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So.. Today I decided after seeing another thread about blheli suite that I would make another attempt to try and update my emax 30amp esc's on my quad. I am currently running them totally defaulted and throttle calibrated only. They seem to work fine and I probably shouldn't be messing with them.
The thing is I want to learn how to tune esc's for better performance as I will be starting a 5 inch build as soon as I gather all the parts. I am running clean flight 1.2.2 and just got the latest blheli suite version 16.2.14.6.0.1. I watched the newest Joshua Bardwell vids on blheli suite this morning as well. When I tried to connect using pass thru the esc's would not act like the would in Joshua's videos. Instead when connecting power and getting into the esc's programming the FC (SPF3 possible clone?) boots as normal like I wanted to fly.
Anyway I looked at the newest list of esc's supported by BLheli Suite and it shows the emax 12 and 20 amp esc's as well as a 40 amp but not the 30 amp sold by FT Store, and a different type of smaller 12a emax. Now the 30 amp esc's are branded EMAX as well as with the blheli name which makes me assume they have some sort of blheli firmware on them. When I try to connect with the suite it will talk to the esc's but will not read them or show they even have firmware loaded. I have tried to connect and read them with both the Silabs and the Atmel interface and they act and show the same things with no obvious errors or messages for what is happening. The logging shows successful connections and reads but list 0 esc's connected.
I have a list of questions but I will start with just a few for now. First I assume that the firmware is different from a "Bootloader" and one needs to be loaded. On the list for the blheli suite it shows that a resistor and a capacitor need to be removed from the esc to work with or load a bootloader for both the smaller and the 40 amp esc's. Would I have to do that to the 30 amp ones I have or can they not be changed at all since they are not in the list of esc's? If so then this is all moot as I wont go thru that as long as this is flying fine and will wait to learn how to set up esc's when I do the full kiss set up on a 5 inch build. It just would be nice to be able to learn and make changes on what I am flying to see how things like braking and one shot all work as well as motor timings and such.
So anyone who may be bored and knows of these things that would want to impart their wisdom on yet another clueless builder please feel free to chime in.
The thing is I want to learn how to tune esc's for better performance as I will be starting a 5 inch build as soon as I gather all the parts. I am running clean flight 1.2.2 and just got the latest blheli suite version 16.2.14.6.0.1. I watched the newest Joshua Bardwell vids on blheli suite this morning as well. When I tried to connect using pass thru the esc's would not act like the would in Joshua's videos. Instead when connecting power and getting into the esc's programming the FC (SPF3 possible clone?) boots as normal like I wanted to fly.
Anyway I looked at the newest list of esc's supported by BLheli Suite and it shows the emax 12 and 20 amp esc's as well as a 40 amp but not the 30 amp sold by FT Store, and a different type of smaller 12a emax. Now the 30 amp esc's are branded EMAX as well as with the blheli name which makes me assume they have some sort of blheli firmware on them. When I try to connect with the suite it will talk to the esc's but will not read them or show they even have firmware loaded. I have tried to connect and read them with both the Silabs and the Atmel interface and they act and show the same things with no obvious errors or messages for what is happening. The logging shows successful connections and reads but list 0 esc's connected.
I have a list of questions but I will start with just a few for now. First I assume that the firmware is different from a "Bootloader" and one needs to be loaded. On the list for the blheli suite it shows that a resistor and a capacitor need to be removed from the esc to work with or load a bootloader for both the smaller and the 40 amp esc's. Would I have to do that to the 30 amp ones I have or can they not be changed at all since they are not in the list of esc's? If so then this is all moot as I wont go thru that as long as this is flying fine and will wait to learn how to set up esc's when I do the full kiss set up on a 5 inch build. It just would be nice to be able to learn and make changes on what I am flying to see how things like braking and one shot all work as well as motor timings and such.
So anyone who may be bored and knows of these things that would want to impart their wisdom on yet another clueless builder please feel free to chime in.