"UPDATE********** After thinking more about Dave's comments, I pulled the board off my copter and did 2 things.. I hit the pins with a soldering gun and then I took a small flat screw driver and dragged it between all the pins on the…"
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No output on channel 2 after auto ESC calibration...
Started this discussion. Last reply by dallaby23 May 3, 2012. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Ok I have received a new APM2 board which came pre-soldered and pre-tested.. I built the PDB and connected everything up.. I began to go through the setup by calibrating my radio etc.. I had spun…Continue
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dallaby23 replied to dallaby23's discussion No output on channel 2 after auto ESC calibration..."I have visually checked the board even though it did come soldered and it looked fine.. I also read the reset trick and have tried that many many times.. Every once in awhile it will kick in and start running maybe only for a couple of minutes and…"
Lukas Holoubek replied to dallaby23's discussion No output on channel 2 after auto ESC calibration..."Sorry, I had replied from my phone and I believe I posted this in the wrong thread. My apologies. "
Dave replied to dallaby23's discussion No output on channel 2 after auto ESC calibration..."Have you done a visual inspection of the board for any joins that have missed out on soldering? Also look for any stray solder causing shorts.
Also, have you tried the "Manual Reset After Power Up" trick - although perhaps…"
dallaby23 replied to dallaby23's discussion No output on channel 2 after auto ESC calibration..."UPDATE**** Ok so after reading all evening I guess I am not the only one with this issue.. I have not been able to determine if it is hardware or software but one thing I did find was that connecting a servo to that channel shows NO response…"
dallaby23 replied to dallaby23's discussion No output on channel 2 after auto ESC calibration..."I am not sure what you mean.. ??? Are you using a quad or hex or octo config?? I am talking about using a Quad + and the manual says the first 4 ports and that is the plug that comes with the PDB.."
Lukas Holoubek replied to dallaby23's discussion No output on channel 2 after auto ESC calibration..."Wow. I checked the manual carefully again, and realized that I needed to plug the last two motors into outputs 7 and 8. Everything seems to be working correctly now."
dallaby23 posted a discussionNo output on channel 2 after auto ESC calibration...
Ok I have received a new APM2 board which came pre-soldered and pre-tested.. I built the PDB and connected everything up.. I began to go through the setup by calibrating my radio etc.. I had spun the motors up after just to test everything seemed to work.. I then got to the point in calibrating my ESC's using the auto process... After this I can't seem to get the left motor to spin(channel 2).. I moved the esc to another port to test the esc and motor and it works fine, so I am assuming…See More
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