Problems Calibrating ESCs

[Quinton]

OK I am at a complete loss here.
Everything is set up as should be, Wookong settings all working as should be.
Was just going to calibrate the ESCs throttle.
This is the problem, I cant even get it to work, cant even get into the programming part.

My ESCs were pre-programmed before I got them, so disconnected the Lipo turned transmitter on and put throttle up full, and plugged Lipos in.
Get the normal 1,2,3 then 4 secs later 1 more beep.
Nothing is reversed.

Disconnected all the motors, took 1 ESC and plugged it into the RX channel 3, my end points are all set to 100%, plugged lipo in and get a constant fast beep, that tells me that the throttle position is high.

I cant even get into program mode, and it wont calibrate, I have tried setting throttle end points lower and still the same thing.

I am using Hobby Wing Flyfun Opto ESCs, with Futaba 14SG and R70008SB rx through S-Bus on a Hexacopter-V
http://www.hobbyhot.com/hobbywing/hobbywing_manuals/HW-01-V4.pdf

Everything works as it should, all sticks/motors etc, it just wont let me into calibration/programming mode.
Anyone any ideas what I may be doing wrong?

 

[econfly]

I just happened to have used the same setup (radio and receiver) to program some T-Motor ESCs this week. Here is what I did (maybe this will help, maybe not). I put the 7008SB in mode A (so channel three is mapped to port 3 on the receiver, not port 11 as in the more useful modes C/D). Then I plugged a single ESC into the receiver port 3. Next I powered up the radio, then moved throttle to full. Then I connected LiPo power to the ESC. After a couple of beeps confirming full throttle, I moved throttle to low. That produced the tones confirming low throttle set. The remainder of programming I did using the card (the credit-card sized device made just for ESC programming). Looking at the servo monitor on the radio my throttle endpoints are -100,100. I didn't think about it at the time -- this being the first non-DJI ESCs I have used, and thus the first I have ever needed to program -- but I realize now I had the throttle signal as it is setup for NAZA (which is reversed on the Futaba radio).

 

[Quinton]

I thought you were onto something there, as I was in Mode D which of course is channel 11 (for 3)
So I Put it into mode A and, got the exact same problem, just a bleep every 2 seconds after the initial 1,2,3..bleep
Depression is setting in.

 

[econfly]

I thought you were onto something there, as I was in Mode D which of course is channel 11 (for 3)
So I Put it into mode A and, got the exact same problem, just a bleep every 2 seconds after the initial 1,2,3..bleep
Depression is setting in.

Did you try reversing the throttle on the radio? Mine is reversed on the radio and that worked for me with the ESCs I have (again, for what it's worth).

 

[Quinton]

OK Finally, got it sussed, was keeping me up at night
Didn't work using S-Bus for some reason.

I Took it out of D-Bus and put it into tradition, took a servo cable from Throttle on the Wookong and put it into channel 7/8, then plugged the ESC into the throttle channel, and all worked well.
Cant believe how much better all the motors spin and start up at the same time now, I could even put it into "motor Idle Speed" low, and they would all start/stop exactly the same time.
Nt sure if it was the right way to do it but it worked, and I now understand the importance of calibrating the ESCs with a transmitter.