Think of it as the All Inclusive Lighting Controller If your rig needs lighting, this controller should have you covered.
The Headlight output is switched battery voltage, not receiver voltage. This means that if your rig runs on 3S (let's call it 12 volts), you have 12 volts available to run your light bar. The other outputs are receiver voltage.
This controller connects into your electrical system in a few places. It gets power by connecting between the battery and ESC and uses this for the headlight output. It connects between the receiver and ESC in order to monitor the throttle signal so that it knows when to turn on the brake lights and reverse lights and the driving lights (called FORWARD in the picture). It connects to a three position channel that is used like this: Position 1: Park lights OFF, Head lights OFF Position 2: Park lights ON, Head lights OFF Position 3: Park lights ON, Head lights ON
Note that whenever the park lights are on, it also activates the brake/tail lights, such that whenever the brakes aren't on, they glow dimly, just like tail lights.
There is an output for hazard lights. These come on when the brake lights have been on for 30 seconds or more and turn off when you turn off the brake lights by giving either forward or reverse throttle.
NOTE: Changed the internal software so that the park light and
brake light outputs flash with the hazard output, but this is an option
that you can set yourself. The orange loop of wire is the secret. Leave
the loop connected and you only have hazard function on the hazard
output. Cut the orange loop and the brake and park lights will flash
along with the hazard output.
For some models, this style of flashing makes sense.
The outputs are on pins that are compatible with servo plugs.
Each output is able to provide 350mA of current. The Headlight output can provide 5 amps of current.
Maximum Switched Current: 10A
Go to your transmitter and use your Channel 3 switch. If it is a two position channel, flip the switch to turn the lights on and off. If it is a three position third channel, the two outer positions will give you on/off. If you have a linear third channel, move the control from one end to the other. You will notice the output switching somewhere near the center of the control's motion.
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