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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>
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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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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>
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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;
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95 </font><center><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="Verdana">
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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">
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146 <div align="center">
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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>
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204 </font><table border="1" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" >
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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>
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343 </tr>
344 </tbody></table>
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