mammonista
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- May 27, 2018
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Hey all,
So I love the 3k Cyclone mid-drive on my Gravity Deadeye Monster. But the throttle response was completely unacceptable for technical low-speed riding on sand dunes here on the Oregon coast. Was like a frickin' on/off switch that you never knew the 'on' point from a dead stop. 5-10 degrees (more or less) of nothing from the twist throttle off position and then 'whammo' you get a lot of power that ramps up quickly.
So I decided to go with a Cycle Analyst (V3 CA) to manage the battery/motor/throttle along with E-brakes to kill the motor when activated. But it looks like wiring this thing in is going to be problematic. And I'm hoping some of you who have already done this can give me some advice/direction. I searched the forum and downloaded 'unofficial users guide' but can't find the answers to a few questions I have so....
1) CA V3 has just one JST-SM plug (female) Ebrake cut-off plug. WTF? I have two Ebrakes! Am I supposed to wire the Ebrakes together before going into a 'male' plug?
2) My throttle has a female plug with three wires red/black/white and two larger wires not in a plug yellow/red. The CA V3 has a female JST-SM plug for throttle input with red/black/green. Should the white from the throttle output be wired to the green on the CA input?
3) The CA-DP plug has six terminals labeled ThO, Sp, S+, S-, Gnd, and V+. Beside Gnd representing 'ground' what the heck do the rest of these designations stand for? And how would they interface with the controller that came with the Cyclone?
4) Since the controller inputs/outputs that came with the Cyclone, and the outputs that came with the Ebrakes are not compatible with the CA V3 female plugs should I replace everything with something else? Molex plugs, other JST plugs? And where would I find those? Ebay?
Thanks in advance for any/all advice.
Mark
So I love the 3k Cyclone mid-drive on my Gravity Deadeye Monster. But the throttle response was completely unacceptable for technical low-speed riding on sand dunes here on the Oregon coast. Was like a frickin' on/off switch that you never knew the 'on' point from a dead stop. 5-10 degrees (more or less) of nothing from the twist throttle off position and then 'whammo' you get a lot of power that ramps up quickly.
So I decided to go with a Cycle Analyst (V3 CA) to manage the battery/motor/throttle along with E-brakes to kill the motor when activated. But it looks like wiring this thing in is going to be problematic. And I'm hoping some of you who have already done this can give me some advice/direction. I searched the forum and downloaded 'unofficial users guide' but can't find the answers to a few questions I have so....
1) CA V3 has just one JST-SM plug (female) Ebrake cut-off plug. WTF? I have two Ebrakes! Am I supposed to wire the Ebrakes together before going into a 'male' plug?
2) My throttle has a female plug with three wires red/black/white and two larger wires not in a plug yellow/red. The CA V3 has a female JST-SM plug for throttle input with red/black/green. Should the white from the throttle output be wired to the green on the CA input?
3) The CA-DP plug has six terminals labeled ThO, Sp, S+, S-, Gnd, and V+. Beside Gnd representing 'ground' what the heck do the rest of these designations stand for? And how would they interface with the controller that came with the Cyclone?
4) Since the controller inputs/outputs that came with the Cyclone, and the outputs that came with the Ebrakes are not compatible with the CA V3 female plugs should I replace everything with something else? Molex plugs, other JST plugs? And where would I find those? Ebay?
Thanks in advance for any/all advice.
Mark