Thread: Can we use 2006 Robot Controller?
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Re: Can we use 2006 Robot Controller?
I know it seems each year we have a bad pwm cable or two. Pick up some extra cables, do continuity tests on each one. If you don't have time to order new cables, see if there is a hobby store in town, they usually carry them as well. We've gone to making ours, painstaking as it is, it seems to work out just well and a bit cheaper in the end.

Double check your wiring, then have someone else double check it. Try tether mode (red cable) before you try the radio. Try it without any PWM or Relay outputs and check if just the RC works by itself.

Do you get any indicator lights on the RC? ie, RC Mode, etc...

If no lights come on the RC, check it's fuses. Make sure the RC isn't wired in backwards. Make sure the 12 V isn't wired into the Battery Backup.
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