Posts: 7 Threads: 1 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Mar 2017 Reputation: 0 Hello, I am new here and new to BLHELI esc's. I am running a 270 quad with Emax 2205-S 2300kv motors, Ipeaka EFM 30amp esc's that have BLHELI_S firmware and a Eagle Tree Micro Vector flight controller. How do I calibrate the BLHELI esc's manually without a flight controller? Or is that posiable? Thanks in advance. /quadcells • Posts: 5,323 Threads: 674 Likes Received: 3,160 in 1,747 posts Likes Given: 2,032 Joined: Jan 2016 Reputation: 139 You can calibrate your ESC's with your TX. Remove props, move throttle stick to 100%, power up quad, then you should hear motor beeps signalling calibration mode. when it stops beeping now lower throttle stick to 0, and it beeps again when it stops you can just unplug lipo. that's it. Posts: 7 Threads: 1 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Mar 2017 Reputation: 0 Hi Oscar, Thanks. I thought BLHELI esc's had to be calibrated differently than the SimonK types of ESC's. • Posts: 236 Threads: 2 Likes Received: 66 in 45 posts Likes Given: 27 Joined: Jan 2016 Reputation: 17 (05-Mar-2017, 11:13 PM)Oscar Wrote: You can calibrate your ESC's with your TX. Remove props, move throttle stick to 100%, power up quad, then you should hear motor beeps signalling calibration mode. when it stops beeping now lower throttle stick to 0, and it beeps again when it stops you can just unplug lipo. that's it. The issue with this approach is the resulting values won't be related to the Eagle Tree FC in any way, the point of calibration is synchronizing the FC output with the ESC input to make sure their oscillators aren't too divergent. Posts: 7 Threads: 1 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Mar 2017 Reputation: 0 I thought the point of calibration was to have the esc's know the end points of the throttle in the transmitter. • Posts: 2,416 Threads: 51 Likes Received: 1,861 in 1,175 posts Likes Given: 3,315 Joined: Mar 2016 Reputation: 74 06-Mar-2017, 08:09 PM (This post was last modified: 06-Mar-2017, 08:18 PM by sloscotty.) (06-Mar-2017, 07:25 PM)quadcells Wrote: I thought the point of calibration was to have the esc's know the end points of the throttle in the transmitter. Joshua Bardwell has several videos on ESC calibration. I suggest watching them all. You can start with this one: EDIT: Sorry, I see you're using the Vector - so not applicable to your situation. Still good info... • Posts: 7 Threads: 1 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Mar 2017 Reputation: 0 (06-Mar-2017, 06:58 PM)AndreyM Wrote: The issue with this approach is the resulting values won't be related to the Eagle Tree FC in any way, the point of calibration is synchronizing the FC output with the ESC input to make sure their oscillators aren't too divergent. (06-Mar-2017, 08:09 PM)sloscotty Wrote: Joshua Bardwell has several videos on ESC calibration. I suggest watching them all. You can start with this one: EDIT: Sorry, I see you're using the Vector - so not applicable to your situation. Still good info... Yes the first video is helpful. Thanks • Posts: 1,773 Threads: 30 Likes Received: 1,199 in 755 posts Likes Given: 714 Joined: Oct 2016 Reputation: 45 (06-Mar-2017, 07:25 PM)quadcells Wrote: I thought the point of calibration was to have the esc's know the end points of the throttle in the transmitter. With the Vector, you'll still do the basic calibration that Oscar described so that they're all in sync. Then when you run through the Vector RX wizard, it will recognize your endpoints. • Posts: 7 Threads: 1 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Mar 2017 Reputation: 0 Hello, Well it seems that my Micro Vector from Eagle Tree does support pass-thru esc configuration and firmware updates using the BLHELI suite software. I tried it and I was able to update all four esc to 16.6 from 16.3. I am one step closer to getting this quad in the air. Even though I am not done, just want to say thanks to you all for your help. /quadcells • Posts: 2,286 Threads: 38 Likes Received: 1,527 in 995 posts Likes Given: 1,881 Joined: Apr 2016 Reputation: 72 (08-Mar-2017, 12:36 PM)quadcells Wrote: Hello, Well it seems that my Micro Vector from Eagle Tree does support pass-thru esc configuration and firmware updates using the BLHELI suite software. I tried it and I was able to update all four esc to 16.6 from 16.3. I am one step closer to getting this quad in the air. Even though I am not done, just want to say thanks to you all for your help. /quadcells Please let us know your experience. I'm really interested in alternative flight controllers and firmware. After having a very positive experience with dRonin on the BrainFPV RE1, I've become much more interested in expanding my horizons. (Except for Raceflight) • Posts: 7 Threads: 1 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Mar 2017 Reputation: 0 Weather hasn't been too good to fly lately, but it gets better I will get out and try this quad and let you know what i think of the Micro vector. /quadcells • Posts: 1,773 Threads: 30 Likes Received: 1,199 in 755 posts Likes Given: 714 Joined: Oct 2016 Reputation: 45 (13-Mar-2017, 06:59 PM)unseen Wrote: Please let us know your experience. I'm really interested in alternative flight controllers and firmware. After having a very positive experience with dRonin on the BrainFPV RE1, I've become much more interested in expanding my horizons. (Except for Raceflight) Yes, I really appreciate the ease of use of the dRonin software. I've since switched the RE1 to Betaflight, however I still use dRonin to flash BF firmware onto it • |