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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>
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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>
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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>
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