CSCII Central and Speed Controller II

Hop up options CSCII series

CENTRAL and SPEED CONTROLLER: functions similar to ESC and motherboard for LNS and DBF

 

Overview

 CSC controller uses max. of 4 channels to control R/C tank's forward/backward movement, sharp turning, pivoting, turret rotation and gun barrel evaluation at variable speed  Miniature design(30mm X 30mm) for small scale (1/25, 1/35 ,1/48 and etc.) R/C Tank   Auto cutoff protects Li-Polymer battery from over discharged  Safety shutoff prevents unwanted movement while signal lost  Status LED indicates Controller operating status Easy installation To control Light and Sound module and DBF module DBF data build-in Top and bottom Dual DBF RX connector Mounting hole in center of controller Auto R/C Control signal detection, support   and system High Resolution Mixer Tank Personalization Extended Tank Personalization Status read out and IR battle test via SONY TV remote

 

 

 

Variants

Part Number

Application

CSCII-5CH-V

-2-Cell Li-Polymer or 6 Cell NI-CD operation for best performance,

-Support  TAMIYA and VSTANK  RC tank IR  battle,

-For 5-CH RC system and control mode,

Discontinued, no more update in future

CSCII-5CH-T

-2-Cell Li-Polymer or 6 Cell NI-CD operation for best performance,

-support TAMIYA 1/16 and  TAMIYA 1/35 R RC tank IR  battle

-For 5-CH RC system and  control mode,

Discontinued, no more update in future

CSCII-4CH-V

-2-Cell Li-Polymer or 6 Cell NI-CD operation for best performance,

-Support VSTANK  RC tank IR  battle,

-For4-CH RC system and  control mode,

-ESC slow ramp up and ramp down

CSCII-4CH-T

-2-Cell Li-Polymer or 6 Cell NI-CD operation for best performance,

-Support TAMIYA 1/16 and  TAMIYA 1/35 R RC tank IR  battle,

-For4-CH RC system and  control mode,

-ESC slow ramp up and ramp down

CSCII-7CH-T

-2-Cell Li-Polymer or 6 Cell NI-CD operation for best performance, support TAMIYA ----support TAMIYA 1/16 and  TAMIYA 1/35 R RC tank IR  battle

-For 7-CH RC control Mode( Please refer to TX-1 for detail )

-ESC slow ramp up and ramp down

-Extended Tank Personalization function is reduced

-Best for modern tank

Kit contained controller*1, Quick holder *1, preassembled Battery Cable *1, Control Cable *5 and Motor Cable *4

 

CSCII and CSC comparison

Part No \ Feature

DBF connector

Mounting hole

 

 

CSC

Bottom

No

 

 

CSCII

Top and Bottom

Yes

 

 

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Control Mode and  operation

4-CH Control Mode:

Cannon elevation
Booming Cannon

Fire MG

Head light and tail light on and  off control:

Head light on -> Tail light on -> Head light off -> Tail light off

AUX light control on and off, for example, laser pointer
Tank move forward and backward
Right and  Left turn

Turret rotation

 

5-CH Control Mode:

Cannon evaluation: Move the right stick up or down to raise or lower the cannon.
Booming Cannon: Push safety button, Move left stick to left

Fire MG: Push safety button, Move left stick to right

A quick push on safety button to enter or exit light control mode , when CSCII is in light control mode, DBF RX lens is turned to purple, than you can move left or Right stick to tune right on( move stick ) or off( move stick again).

 

7-CH Control Mode: 

Cannon elevation
Booming Cannon

Fire MG

Head light, tail light, side mark, AUX light and rotating light  on and  off

Voice 1,2,3,4 and 5 on and  off

Tank move forward and backward

Right and  Left turn

Turret rotation

 

F/W Release History

4-CH RC Mode version:

Release

Release date

Release Note/ Major improvement/status

MK1

Feb,2012

1. Support TAMIYA 1/16 and TAMIYA 1/35 IR Battle

2. Support 4-CH  system, no modification to transmitter is required to operate all functions

3. ESC slow ramp up and ramp down

4. Extended Tank Personalization function is reduced

5-CH RC Mode version::

Release

Release date

Release Note/ Major improvement/status

MK-1

2008

1st F/W release for CSCII

MK-2

Mid,2009

1. High Resolution Mixer

2. Tank Personalization

MK-3

Oct,2010

1. Support VStank IR battle protocol

2. DBF 2.0 standard.

3. Extended Tank Personalization

MK-4

Feb,2011

1. Support External ESC

MK-5-V(5CH-V)

Sep,2011

1. Support TAMIYA 1/16 and  VSTank  IR  battle

 

 

MK-5-T(5CH-T)

Sep,2011

1. Support TAMIYA 1/16 and TAMIYA 1/35 IR Battle

7-CH RC Mode version:

Release

Release date

Release Note/ Major improvement/status

MK1-T

Jan,2012

1. Support TAMIYA 1/16 and TAMIYA 1/35 IR Battle

2. Support 7-CH PPM system( Please refer to TX-1 for detail )

3. ESC slow ramp up and ramp down

4. Extended Tank Personalization function is reduced

All CSC can receive F/W upgrade with FREE of charge

 

Accessories Information

Part Number

Application

 

Control Cable

To wire Servo control signal form Receiver to controller

 

Battery Cable

To wire Battery power form Battery to ESC. Max. Current is 1.0A

 

Motor Cable

To wire Motor to ESC, Max. Current is 1.0A

 

 

Specification

Part Number

Parameter

 

Unit

CSCII

 

 

 

Maximum current of left and right track ESC

2

A

Maximum current of left and right track ESC

2

A

Maximum supply voltage

7.4

V

Minimum supply voltage

4.8

V

 

Battery-Motor Configuration Table

: Excellent

: Good

:Not Good

4 to 6 Cell NI-CD

2-Cell Li-Polymer

 

GM12 Geared Motor

Direct wire to CSC

Direct wire to CSC

TAMIYA Educational Serial

Gear box

Note 1

Note 2

Note 1

Note 2

 

130 TYPE 6V

carbon brush motor

 with

TAMIYA Educational Serial

Gear box

Note 2

Note 2

140 Motor

TAMIYA 1/35

Wire control Tank

Note 1

Note 2

Note 1

Note 2

260 Motor

ACADEMY 1/25

Wire control Tank

Note 2

Note 2

 

180 Motor

 

 

VS Tank Motor

Please refer to

Upgrade VStank

Please refer to

Upgrade VStank

Note 1: Wire a cement power resistor with motor in series to avoid ESC overloading and motor overheating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note 2: wire a 20p ceramic capacitor on leads of Motor for noise filtering

 

Assembly Guide:

Refer to wiring table shown below, connect ,Rudder(CH1), Throttle(CH2), Gun barrel evaluation (CH3), Turret Rotating (CH4) and Safety Button(CH5 )connector to Receiver by preassembled Control Cables. CSC has BEC, no extra receiver battery is needed. just remove control cable for the functions that you don't need it

 

To use upgraded FUTABA SKYSPORT 4 for Safety Button of firing control,

Please check \ REFERENCE \HOW TO\ Upgrade SKYSPORT4 for CSC for details

 

If using  plan remote system, gear control on it can acts as Safety Button of firing control, no modification is needed

 

 

First turn off your transmitter, than connect battery pack via Battery Cable, Red wire of Battery Cable is + pole and Black is - pole. If powering is in good state, Red status LED will be lit.

Turn on your transmitter, Red status LED will be turned off if radio control signal was received correctly by CONTROLLER. If Red status LED is sill On, Check that your transmitter and receiver are operating on the same frequency and check the polarity and integrity of receiver channel signal cable connections. If Red status LED is flickering, that means poor or weak signaling, pull out transmitter antenna or adjust Receiver antenna layout.

At first time installation, repeat previous 2 steps to make sure connection between battery, receiver and controller are stable and correctly, than proceed next steps.

Turn off transmitter and disconnect battery pack form controller, solder preassembled ESC1,ESC2 and ESC4 cable to left, right track and turret rotation driving motors.

Turn on transmitter, than connect battery pack to controller, Red status indicator should be lit on and turned off instantly because controller was powered than receive control signal correctly. Adjust throttle, Rudder and Turret Rotation channel trimmer on transmitter till all motor was stopped and no hum sound was heard.

Keep Rudder channel stick in natural status and move Throttles channel stick forward or backward, the tank should move forward or backwardly. if pivoting occurred, find out the motor which is turning in wrong direction and reverse its motor cable. Adjust Rudder trimmer if tank can not go straight.

Connector

Description

(4-CH Mode)

Description

(5-CH Mode)

Description

(7-CH Mode)

CH1

Steering control signal

Steering control signal

7-CH PPM signal

To CH1 on Receiver

To AILE on Receiver

CH2

Throttle control signal

Throttle control signal

N.C.

Wire to CH2 on Receiver

Wire to ELEV on Receiver

CH3

Gun barrel evaluation ESC control signal

Gun barrel evaluation ESC control signal

N.C.

Wire to CH3 on Receiver

Wire to THRO on Receiver

CH4

Turret rotation control signal

Turret rotation control signal

N.C.

Wire to CH4 on Receiver

Wire to RUOD on Receiver

CH5

N.C.

Firing control system control signal

(Safety Button)

N.C.

Wire to CH5 on Receiver

Wire to GEAR on Receiver

DBF TX

DBF Transmitter connector

DBF Transmitter connector

DBF Transmitter connector

Connect to DBF Transmitter

Connect to DBF Transmitter

DBF RX

DBF Sensor connector

DBF Sensor connector

DBF Sensor connector

Connect to DBF Sensor

Connect to DBF Sensor

LNS

LNS connector

LNS connector

LNS connector

Connect to LNS

Connect to LNS

ESC1

Left track ESC connector

Left track ESC connector

Left track ESC connector

Connect to Motor

Connect to Motor

ESC2

Right track ESC connector

Right track ESC connector

Right track ESC connector

Connect to Motor

Connect to Motor

ESC3

Gun barrel evaluation ESC connector

Gun barrel evaluation ESC connector

Gun barrel evaluation ESC connector

Connect to Motor

Connect to Motor

ESC4

Turret Rotating  ESC connector

Turret Rotating  ESC connector

Turret Rotating  ESC connector

Connect to Motor

Connect to Motor

BATT

Battery connector

Battery connector

Battery connector

Connect to Battery

Connect to Battery

      Top View

Bottom View

 

Tank Personalization:

Behavior or Settings of CSCII, includes Type of TankMode of Mixer, Strength of Recoil and Strength of Jerk can be reprogrammed to meet different requirement and different application.

 

 Type of Tank determines Battle Date when doing IR battle,

Type of Tank

Tank Mobility, Turret rotation and Gun barrel evaluation speed

 vs.

Hit taken

50%

( Damaged )

25%

( Badly Damaged )

0%

( Destroyed )

Heavy Tank

1~4 hits taken

5~8 hits taken

9 hits taken

Medium Tank

1~3 hits taken

4~5 hits taken

6 hits taken

 Light Tank

1 hit taken

2 hits taken

3 hits taken

Modern Main Battle Tank

1~4 hits taken

5~8 hits taken

9 hits taken

VSTank

1~3 hits taken

4~5 hits taken

6 hits taken

 

Type of Tank

Reload Time

Recovery Time

Invulnerability time

Heavy Tank

9 sec.

15 sec.

10 sec.

Medium Tank

5 sec.

15 sec.

12 sec.

 Light Tank

3 sec.

15 sec.

15 sec.

Modern Main Battle Tank

5 sec.

15 sec.

10 sec.

VSTank

3 sec.

3 sec.

12 sec.

 

 Mixer Mode  determines how the CSC to handle signals from CH1 and CH2 connector

Mixer Mode

Description

1

OFF mode

CH1 controls left track, CH2 controls right track

2

Tank mode

CH1 controls rudder, CH2 controls throttle.

Proportional, sharp and pivot turn

 

Left Track

Right Track

Pivot

Sharp

Proportional

Proportional

Sharp

Pivot

 

3

Half-Track mode

CH1 controls rudder, CH2 controls throttle,

Proportional and sharp turn,

Max. turn ratio is configurable, form large (3, Sharp turn ) to small (8)

Left Track

Right Track

Sharp

Proportional

Proportional

Sharp

 

4

5

6

7

8

 

 Strength of Recoil determines strength of tank hull recoil movement when firing tank gun

Strength of Recoil

Description

1

Small( 1 ) to Large( 8 )movement

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

 

 Strength of Jerk determines strength tank hull Jerk movement when hit is taken

Strength of Jerk

Description

1

Small( 1 ) to Large( 8 )movement

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

 

To program CSCII is very easy, what you need to do is to prepare a SWITCH and some KEYs and  follow some steps listed below.

 

SWITCH is made of  push button switch and 2.54mm pitched pin and used to tell CSCII that you are going to program new settings,

SWITCH  Schematic

 

KEYs are made of  resistor and 2.54mm pitched pin, different KEY use different resistor

KEY

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Resistor value

(ohm)

0

680

1.5K

3K

4.7K

7.5K

15K

30K

 

 

SETP1: First step of programming is to connect SWITCH to DBF RX( TOP SIDE) of  CSCII,

<PIC>

 

SETP2: Based on your requirement of application, refer following table to pick right KEY and than insert to CH1, CH2, CH3 or CH5.

 

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For example, if you want to set CSCII to Light Tank type, pick KEY 3 and insert it to CH1, if you want to set Mixer of CSCII to Mode 1, pick KEY 1 and insert it to CH2,

KEY

Type of Tank

(CH1)

Mode of Mixer

(CH2)

Strength

of Recoil

(CH3)

Strength

of Jerk

(CH5)

1

Heavy Tank

1

8

8

2

Medium Tank

2

7

7

3

 Light Tank

3

6

6

4

Modern

Main Battle Tank

4

5

5

5

VSTank

5

4

4

6

-

6

3

3

7

-

7

2

2

8

-

8

1

1

 

SETP3: Push SWITCH more than 3 seconds to tell CSCII you want to program it,  CSCII will start to reads KEY on CH1, CH2, CH3 and CH5, program itself once valid key are found, flash Red status LED when programming is completed.

 

SETP4: Restart CSCII by power cycle, turn off and than turn on power, CSCII will now acts as what you programmed to.

 

Sometimes, you may want to restore CSCII with default setting, just remove any KEY on CH1, CH2, CH3 or CH5, to push SWITCH more than 3 seconds, CSCII will knows and program itself with default setting as below

Key

Type of Tank

(CH1)

Mode of Mixer

(CH2)

Strength

of Recoil

(CH3)

Strength

of Jerk

(CH5)

None

Heavy Tank

2

2

2

 

 Extended Tank Personalization

Parameters of CSCII, can be changed or modified by SONY TV remote, DBF RX is required for this function

 

Steps to set parameters

STEP 1: Insert DBF RX module( bottom mount or top mount are different),

STEP 2: Short two contacts on CSCII bye wire or tweezers,

or we add a connector that is accessible outside, than to short two contacts when setting parameters

 

STEP 3: Point SONY TV remote to DBF RX module, refer to function table listed below and press the bottom

of function you want to set,

SONY TV remote sample

STEP 4: Indicator on DBF flashes according the setting value.

STEP 5: Open two contacts on CSCII and switch power off than on

 

Function tables

Mixer Mode: Press  "MUTE" key on TV remote to select

Available Settings

Indicator flashes times

Description

Mixer Mode 1

1

OFF mode

CH1 controls left track, CH2 controls right track

Mixer Mode 2

2

Tank mode

CH1 controls rudder, CH2 controls throttle.

Proportional, sharp and pivot turn

Left Track

Right Track

Pivot

Sharp

Proportional

Proportional

Sharp

Pivot

 

Mixer Mode 3

3

Half-Track mode

CH1 controls rudder, CH2 controls throttle,

Proportional and sharp turn,

Max. turn ratio is configurable,

form large (3, Sharp turn ) to small (8)

Left Track

Right Track

Sharp

Proportional

Proportional

Sharp

 

Mixer Mode 4

4

Mixer Mode 5

5

Mixer Mode 6

6

Mixer Mode 7

7

Mixer Mode 8

8

 

Store current setting to PRESET 1: Press  number key "1" on TV remote to store.

Store current setting to PRESET 2: Press  number key "2" on TV remote to store.

Store current setting to PRESET 3: Press  number key "3" on TV remote to store.

 

Use stored PRESET settings: Press  "ENT" Key on TV remote to select

Available Settings

Indicator

flashes times

Description

 PRESET 1

1

 

 PRESET 2

2

 

 PRESET 3

3

 

 

Preset IR battle data: Press  "MTS" Key on TV remote to select

Available Settings

Indicator

flashes times

Description

TAMIYA Heavy tank

1

Reload Time = 9 seconds,

Invulnerability time = 10 seconds,

Max. hit cam take = 9 hit.

TAMIYA Medium tank

2

Reload Time = 5 seconds,

Invulnerability time = 12 seconds,

Max. hit cam take = 6 hits

TAMIYA Light  tank

3

Reload Time = 3 seconds,

Invulnerability time = 15 seconds,

Max. hit cam take = 3 hits.

Reserved

4

 

Reserved

5

 

VSTank

6

Reload Time = 3 seconds,

Max. hit cam take = 6 hits,

Tank can not be recovered from destroyed mode.

Reserved

7

 

 

Auto Cut-off threshold: base on batter cells and type to adjust threshold of Auto Cut-off function, press "POWER" key on TV remote to select

Available Settings

Indicator

flashes times

Description

1(Low)

1

3V

2

2

3.3V

3

3

4V

4

4

4.4V

5

5

5V

6

6

5.5V

7

7

6V

8(HIGH)

8

6.6V

 

Strength of Jerk: determines strength tank hull Jerk movement when hit is taken, press "CH Up" key on TV remote to select

Available Settings

Indicator

flashes times

Description

1

1

Small( 1 ) to Large( 7 )movement

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

 

Strength of Recoil: press "VOL UP" key on TV remote to select

Available Settings

Indicator

flashes times

Description

1

1

Small( 1 ) to Large( 7 )movement

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

 

Tank Mobility: press "CH down" key on TV remote to select

Available Settings

Indicator

flashes times

Description

TAMIYA Mode

1

 

VSTank Mode

2

 

 

Armor type: press number key "9" on TV remote to select

Available Settings

Indicator

flashes times

Description

Heavy Armor

1

Resistance to machine gun 

Light Armor of soft skin

2

No resistance to machine gun 

 

Sending IR code when firing  machine gun: press number key "6" on TV remote to select

Available Settings

Indicator

flashes times

Description

No IR code Sending

1

 

To send IR code

2

 

 

Primary weapon reload time: press number key "4" on TV remote to select

Available Settings

Indicator

flashes times

Description

3 seconds

3

 

4 seconds

4

 

5 seconds

5

 

6 seconds

6

 

7 seconds

7

 

8 seconds

8

 

9 seconds

9

 

10 seconds

10

 

11 seconds

11

 

12 seconds

12

 

13 seconds

13

 

14 seconds

14

 

15 seconds

15

 

 

Rounds of Primary weapon: press number key "8" on TV remote to select,

Not Supported in TAMIYA version F/W

Available Settings

Indicator

flashes times

Description

Not limited

1

TAMIYA 1/16 RC IR battle rule

8 rounds

2

 

16 rounds

3

 

24 rounds

4

 

32 rounds

5

 

40 rounds

6

VSTank

48 rounds

7

 

56 rounds

8

 

64 rounds

9

 

72 rounds

10

 

80 rounds

11

 

88 rounds

12

 

96 rounds

13

 

104 rounds

14

 

112 rounds

15

 

120 rounds

16

 

 

IR code of Primary weapon: press number key "0" on TV remote to select

Available Settings

Indicator

flashes times

Description

TAMIYA 1/16

1

 

VSTank 1/24 or TAMIYA 1/35 

2

Depends on F/W version

To repair vehicle

3

damage count decreased by 1 when this IR code is received

Machine Gun

4

 

 

Invulnerability time: Vehicle is Invulnerable during this period, press number key "7" on TV remote to select

Available Settings

Indicator

flashes times

Description

Vehicle can not be recovered from destroyed mode

1

VSTANK IR battle rule

1 second

2

 

2 seconds

3

 

3 seconds

4

 

4 seconds

5

 

5 seconds

6

 

6 seconds

7

 

7 seconds

8

 

8 seconds

9

 

9 seconds

10

 

10 seconds

11

 

11 seconds

12

 

12 seconds

13

 

13 seconds

14

 

14 seconds

15

 

15 seconds

16

 

 

Max hit count can take :Press  number key "5" on TV remote to select

Available Settings

Indicator

flashes times

Description

1 round

1

 

2 rounds

2

 

3 rounds

3

 

4 rounds

4

 

5 rounds

5

 

6 rounds

6

 

7 rounds

7

 

8 rounds

8

 

9 rounds

9

 

10 rounds

10

 

11 rounds

11

 

12 rounds

12

 

13 rounds

14

 

14 rounds

14

 

15 rounds

15

 

 

 Status read out and IR battle test via SONY TV

Point SONY TV remote to DBF and press key listed below to show vehicle status or test IR battle function

KEY on SONY TV remote

Description

Number Key "1"

To repair vehicle, damage count decreased by 1

Number Key "2"

Fir tank gun to vehicle

Number Key "3"

Fir machine gun to vehicle

Number Key "4"

Number of indicator flash shows remain hit count can take

 

 

 

 

Wiring Diagram

 

 

FAQ

 Build in Mixer: Convert Rudder and Throttle control signal to Left and Right track speed signal.

Safety shutoff: Occurred if controlling signal is lost, controller cuts motor off and waits signal come back, status LED indicator will be lit.

Auto cutoff: The motor cutoff will occurred when battery input drops below minimum supply voltage of controller. If cutoff is happed frequently, increasing  battery cell to rise voltage or use battery which has larger output current.

Remote control system: There are two remote control system in market, and , CSCII can support both.

 

Voltage booster: Signal level of some receiver  may less than 3.3V and  can not be detect by CSCII, we will need a simple circuit as follow to boost voltage by 0.7V.

 

<RX RED> is power of  receiver( red wire)

<RX WHITE> is PWM signal from receiver( white wire)

<CSC RED> is power of CSCII( red wire)

<CSC WHITE> is boosted PWM signal, connect to CSCII (white wire)

 

PRECAUTION

For space saving, ESC have no external housing, please keep Controller  form conductor and metal.

Read carefully and fully understand the instructions before commencing assembly.

Not designed for 1/16 and larger scale R/C Tank, please refer to TK series.

Refer to following pictures, parts circled by red frame are power FET and regulator, keep it from any thing for thermal diffusion.