Castle Mamba Monster 2 Drivers Ed Guide
From this point on, when you connect batteries and turn the switch on, the ESC will give the initialization tone and flash after a
battery is plugged in and the switch is turned on, and the arming tone will ring a second or two later. If the ESC is programmed
for the Auto-LiPo setting, it will beep the number of cells in your LiPo pack between the initialization tones and the arming tones.
After the arming tone plays, the ESC is ACTIVE and will respond to throttle application. If you have problems calibrating your
transmitter with the Castle ESC, please see the troubleshooting guide on page 37 for more tips or visit our website’s FAQ pages.
Once you are calibrated and armed, do one last check before going out and experiencing the Castle brushless dierence. Slowly
advance the throttle and check the rotation direction of the motor and the color of the LEDs on the ESC. If the motor is spinning
in the right direction and the GREEN LED is blinking green, then you are ready for a test run before going into the settings of the
ESC. If the ESC shows the green LED with throttle, but the wheels spin in the wrong direction, you’ll need to switch any two of
the motor wires (example: switch from red to red and black to black to red to black and black to red). Castle Link capable Castle
products may be connected to your PC using the Castle Link USB adapter. The Castle Link software will give you access to a whole
new world of tuning options. You may use Castle Link to tune your throttle curve and brake curve, set your drag brake feel, and
use the incredible
Torque Limit
to keep the front end of your car on the ground with all the power you have at your command.
As new features become available, you can install them in your Castle ESC for “real time” updates! All of this ensures your Castle
ESC will be the best that it can be.
To use Castle Link™
Disconnect the ESC from the throttle channel on the receiver and connect the ESC to the Castle Link adapter chip via the ESC’s
receiver wire. Castle ESCs may also be manually programmed using your transmitter and receiver. Manual programming may not
provide access to all of the Castle ESC’s features.
Manual Programming
Follow these steps to change settings on your Castle ESC without a computer.
Programming With Your Transmitter
You can use your transmitter to change a few of the program settings with your transmitter without a Castle Link or a Field
Programming Card. For basic use these settings are usually enough to get you going.
Transmitter programming is very easy, simply answering YES or NO to a list of options. These are grouped into 9 settings and each
setting has several possible options. You can only accept one option per setting. By answering YES to an option you will jump to
the next setting. If you answer NO to an option you will jump to the next option under that setting.
At each option, you can accept it by going to full throttle on your transmitter, or you can reject the option by going to full brake. In
programming terms full throttle is ‘YES,’ full brake is ‘NO.’ The ESC will indicate that it has accepted your selection by producing a
continuous skipping tone. When you get this tone, allow the trigger to go back to the neutral position to change to the next setting
or option depending on your selection.
To get into programming mode on the ESC:
1. Turn your transmitter on.
2. Plug the battery into the ESC with its switch o.
Note: if your ESC does not have a switch, hold full throttle on your transmitter
before plugging in the battery.
3. Hold full throttle on your transmitter and turn the ESC switch on.
4. The ESC will go through its boot up sequence blinking green
5. There will be a sequence of melodic tones and the light will turn red
6. Keep holding the trigger, within 6 – 8 seconds the light will turn yellow. You are in programming mode; let the trigger return to
neutral.
When in programming mode, the ESC will beep once, pause, then beep once again and repeat until a change is made with your
transmitter. If you accept setting 1. Brake/Reverse Type’s default option 1: Reverse Lockout, you would pull full throttle to accept
option one. When the trigger is returned to neutral the beep pattern will change to 2 beeps followed by 1 beep meaning that by
selecting option 1 you jump to setting 2. If at setting 2: Brake Amount, you reject option 1. 25% by going to full brake/reverse the
beep pattern will change to 2 beeps, meaning it’s still at setting 2, followed by 2 beeps meaning you are now at option 2 under
setting 2.
Look at the inside back cover of this guide to the Castle Car ESC Programming Guide. This shows the programming sequence as
settings and options. Accept or reject options, usually selecting the default, unless you want to change that specific setting.
As an example, say you want to turn o the default Voltage Cuto to run NiMh batteries. Work through the settings and options
selecting the default options until you get to 7 beeps, meaning Cuto Voltage, followed by 1 beep for option 1: None. This is the
correct setting for NiMh. Select option 1 by going to full throttle. Once you have changed the setting you want you can unplug
power from the ESC to get out of programming mode. You do not need to finish all of the settings. The ESC will store your changes
until you change them again.