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User Manual, Addendum 1
This addendum covers the follow items. • • • • • •
Connection of airsoft micro switch Connection of Taigen airsoft recoil units Selecting airsoft mode Settings for clutch style gearboxes Motor enable selection Confirmation screen that IBU3 is receiving all the channels from the radio
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User Manual, Addendum 1 IBU3 module LAYOUT
Rear lights / Brake
Hardware expansion port Radio Channel inputs
Servo & ESC Outputs Servos ESC &
Geared motors fuse And Airsoft Micro Switch
Barrel flash LED smoke generator Proportional
smoke generator relay
Led 2nd MG
CPU LED
Volume bypass
Left motor
Battery
USB LED USB port Right motor Audio volume pot
Speaker
Tamiya TBU & Led
IR connector
IR range
led Flasher
HL Xenon
HL turret
Tamiya recoil
Caution In order to avoid faulty operation, follow the instructions described below Do not connect anything except the airsoft micro switch to the expansion connector, it is dedicated to additional modules (when available) Risk of permanently damaging the IBU3 Module In case of failure to comply with these instructions no warranty will apply
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Taigen airsoft & recoil control
User Manual, Addendum 1 Connections of the airsoft micro switch Plug in the airsoft micro switch here. Note the exposed metal of the plug is to face the relay box (colour may vary) Plugging into any other pins could cause damage to the IBU3 check and double check! Note feature only available from Firmware v0.12 onwards
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User Manual, Addendum 1 Connections of the Taigen airsoft & recoil unit Taigen recoil connector The IBU3 module allows to drive the new Taigen recoil units for airsoft tanks without changes. Connect the power cable (male) to the female connector as shown. Make sure the red wire plugs into the positive side (closest to the HL turret socket) Note The Taigen recoil system can be damaged with incorrect polarity it is your responsibility to check before you have connected it correctly. The Taigen recoil system does NOT support batteries 7.4v and above
Connect the signal cable (female) to the connector male as shown. If the recoil is constantly working you need to swap the 2 wires around. DO NOT turn the plug around this will cause a short on the adjacent expansion socket pins.
Note feature only available from Firmware v0.12 onwards
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User Manual, Addendum 1 Selecting airsoft mode.
On the Misc Setup page, tick the Airsoft box to enable Airsoft Mode. Note The airsoft micro switch needs plugging into the IBU3 as detailed above or it will not activate the sound and track recoil if activated.
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User Manual, Addendum 1 Settings for clutch style gearboxes
On the gearbox Setup page, tick the Clutch Gearbox box to enable clutch style gearbox control. Note Left motor output becomes the forward/reverse motor, right motor output becomes steering motor.
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Note After selecting the clutch style gearbox the displayed options change. Scale speed right option is removed and you’re left with just a superspin setting. All other settings stay as before.
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User Manual, Addendum 1 Motors enable selection
The IBU3 has the option to use the onboard ESC (Normal), external ESC, or both at same time. Sometimes after updating PC software and IBU Firmware the PC Configurator will default to External ESC. Select the correct option for your tank from the drop down menu, then select Write to confirm the change to the IBU3 memory.
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User Manual, Addendum 1 Confirmation screen that IBU3 is receiving all the channels from the radio
On the Radio Setup page, a Channels button has been added. This is to aid you to determine if all your radio channels are been received by the IBU3. Make sure IBU3 and radio are both turned on and receiver is bound, then press the button and you see the below screen.
Here you see that the IBU3 is receiving the signals from channels as “OK” the channels with “-“are not been detected by the IBU3. Check your servo leads are connected properly and that your radio is programmed to be giving an output to those channels before progressing to radio configuration stage.
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