particularly not having any idea to the solutions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 picture of the set up tried, in its various forms. using the BEC as can be seen. With a short 2 wire extension, using a receiver battery, near motor. I have tried without the motor also. Edited By Erfolg on 28/04/2011 17:05:36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Have you tried it connected as you have in the photo, but with the Rx battery plugged into it as well Erfolg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 The answer is no. Would it be prudent or necessary to have two supplies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I was just thinking that you've tried two, so they are either not compatible with the speed controller, but I checked that on the HK website and it seems to be the right card, or they just don't use the BEC supply.. I have one of these, but havn't located which models the ESC's are in. I'll try for you later and report back whether the BEC worked on it's own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Ignore my earlier suggestion. I have just tried two, and in both cases the BEC in the ESC powered the programming card fine. I must have an ESC somewhere that doesn't have a BEC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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