Tools: Electric soldering iron & soldering tin Use: Soldering each ESC’s power cables to the power hub
1) Check the color tags on the ESC cables to identify the default color of the ESC LED indicator (red
or green). Mount the ESCs onto the appropriate positions of your aircraft according to the LED
color. Note: The LED color can be adjusted in DJI ESC Assistant.
2) Please solder each ESC to the power pads on the power hub as shown in the gure below.
Make sure that the solder is rmly attached on the power pads and that there is no possibility for
a short circuit. The power cable is a coaxial power cable. Do not damage the protector on the
red cable to avoid short circuit.
3) Connect the signal cable to your controller. The orange wire of the signal cable is for the control
signal; the brown wire of the signal cable is for the GND; and the red wire is reserved.
4) Connect the motor to the ESC. Test the motor and make sure the rotation direction of each motor
is correct. If not, switch the position of any two cables that are connecting the motor to the ESC
to change the rotation direction.
ESC cable
To the controller
Power cable
Power hub
The outer power pads are for the GND cables, and the inner power pads are for the
power cables. The red core of the coaxial power cable is positive, and the shielding
layer of the coaxial power cable is negative. Make sure to solder them correctly. Try to
solder the cables rmly to the power hub at the proper length (the wire should be just
long enough to reach the soldering point, without any extra wire bunched up before
the soldering point) and outward facing.
ESC
Make sure there is no short circuit or open circuit.
It is recommended that you solder a power connector onto the power hub.
4. Assembling the Propellers
Silver nut (9450)
Attach the propeller with a silver nut
onto the counter clockwise motor.
Lock: Tighten the propeller by rotating it in this direction.
Unlock: Remove the propeller by rotating it in this direction.
Unplug any other serial devices connected to your computer before updating. Then follow the
instructions below:
1) Download the ESC Assistant installer from the DJI website. Run the installer and follow the
prompts to nish the installation.
2) Connect one end of the Updater to the Data/ESC Firmware Update Port. Connect the other end
of the Updater to a computer with a Micro-USB cable. Power on the ESC. DO NOT disconnect
until conguration is nished.
3) Run the ESC Assistant and wait for the ESC to connect. Watch the indicators on the bottom of
the screen. When connected successfully, the Computer Connection status will be solid green
and Data Exchange Indicator will blink blue.
4) Click on the [View] page. In the “ESC” section, check the current rmware version and ensure
the installed rmware is the latest version. If not, click the link and follow the prompts to upgrade.
If the ESC is not automatically recognized by the DJI ESC Assistant (the indicators on the
bottom of the screen show a solid green and an inactive blue), check whether there is more
than one DJI Updater, FTDI USB adapter, or other developer tool (including, but not limited
to, BeagleBone, Raspberry, Arduino, etc.), which may use the FTDI chipset, connected to
the computer. If any of these FTDI devices are connected, simply unplug them and keep
the DJI Updater connected to the computer. Then, restart the DJI ESC Assistant and the
ESC system to form a successful connection.
8. ESC LED Indicators & Sound Description
The description is the same for both outer ESC LED indicators and inner ESC LED indicators, as