After talking with castle I found that once they get the MMP up and moving, they plan on incorporating the Data logging feature into there other esc's like the MMM

thats gonna be a nice feature :)

Yeah, you'd think if theyre planning to incorporate it into car escs in the future itd be in the upcoming MMP, patrick says it isnt though in this post.

I haven't read the whole thread, but I would be contented if you could adjust the auto-lipo LVC. Say I always want the cutoff to be 3.3V/cell, but use 4S and 5S batts. Nice to be able to easily switch between the two and retain conservative LVC settings.

Also, a tolerance adjustment to the LVC. You can drop below the lvc under certain situations. Would be nice to be able to enforce a higher or lower tolerance to the LVC alarms.

Um, that's already been done. :wink:

You can do that now. They came out with a Firmware update back in May and it has that feature for all the Mamba's, and the Sidewinder and probably all the ESC's. It is v1.21.

Nice, sounds like I've got some updating to do.

Congrats CC, now you are perfect. ;)

(well minus the deadband adjustments.... got leave something for improvement...)

Actually, they have that too...

lol, where have you been? Get out from under that rock man! :lol:

And just so you know, they also now have the ability to change motor direction through the link instead of having to swap wires.

Haha. Yea, he is way behind.

You can also turn off the power on reminder beep if for some reason you want too. It is supposed to have better low end operation also. I could tell a difference when I updated mine.

Data-logging on the MMM would be awesome, hopefully they revise the design to allow for that.

No no, not the radio deadband, I mean the LVC deadband... really I should say alarm tolerance. DB was not the right word.
I know they can't have that...

and yea, I haven't bothered to update in a while. Its a pain to get to the usb port for the MM, and my MMMs work well enough I can't be bothered.

is it plausable to make an adition to the next firmware to pump up the BEC voltage to a desired amount?
some of these new fancy shmancy JR servo's have the ability to run 7.4v and the spektrum RX's can take up to 9.6v i think so if one could pump up the BEC voltage to 7.4v (or 8.4v since that is same as a full 2s lipo RX pack) i reckon it'd be very cool.

i think they are one set ahead of you on that one :)

Definitely That would be awesome! The Losi 1/8 esc's have that option.

Gotta be careful there. Pumping up the BEC voltage also makes the servo torquier/faster, and as a result pulls more current, and may exceed the BEC output current rating...

All good suggestions.

Adjustable fan turn-on temp is a good idea. I'll put that in the schedule for the next Mamba firmware release. We'll just make it so that the default temp is the HIGHEST temp allowed, and allow the user to set a lower trip temperature.

and the drag brake for brushed motors? Pretty please beta...

I'll add that too. :yes:

Nice, Patrick I really like the way people can just ask you for a feature and when it makes sense (and the hardware allows) you just put it in.
Great customer relations.

We aim to please. :angel:

and sell lots of controllers - Nothing like keeping the customers happy...

Now if I could just finish decoding the settings file....

I know it's been mentioned before but auto LiFe settings. I change cell count, motors and gearing depending on what I am doing at the time. I can set Custom, but I have to have the laptop with me to change cell count.

Maybe Auto Lipo and Auto LiFe in the same window, defaulted to auto Lipo.

Thanks

Jeff

I don't know if it has been mentioned, but it would be great if the user could increase the amount of time delay before the ESC's goes into to reverse. The way it is now on my speed machines I always have to disable reverse because sometimes bad things happen. On a long breaking skid you can unitentionally go into reverse.

And of course, you are always stuck and need reverse when your car is 1/4 mile away!!!

Cartwheels - - you can set the brake lockout time on the Mamba right now. To go into reverse, you must set the throttle at neutral, and wait until the lockout time is complete.

This way, you can't unintentionally go into reverse.

Patrick

Thats great!!! But I'm not sure I understand how to do this. Are saying leave the the throttle at neutral during calibration?

He stating that you can set how long the motor/ESC will wait before it allows you go in reverse. You DO NOT want to throw a forward moving brushless vehicle into immediate reverse or it will not be pretty. In my Flux's case, my ESC is set so it will not allow me to reverse until the truck has come to a complete stop for at least 1 second before engaging reverse

Yes, but how do you increase the time delay?

breaks from going from reverse to forward would be nice too.
sometimes i run around doing reverse nuts and want to stop, but if i try the throttle it locks the motor and must put large strain on the ESC.
it has gotten better with the last beta firmware you released, i'll install the 3.18 and see if you havent already done it:wink:

proportional brakes while in reverse please :D
should be easy enough

might be harder than you think...
if you use breaks in reverse then it makes it hard to pull the so cool looking J turns.

BUT, if the breaks are applied and then released while the car is still rolling, then the ESC can pick up the motor movement and then go forward again.
this is the only way i can see that it will work.

Program card with progressive punch control:yipi:

Any update on if/when this will be added to the firmware features? I'd love to be able to set the fan to 130-140F for a little extra piece of mind!

A current limiter would be nice for wet/very low grip tracks like the Tekin system has. Something that doesn't mess with the throttle like punch control does.

Does the Tekin actually limit current, or is it really like punch control, just with a different name? To limit current spikes, I would think you'd have to slow down the throttle rate of change to give the motor rpm time to "catch up" to the applied voltage (basically integration), and this is what punch control is.

I don't own a Teken system myself, but a mate does and he uses the current limiter when he's running on wet tracks. I should figure it out some time.

I'm now running a Castle 2200kv combo in my 8ight and I have too much power when acceleration on lose dirt.
We're racing under a brige and it never rains there, so the ground is very lose.
Would it be better to set my timing at 0 and increase a teeth on my pinion to loose some torque? Cause there's just way too much wheelspin.
Punch control is a nice feature, but I don't like when there are jumps. It's harder to control the car over jumps/in the air with punch control :(

EDIT: This is a quote that I found on Rctech, so yes, it seems like a real current limiter. I think that would be a very nice feature on the Mamba Monsters!

Any update on this? Nothing wrong with keeping that Mamba cooler :yes: I love fans unlike "some" people

MMM doensn't work wit DSX3S and the newest beta firmware.
Car will not move or suddenly it fly crazy and stopped.
I had to downgrade to 1.21 for proper working.

Here's a firmware update that I'd like to see for the Mamba and Sidewinder series.

When Torque Control is enabled via Castle Link Software can you make the following changes:

A) "Punch Control" is locked at 100%
AND
B) Field Link could use the Punch Control adjustment to adjust the Torque Control?

OR...

C) Add a flag in Castle Link to switch between Punch Control and Torque Control on the Field Link.

Thanks,


Chris

Same problem for me, when I activate the torque control, the punch control is locked at 0% (full power).

Wouldn't you want to use one or the other? I guess I see them as different ways to accomplish similar functions. My understanding is that punch control limits how fast the controller can ramp up the motor power and torque control limits how much power the motor can produce.

MMM XL suggestion - I'd like a mode or a way to reset the logging memory when the ESC is armed. Perhaps an ad-hoc mode i.e. hold reverse on plug-in.

And / Or perhaps there could be an ESC mode when the ESC memory is cleared every time the ESC is armed.

I'm never going to have my PC with me at the start and end of every run.