User's Guide

Tone TalonLED Meaning Description
Castlepower
tunewithbeeps
correspondingto
numberofcells
Blinksoutcell-
countswithRED
LED
Powerupnotice ESCplaysCastlesignaturetoneandbeepsoutthenumberofcellsattachedtocontroller.Note:
whenAuto-LiPodetectisdisabledbytheuser,ESCwillnotbeepthenumberofcells.
ESCwillnotrunmotoruntilitreceivesanarmingsignalfromradioviathethrottlelead.
Armingtune N/A ESCreadytorun
motor
ESCplaystheCastlearmingtoneonceitreceivesalowthrottlesignalfromthereceiver.
Controllerisreadytorunthemotoratthispoint.
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RED LEDmatches
tones
PoweredESCnotice ESCbeepsmotorevery10secondstoreminduserthatpowerisconnectedtotheESC.This
noticemaybedisabledinCastleLink.
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RED LEDmatches
tones
Lowvoltagecutoff Mainbatteryvoltagedroppedbelowthecutoffvalue.DefaultisAuto-LiPowhichgeneratesa
valueusing3.2Vtimesthedetectedcellcount.OthersettingsmaybeenteredinCastleLink.
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RED LEDmatches
tones
Overtemperature ESCreachedanovertempconditionwhenoperatedundertoohighaload,operatedwithout
propercoolingairflow,orwhenoperatedatpartialthrottle(40%-99%)withtoolargeaload.
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RED LEDmatches
tones
Excessiveload ESCdetectedveryhighcurrentspikes.Causesmayincludedamagedwiringleadingtoorinthe
motor,ortheuseoftoolargeamotorforthecontroller.
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RED LEDmatches
tones
Startfail ESCwasunabletostartmotor
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RED LEDmatches
tones
Radioglitch ESCdetectedunusualsignalsorlossofsignalonthrottlewire.
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RED LEDmatches
tones
Motoranomaly ESCdetectedasuddenmechanicalinterruptionofthemotor’srotation.
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RED LEDmatches
tones
Over-current ESCdetectedoperatingcurrentsthatexceedthecurrentratingoftheESC.
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Red LEDmatches
tones
BECover
temperature
ESChasdetectedthattheintegratedBECisoverheatingduetocurrentdrawabovetheratting
oftheBEC.
None FlashingGREEN
LED
Lockedheadspeed Governormodehaslockedtheheadspeed.
None SOLID RED Fullthrottle ESCisatfullthrottle.
TALON ESC OPERATIONAL TONES AND ERROR CODES
©2012CastleCreations,Inc.  RevisionDate-10/2012