RoboteQ Dual Channel Digital Motor Controller AX2550 - Manual (Page 20)

AX1500 Quick Start
20 AX1500 Motor Controller User’s Manual Version 1.9b. June 1, 2007
Powering On the Controller
Important reminder: There is no On-Off switch on the controller. You must insert a switch
on the controller’s power terminal as described in section“Connecting to the Batteries and
Motors” on page 17.
To power the controller, center the joystick and trims on the R/C transmitter. In Analog
mode, center the command potentiomenter or joystick.Then turn on the switch that you
have placed on the on the Power Control input.
A Power LED located next to the 15-pin connector will lit to indicate that the controller is
ON.
The status LED will start flashing a pattern to indicate the mode in which the controller is
in:
Default Controller Configuration
Version 1.9b of the AX1500 software is configured with the factory defaults shown in the
table below. Although Roboteq strives to keep the same parameters and values from one
version to the next, changes may occur from one revision to the next. Make sure that you
have the matching manual and software versions. These may be retrieved from the
Roboteq web site.
Any one of the parameters listed in Table 1, and others not listed, can easily be changed
either using the PC with the Roboteq Configuration Utility. See “Using the Roborun Config-
uration Utility” on page 161.
TABLE 1. AX1500 Default Settings
Parameter Default Values Letter
Input Command mode: (0) = R/C Radio mode I
Motor Control mode (0) = Separate A, B, speed control, open loop C
Amp limit (5) = 26.25A A
Acceleration (2) = medium-slow S
Input switch function (3) = no action U
Joystick Deadband (2) = 16% d
Exponentiation on channel 1 (0) = Linear (no exponentiation) E
Exponentiation on channel 2 (0) = Linear (no exponentiation) F
Left / Right Adjust (7) = no adjustment L
RC Mode
RS232 Mode No Watchdog
RS232 Mode with Watchdog
Analog Mode
FIGURE 5. Status LED Flashing pattern during normal operation