Outcast Outcast ESC/Punch settings/programming made easy

[TwiZted SkullZ]

I know the manual can be/is a little confusing and I got some pretty good info from the included video.
Anyway,I made a step by step chart that hopefully clears things up....it did for me any way!

Setting Arrma Outcast Speed Control
1:TX is OFF....hold down the SET button then turn on the ESC button
2:Let it run thru the 10 beeps til you get the first green light
(Varibles Modes = the green lite flashes)

Variable 1 (1 beep)....is Low Voltage
LOW VOLTAGE LEVELS (1 green flash)
(Setting 1 Lipo....Setting 2 Nimh)

Variable 2 (2 beeps)...is Punch Setting
PUNCH LEVELS (2 green flashes)
(Punch settings 1 thru 4 are single beeps...5 is one long beep then 6 = 1 long beep and 1 short beep...
7 = 1 long/2 short beeps....8 = 1 long/3 short beeps....9 = 1 long/4 short beeps)

Variable 3 (3 beeps)...is the Brake Setting
BRAKING LEVELS (3 green flashes)
(1 beep = 25% braking...2 beeps = 37.5% braking (factory)...3 beeps = 50% braking)

Variable 4 (4 beeps)...is the Run Mode
RUN MODE LEVELS (4 green flashes)
(1 beep = Fwd/Rev (for racing)...2 beeps = Fwd/Brake/Rev (factory setting) )

Variable 5 (5 Beeps)...is Motor Wiring/reverse the wiring (not needed)
(1 beep = Reversed wiring....2 beeps = Normal/Factory wiring)

***IMPORTANT...SHUT THE ESC OFF AFTER EACH VARIABLE SETTING TO PROGRAM THE ESC BEFORE GOING TO THE NEXT MODE***

Hope this helps and here's a pretty good vid that explains things in further detail!

 

[Jlolley]

Thanks Twizted, makes it easy.....also $10 program card plugged into fan port will do the job.

 

[robl45]

Thank you, was just trying this for the son and driving me crazy that it didn't seem to go past punch level 4. I will try again with your interpretation.

EDIT: so that appeared to work. That is nothing like what the manual says unless I missed something.

 

[Cody 450]

Very helpful thanks!

 

[Pajomad]

Thanks man Couldn't get past 4 on the punch and inadvertently put it into NiMH and ran my new 6s down to 3.17 ,hope it's not damaged for good

 

[bicketybam]

Thanks man Couldn't get past 4 on the punch and inadvertently put it into NiMH and ran my new 6s down to 3.17 ,hope it's not damaged for good

Yeah, that long beep for setting 5 is very confusing. I had to use google to figure it out. As far as your battery, see if your charger will charge it. Some won’t charge when a cell goes below 3.2.

 

[olds97_lss]

Thanks Twizted, makes it easy.....also $10 program card plugged into fan port will do the job.

Got a link for that? I hate going through beep/blink menus.

 

[Pajomad]

Yeah, that long beep for setting 5 is very confusing. I had to use google to figure it out. As far as your battery, see if your charger will charge it. Some won’t charge when a cell goes below 3.2.

It balanced them back up alright but it put 4980mah back into a 4500mah battery and took forever to register them all @4.2 .the cells were flicking between 4.19 and 4.2 for an hour before I got sick of it and turned it off. That was only it's second charge so it might be ok after another few cycles. Re the ESC I tried the factory reset a few times and couldn't even managed that so I've a program card ordered and I might be able to do it with that

 

[Zaiden15]

My max8 Esc program card works with the blx185 but it only lets you program a few things. I think it lets you program option 1 to 5 only.

 

[digitaldude80]

Those are all the programmable options the blx185 has to offer, other options are locked and not programmable

 

[kippid]

my option 1 is locked. even tried a program card. i can't select NiMH mode. Any suggestions? All my other menus and options function fine.

 

[YakAttack]

Thanks for this. The long beeps confused me into thinking I was back at one.
Very helpful.