Caddo Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Gday slot car gurus, I've found my controller loses brakes when a call button is pressed during a heat. Have heard there's a fix, any ideas? Cheers Caddo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow_rusty Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Loses brakes during the track call? or Loses brakes for the rest of the heat after the track call? For the first one, there should be a jumper in the cartridge that controls brakes on power cut... For the second one, not too sure... Quote Stolen from SlotsNZ Team ABC Team Leader (Ambitious, But Crap) Home Track Threads - Shadow's Semi-Permanent Layout & Another Rug Racer & Proud of It & Gymkhana Test Track Car Collection Thread - My Car Collection Charts / Diagrams - MJK Tyre Selector / Slot.it 4wd Gearing / PoliCar Rollout / Rollout Chart Generator / SCX 4wd Rollout / Track Wiring with Brake on Track Call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddo Posted October 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 number 1, do I need to solder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow_rusty Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Shouldn't need too... From the slot.it manual... (Page 22) http://www.slot.it/Download/SCP1_Manuals/manuale-multi-1.1.pdf With most (all, that we know of) other electronic controllers, when the power is removed from the track, at the end of a heat, the car suddenly looses any type of braking. This means that if, for example, power is cut when you are full throttle just before a hard braking hairpin, the car will take off and potentially damage itself. We have seen it happen, it can happen. So, the SCP-1 analog cartridge, sensing that the power is cut, activates the braking system for approximately one second before switching itself off, enough to bring your car to a safe stop. In all cartridges sold after May, 2008, a dip switch provides a way to select whether the braking action on power loss must be on or off, to get the extra meter of track between heat. Default is no brake when the cap is on the pins. With the very early cartridges, you had to brake a track to enable brakes on power cut, but with most of the cartridges, it's just a jumper that should look something like this... You will need to remove the jumper to enable the brakes on power cut. Quote Stolen from SlotsNZ Team ABC Team Leader (Ambitious, But Crap) Home Track Threads - Shadow's Semi-Permanent Layout & Another Rug Racer & Proud of It & Gymkhana Test Track Car Collection Thread - My Car Collection Charts / Diagrams - MJK Tyre Selector / Slot.it 4wd Gearing / PoliCar Rollout / Rollout Chart Generator / SCX 4wd Rollout / Track Wiring with Brake on Track Call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddo Posted March 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 Finally tested it, and it works, thanks! The jumper is just below the fuse in the SCP01A cartridge SCP2's are another story.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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