So I have a 2013 Montague Paratrooper Pro that I have converted to a Ebike with a HI-powered cycles Striker motor that has been drilled for ventilation and has a linear temp sensor. the Striker motor is being controlled by the Lyen 18 fet controller. I have two Lyen controllers one is pre CA v3 or v2.3 and the other is setup for the CA v3. the motor is sensored and test good with the ebike tester I got from Lyen. The throttle Cruise and three position switch are all the ones that Lyen provides or sells with his controllers. I Have Tektro auigura hydraulic disc brakes front and rear. They are the brakes I bought with the motor from HPC and the rear leverl has the brake cut off switch. There is no cut off switch for the front brakes. The battery I am running is the HPC 90v 12s 65amp elite. It consists of two of their 45v batteries run in parallel. The battery is mounted in HPC's large half frame battery bag. The CA is the V3 prelm6 version.
I had it all setup on the earlier v2.3 lyen controller with ebikes.ca's v2-v3 adapter. at first it had the wot signal. I followed the unoffical ca v3 setup guide and found that me min throtle input was setup above what the the throtlle was inputing. I adjusted that and all seemed to work. I did not yet have the Hall and phase wire combos figured out yet, so the motor was not turning, but the throttle on the ca went all the way up and down on the screen as it should when applying and releasing the throttle. I got the hall and phase setup and plugged in and my throttle input signal level changed as I plugged them in and it went to WOT. When it did the motor spun backwards forcing the pedals backwards and tearing out a lot of the wires I had setup for the lyen controller that are mounted on the bottom of the battery bag between the pedals. I had not yet had a chance to tidy up the wires because I was still connecting and disconnecting them for trouble shooting purposes. I also did not expect the motor to spin up yet. the throttle was off. I traced and tested all wires for continuity and fixed what needed to be fixed. the ca now had gone back to controlling the throttle correctly. I should also mention the throttle setting on the CA is and has always been set to pass-through. also I have the cruise that was provided by Lyen hooked in parallel with the lyen provided throttle. Even though the throttle was normal now the wheel did not spin even with the hall and phase connected. I tested the hall and phase with my Lyen ebike tester and the signal was stuck on the yellow phase of the controller and not cycling as it should have been. as I was doing that the controller started to get warm and then made some big sparks. One of the testers motor hall wires had come lose and contacted the case of the controler. i quickly disconnected the tester and shut every thing down. I then checked some wires and powered the system back up and the motor spun backwards again until I turn the power off. I readjusted the max in throttle and powered it backup and all seemed to be fine but the motor would not spin. The throttle now went up and down on the CA display though.
I let it sit for a few days and later messed with the phase and hall wire combos and got the motor to spin forward briefly and stop. after that It is giving me a consitant 3.89v-3.94v min throttle input, but only when I plug the wires of the throttle in backwards. also the throttle goes to wot. which is what I think it should do. when I plug the wires in correctly it just gives me a blinking blank screen on the CA. I have tried adjusting the input and output voltages with out any change in the blinking screen when the throttle is connected correctly. So thinking there is something wrong with the controller I am using, I switched to the CA v3 Lyen controler. I have yet to get the motor to spin on the ca v3 Lyen controller with the same hall and phase combos that I used on the other controller. The v3 lyen controler is also having the same symptoms of a consitant 3.89v-3.94v min throttle input, but only when I plug the wires of the throttle in backwards. the screen also blinks when the throttle is plugged in correctly. thinking maybe it was the throttle I pluged it my spare chinese full grip twist throttle and nothing changed. I have since reset all settings to the factory setting to see if that changed any thing and it did not. I then changed them back. I also unplugged all wires but the CA wire in the controller and the throttle on the ca. That made no difference either.
I am considering a sinewave controler form ebikes.ca when they release the next set on june 29.
I am also having a separate issue with the Ca only seeing the 2nd and 3rd positions on the three position switch off of the aux port on the CA. if I use the 1st position the screen blinks blank as it does with the throttle connected correctly.
Help! I am stumped. could it be because of the prelim6 firmware? should I update to prelim9? or do I have two bad lyen controlers?
I had it all setup on the earlier v2.3 lyen controller with ebikes.ca's v2-v3 adapter. at first it had the wot signal. I followed the unoffical ca v3 setup guide and found that me min throtle input was setup above what the the throtlle was inputing. I adjusted that and all seemed to work. I did not yet have the Hall and phase wire combos figured out yet, so the motor was not turning, but the throttle on the ca went all the way up and down on the screen as it should when applying and releasing the throttle. I got the hall and phase setup and plugged in and my throttle input signal level changed as I plugged them in and it went to WOT. When it did the motor spun backwards forcing the pedals backwards and tearing out a lot of the wires I had setup for the lyen controller that are mounted on the bottom of the battery bag between the pedals. I had not yet had a chance to tidy up the wires because I was still connecting and disconnecting them for trouble shooting purposes. I also did not expect the motor to spin up yet. the throttle was off. I traced and tested all wires for continuity and fixed what needed to be fixed. the ca now had gone back to controlling the throttle correctly. I should also mention the throttle setting on the CA is and has always been set to pass-through. also I have the cruise that was provided by Lyen hooked in parallel with the lyen provided throttle. Even though the throttle was normal now the wheel did not spin even with the hall and phase connected. I tested the hall and phase with my Lyen ebike tester and the signal was stuck on the yellow phase of the controller and not cycling as it should have been. as I was doing that the controller started to get warm and then made some big sparks. One of the testers motor hall wires had come lose and contacted the case of the controler. i quickly disconnected the tester and shut every thing down. I then checked some wires and powered the system back up and the motor spun backwards again until I turn the power off. I readjusted the max in throttle and powered it backup and all seemed to be fine but the motor would not spin. The throttle now went up and down on the CA display though.
I let it sit for a few days and later messed with the phase and hall wire combos and got the motor to spin forward briefly and stop. after that It is giving me a consitant 3.89v-3.94v min throttle input, but only when I plug the wires of the throttle in backwards. also the throttle goes to wot. which is what I think it should do. when I plug the wires in correctly it just gives me a blinking blank screen on the CA. I have tried adjusting the input and output voltages with out any change in the blinking screen when the throttle is connected correctly. So thinking there is something wrong with the controller I am using, I switched to the CA v3 Lyen controler. I have yet to get the motor to spin on the ca v3 Lyen controller with the same hall and phase combos that I used on the other controller. The v3 lyen controler is also having the same symptoms of a consitant 3.89v-3.94v min throttle input, but only when I plug the wires of the throttle in backwards. the screen also blinks when the throttle is plugged in correctly. thinking maybe it was the throttle I pluged it my spare chinese full grip twist throttle and nothing changed. I have since reset all settings to the factory setting to see if that changed any thing and it did not. I then changed them back. I also unplugged all wires but the CA wire in the controller and the throttle on the ca. That made no difference either.
I am considering a sinewave controler form ebikes.ca when they release the next set on june 29.
I am also having a separate issue with the Ca only seeing the 2nd and 3rd positions on the three position switch off of the aux port on the CA. if I use the 1st position the screen blinks blank as it does with the throttle connected correctly.
Help! I am stumped. could it be because of the prelim6 firmware? should I update to prelim9? or do I have two bad lyen controlers?
, so that's the route I took for now.
