Nosram MATRIX EVOLUTION ISTC User Manual

6. RADIO / SPEED-CONTROL SET-UP 7. MODE PROGRAMMING
In setup mode the NOSR
AM MATRIX EVOLUTIO
N ISTC
stores every step when you press the SET button.
All the settings will be stored in the speed-controls memory even if the speed-control will be
disconnected
from the battery.
Throttle travel
High ATV, EPA
High ATV, EPA
maximum
Brake travel
Low ATV, EPA, ATL
maximum
Throttle exponential
Throttle exponential
EXP, EXPO
start with 0
Neutral trim
SUB Trim
centre
Servo reverse
Throttle reverse
any setting, don‘t change after set-up procedure!
any setting, don‘t change after set-up procedure!
TRANSMITTER SETTINGS
Setup the following basic functions on your transmitter (if available):
If your transmitter doesn‘t offer any of above functions, it‘s already in „basic setup“ mode.
• En
sure that the speed-control is not connected to the drive battery and is switched off.
•
Remove motor pinion or ensure that the wheel
s of the model are free to rotate.
•
Switch the transmitter on and set the transmitter throttle stick to neutral.
•
Connect
the speed
-control to the battery, and
switch the unit on.
•
Hold the SET button p
ressed for at least 3sec using the supplied plastic screwdriver.

You entere
d setup mode and the
SET LED flashe
s
blue
(it
will flash until the
setup is comp
le
ted).
•
Leave transmitter in neutral position
and press the SET button once.

Neutral setting is stored , MODE L
ED flashes yellow an
d the motor beeps.
•
Hold fu
ll throttle on transmitter
and press the SET button once.

Full-throttle setting is stored,
MODE LED flashes red.
•
Hold fu
ll brake on transmitter
and press the SET button once.

Bra
ke setting is stored, LED‘s glow red (MODE) and blue (SET)
.
•
This completes the setup pro
cedure and your NOSR
AM MATRIX EVOLUTIO
N ISTC
is ready to us
e.
•
If you make a mistake during the setup proce
dure, don‘t worry: Disconnect the battery for about 10sec
and
start
ag
ain from the first step.
•
At the end of each run
switch of the car
, and then switch off the transmitter.
•
At the start of each run switch on the transmitter first, then
switch on the car.
•
F
or storage of the car, disconne
ct the drive battery at any time!
FUNCTION
STATUS
MODE LED
SET LED
Neutral (automatic brake inactive)
--
off
blue
Neutral (automatic brake active)
--
red
off
Forward
partial throttle
partial throttle
yellow
yellow
off
Forward
full throttle
yellow
yellow
blue
Brake
partial brake
partial brake
red
off
Brake
full brake
red
blue
CHECKING THE FUNCTIONS:
Check
the
LED‘s when moving your throttle stick and you will see if everything is setup correctly.
All modes are available for brushless and brushed motors (
speedo adapts
automatically).
The NOSRAM
MATRIX EVOLUTIO
N ISTC
features 4 modes which enable you to adjust it to YOUR special requirements.
The
factory settings are shown in grey colour
.
M
ODE.1 (
Smart
Cell System
)
:
MODE
.
2 (
XPS.2
2 (XPS.22 (
Brushless Power Profiles
XPS.2 Brushless Power ProfilesXPS.2
)
:
only with connected Brushless motor
Higher value means more overall power and more
aggressive
throttle
response
.
T
ea
m
T
i
p
s
:
The following XPS.2
(Brushless)
settings are the preferences from our teamdrivers:
•
Tou
ring Car
: Bonded: 4-7 Sintered: 3-5
•
Off-Road 2
WD
+
Truck:
Bonded: 1-2 S
intere
d:
1
•
1
/12: Bonded: 3-5
S
intered:
2-4
•
Off-Road 4
WD
: Bonded:
1
-4 Sintered:
1
-3
MO
DE
.
2
(
2 (2
PMS.2
Brushed Power Profiles
PMS.2 Brushed Power ProfilesPMS.2
)
:
only with connected Brushed motor
Higher value means more overall power and more
aggressive
throttle
response
.
T
ea
m
T
i
p
s
:
The following PMS.2
(Br
ushed)
settings are the preferences from our teamdrivers:
•
Tou
ring Car
:
Brushed
:
3-5
•
Off-Road 2
WD
+
Truck:
Brushed
:
1-2
•
1
/12:
Brushed:
2-3
•
Off-Road 4
WD
:
Brushed
: 1-4
•
19/27T motors:
Brushed: 5-
6
M
OD
E.3
(
I
nitial Br
ake
):
A
llows you to set a certain level of „hand-brake-effect“
.
T
eam
T
ips
:
A
good starting po
int for the
brake
setting on your radio
is 80% (bonded) and 70% (sintered)
for all classes.
M
ake sure you do the radio-setup with all setting
s on the radio on 100%.
MODE.4 (
Automatic Brake
MODE.4 (Automatic BrakeMODE.4 (
):
A
llows you to set a slight braking action in neutral range
.
Team
t
ips:
For brushl
ess motors y
ou achieve
the same
natural
slowdown as a brushed motor with no autob-
rake when you
set value 2
/3
(
for
bonded
magnets
)
or 0/1 (
for
sintered
magnets
)
.
MODE LED
Value
1
Value
2
Yellow
LiPo/NiMH
Automatic
4-
6
cell NiMH
Racing Mode
•
How to get into „programming the modes
“

Press
MODE button for 3 or more seconds.
•
How to check the stored values

C
ount the number of flashe
s of the blue SET-LED
(
1
x
= value 1, 2
x
= value 2, etc.
)
.
•
How to change the value

Press SET button to increase v
alue by one step.
•
How to get to the next Mode

P
ress M
ODE button
o
nce.
•
How to leave the programming mode

If you are in MODE.4, press the MODE button
one more time
•
Table of settings
,
values and modes: see below (grey-shaded values show
„works default set
tings“).
Smart-Temp-Readout
-
System:
A
s a world-exclusive the NOSRAM MATRIX EVOLUTION ISTC
allows
you to read-out the maximum
internal
temperature that the speedo reached. To save it to the memory you
have to briefly apply brakes after the run before you turn the switch off. You
can convienently read-out the
temperature back in the pits since it remains
stored until you turn it on the next time regularly (which will
reset the memory).
This new feature allows you to accurately check if all is running well or if you‘re close to
shutdown already
.
How to read-out the temperature:

Swit
ch
at
„OFF“ position.

Keep MODE button pressed while you turn swit
ch to „ON“ (then release button)

SET LED will start to flash blue (MODE LED is off)
, now
count the number of flashes.
•
T
hermal shutdown of the speedo would occur
at 5 flashes.
•
The higher the number
o
f
flash
es
, the cooler the speedo ran
(e.g. the
better it is!).
•
E
very flash
over
5
equals
to
~
8
°C
lower internal temp.
(
e.g. 10
flashes is
40°C below shutd
own)
Launch Control
:
Well known
and famous
from our brushed speedos!
No
w
also available for brushless
, the
launch control
allows
„rocket like“ starts
.
After activation it gives you more power
one time for the start
(this
feature is only recommended to be used with touring cars on
high traction surfaces
!).
How to activate launch control
:

Hold tr
igger of transmitter at full brake
for 5sec before start.
Ready
and active
!!!
Smart
Ce
ll S
ystem
:
Ready
for th
e next battery technology – LiPo batteries! NOSRAM’s exclusive and
smart SmartCell System ensures that LiPo batteries can be used safely without
accidentially
deep-discharging
of
the cells.
T
he motor function will be shut-off and the SET LED will flash
if
the system recognises very low
if the system recognises very low if
battery voltage
.
T
ip
:
We recommend using value 2 for 4-6 cells NiMH racing purposes, which disengages the LiPo protection.
XPS.2
Brush
less - Power Profiles:
A
n all new brushless technology which results in more power
and better driveability. Depending on the status of the car (start, acceleration and full speed) the software
calculates the perfect motor management. Higher value means more overall power and
aggressive response
.
Caution
:
Do not
advance
mechanical timing on the
motor
.
L
eave the motor timing on
minimum timing, which
e
q
uals to
2mm
on the
sticker.
PMS.2 Brushed
- Power Profiles
PMS.2 Brushed - Power ProfilesPMS.2 Brushed
:
T
he known and world‘s winning PMS.2
Brushed
power programs
have been implemented
into the NOSRAM MATRIX EVOLUTION ISTC aswell.
Higher value means more overall
power and
aggressive respons
e.
A
utomatic Br
ushless / Brushed Adaption
:
The NOSRAM exclusive Automatic Brushless/
Brushed Adapt
at
ion
detects the connected motor type
during
turn-on
/
initialisation
and adjusts the correct
brushless or brushed
operation
automatically
.
No
adjustment
s
required by yourself, apart from the correct
connection of each motor type (don‘t forget the hall-sensor-wire for brushless!).
Caution
:
Keep in mind, when swopping between brushless and brushed motors, that the chosen mode values
will be identical!
Changing Mode settings without the transmitter
:
At race events you usually do not have
access to your transmitter
, but never mind since you can
simply
disconnect the receiver lead from the receiver
and
c
hange the MODE settings as described in section 7 „Mode Programming“.
8. SPECIAL FEATURES
MODE LED
Value
1
Value
2
Value
3
Value
4
Value
5
Value
6
Value
7
Value
8
R
ed
s
mooth
Power
:
1X
s
mooth
Power:
2X
s
mooth
Power:
3X
s
mooth
Power:
4X
l
inear
Power:
4X
l
inear
Power:
5
X
pr
ogressive
Power: 5X
a
ggressive
Power: 6X
MODE LED
Value
1
Value
2
Value
3
Value
4
Value
5
Value
6
R
ed
smooth
,
low traction
very
l
inear
l
inear,
p
un
ch
increasing
a
ggressive
p
rofil
e
very
aggressi-
very aggressi-very
ve
p
rofil
e
s
uper aggres-
siv
e
p
rofil
e
MODE LED
Value
0
Value
1
Value
2
Value
3
Value
4
Value
5
Value
6
Yellow
/
Yellow/Yellow
R
ed
(alternate)
No
Initial
Brake
Going from lowest to highest inital
brake setting
(value 1 = minimum / value 6 = maximum)
MODE LED
Value
0
Value
1
Value
2
Value
3
Value
4
Value
5
Value
6
Yellow
/Red (same
Yellow/Red (same Yellow
time)
No
Automatic
Brake
Going from lowest to highest automatic brake setting
(value 1 = minimum / value 6 = maximum)
Wor
ks-Default-Settings
:
A
ll N
OSRAM speed-controls
come
factory-adjusted
(de
faults are grey-
shaded
above
)
. If you loose track of the modes, you can res
tore
the
works default settings
.
With the transmit-
ter switched on, hold the SET button pressed while you switch on the speed-control. This
simple
action returns
the unit to the NOSRAM works default settings.
P
ower Capacitor
:
Never disconnect the power-capacitor!
It offers
increased
punch
an
d
additional pro-
tection
.
Freeze
Drive D
esig
n
:
NOSRAM’s secret FreezeDrive Design results in lower speedo temperature under
all racing conditions
and for b
oth brushless + brushed
. Sorry, no further details to be disclosed. Simply a step
ahead of the competition!
Forward/Brake
:
U
ncompromising and outstanding performance
for
top level competition
was the target!
Therefore the
NOSRAM engineering team
develop
ed
a pure forward/brake
co
mpetition
speed
-
control without
reverse function.
Sensored Brushless Technology
:
Enhanced Digital allows the perfect knowledge of the brushless
motor’s magnet position. This
results in
perfect motor control at high and low RPM‘s, as well as perfect brake
control.
M
ulti-Protection System, 3-way protection
:
T
he perfect protection against short-circuits
(motor), overload and overheating. If your speed-control faces overload, the motor function will be shut-off for
protection and the SET LED will flash, although the steering function is maintained. Let the speed-control cool
down for a few minutes. If you experience frequent shutdowns, check for the following:
•
Correct gear ratio (refer to motor manual for gearing recommendations)
• XPS.2 setting too high (higher
• XPS.2 setting too high (higher
val
ue will heat up motor a
ue will heat up motor a
nd
speed
speed
-control excessively)
-control excessively)
• Motor is too strong or motor is damaged.
• Motor is too strong or motor is damaged.

Nosram MATRIX EVOLUTION ISTC Specifications

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Brand	Nosram
Model	MATRIX EVOLUTION ISTC
Category	Engine
Language	English