VTail 500 Motors won't respond

Lynxmotion UAVs / Drones
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[font=Arial][size=2]I’ve been building up the Vtail 500 and I cannot get the motors to respond once they are plugged into the Flight computer.[/size][/font]
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[font=Arial][size=2]Each of the ESCs have been individually calibrated and respond to throttle controls (when connected directly to the receiver).[/size][/font]
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[font=Arial][size=2]The board I’m using is a [highlight=#ffffff]MPU6050 MultiWii [/highlight][highlight=#ffffff]which communicates with my computer with no issues. In the flight configuration software everything is responsive to inputs from my transmitter/onboard sensors.[/highlight][/size][/font]
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[font=Arial][size=2][highlight=#ffffff]But when I plug in everything to the battery, the ESCs do their beeping thing (1,2,3 -pause-, long beep) after which nothing happens,[/highlight][/size][/font]
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[font=Arial][size=2][highlight=#ffffff]I have looked all over the net and can’t find my problem, any assistance/ideas would be greatly appreciated.[/highlight][/size][/font]

Thanks

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Alleycat,

When using a MultiWii based board, the motor won’t turn by just raising the throttle.
You need to “ARM” the board with the proper transmitter sequence.

[size=3]Be careful, when Arming the board the motors will start to spin at Idle[/size]

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showatt.php?attachmentid=5132021&d=1346765412

It is best to read a bit about it in our manuals to be sure you did all the setup needed :
[size=2]Lynxmotion - MultiWi Software Configuration v1.1.pdf[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][highlight=#ffffff] [/highlight][/font]
Lyxnmotion - UAV Electronic Guide v1.1.pdf[/size]

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Thank you for your rapid response.

In the end I mapped a spare toggle switch to arm the motors because they would not arm from the sticks.

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That’s probably because you didn’t adjust your End Points in your transmitter.
The signals need to range from 1000 to 2000 in MultiWiiConf