helijive blinks 5 times when battery plugged in

[taosgraveyard]

this is a used helijive and yesterday i set it up for the first time, mode 1 then mode 4
then using progdisk turned on autorotate and set the autorotate throttle percentage

i was working with a 6S battery - never ran the motor. just made sure it armed.

then i switched to a 10S battery, and it armed fine,

that was the last thing i did last night.

this morning when plugging it in i get 5 blinks

the text in the manual says


LED blinking 5 times = different motor connections. check the motor connections

"different motor connections"??? what does THAT mean... check the motor connections because they are DIFFERENT???

advice please

[im4711]

Are your connectors soldered correct and all wires are OK?
If so I would reprogram the Jive (mode 1 first followed by 4 if thats your preferred setup).
Also check if the motor is OK. Worse case you may have to contact service.

[taosgraveyard]

the error says "different" not "faulty"

if the connectors are bad they would have been bad yesterday. it armed fine every time i trie it

and there is a code (4 blinks ) for defective motor wire that says check the connectors.

and its definitely strange

but to answer your question my connectors are good, solder connections fine. I use a great soldering station. i never get a bad connection,and i do know how to solder.

i remembered that this morning before plugging in the battery i had swapped two of the motor wires, because when i installed the esc they were twisted around each other.

then i plugged in the battery and got 5 blinks

i tried different combinations of plugging in the motor wires, and the blinking stopped on the third try - then right away i used the progdisk and did a reset

after that it armed.

so i disconnected the battery, plugged it in again and did a mode 1 on it (using the transmitter), and disconnected the battery

when i plugged in the battery to do a mode 4, i got the 5 blinks again...

then i unplugged the programming jumper, and it armed next time i plugged in the battery

the ESC is not installed, its on the table, i wonder if moving it around is moving a motor wire -maybe there is a short near the motor that i can't see

scratching my head

[taosgraveyard]

think a motor wire is shorting against the motor somehow... when i get the 5 blinks, if i move the wores and retry it arms.

the 5 blinks comes and goes as i move the esc around on the bench. its pretty clear whats happening...

pulling the motor... - it was already on the heli that i bought used. this is my firstt day installing servos and such - never have flown it.

[dl7uae]

The German description says:

5x Blinken: Motorleitungen sind auf +Akku nicht gleichmäßig

Freely translated:

Motor wires on + battery are not evenly

Sure you avoided this?

[taosgraveyard]

I think that s not the problem... They were running pretty straight to the motor, with the ESC n the bench..,I'd I wiggled them 1/2 inch the problem went away.

I removed the motor and inspected, dodnt see ipuch, then added some shrink tube t the motor wires, when they are near the motor base and motor mount and mounted the motor with the motor wires more pointing to the front, and it hasn't happened since with the ESC mounted on the Heli