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Throttle disengage during CLI/HIL modes #314

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I think it would be nice to disable the throttle output signal pin during 
CLI/HIL modes.  With this enabled you can be sure that the motor would never 
spin up during a radio setup or a simulation.  I don't mind if the control 
surface servos follow the simulation and whatnot but I can't, at the time, 
disconnect my motor because the power comes in on the motor servo connector.  I 
guess I could hardwire a switch inline with the signal wire but I think it 
would be much easier to make it an option to disable that pin for setup and 
simulations.  Thoughts?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Delorean...@gmail.com on 31 Mar 2011 at 7:48

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
This is somewhat impossible due to the hardware.  If you are in "hardware 
manual" mode, there is a direct hardware path from the throttle input to 
output, and if you do a radio calibration, for example, while in this mode the 
motor will spin up.  However, if you are not in "hardware manual" then you 
should not be experiencing throttle spin up during CLI setups.  You can still 
get a spin up in some of the tests, but this is somewhat intentional.

Original comment by dewei...@gmail.com on 31 Mar 2011 at 7:51