FVT 120A esc beeping on start up

ESK8 Electronics
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I’ve been using the FVT 120A esc for a while now and it’s given me no problems except for a minor issue that I hope someone can help answer. Every time I power on the board the esc makes 5 long beeps followed by the regular tune that plays on startup. Does anyone who has owned this esc know what these 5 beeps mean? The manual doesn’t have any info on this. It might be important to mention that this esc is connected to an Arduino instead of a receiver for a controller and it is powered by 18v instead of 6s.

Edit: I meant to say 5 beeps instead of 3.

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Mine has always behaved that way on startup from the day I first used it

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It might be low voltage, try connecting it to a 24v psu and see if something similar happens

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Mine was connected to an Arduino aswell I think it has to do with the Arduino taking time to boot after the Rx cable gets power

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Shouldn’t the Arduino already be booted if the RX cable is sending power?

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I just tried 24 volts but the esc still produces those 5 initial beeps.

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Ahhh, yep that’s just the sound it makes on startup signally how many cells are connected, 1 beep = 1 cell, 3 beeps = 3cells and so on.

I’m not sure why it didn’t do this before, but my Xcar beast esc does this on start up

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Alright, I guess I’ll have to buy the USB programming link and disable this sound. Ty for the help.

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Can I ask where you found the manual? The only one I can find on the FVT site is called “FVT’S manual for Electronic Skateboard ESC” and can’t be opened in Word 2016 or Wordpad. Is there another one available somewhere?

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I meant the ppm cable has been powered up

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I don’t think the noise can be disabled, well at least on the Xcar it couldn’t be disabled

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Manual: