First off I would like to apologize if this question is in the wrong section.
Recently I bought a Sabertooth 2x5 ESC for my battlebot, today I connected to motors and one continues to turn despite the fact that my remote is still on. I have the ESC setup correctly and I have finally given up and decided to ask this forum.
I have two spark motors connected to the two leads, and the battery connected to the battery lead.
Thank you for reading if you need any additional information I will add it in.
Can you provide one or more clear images of your setup? What are the specs of the motors? Are you using the Sabertooth to power the RC receiver or do you have separate power? Note that the Sabertooth series needs to have all jumpers properly configured.
You have it set to mixing / exponential modes as well as timeout.
Is it possible the receiver is always getting a signal (cable installed incorrectly, something wrong with the transmitter, or it’s on the wrong channel?)
If not, that’s not normal behavior, and you can contact us via the RobotShop Support Center -> Returns / Exchanges with your invoice #.
I could not tell from the description of the problem, is it that the motor(s) are not responding appropriately to the remote and/or one or both motors are not fully stopping when you release the joysticks?
If the later, it may be that you may have to adjust the center/zero points. Not sure what type of system you have, but I know for example with my old Hitec RC, you may have to move the sliders a bit until you can get both motors to properly stop. If under program control, not all motors/Sabertooths fully stop at exactly 1500us. Sometimes you have to experiment with them and find out what their center point is. Some may be 1505 others may be 1495…
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