YGE ProgCard II - Programming Card
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1. Cutoff voltage upper cutoff voltage line for LiFe is 2 2 to 2 7V per cell Cutoff voltage lower cutoff voltage line for LiPo is 2 9 to 3 4V per cell In the NiMh mode neither the cutoff voltage nor the cell count needs to be programmed The slowdown is done automatically based on the battery voltage during connection Therefore use only fully charged NiMh batteries For the throttle stick range calibration please connect the enclosed extension cable from the receiver to the rightmost connector of the ProgCard II Turn on the transmitter and put the throttle on stop Select the stop LED on the ProgCard II and push the Enter button Do the same with the full power position and the Full Speed LED Acro special F3A Brake This function allows to adjust the F3A brake intensity without any step You need again the extension cable like described above select the Acro Special LED position the stick e g for 50 brake on half throttle and press the enter key Likewise for 75 put the stick on gas etc To program the ESCs with integrated opto coupler you always need the extension cable like described above as it is powering the ProgCard II through the receiver To program an ESC with an additional external opto coupler you have to remove the opto coupler first To calibrate the throttle range the stop and full power position needs to be reduced by 10 in the transmitter because the opto coupler has a propagation delay2. The governor software default parameters are adapted to most setups Nevertheless if necessary the following parameters P and gain can be adjusted P Gain is the proportional gain According to this parameter head speed variations will be regulated harder or softer Practically it is the force of the control loop weaker stronger With smaller helis less then 1m rotor diameter this parameter shouldn t exceed 1 With larger diameters you can go to the max A bad adjustment is reflected by a wagging tail Il Gain is the integral gain According to this parameter remaining head speed deviations are corrected faster or slower It is an important complement to the P term The P control is fast but cannot recover completely the demanded head speed as it needs this deviation to exist The I term remembers this small remaining deviation and is able to remove it completely thanks to its memory Both parameters should be adjusted simultaneously If you can increase the P term you should generally also be able to increase the term and vice versa Too high settings can lead to a resonance between tail gyro and governor The result is then a very noisy or even wagging tail that could lead to an out of control situation Therefore the adjustments on P and should be done in small steps By selecting again one of the governor modes these parameters are reset to their default values Startup Speed is the spool up speed for h
3. YGE ProgCard Il Programming Card With the programming card we offer you an easy to use programming unit which allows you to change every single function of our ProgCard II compatible ESC s A special feature is the exact cutoff voltage adjustment for the two Lithium batteries types on the market with their respective number of cells Further can be adjusted the timing different brake modes the governor speed regulation and the accurate throttle stick positions by means of buttons The current settings can be read back with all our ESC s with BEC ESC s with integrated opto coupler cannot be read back by the progCard Il In addition to the LED matrix overview the confirmation of the respective programming step is done via an acoustic signal which is produced by the motor connected to the ESC All this is possible without the otherwise usual stick programming Operating instructions Disconnect the flight battery from the controller Unplug the command cable from the receiver or opto coupler and plug it into the left connector of the ProgCard Il The left contact is signal white yellow or orange the center contact is 5V red and the right contact is minus brown or black If you inadvertently the plug the connector the wrong way nothing happens since the ProgCard Il is protected against reversals Connect now the flight pack to the ESC On the progCard the upper LED of the lateral LED column will light The ESC Mot
4. elis and planes PWM Frequency is the switching rate used for partial load operation With low frequencies the losses are reduced but the motors run slightly rougher With high frequencies it is the opposite The optimum frequency may be found in the user manual of your motor Startup Power The higher the startup power the faster and harder is the start With small propellers it isn t a problem but with large ones it can lead to a fairly rough startup behavior Before you disconnect the progcard from the ESC you can verify your programmed settings by scrolling through each menu line But this is only a history of your recent settings and doesn t reflect the other settings of the ESC For that you have to read it in again Hint When you select a line where all LED s are off like the cell count lines and push Enter the ESC is really read back again This is a way to control again the ESC settings without disconnecting the power Works only on BEC ESCs After programming please disconnect first the flight battery and then reconnect the ESC plug into the receiver ce
5. learns at every start the correspondence of the throttle curve and the head speed That is why there is a short head speed increase just before reaching the demanded speed This can disturb the tail but a slight pitching will settle things down as the heli is not glued to the ground anymore Gov store is an extended helifunction where the correspondence of the throttle curve and the head speed is done only at the first start learning procedure This head speed is stored so that at every later start the head speed will remain exactly the same If you modify anything in the power system you ll have to select again the Gov store menu to perform a new learning Proceeding Place your throttle curve at the highest stage e g 80 Let they the ESC start and stay a while at the final reached head speed A short rom break down is to be normally noticed Stop and switch off the battery from the ESC At the next power up start with the same or a lower throttle curve If the learning wasn t successful or wrong you can reset the learning by selecting once again the Gov Store The learning can even be done with nearly or exactly 100 Doing this will improve the correspondence of the throttle curve to the actual head speed But please be careful as this 100 could lead to very high head speeds and anyway don t forget to set back the throttle curve to avoid flying with full power Important notice for the governor fine tuning
6. of 50us and thus the stop and full power points are shifted Level 2 All other functions like the governor mode can be accessed through the level 2 of the ProgCard by pushing briefly the two left buttons simultaneously the level switching occurs on release of the buttons For confirmation the menu LED is blinking now By pushing again the two left buttons you come back to level 1 exactly where you left level 1 Act Freewheel active Freewheel allows best efficiency in the partial load range whereby the ESC remains clearly cooler Governor Mode Gov Gov Store For the use of the governor mode in a helicopter the throttle stick range or the throttle curve 100 must have been calibrated as described in level 1 A throttle curve point of e g 70 corresponds to a completely determined head speed which is held as long as possible for the ESC due to the battery voltage If the battery voltage drops below a certain level even a full power setting won t be able to reach the demanded head speed if the voltage doesn t allow it If this appears to be the case at the end of a flight the throttle curve should be reduced accordingly For both governor modes don t modify the PWM switching rate afterwards If you do so the settings would be modified Governor Mode is the classical head speed regulation for helicopters The setting of the throttle curve should be around 60 to 80 of the full throttle range The controller
7. or unit will signal 6 Beep short melody Shortly after that the current settings are read form the ESC as long as it is a BEC model All LED will light up in a row You are now on level 1 starting with the timing indicator Now you choose with the lower left button the Menu selection and can see the programmed setting on the LED line With the upper left button you can now choose a new value that will be actually programmed into the ESC with the Enter button on the right The ESC will acknowledge with a positive beep The LED on the ProgCard II will turn off shortly and is followed by a low and a high tone beep Functions that cannot be programmed in the ESC are signaled with a negative beep 1 low tone All function can be adjusted like that while the programming order is not relevant except for the Lipo type followed by the cutoff voltage adjustment and the cell count Though you can modify later on any single value anytime 2 and 3 cells are recognized automatically by the controller That is why the cell count settings are starting with 4 cells on the ProgCard Il The programming of the cell count is saved in the controller Connecting a different cell count battery would lead to wrong under voltage detections Setting again the Lipo type LiPo LiFe will cancel the cell count and set the ESC again in automatic cell count detection By activating the LiFe cell type LiFePO4 the cutoff voltage is reduced by 0 7V per cell
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