User Manual

Multiple Protections
Trouble(s) Solution(s)Possible Causes
No battery voltage is inputted to the ESC or got the polarity reversed.
The battery voltage is abnormal; or the startup temperature of the ESC is above 80°C.
Wrongly connected the ESC and motor wires.
The ESC is not set to “Forward and Backward” running mode;
The ESC cannot recognize the throttle neutral point.
The Low-Voltage Cuto Protection or the Overheat Protection is activated.
The ESC and motor wire are not well connected or the ESC / motor is damaged
Check the connection between the battery and ESC, please re-solder if poor soldering exists. If the
polarity is reversed, please cut o the power immediately. Otherwise, the ESC will be damaged irreversibly.
Check the battery voltage; Check whether the water cooling system runs smoothly or not, or change
another ESC with greater amperage capability.
Swap any two wires connections between the ESC and the motor.
Set the running mode to “Forward and Backward”; recalibrate the throttle range according to
instructions in the section of "Throttle Range Calibration"
Replace another fully-charged battery; Cool the ESC down before using it again.
Check all the connections; replace the ESC or the motor. (Note: please test with a small throttle value rst,
then increase the value after the motor returns to normal. Otherwise, the ESC/motor may get damaged again.
After powered on, the motor doesn’t work, but the following alert tone is
emitted: “beep-beep-, beep-beep-” (here the time interval is 1 second).
Pulling the throttle trigger, while the boat goes backward.
After powered on, the motor doesn’t emit any beep tone and the LED
doesn’t light up.
The boat cannot run backward.
The motor cannot be started normally, and it only stutters.
The power suddenly weakens in the motor rotating.
Programmable Items
Program the ESC
1. Running Mode: With the “Forward Only” mode, the boat can only go forward; while
in the “Forward and Backward” mode, the boat can go forward and reverse, which is
suitable for some specially-designed boats. Please read the user manual of your boat
to
check if it can run backward.
2. Lipo Cells: We strongly suggest setting the “Lipo Cells” item manually. If you choose
the “Auto Calculate”, the ESC will measure the battery voltage the moment it is
connected to the controller, then the ESC counts the cells number. For example, if
the battery voltage is lower than 8.8V, it will be identied as 2 cells Lipo battery. In
order to ensure the ESC calculate the cells number correctly, please always use a
fully charged battery to connect the ESC. If the battery is not fully charged or partly
discharged, then the “Auto Calculate” may get a wrong result. Hint: In the startup
process, the motor will emit several “Beeps” to indicate the Lipo cells number; it is
helpful for you to check if it is consistent with the actual cells number in your battery
pack. If you often use Lipo battery packs with the xed number of cells, then we
strongly suggest you to set the “Lipo Cells” to a xed value instead of using the “Auto
Calculate”, as this can ensure the low-voltage cuto protection works normally all
the time.
3. Low-voltage Cuto Threshold: This function prevents the Lipo battery pack from over-discharging. The ESC detects the battery voltage all the time, if the voltage goes below the threshold for 2 seconds, the output
power will be halved and the Red LED ashes slowly, then please replace the battery pack as soon as possible.
a) Warning! If you ignore the low voltage cuto warning and keep running, the Lipo battery will be damaged irreversibly!
b) How to calculate the cuto threshold of a battery pack:
The cuto threshold of a battery pack = the threshold of each cell x cells number. For example, if the threshold of each cell is set to “3.2V/Cell”, and the battery pack is a 3S (3 Cells), then the cuto threshold of
this battery pack is 3.2x3=9.6V.
C) If you are using a NiMH or NiCd battery:
NiMH and NiCd batteries are not easy to be damaged, so you needn’t worry about the over-discharging problem, you can set this programmable item to “No Protection”.
4. Timing: Please select the most suitable timing option according to the motor you are using. The correct timing makes the motor run smoothly. Generally speaking, higher timing brings out higher output power,
higher speed and also higher temperature.
STEP 2. Select programmable items After entered the programming
mode, you will hear the following 4 kinds of “Beep” tones
circularly. If move the throttle stick to the bottom position
(/full brake) within 3 seconds after one kind of “Beep” tone
emits, then the corresponding item will be selected.
1. “Beep-”, Running Mode (1 short “beep”)
2. “Beep-Beep-”, Lipo Cells (2 short “beeps”)
3. “Beep-Beep-Beep-”, Low-voltage Cuto Threshold (3 short
“beeps”)
4. “Beep-Beep-Beep-Beep”,Timing (4 short “beeps”)
Program card is an optional equipment for boat ESCs, it has 3 digital LEDs to display the programmable items and corresponding parameter values, so the user interface is very intuitive. The
Turnigy Marine-30A ESC uses the throttle cable to connect to LED Program Card, while other Turnigy Marine ESCs use the External Programming Ports to connect LED Program Card.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Running Mode
Forward Only
Forward and
Backward
2. Lipo Cells
Note1 Auto Calculate
2cells 3cells 4cells 5cells 6cells
Note2 Auto Calculate
5cells 6cells 8cells 10cells 12cells
3. Low-voltage Cuto
Threshold
No Protection 2.8V/Cell 3.0V/Cell
3.2V/Cell
3.4V/Cell
4. Timing 0.00° 3.75° 7.50° 11.25°
15.00°
18.75° 22.50° 26.25°
Options
Programmable Items
Program the ESC with your transmitter
1
Program the ESC with a Program Card
2
The italics in the following form are the default settings.
Note1: Parameters in this line are available for normal voltage ESCs (work with 2-6S LiPo)
Note2: Parameters in this line are available for high voltage ESCs (work with 5-12S LiPo)
By 4 Steps: Enter the programming mode → Select programmable item(s) → Choose a new value for the selected item → Exit
“B”
1 short Beep
Tone
Items
“BB”
2 short Beeps
“BBB”
3 short Beeps
“BBBB” 4
short Beeps
“Beep—”
1 long
Beep
“Beep—B”
1 long+
1 short
“Beep—BB”
1 long+
2 short
“Beep—BBB”
1 long+
3 short
Running Mode Fwd. Only
Auto Calculate
Fwd. & Bwd.
Lipo Cells 2Cells 3Cells 4Cells 5Cells 6Cells
Low-voltage
Cuto Threshold
No Protection 2.8V/Cell 3.0V/Cell 3.2V/Cell 3.4V/Cell
Timing 0.00° 3.75° 7.50° 11.25° 15.00° 18.75° 22.50° 26.25°
1. Low Voltage Cuto Protection: when the battery voltage falls below the preset cuto threshold for over 1 second, the ESC will cut o the output and stop working, then the Red LED blinks slowly. The controller can be
reoperated at the halved power after the throttle returns to zero.
2. Overheat Protection: when the ESC temperature goes above the factory preset value, the ESC will cut o the output and stop running, then the Green LED ashes slowly. The controller can be reoperated at the halved
power after the throttle returns to zero, the output will resume if the temperature decreases below 80°C.
3. Throttle Signal Loss Protection: when the receiver detects no throttle signal (from the transmitter) for over 0.1 second, the ESC will cut o the output. The controller will not resume running until the signal is detected
again. Hereby, we suggest users setting the no signal protection (or F/S protection value) on the TH channel (on the transmitter) to “Output o” or “Neutral position”.
LED Indications
There are two LED indicators in the ESC,a Green one and a Red one.
1. When the throttle is above the zero speed position, the Red LED will come on and the motor starts to spin; while pushing the throttle to the maximum position (/ full throttle), the motor runs at its full speed and both
the Red & Green LEDs
light up.
2. When setting the throttle range and parameters of the ESC, the motor beeps and Red LED ashes simultaneously for easy observation.
3. Green LED blinks slowly denoting the ESC has entered the overheat protection, Red LED ashes slowly means the Low-Voltage Cuto Protection is activated.
STEP 1. Enter the programming mode
1. Switch on the transmitter, move the throttle stick to the
top position
(/full throttle), and then connect the battery pack to the
ESC.
2. Turn on the ESC, wait for 2 seconds, the motor emits
“Beep-Beep-”
tone.
3. Wait for 5 more seconds, the motor emits a special tone “♪
56712”,
that means the controller enters the programming mode.
STEP 3. Choose a new value for the selected item
After entered a certain item, the motor will beep in a loop. Set the corresponding value by moving the throttle stick to the
top position (/full throttle) when you hear the tone, then a special tone “♪1515 ” emits, which means the value has been
chosen and saved into the ESC. (If keep the throttle stick at the top position (/full throttle) for over 2 seconds, you can return
to STEP 2 and set other items; if move the stick to the bottom position (/full brake) within 2 seconds, then you will exit this
programming mode directly.)
STEP 4. Exit the programming mode
There are 2 methods to exit the programming mode:
1. In STEP 3, the motor emits the special tone “♪1515” after chosen the value, at this moment user can move the throttle stick
to the bottom
position (/full brake) in 2 seconds to exit the programming mode.
2. Disconnect the battery pack from the ESC to exit the programming mode forcibly.
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