why doesnt my monster have a link like my max

[snellemin]

The Castlelink itself is not a problem. I have the losi, ztw and tekin tongle as well. It's me getting to the rx cable that is the problem. Its faster to get to the ESC at times. This is where the usb port comes to be handy. This is why I also still have my Mamba Max when I feel like messing with settings, before I try them out in my rides with the MMpro and MMM. The Tekin is easy as there are two buttons on the ESC itself to deal with. I only use the Tekin dongle to make custom profiles and mess with the timing. But for the price of the Castle products you can't really complain.

[Thomas Porfert]

Originally Posted by snellemin

The Castlelink itself is not a problem. I have the losi, ztw and tekin tongle as well. It's me getting to the rx cable that is the problem.

http://www.castlecreations.com/produ...k_connect.html Problem solved. Or just a servo extension between the ESC and the receiver, and mount the ESC/ext connection outside the box. But the Quick Connect is a bit more convenient because you don't have to disconnect anything and you can mount the long lead somewhere that's easy to get to on the vehicle.

There were multiple reasons for abandoning the side USB port. We generally have to make a bigger ESC to incorporate the plug. It increases cost on every controller. A lot of smaller applications, IE touring cars, mount the controller in such a way that you have to remove the ESC to get to the plug. Compatibility with 64 bit operating systems was probably the biggest one though. The engineers were unable to get the driver to work on 64 bit computers, so pretty much anyone with a Windows 7 machine or about half the Windows Vista machines wouldn't work; we switched from a USB driver to a HID driver and couldn't get the USB port to work.

Thomas Porfert
Tech Support
Castle Creations

[mjderstine]

thanks for the answer!

i got the thing working, but now i need to get onto your site and order me some of the programming peripherals. ie. card, and link thingy.

Originally Posted by Thomas Porfert

There were multiple reasons for abandoning the side USB port. We generally have to make a bigger ESC to incorporate the plug. It increases cost on every controller. A lot of smaller applications, IE touring cars, mount the controller in such a way that you have to remove the ESC to get to the plug. Compatibility with 64 bit operating systems was probably the biggest one though. The engineers were unable to get the driver to work on 64 bit computers, so pretty much anyone with a Windows 7 machine or about half the Windows Vista machines wouldn't work; we switched from a USB driver to a HID driver and couldn't get the USB port to work.

Thomas Porfert
Tech Support
Castle Creations

[Chadworkz]

Originally Posted by snellemin

The Tekin is easy as there are two buttons on the ESC itself to deal with. I only use the Tekin dongle to make custom profiles and mess with the timing.

Yea, I absolutely love Tekin's on-board setup, which allows you to setup or adjust pretty much anything right from the ESC, and that is awesome! Sure, I also have the Tekin Hotwire System to use my Computer to adjust ALL of the settings, but the ease of use and adjustment directly from the ESC makes the Tekin shine brightly when you are out bashing, at the track, or anywhere away from a PC.

Sure, you can adjust some of Castle's settings from the Transmitter, but it is practically stone-age compared to adjusting the Tekin! Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE Castle, and run Castle Systems in My BL Revo 3.3 & various RC18Ts, but I also run Tekin Systems in my BL E-Revo, Rock-Crawlers, & various Mini-Ts. I even run Hobbywing eZRun & XERun BL Systems and Turnigy BL Systems in some of my other vehicles...I can't leave those out, because they are extremely easy to adjust in the field, either directly from the ESC or with their Programming Boxes, as well as with their own PC/USB-Link System when you are close to a computer!

[brian015]

Originally Posted by Chadworkz

Yea, I absolutely love Tekin's on-board setup, which allows you to setup or adjust pretty much anything right from the ESC, and that is awesome! Sure, I also have the Tekin Hotwire System to use my Computer to adjust ALL of the settings, but the ease of use and adjustment directly from the ESC makes the Tekin shine brightly when you are out bashing, at the track, or anywhere away from a PC.

Sure, you can adjust some of Castle's settings from the Transmitter, but it is practically stone-age compared to adjusting the Tekin! Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE Castle, and run Castle Systems in My BL Revo 3.3 & various RC18Ts, but I also run Tekin Systems in my BL E-Revo, Rock-Crawlers, & various Mini-Ts. I even run Hobbywing eZRun & XERun BL Systems and Turnigy BL Systems in some of my other vehicles...I can't leave those out, because they are extremely easy to adjust in the field, either directly from the ESC or with their Programming Boxes, as well as with their own PC/USB-Link System when you are close to a computer!

Hmm...maybe you should try one of these:

Castle Field Link