Slow down a little, and try shorter sentences or more punctuation. This makes things clearer and easier to read, which makes it much more likely to get a useful response from helpers.
(In my experience, the harder someone has to work to help, the less likely it is they will do so)
Stealth69 said:
Just finished my first build using a sabvoton 100a controller can only access via the android app and was trying to figure out if I need to turn on pas anywhere
What specific settings are available in the app you have?
"Sabvoton" has become a generic name for certain higher power controllers, made by several companies. Each uses different designs, software, etc., so each has different capabilities. You'll have to provide whatever info you have about yours and what it can do and how, for us to know what you've got access to.
as there is a plug with 3 wires could be 2 from controller clearly says pas so seems a bit odd that if you connect a crank sensor and magnet you cant use it anyway
Is it two wires, or three? It makes a significant difference, as a PAS sensor requiring 5v to drive it won't work on a two-wire connector. Most PAS sensors require power.
If it is two wires you'd need to find a compatible two-wire sensor.
There are even four-wire PAS sensors (taht are still just for cadence), and then there are PAS/torque sensors with even more connections; each of them will require a compatible connection on a compatible controller.
just dosent make sense although I find the explanations of what everything means pretty sketchy at best.
Which explanations? Those from the manufacturer or seller? Or those found online somewhere? If you link to what you are referring to we may be able to help figure it out.
Seems theres plenty of replies to posts where the knowledge is already there but I personally posted an urgent request for advice on settings and no one bothered
On what forum? (you didn't post one here, unless you deleted it, or you have signed up under multiple names (which is not allowed).
As for "urgent" requests, you should keep in mind that people read and post whenever they happen to have time, so it could be hours, days, or weeks before someone even sees any particular post, much less has time to read it, figure out what might help, and reply.
At least here on ES, there aren't any paid support people, and no one is here 24/7.
so I done a hall test again randomly changed things and pure luck it seems to have solved it.
What kind of "hall test"? I can't imagine any test that would just change whether your PAS sensor is active or not, unless your controller just happens to autodetect connected hardware whenever such a test is run, and until that is done it doesn't evne know there is a sensor attached. That isn't something I've ever seen in any controller of any type.
But no pas on a controller that has wires for such is nonsensical
There's been a number of controllers (and other devices) posted just here on ES (and others elsewhere on teh web) that have wiring and connectors for functions that don't work on them (probably disabled at the factory). I have one here that has wires for hall sensors, but it does not ever respond to them, regardless of how the system is wired or setup--it only ever works in sensorless mode. :/
Nonsensical? Sure. But it happens.
