Wesley BCT-6200-6SA - Manual (Page 40)

Curtis 1243
GEN
2 Manual, Rev. B 32
3 — PROGRAMMABLE PARAMETERS: Throttle Parameters
Throttle Parameters
THROTTLE TYPE
The 1243
GEN
2 controller accepts a variety of throttle inputs. Instructions are
provided in Section 2 for wiring the most commonly used throttles: 5kΩ–0 and
0–5kΩ 2-wire potentiometers, 3-wire potentiometers, 0–5V throttles, current
sources, and the Curtis ET-XXX electronic throttle.
The throttle type parameter can be programmed to 1, 2, 3, or 4. The
standard throttle input signal type options are listed in Table 4.
Table 4 PROGRAMMABLE THROTTLE TYPES
THROTTLE
TYPE DESCRIPTION
1 2-wire 5kΩ–0 potentiometer
2 single-ended 3-wire potentiometer with 1kΩ to 10kΩ range;
0–5V voltage source;
current source driving external resistor;
or Curtis ET-XXX electronic throttle
3 2-wire 0–5kΩ potentiometer
4 wigwag 3-wire potentiometer with 1kΩ to 10kΩ range;
0–5V voltage source;
or current source driving external resistor
THROTTLE DB
The throttle deadband parameter defines the throttle pot wiper voltage range
that the controller interprets as neutral. Increasing the throttle deadband set-
ting increases the neutral range. This parameter is especially useful with throttle
assemblies that do not reliably return to a well-defined neutral point, because
it allows the deadband to be defined wide enough to ensure that the controller
goes into neutral when the throttle mechanism is released.
Examples of deadband settings (0%, 10%, 40%) are shown in Figure 15
for the four throttle types (see Table 4). In all the examples in Figure 15, the
throttle max parameter is set at 100%.
The throttle deadband parameter is adjustable from 0% to 40% of the
nominal throttle wiper range; the default setting is 10%. The nominal throttle
wiper voltage range depends on the throttle type selected. See Table 1 (page 9)
for the characteristics of your selected throttle type.
The throttle deadband is tuned as part of the vehicle performance adjust-
ment process (Section 5).