Curtis Instruments 1238 User Manual

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-ANYASPECTSOFVEHICLEPERFORMANCECANBEOPTIMIZEDUSINGTHEWIDEVARIETY
OFADJUSTABLEPARAMETERSAVAILABLETOTHECONTROLLERS/NCEA
VEHICLEMOTORCONTROLLERCOMBINATIONHASBEENTUNEDTHEPARAMETERVALUESCAN
BEMADESTANDARDFORTHESYSTEMORVEHICLEMODEL!NYCHANGESINTHEMOTOR
THEVEHICLEDRIVESYSTEMORTHECONTROLLERWILLREQUIRETHATTHESYSTEMBETUNED
AGAINTOPROVIDEOPTIMUMPERFORMANCE
3ELECTINGTHECONTROLMODE SEEPAGE
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INPUT/FFANDTHEN/NTOCLEARANYPARAMETERCHANGEFAULTSANDUSETHE
TOCHECKFORFAULTSINTHECONTROLLER4HENPROCEEDTOTHETUNINGSTEPSFORTHE
CONTROLMODEYOUHAVESELECTED
#ONDUCTTHESTEPSINTHESEQUENCEGIVENBECAUSESUCCESSIVESTEPSBUILD
UPONTHEONESBEFORE)TISIMPORTANTTHATTHEEFFECTOFTHESEPROGRAMMABLE
PARAMETERSBEUNDERSTOODINORDERTOTAKEFULLADVANTAGEOFTHES
POWERFULFEATURES0LEASEREFERTOTHEDESCRIPTIONSOFTHEAPPLICABLEPARAMETERS
IN3ECTIONIFTHEREISANYQUESTIONABOUTWHATANYOFTHEMDO
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3PEED-ODE%XPRESSISTHESAMEAS3PEED-ODEWITHTHEEXCEPTIONTHATITHAS
FEWERPARAMETERSANDISTHEREFORESIMPLERTOUSE-OSTVEHICLEAPPLICATIONSWILL
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THISCASECHANGEYOURCONTROLMODETO3PEED-ODEIESET#ONTROL-ODE
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APPLICATIONTHISSPEEDSETTINGCORRESPONDSTOANINPUTOFFULLTHROTTLE
C!DJUST4YPICAL-AX3PEEDPAGETOTHEAPPROXIMATEMAXIMUMSPEED
THATTHEMOTORWILLSPIN4HISISUSUALLYTHESAMEVALUEASTHESETTINGFOR
-AX3PEEDBUTSOMEAPPLICATIONSHAVEA-AX?3PEED?3PD-XTHATCHANGES
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3PEEDTOTHEHIGHESTSPEEDTHEMOTORISEXPECTEDTOREACH4HISVALUEDOESNOT
NEEDTOBESETPRECISELYSINCEITWILLNOTCHANGEMOTORPERFORMANCE4YPICAL
-AX 3PEED SETS A REFERENCE POINT FOR THE hRATEv PARAMETERS ACCEL DECEL
BRAKERATESSOTHATAPPLICATIONSTHATHAVEACHANGING-AX?3PEED?3PD-X
WILLNOTEXPERIENCECHANGESINTHERATESBECAUSETHERATESAREREFERENCEDTO
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Curtis Instruments 1238 Specifications

General

Brand	Curtis Instruments
Model	1238
Category	Controller
Language	English