Full Option board for R/C tanks Use and Installation Manual
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1. Configuration of the servo recoil The first configuration parameter is the following RecoilTimeServo 4000 recoil servo activation time in ms Value range 1 9999 It allows you to set the duration of the movement of recoil the indicated value 4000 is expressed in thousandths of a second so this value is 4 seconds A lower value will decrease the execution time and vice versa to a higher increase The permitted value range is from 1 to 9999 milliseconds The second parameter RecoilTimeServoReturn 2000 recoil servo return time in ms Value range 1 9999 Allows to adjust to the speed of return of the barrel in position the value is expressed in milliseconds and also here the lower the value used the faster will be the return The permitted value range is from 1 to 9999 milliseconds The third parameter RecoillnverseCmd TRUE recoil Flag to reverse servo direction Value TRUE FALSE Allows to reverse the direction of rotation of the actuator useful function when there are installation problems Configuration of the mechanical recoil This parameter allows you to adjust the duration of the control pulse fed to the DC motor of the mechanical recoil Asiatam Tamiya HL RecoilTimeDigital 1000 recoil power activation time in ms Value range 1 9999 In this example the pulse duration is 1 second a lower value will decrease the pulse time to a higher one and vice versa the increase The permitted value range is f2. Verify that sound samples on the microSD card are all there and correctly associated to the relevant function in the IBU2 ini file settings Tank movement and or steering is inverted Invert the acceleration channel Ch1 and or the steering channel Ch2 either on the transmitter or in the IBU2 ini file settings Gun servo recoil does not move Verify that the servo connector is plugged iwth correct orientation Verify that recoil servo can move freely in the recoil direction and if needed invert the recoil movement direction in the IBU2 ini file settings Gun shoots sound is heard and recoils but no muzzle flash is seen Verify polarity of muzzle flash led or connection of 3 wires if using a Xenon flash The board overheats or it smells like burnt Immediately unplug the battery switch off the tank there must be some short circuit in your wiring Issue 2 3 Eng
3. received hit led on for 2 seconds and tank destroyed led flashing for 15 seconds also the following information are given When tank is switched on 4 blinks shows that the board is looking for valid receiver channels Blinking stops when 4 channels are found and initialized and the tank can start receiving commands Overcurrent absorption 3 blinks repeated With Li Po batteries connected an set switch 4 ON and battery pack voltage equal to or lower than 6V two blinks repeated During battle at the end of shell reload time 1 sec single blink Issue 2 3 Eng lssallezcllesal Ei Oo NO CA A wh E E Fig 5 DIP Switch setting Tank function Switch nr 1 Repair tank berge ON Battle tank OFF Tank weight class Switch 2 Switch 3 Ultra light 1 hit OFF OFF Light 3 hits OFF ON Medium 5 hits ON OFF Heavy 9 hits ON ON Battery type Switch 4 Li Po ON Ni Mh or Ni Cd OFF Extended signalling Switch 5 Enabled ON Disabled only basic signalling OFF Reserved Switches 7 and 8 Transmitter sticks setup Switch 8 Transmitter stick setup ON Normal operating mode OFF Couple this setting with the removal of jumper in position 1 Li Po battery support monitors the battery pack voltage 2 cells 7 4V When voltage drops below 6V the flasher leds blink if the extended signalling has been enabled switch 5 ON Issue 2 3 Eng 3 5 Coupling the IBU2 to the transmitt
4. RX18 2 4Ghz only Recoil servo Connect the standard or micro servo used in a custom recoil mechanism Smoke generator CN10 SM Audio volume CN4 VR Speaker CN5 SP HL Xenon Assemble new 3 poles plug from 5 poles plug of high intensity flash Flasher port Connect a series of led or the optional flasher ring not supplied HL Turret Port CN9 Turret Lift Shoot Lamp HL IR Port CN2 IR Port Tamiya recoil Connect Tamiya recoil mechanics TBU IR Led Connect Tamiya IR shooting led TBU receiver Connect Tamiya IT Receiver mushroom apple Table 1 CN2 Infrared Port CN1 Battery Power CN6 Motor Left CN7 Motor Right CN8 Receiver Board Issue 2 3 Eng Plug correspondence between IBU2 and RX18 CN3 Gun Flash CN4 Sound Volume f AS CN5 Speaker C a Geel Gi CE asu TE FUNCTION UNIT E CN11 Smoke Unit Switch CN10 Smoke Unit CN9 Upper Hull Functions Turn Lift Shoot Light Full Option IBG Fig 3 Layout of plugs on the RX18 2 2 Tamiya or servo recoil option By connecting a Tamiya recoil unit in Tamiya recoil plug it is possible to simulate a barrel recoil Same effect can be obtained by a standard servo plugged in Recoil servo plug ven yy 1 7 GY res y wale y d 4 7 fa Z P bi FA Fig 4 Servo for barrel recoil plugged in Issue 2 3 Eng 2 3 Battery voltage monitori
5. must not exceed 1 Mbyte or it will be truncated during reproduction Wav filenames are not important until in the IBU2 INI file there is correct correspondence between each file and its sound effect but each filename must not exceed 8 characters plus the wav extension and cannot contain empty spaces or periods E g MG34_LONG wav NO not good 9 chars MG34LONG wav YES good 8 chars MG 34 wav NO not good 5 chars but there s a space MG 34 wav NO not good there s a period in the middle Note some audio editing software cannot properly convert files into the required format or they add some unwanted parts at the end of each sample causing troubles to the IBU2 In case of problems contact the board manufacturer Also avoid reformatting the supplied microSD since some O S do not format it correctly Note 2 when changing the engine sounds with custom made ones there is no limit to engine rev steps as per firmware V0 12 neither it is necessary to keep engine samples short until all steps are correctly addressed in the IBU2 INI file The IBU2 will automatically pick the defined steps and play them accordingly Issue 2 3 Eng 6 THE IBU2 INI FILE In addition to setting the sound samples as described elsewhere in this manual this file allows you to configure some additional functions of the card to suit your needs this tutorial describes in detail the various options
6. tank If DIP switches are set in repair tank mode the tank won t be able to damage the enemy Instead it will be able to restore the hit points of a damaged tank provided it is not completely destroyed if equipped with an IBU or IBU2 by shooting him in short range the repair code through the IR led When using this function the repair tank stops moving for some seconds according to its weight class 3 5 or 9 seconds and it is vulnerable to enemy shoots At the same time the muzzle flash led blinks to simulate a soldering light and the repair sound effect is played After this time it can move again into safety and take cover The damaged tank if reached by the IR repair signal begins restoring its hitpoints the process is signalled by fast blinking of the red leds and it cannot move nor battle One lost hitpoint is recovered every 5 seconds the blinking stops for a little after each recovered hitpoint During the repair the relevant sound effect is played If during the repair process the tank is hit the repair is interrupted with recovered hitpoints and the tank recovers movement and battling ability if the hit did not destroy it When setting the vehicle as repair tank remove IR range selection jumper in order to reduce the repair range of the IR led to 10 of normal one This together with a proper positioning of the IR led will allow to perform repair on intended allied tanks only NOTE La
7. 3 wav Track squeak 3 Squeak Type 4 sk04 wav Track squeak 4 Squeak Type 5 sk05 wav Track squeak 5 Cannon 5OPZIII wav Gun shoot Mg MG34 wav Machinegun shoot TurretEngineOn turn2 wav Turret rotation when engine is ON TurretEngineOff turn1 wav Turret rotation when engine is OFF Barrel barrel1 wav Barrel elevation Hit hit1 wav Hit received Dead dead2 wav Tank destroyed Birth Panzerl wav Tank resurrection Repair Repair1 wav Tank repair To choose the correct set just enter the chosen tank folder e g Panzer III and copy all the contents into the microSD card root overwriting the existing files Verify the correspondence of the sound samples with the related variables into the BU2 INI file For a particular tank variant replace the pre set samples with custom ones taken from the Engines Cannons Marches Turret Barrel Hit folders Also the present manual in both English and Italian languages can be found under User Manuals in pdf format The manual version may be not the latest one though the latest edition of the manuals can be requested from the supplier Extract the microSD card from the PC reader and reinsert it into the IBU2 slot until it locks switch the tank on and test how the new sounds play Issue 2 3 Eng 15 It is also possible to replace any supplied sound by converting any sound effect or music into WAV format mono 22050 Hz 8 bit Each sample must size
8. Allows you to determine how much power is supplied to the generator with the engine idling With the latest HL smoke generators a value of 30 is enough to keep it running with the engine idling unlike with those of the old type requires a higher value 50 The smoke generator speed is proportional to the position of the stick of the engine Configuring lights This parameter allows you to configure the state of the lights of the tank at start up LightlnitialStatus 1 Light initial status Values 0 off 1 on In this case the lights will be turned on at tank start up entering the value O zero the tank will start up with the lights off The lights can be switched on or off also from the transmitter Configuration of the rear lights and brake lights The rear lights and brake lightst typically 1 led eg On KV 1 or 2 led in parallel Leopard 2 are fed from the same output this is modulated to obtain a low intensity for the position lights the parameter TailLightIntensity 50 Tail light intensity 1 100 Allows you to adjust the brightness of the rear lights a lower value will decrease and vice versa a higher increase it Since when braking the output is modulated at 100 if you use a value very close to this location for the lights to the braking effect will be barely visible The following parameter allows you to adjust the duration of brake lights when you make a braking BrakeDuration 1000 Brake light ON time
9. Full Option 2 Paull Option JA Full Option board for R C tanks Use and installation Manual Issue 2 3 Eng SUMMARY Title 1 INTRODUCTION 2 CHARACTERISTICS 2 1 Plug amp play installation on Heng Long tanks 2 2 Tamiya or servo recoil option 2 3 Battery voltage monitoring and Li Po battery support 3 BOARD SETUP 3 1 IR shooting distance 3 2 Tank function 3 3 Tank weight class function 3 4 Extended signalling 3 5 Coupling the IBU2 to the transmitter receiver 3 6 Adapting the HL Xenon high intensity flash 3 7 Using an alternative IR receiver apple 4 TANK CONTROL 4 1 Movements 4 2 Other commands 4 3 Battling 4 4 Repair tank 5 CHOOSE AND CUSTOMIZE SOUNDS 6 THE IBU2 INI FILE 7 BASIC TROUBLESHOOTING LIST OF FIGURES IBU 2 top and bottom views Layout of the IBU2 Layout of plugs on the RX18 Servo for barrel recoil plugged in DIP Switch setting Receiver cables Adapting the Xenon flash Stick commands and corresponding channels Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig CONOAaRWN Design production and product support 1 B U by Bretti Ivano http www ibu electronics com Via Vittorio Emanuele 70 12048 Sommariva del Bosco Cuneo Italia C F BRTVNI60RO3E379T P IVA 03507690042 Issue 2 3 Eng U 3 Q D OMWMOMAMND FF Pw Full Option Use and Installation Manual 1 INTRODUCTION e The Italian Battle Unit 2 Full Option hereafter addressed as IBU2 is an elec
10. ck of removal of IR range selection jumper will allow ability to repair unwillingly even tanks very far from repair tank including enemy tanks NOTE 2 the repair tank cannot repair itself Issue 2 3 Eng 14 5 CHOOSE AND CUSTOMIZE SOUNDS On the supplied microSD soundsets for the most common tanks are supplied Note To fully enjoy the better audio quality it is suggested to replace the stock HL speaker with a better one To select the correct set corresponding to the tank you are putting the IBU2 on proceed as follows With tank switched off gently press on the microSD inserted under the IBU2 board to unlock it NOTE DO NOT PULL THE MICROSD TO UNLOCK IT extract it and insert it into a PC card reader not supplied Browse to the microSD folder Each folder contains a full set for the tank listed In the root of the microSD card are located the sound effects played by the IBU2 Each wave file is associated to a different function according to the contents of the IBU INI file Variable in IBU2 ini file Audio file name example Sound effect Engine Cold ON estartc wav Engine cold starting Engine Warm ON estartw wav Engine warm starting Engine Stop estop wav Engine stop Engine Idle eidle wav Engine idling Engine Step 1 es01 wav Motor step 1 Engine Step 2 es02 wav Motor step 2 Engine Step XX esXX wav Motor step XX Squeak Type 1 sk01 wav Track squeak 1 Squeak Type 2 sk02 wav Track squeak 2 Squeak Type 3 sk0
11. er receiver Connect the receiver cables Fig 6 and verify that there s no Reverse or Dual Rate set on the transmitter channels Turn on the transmitter and the tank Wait until receiver and transmitter align to each other Move the dip switch 8 Fig 5 to ON position Move both transmitter sticks fully to all directions Move switch 8 to OFF The board is now coupled and configured for using with your transmitter k D 8 pe i A AI i A y wi 4 ww ut y Fig 6 Receiver cables Issue 2 3 Eng 3 6 Adapting the HL Xenon high intensity flash The original HL xenon flash can be easily adapted to the IBU2 Just extract using a pointed tool the 3 wires coming from the flash unit from the original 5 wire connector and insert them into a 3 wire plug as shown in Fig 7 Then just plug the 3 wire connector into the HL Xenon port Fig 7 Adapting the Xenon flash 3 7 Using an alternative IR receiver apple It is possible to directly connect a Tamiya or Impact IR receiver to the TBU receiver port thus improving the receive range of IR signals Issue 2 3 Eng 4 TANK CONTROL Make reference to Fig 8 for radio control setup 4 1 Movements Turn the tank on and wait for the flasher to stop blinking Try to rotate the turret or to shoot if the IBU2 is correctly setup and the radio gear is working and initialized it should be already possible and you should hear the manual turret r
12. his is accomplished by the switches described below Switch positions however can be moved even when tank is already switched on 3 1 IR shooting distance First to set is IR range selector jumper with jumper inserted default the shooting range of the IR led will be the maximum battle tank while with jumper removed the shooting range will be limited to a couple of meters maximum This feature has to be paired with the repair tank setting by Dip Switch see next paragraph to avoid repairing unwanted or very far tanks or even enemy ones 3 2 Tank function Dip switch 1 sets the tank function battle or repair according table shown in Fig 5 3 3 Tank weight class function Dip switches 2 and 3 set the weight class of the tank and the corresponding momentum if activated according the following table and Fig 5 Tank Weight class King Tiger Tiger II Heavy Tiger Heavy Pershing Heavy KV 2 Heavy KV 1 Heavy Elefant Ferdinand Heavy Jagdpanther Heavy Panther G Heavy also Medium T34 85 Medium Panzer IV F1 F2 J Medium Sherman Medium Stug Ill Medium Panzer Ill Light or Medium The table above can be used as a reference also for repair tank versions derived from the same battle tank e g Bergepanzer Ill gt Light Issue 2 3 Eng 3 4 Extended signalling It is possible to enable the extended signalling on the flasher ring optional by setting switch 5 ON When enabled flasher leds in addition to
13. in ms 100 5000 The above line means that when you brake the light is turned on for one second The permitted value range is from 100 to 5000 milliseconds IMPORTANT The brake lights function works only when the inertia is inserted as in this case it becomes necessary to use the brakes to maneuver correctly Issue 2 3 Eng IBG BASIC TROUBLESHOOTING Anomaly Possible solution switch on the tank but nothing happens Battery level is low charge the battery Power supply connections are interrupted or wrong check connections from battery Stick to lower left does not start the engine Verify that turret rotates correctly with respect to the stick movement and that the gun shots when pushing the left stick forward if not the diagonal commands to turn on the engine and control the other functions smoke lights inertia are found in different positions Try other diagonals switch on the tank but the flasher optional keeps on flashing The IBU2 does not recognize 4 valid connected channels check connections between IBU2 and receiver Turrret rotation is inverted Invert the turret rotation channel Ch4 either on the transmitter or in the IBU2 ini file settings The turret moves but the tank does not Before the tank can move you have to turn on the engine see chapter 4 1 No sound is played Verify that volume is not at zero Verify that speaker is connected
14. itch light on and off SMOKE GENERATOR left stick up right for 5 seconds to switch smoke on and off when engine is running Activation deactivation of this feature is signaled by a blink on the flasher MOMENTUM INERTIA SIMULATION ON OFF left stick down right for 5 seconds to insert remove momentum Activation deactivation of this feature is signaled by a blink on the flasher BARREL ELEVATION up down left stick up down half way MACHINEGUN MG left stick down all way 4 3 Battling Push the left stick to shoot you can hear the boom sound and see a muzzle flash led if any in the barrel and the IR battle system transmits its pattern signal After shooting for a time variable from 3 light tank and 9 seconds heavy tank it is not possible to shoot again reload interval At the end of the reload interval the red leds of the Flasher optional blink once 1 sec to let you know that the gun is reloaded and that it is possible to shoot again When the tank is hit by a Tamiya compatible IR signal the red leds of the Flasher stay lit for about 2 seconds and the motors might be slowed according to Tamiya specs One hit point is subtracted from the tank total If the tank does receive the final hit the IBU2 switches the tank off the red led blink for about 15 seconds and the tank must be considered destroyed Afterwards the rebirth sound effect is played and the tank return to the starting condition 4 4 Repair
15. ng and Li Po battery support The IBU2 supports Li Po battery packs by continuously monitoring its voltage to avoid over discharge In case of battery voltage equal to or less than 6V the flasher optional blinks If the voltage drops more the tank shuts off automatically This function avoids damaging the Li Po battery packs in case of over discharge IMPORTANT WARNING Battery voltage monitoring requires that the IBU2 has correctly initialized which does not happen in case an already discharged or faulty battery is connected when trying to switch on the tank in this case in fact the low available starting current is not enough to correctly start the system which might in turn behave in anomalous manner It is therefore MANDATORY that the battery is CHARGED and WORKING when switching on the tank If when switching on the tank there is no immediate sign of activity e g short flasher ring blink sound coming from the speaker lights turning on servo resetting etc it is recommended to immediately SWITCH OFF the tank and check the battery status This prescription applies to ANY BATTERY KIND connected thus including Li Po Ni Mh Ni Cd etc WE DECLINE ANY RESPONSABILITY FOR DAMAGES TO BATTERY AND OR ELECTRONICS IF THIS RECOMMENDATION IS NOT OBSERVED Issue 2 3 Eng 3 BOARD SETUP Before installing the board set some parameters about the tank it is destined to be mounted on T
16. otation sound Switch the smoke generator ON if you want to use it Default is OFF to avoid burning the heating wire in case of lack of smoking oil The flasher blinks to signal the smoke generator insertion Turn the engine on left stick lower left for 5 seconds and wait for the startup sound to play until the engine sound goes idle Try to drive the tank by moving the right stick forward and backward and right left for steering Check that tank movements correspond to stick position Try to control turret function with the left stick If some movements are inverted it is necessary to reverse the corresponding channel either on the transmitter or by changing the channel parameter in the IBU2 INI file on the microSD card see chapter related to the IBU2 INI file later Left stick Right stick Gun shoot forward Lights turn left turn right ON OFF P Turret rotation left spin left lt gt spin right Engine iS Z Momentum ON OFF ON OFF turn left turn right Elevation down 4 reverse MG 1 Ch1 Throttle Forward accelerate Reverse brake 2 3 4 Ch2 Steering Proportional turn Superspin Ch3 Gun shoot Barrel elevation MG Ch4 Turret rotation Fig 8 Stick commands and corresponding channels Issue 2 3 Eng 4 2 Other commands Beside the basic commands the following functions can be controlled by the transmitter LIGHTS CONTROL left stick up left for 5 secs to sw
17. rom 1 to 9999 milliseconds Configuring the reverse of the radio channels Each row is for a specific channel of the receiver this function is used in case you have an older generation radio without memory to avoid having to set up every time if necessary the reverse channel depending on the different tanks configuration RadioCH1InverseCmd FALSE Flag to reverse CH1 Value TRUE FALSE RadioCH2InverseCmd FALSE Flag to reverse CH2 Value TRUE FALSE RadioCH3InverseCmd FALSE Flag to reverse CH3 Value TRUE FALSE RadioCH4InverseCmd FALSE Flag to reverse CH4 Value TRUE FALSE In this example all channels have value FALSE this means that none of the inversion channel is applied or the commands that arrive from the transmitter are reported to the decoding circuit as well as transmitted Issue 2 3 Eng Configuring the smoke generator In case you want to use the smoke generator there are two configuration parameters SmokelnitialStatus 0 Smoke generator initial status Values 0 off 1 on This parameter allows you to set whether the power of the generator is switched on automatically The generator can be turned on or off also from the transmitter In this example the value 0 zero means that the smoke generator is turned off at tank start up The smoke generators have different characteristics from one to another therefore the parameter MinPwmSmoke 50 smoke generator power at idle Value range 1 100
18. tronic board that replaces completely the electronics of a RC tank allowing it to battle according to Tamiya IR customize all sound effects and use a standard 4 channel proportional transmitter AM FM or 2 4Ghz to drive the tank Fig 1 IBU 2 top and bottom views BBs 1esv2 0 Rev A i T Issue 2 3 Eng 2 CHARACTERISTICS In Fig 2 it is shown the layout of plugs on the IBU2 Barre Flash Led Audio upgrade port BO NOT connect ANYTHING Right Motor TBU receiver IR range selector Machinegun led Lights HL Airsoft Recoil Gun Elevation Turret Rotation Fig 2 Layout of the IBU2 2 1 Plug amp play installation on Heng Long tanks Installation requires removing each plug from the RX18 board and connecting it to the IBU2 according to Table 1 Installation on other electronics requires a good lever of experience therefore it is recommended to perform it only under the assistance of the supplier WARNING WARRANTY VOID in case of mis installation or custom installations Issue 2 3 Eng Plug Connect plug removed from the RX18 position listed below IR range selector jumper Used to set the IR shooting range to normal jumper inserted or short jumper removed for bergepanzer Right motor CN7 MR Left motor CN6 MLL Battery CN1 BAT Barrel Flash Led CN3 M G FIRE Tail brake light Tank back up lamp on
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