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4 + <td valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><strong>A4WD1 R/C Stick Radio Control Tutorial Rev. 2.</strong></font>
5 + <p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><strong>Updated <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" startspan s-type="EDITED" s-format="%m/%d/%Y" -->06/24/2009<!--webbot
6 + bot="Timestamp" i-CheckSum="12586" endspan -->.</strong></font></p>
7 + <p><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Safety first!</font></b><font face="Verdana" size="1"> Wear eye protection and never touch a powered robot!</font></p>
8 + <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Note: Do not use Loctite or thread locks on the assembly. They are not necessary and may cause damage to the
9 + Lexan.</font></p>
10 + <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Note: This guide follows the assembly guide. The Sabertooth has already been installed.</font></p>
11 + </td>
12 + <td align="center" valign="top" width="320"><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/a4wd1-tri-track-hitec-rc-control/WebHome/a4wd153.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br>
13 + <strong><font size="2" face="Verdana">A4WD1 Rover.</font></strong></td>
14 + </tr>
15 + <tr>
16 + <td colspan="2" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
17 + </tr>
18 + <tr>
19 + <td valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Step 1.</b><br>
20 + If you do not plan on adding servos to the robot you can just plug the Sabertooth into the receiver as shown in figure Figure 1. Make sure the
21 + yellow wires are toward the middle of the receiver. Then you can move on to Step 5.<br>
22 + &nbsp;</font>
23 + <div align="center">
24 + <center>
25 + <table border="1" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" >
26 + <tbody><tr>
27 + <td >
28 + <div align="center">
29 + <center>
30 + </center><table border="1" bordercolor="#000000" >
31 + <tbody><tr>
32 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="2"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Sabertooth</b></font></td>
33 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Receiver</b></font></td>
34 + </tr>
35 + <tr>
36 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Hitec</b></font></td>
37 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Futaba</b></font></td>
38 + </tr>
39 + <tr>
40 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 1 (Throttle)</font></td>
41 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 2</font></td>
42 +
43 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 1</font></td>
44 + </tr>
45 + <tr>
46 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 2 (Steering)</font></td>
47 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 1</font></td>
48 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 2</font></td>
49 + </tr>
50 + </tbody></table>
51 + </div>
52 + </td>
53 + </tr>
54 + <tr>
55 + <td bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
56 + <p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Table 1.</font></p></td>
57 + </tr>
58 + </tbody></table>
59 + </center></div>
60 + </td>
61 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/a4wd1-tri-track-hitec-rc-control/WebHome/a4wd1c02.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br>
62 + <font size="2" face="Verdana">Figure 1.</font></td>
63 + </tr>
64 + <tr>
65 + <td colspan="2" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
66 + </tr>
67 + <tr>
68 + <td valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Step 2.</b><br>
69 + The Sabertooth 2X10 RC has a feature called battery elimination circuit (BEC) that provides power to the RC receiver. It can provide enough
70 + current to power the receiver alone, but not if servos are used. In order to provide enough power for the receiver and the servos attached to
71 + it, we need to add a separate battery pack. In addition, we need to bypass the Sabertooth's BEC to prevent it from interfering with the separate
72 + battery pack.</font>
73 + <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Use an exacto knife to <b>carefully</b> pry the black tab up and slip the red wire out of the black housing as
74 + shown in Figure 2.</font></p>
75 + <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Bend the red wires up and use electrical tape to cover them as shown. This will prevent accidental shorts.</font></p></td>
76 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/a4wd1-tri-track-hitec-rc-control/WebHome/stbec.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br>
77 + <font size="2" face="Verdana">Figure 2.</font></td>
78 + </tr>
79 + <tr>
80 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><br class="pb">
81 + </td></tr>
82 + <tr>
83 + <td valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Step 3.</b><br>
84 + Plug the Sabertooth into the receiver as shown.</font><font size="2" face="Verdana"> Make sure the yellow wires are toward the middle of the
85 + receiver.</font><font size="2" face="Verdana"><br>
86 + &nbsp;
87 + <div align="center">
88 + <center>
89 + <font size="2" face="Verdana">
90 + </font><table border="1" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" >
91 + <tbody><tr>
92 + <td >
93 + <div align="center">
94 + <font size="2" face="Verdana">
95 + </font><center><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="Verdana">
96 + </font></font></center><table border="1" bordercolor="#000000" >
97 + <tbody><tr>
98 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="2"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Sabertooth</b></font></td>
99 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Receiver</b></font></td>
100 + </tr>
101 +
102 + <tr>
103 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Hitec</b></font></td>
104 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Futaba</b></font></td>
105 + </tr>
106 + <tr>
107 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 1 (Throttle)</font></td>
108 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch </font><font face="Verdana" size="1">2</font></td>
109 +
110 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 1</font></td>
111 + </tr>
112 + <tr>
113 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 2 (Steering)</font></td>
114 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch </font><font face="Verdana" size="1">1</font></td>
115 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 2</font></td>
116 + </tr>
117 + </tbody></table><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="Verdana">
118 + </font></font></div><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="Verdana">
119 + </font></font></td>
120 + </tr>
121 + <tr>
122 + <td bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
123 + <p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Table 3.</font></p></td>
124 + </tr>
125 + </tbody></table><font size="2" face="Verdana">
126 + </font></center></div><font size="2" face="Verdana">
127 + </font><p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><br>
128 + </font></p>
129 + </font></td>
130 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/a4wd1-tri-track-hitec-rc-control/WebHome/a4wd1c03.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br>
131 + <font size="2" face="Verdana">Figure 3.</font></td>
132 + </tr>
133 + <tr>
134 + <td colspan="2" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
135 + </tr>
136 + <tr>
137 + <td valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Step 4.</b><br>
138 + Plug the battery's wiring harness from the radio into the receiver as shown. Make sure the black wire is on the outside of the receiver. You can
139 + also use our BATC-01 in order to use our rechargeable 6.0vdc batteries for this step. This is shown in the schematic Figure 4-2.<br>
140 + &nbsp;</font>
141 + <div align="center">
142 + <center>
143 + <table border="1" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" >
144 + <tbody><tr>
145 + <td >
146 + <div align="center">
147 + <font size="2" face="Verdana">
148 + </font><font size="2" face="Verdana"><center>
149 + </center></font><table border="1" bordercolor="#000000" >
150 + <tbody><tr>
151 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Battery</b></font></td>
152 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Receiver</b></font></td>
153 + </tr>
154 +
155 + <tr>
156 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Wiring Harness</font></td>
157 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">BAT</font></td>
158 +
159 + </tr>
160 + </tbody></table><font size="2" face="Verdana">
161 + </font></div><font size="2" face="Verdana">
162 + </font></td>
163 + </tr>
164 + <tr>
165 + <td bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
166 + <p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Table 4.</font></p></td>
167 + </tr>
168 + </tbody></table>
169 + </center></div>
170 + </td>
171 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/a4wd1-tri-track-hitec-rc-control/WebHome/a4wd1c04.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br>
172 + <font size="2" face="Verdana">Figure 4.</font></td>
173 + </tr>
174 + <tr>
175 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><br class="pb">
176 + </td></tr>
177 + <tr>
178 + <td valign="top" colspan="2">
179 + <p align="center"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Schematic - Figure 4-2.<br>
180 + </b></font><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/a4wd1-tri-track-hitec-rc-control/WebHome/4wd1sch5.gif" border="0" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b><br>
181 + Schematic - Figure 4-2.</b></font></p></td>
182 + </tr>
183 + <tr>
184 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><br class="pb">
185 + </td></tr>
186 + <tr>
187 + <td valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Step 5.</b><br>
188 + Make sure your Sabertooth's dip switches are in the default positions, as shown in Figure 5. It would be a good idea to read the
189 + <a href="https://www.lynxmotion.com/ViewPage.aspx?ContentCode=electronics&amp;CategoryID=70#moto" target="_blank">Sabertooth
190 + manual</a> to familiarize yourself with the different settings. With the default settings, you can now control the rover.</font></td>
191 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/a4wd1-tri-track-hitec-rc-control/WebHome/sbrtooth.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br>
192 + <font size="2" face="Verdana">Figure 5.</font></td>
193 + </tr>
194 + <tr>
195 + <td colspan="2" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
196 + </tr>
197 + <tr>
198 + <td valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Step 6.</b><br>
199 + Remove the battery case from the bottom of the radio to show the servo option switches. Set them as listed in Table 6.</font></td>
200 + <td align="center" valign="top" >
201 + <div align="center">
202 + <center>
203 + <font size="2" face="Verdana">
204 + </font><table border="1" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" >
205 + <tbody><tr>
206 + <td >
207 + <div align="center">
208 + <font size="2" face="Verdana">
209 + </font><center><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="Verdana">
210 + </font></font></center><table border="1" bordercolor="#000000" >
211 + <tbody><tr>
212 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Channels (Hitec)</b></font></td>
213 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Function</b></font></td>
214 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>NOR/REV</b></font></td>
215 + </tr>
216 + <tr>
217 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 1</font></td>
218 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Steering</font></td>
219 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Reversed</font></td>
220 +
221 + </tr>
222 + <tr>
223 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 2</font></td>
224 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Throttle</font></td>
225 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Reversed</font></td>
226 + </tr>
227 + <tr>
228 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 3</font></td>
229 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Gripper Lift/Lower</font></td>
230 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Reversed</font></td>
231 + </tr>
232 + <tr>
233 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 4</font></td>
234 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Gripper Rotate</font></td>
235 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Reversed</font></td>
236 + </tr>
237 + <tr>
238 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 5</font></td>
239 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Gripper Open/Close</font></td>
240 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Normal</font></td>
241 + </tr>
242 + <tr>
243 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Ch 6</font></td>
244 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">--</font></td>
245 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">--</font></td>
246 + </tr>
247 + </tbody></table><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="Verdana">
248 + </font></font></div><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="Verdana">
249 + </font></font></td>
250 + </tr>
251 + <tr>
252 + <td bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
253 + <p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Table 6.</font></p></td>
254 + </tr>
255 + </tbody></table><font size="2" face="Verdana">
256 + </font></center></div><font size="2" face="Verdana">
257 + </font></td>
258 + </tr>
259 + <tr>
260 + <td colspan="2" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
261 + </tr>
262 + <tr>
263 + <td valign="top" ><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Step 7.</b><br>
264 + The complete robot controls are listed in Table 7.<br>
265 + &nbsp;</font>
266 + <div align="center">
267 + <center>
268 + <table border="1" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" >
269 + <tbody><tr>
270 + <td >
271 + <div align="center">
272 + <center>
273 + </center><table border="1" bordercolor="#000000" >
274 + <tbody><tr>
275 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Control</b></font></td>
276 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Function</b></font></td>
277 + </tr>
278 + <tr>
279 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Right Stick Up</font></td>
280 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Forward</font></td>
281 +
282 + </tr>
283 + <tr>
284 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Right Stick Down</font></td>
285 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Reverse</font></td>
286 + </tr>
287 + <tr>
288 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Right Stick Left</font></td>
289 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Left Turn-on-a-dime</font></td>
290 + </tr>
291 + <tr>
292 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Right Stick Right</font></td>
293 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Right Turn-on-a-dime</font></td>
294 + </tr>
295 + <tr>
296 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Left Stick Up</font></td>
297 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Gripper Lift</font></td>
298 + </tr>
299 + <tr>
300 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Left Stick Down</font></td>
301 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Gripper Lower</font></td>
302 + </tr>
303 + <tr>
304 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Left Stick Left</font></td>
305 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Gripper Rotate CCW</font></td>
306 + </tr>
307 + <tr>
308 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Left Stick Right</font></td>
309 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Gripper Rotate CW</font></td>
310 + </tr>
311 + <tr>
312 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Gear Switch Up</font></td>
313 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Gripper Open</font></td>
314 + </tr>
315 + <tr>
316 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#808080" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Gear Switch Down</font></td>
317 + <td align="center" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Gripper Close</font></td>
318 + </tr>
319 + </tbody></table>
320 + </div>
321 + </td>
322 + </tr>
323 + <tr>
324 + <td bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
325 + <p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Table 7.</font></p></td>
326 + </tr>
327 + </tbody></table>
328 + </center></div>
329 + </td>
330 + <td align="center" valign="top" ><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/a4wd1-tri-track-hitec-rc-control/WebHome/4wd128.jpg" border="2" hspace="10" ><br>
331 + <font size="2" face="Verdana">Figure 7.</font></td>
332 + </tr>
333 + <tr>
334 + <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><br class="pb">
335 + </td></tr>
336 + <tr>
337 + <td valign="top" colspan="2"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Step 8.</b><br>
338 + Refer to Figure 8 for information on controlling the robot.<br>
339 + &nbsp;</font>
340 + <p align="center"><img src="https://wiki.lynxmotion.com/info/wiki/lynxmotion/download/wheeled-tracked/a4wd1-tri-track-hitec-rc-control/WebHome/rccont.jpg" border="0" hspace="10" ><br>
341 + <font size="2" face="Verdana">Figure 8.</font></p>
342 + </td>
343 + </tr>
344 +</tbody></table>
345 +</body>
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