Brushless problem

[harry hills]

That's really odd. Is it all bound correctly yeah?

[JamesDavies]

Yes, I've rebound it a few times to be sure, but when I switch the Tx on and off the light on the receiver goes on and off accordingly. I'm guessing that means it's bound?

Ahh- when I plug a servo in it just shudders and grinds when the Tx is switched on, but doesnt respond to the Tx...

[harry hills]

Humour me. Stick the bind plug in, and then power it up the opposite way to how you are doing it. See if it goes into bind mode.

[JamesDavies]

The Rx doesnt go into bind mode like this (just tried it)

[RogueTwoRobots]

Is your transmitter Mode 1 or Mode 2? Your ratchet stick is on the right but if the TX is still set for Mode 2, the left hand stick up/down is your throttle channel, into which your brushless ESC is plugged. Try powering up the setup with the left hand stick in the fully down position, or change the ESC plug on the RX to the ELEV position, and power up with the right-hand stick fully down.

[JamesDavies]

I thought you might have been onto something here- but no joy

Is there a way to change the modes?

[duff]

I don't think the problem is with arming the ESC, otherwise the servo would work. So it shouldn't matter what mode it is.

I think the problem is with the receiver. I'm guessing maybe keeping the plug in upside down for an extended period of time may have caused it to fail? Do you have another receiver you can test it with?

[JamesDavies]

I have 2 of the same receiver, and they do exactly the same thing. Is that likely? The lights still come on on the receiver...

[duff]

If the problem has been caused by plugging them in upside down, and you've plugged them both in upside down, then yes they might both be broke now. Lights coming on doesn't mean a receiver is working. If the servo worked I would say it's a problem with the brushless setup. But as nothing you plug into the receiver works, I'd say it's a problem with the receiver.

[JamesDavies]

Ok, thanks. For my sake- how do you know which way up to insert the plugs? There is no labelling on the Rx at all!

[mrsam]

White (signal) faces the front of the rx, I made the same mistake with my first rx and it totalled it and the esc it was connected to

[Ellis]

Yep, the signal cable is always the lightest colour cable (typically white or yellow) of the three and it goes at the "top" of the rx. Might be worth writing a +/- on the receiver's body as a mind jog. Naturally, then, the black cable (negative) is always on the bottom side of the rx.

[mrsam]

Just a thought, You use an orange rx? From memory on the side they have an S over where the signal cable should go, at least mine did

[JamesDavies]

It lives! Not sure what I did, tried rebinding it (for the nth time) and this time something was different. Thanks for all your help guys

[Mouldy]

Looks like you were being a bit quick on the tx for it... just sounded like it was waiting for a command... for future referance hold the tx stick on the channel your using (throttle) totally to the top of its travel, turn the tx on...wait for the motor to make different beep sound...then bring the stick fully down and wait for yet another beeping sound... this arms the motor and teaches the esc the channel limits.

And also you had the motor wired fine... the only thing you will achieve by swapping the motor wires around is reversing its direction of rotation.