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4HROTTLE4YPE
n
4HECONTROLLERSACCEPTAVARIETYOFTHROTTLEINPUTS
4HROTTLE?4YPE
n
4HETHROTTLETYPEPARAMETERCANBEPROGRAMMEDASFOLLOWS
WIRERHEOSTATK
Ω
nINPUT
SINGLEENDEDWIREK
Ω
nK
Ω
POTENTIOMETER
ORn6VOLTAGESOURCE
WIRERHEOSTATnK
Ω
INPUT
WIGWAGWIREK
Ω
nK
Ω
POTENTIOMETER
ORn6VOLTAGESOURCE
6#,INPUT
6#,?4HROTTLE
.OTE$ONOTCHANGETHISPARAMETERWHILETHECONTROLLERISPOWERINGTHE
MOTOR!NYTIMETHISPARAMETERISCHANGEDA0ARAMETER#HANGE&AULT
FAULTCODE ISSETANDMUSTBECLEAREDBYCYCLINGPOWERTHISPROTECTS
THECONTROLLERANDTHEOPERATOR
&ORWARD$EADBAND
n6
$ElNESTHEWIPERVOLTAGEATTHETHROTTLEDEADBANDTHRESHOLD)NCREASING
&ORWARD?$EADBAND
n
THETHROTTLEDEADBANDSETTINGWILLINCREASETHENEUTRALRANGE4HIS
PARAMETERISESPECIALLYUSEFULWITHTHROTTLEASSEMBLIESTHATDONOTRELIABLY
RETURNTOAWELLDElNEDNEUTRALPOINTBECAUSEITALLOWSTHEDEADBANDTO
BEDElNEDWIDEENOUGHTOENSURETHATTHECONTROLLERGOESINTONEUTRAL
WHENTHETHROTTLEMECHANISMISRELEASED
&ORWARD-AP
n
-ODIlESTHEVEHICLESRESPONSETOTHETHROTTLEINPUT3ETTINGTHETHROTTLE
&ORWARD?-AP
n
MAPATPROVIDESALINEAROUTPUTRESPONSETOTHROTTLEPOSITION6ALUES
BELOWREDUCETHECONTROLLEROUTPUTATLOWTHROTTLESETTINGSPROVIDING
ENHANCEDSLOWSPEEDMANEUVERABILITY6ALUESABOVEGIVETHEVEHICLE
AFASTERMORERESPONSIVEFEELATLOWTHROTTLESETTINGS
4HEMAPVALUEISTHEPERCENTAGEOFCONTROLLEROUTPUTATHALFTHROTTLE
DEADBANDMAX
&ORWARD-AX
n6
$ElNESTHEWIPERVOLTAGEREQUIREDTOPRODUCECONTROLLEROUTPUT
&ORWARD?-AX
n
$ECREASINGTHETHROTTLEMAXSETTINGREDUCESTHEWIPERVOLTAGEAND
THEREFORETHEFULLSTROKENECESSARYTOPRODUCEFULLCONTROLLEROUTPUT
4HISPARAMETERALLOWSREDUCEDRANGETHROTTLEASSEMBLIESTOBE
ACCOMMODATED
&ORWARD/FFSET
n
$ElNESTHEINITIALCONTROLLEROUTPUTGENERATEDWHENTHETHROTTLEISlRST
&ORWARD?/FFSET
n
ROTATEDOUTOFTHENEUTRALDEADBAND&ORMOSTVEHICLESASETTINGOF
ISAPPROPRIATE&ORHEAVYVEHICLESHOWEVERINCREASINGTHEOFFSETMAY
IMPROVECONTROLLABILITYBYREDUCINGTHEAMOUNTOFTHROTTLEREQUIREDTOSTART
THEVEHICLEMOVING
.OTE!LLFOURTHROTTLEADJUSTMENTPARAMETERS$EADBAND-AP
-AX/FFSETCONDITIONTHERAWTHROTTLEVOLTAGEINTOASINGLE
THROTTLECOMMANDASSHOWNIN&IGURE
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