Use your Slot.it SCP3 on your Scalextric ARC Pro (or Air) track!
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- The new Scalextric ARC Air or ARC Pro system uses the same wireless technology as the Slot.it oXigen system. This allows slot.it to make firmware so that the SCP3, or other oXigen compatible controllers) can be used with your Scalextric ARC Air or Pro power base! In this video, I show how to use the Slot.it App to install the ARC fimrware into your SCP3 so that you can upgrade from the Scalextric controller and get more control over your cars!
Hi Greg I don’t know if you remember that you helped me to make my scp 3 working whit y
The ARCPRO and it didn’t work. I broke a sensor on my ARC and send it to Scalextric for repair, then I brought a new one do to the long waiting time, but Scalextric send me a
New one after 3 weeks so free of charge very good service mine has rand out of guaranty. And with the new one I have bought I run my handle as usual all knobs to 0 but the I try. to use them and every thing worked out fine, so nothing wrong with you told me to do but my ARC was the problem, so ones again thank you for your help, And all the best from Danish Arne living in UK
glad it all worked out!
If I want to use this controller with the high current handle cartridge to use as an analog controller, do I have to download firmware for it to work? I plan on using this controller for digital wireless and analog as well. Thanks.
No. The firmware it comes with can use the analog cartridges.
@@ggaub thanks Greg
Where did you get this from
I got mine from 132slotcar.us, but I encourage you to ask your local slot shop to bring them in.
GRACIAS, muy buen vídeo, un gran aporte!
Hey Greg, thanks for this info. Just picked up a Scalextric Arc Pro set and was wondering if I could upgrade controller in the future, and what that entails. Super of you to do a video on this. Zippideedooda
Thanks so much for the video. Could you tell me the process if I want to use the SCP3 with my ARC PRO base while in analog mode with analog cars? Thank you.
The same as you do with the original ARC controllers. Flip the switch on the side of the ARC Pro, and drive.
Thanks for this helpful video Greg.
Hi you mentioned that you can pair the SCP3 with the Arc Pro or Arc Air.... Is the Arc Air a digital powerbase? I thought it was an Analog powerbase
You are correct. It uses the same controller as the ARC Pro, and can therefore use the SCP3 in the same way.
Buenas, querido amigo Greg en mi CSP3 cuando aprieto el botón con la flecha hacia arriba me sale 2 guiones de forma alternativa con lo que no logro actualizar mi chip. Según tu explicación debería salir información para actualizar chip o PA. Hago algo mal? Mi CSP3 no funciona bien? Lo único diferente es que no tengo instalado PA. gracias
You only press up if you have a PA and want to update the PA firmware. Press down to choose the handle, then the brake button. The -- just confirms that the handle does not detect a PA installed. The PA is not necessary for most users.
@@ggaub Lo que quiero es actualizar el firmware del chip conforme dices en tu video pero a mí me sale en el display "--".
@@ferranalbertbellver4889 That's correct, because you don't have the PAM.
Ignore the up arrow, I was simply showing all the options. YOU would use the DOWN arrow, so that it shows "hAndle" and then press the brake button. Stop pressing the up arrow button. You would not press that button. Stop it. Press DOWN NOT UP.
Are you saying that when you press DOWN, that it shows - -?
@@ggaub Como con el CSP3 no puedo actualizar el firmware del chip lo voy hacer desde la APP directamente sin utilizar el CSP3.
@@ferranalbertbellver4889 If you can record a video like I did, showing me what you are doing, and what happens, I might be able to help. If you are using an Apple device, the DFU is not currently working in the slot.it app, and you will need to use the Nordic nRF Toolbox app as I show in some of my other videos. Have you read the SCP3 manual from slot.it? Not the paper one that comes with it, but the full manual on their web site.
Hola Greg, tengo un problema y quisiera saber si puedes ayudarme: Cada vez que enciendo el mando el me sale en el display el numero 6 de forma intermitente y no logro quitarlo ni tampoco puedo programar otros coches (he actualizado firmware del mando y chip y nada). He observado lo siguiente en mi CSP3:
El numero 6 corresponde al canal de un coche que tengo y que puesto en pista lo detecta el mando y funciona perfectamente. Además tengo otro coche que también está en ese canal pero el coche anda dando tirones cuando le doy gas. Debería tener solo uno en un canal pero....
Por último he detectado que la secuencia incial que realiza del sistema cuando encendemos el mando es:
O O2 2 h hn n 3 3.1 12 26 6 P PA A- -
Ha pasado a ser:
O O2 2 H HN H 3 3.1 12 26 6 P PA 6 o on n
Le ha pasado a alguien, tienes idea de que puede estar pasando?
Pongo un video: th-cam.com/video/4qoWbjbY_-Y/w-d-xo.html
Saludos y gracias
that is not a 6, that is a "b" and it's the low battery indicator. You need to charge the battery. Plug a standard phone charter into the micro-USB on the back of the handle. When the green light turns off, it is fully charged.
@@ggaub Muchas gracias Greg. Sí es bateria baja. Solucionado: Cuando aparezca una [b]“b”[/b] en el display del mando intermitente quiere decir Bateria Baja. Para la recarga
conectaremos un USB al mando y a la corriente eléctrica y veremos una luz amarilla cuando esta luz desaparezca el mando ya estará cargado.
Where did you find the controller and what battery did you use?
Ask your closest slot-selling hobby store if they can order some in for you. Otherwise, there are several stores around the world that will sell and ship worldwide.
For the battery, I went to my nearest RC store to find the right type that would fit in the handle. It happens to be this mode, but others work as well.
www.amazon.com/dp/B009PBZ8BG
Check this thread on SlotForum for discussion of battery types: www.slotforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=200979
excelente video!
sabes si instalando una extension para pistas analogas, puedo seguir usandolo con el mismo firmware de arc pro?
The ARC Pro has a built-in analog mode, so the SCP will work with that mode just like it does for digital mode.
@@ggaub oh claro! en Arc pro si, pero si puedo llevarme ese control al club con el catridge análogo y correr allá, y luego llegar a mi casa y seguir usando Arc pro con el mismo firmware
¿será posible?
Could you do a video where you use Scp 3 handle on a arc pro with a car with oxygen c chip
And run it as a scalextric digital
Probably not any time soon, as I don't have an ARC Pro track put together right now. It should work, though I'd probably just go with oXigen control at that point.
Ok but must be that you pare the scp 3 controller with arc pro with the slot it app then when you put the car with the oxygen chip on the track you reprogram it wit the other program you use what is it called in App Store
@@christianaabavn7949 You would use the slot.it app to:
1- register the SCP3 and the Type C chip
2- install the ARC firmware into the SCP3
3- install the SSD firmware into the Type C chip.
Then you pair the SCP3 to the ARC Pro as shown in this video. And program the car to the same color just as you would any other SSD car.
The only reason to use the Nordic Semiconductor DFU app, which is what I assume you're asking about, is if the SCP3 or Type C chip don't connect to the app because the firmware that's on them when you get them is too old.
Fantastic how to Greg. So do you now have adjustable brakes as well or does the scalextrics digital chip just not have that capability?
Hi. Not working on mine. Dfu is not highlighted, only “change “ is.
App version is 1.4.1.
Scalextric Digital standard chips don't support variable braking. There are other ways to get that, but with what is shown here, no.
@@clausbjerga2745 It's possible that the handle has pretty old firmware, and you'll need to use the Nordic app to install more current firmware. See my Slot.it Type C chip demonstration video for some video of that process. The SCP3 manual tells you how to put it into DFU mode manually for use with that app.
Thanks for your reply. Yes I did suspect that to be honest but wanted to check. So I want to keep the arc air system and be fully digital for lap counting and changing lanes but want variable braking, what controller and digital car chip would I need?:)
Unfortunately, at this time, I don't know of a way to get variable braking when the ARC Pro is involved. For that, we need a PC and a C7042 (APB) power base, OR switch over to oXigen racing. The track would remain the same, other than putting a few magnets under it for lap counting and pit sensing, but you'd need an oXigen USB stick and a PC race manager such as RCSO2
Hi Greg, great to find some info on the SCP-3 with Arc Pro, I have 2 of them and have set up and work great, two things though and I wonder if you could help? the lane change buttons only the top one works to change lanes, I thought that both should work to change lanes according to the instructions and also have not been able to get ghost mode to work, both controllers are working the same. thanks
I tested and confirmed your findings. I'll see if I can get an answer from slot.it. I think the LC thing is a bug. Ghost mode might be a future feature unlocked by the App.
@@ggaub Thanks
Hi Greg do you need a battery to run the scp 3 ?
Yes. As I mention in the video, I went to my local RC hobby store to get one. It needs to be 3.7v LiPo, have the right connector, and fit in the handle. That's why I went to a store rather than order online. You can power it other ways, but anything other than a battery in the handle is silly, IMHO. Of course, it can be used with their analog cartridges, for which no battery would be needed.
Greg- what is the power amplification attachment on your controller? Is that a slot.it product too? What exactly does that do for the controller?
It's a slot.it product, and is exactly what it sounds like. It doesn't add any functionality, it just extends range. It's really not needed for most users, but I'm crazy. ;-)
@@ggaub -we both love slot cars, so we are both a little crazy! My table is 7' x 15' and I swear the Arc Pro wireless controllers are less accurate when we are on the ends of my table. I may need to buy 1 slot.it controller and PA attachment to see if that makes a difference before I purchase all 6. One more project! Geez, I haven't even finished installing the rest of those kerbs I bought from you over the holidays. They work perfectly, by the way.
@@chrish8645 Yeah, wireless interference can come from all angles. Even with my PAM I can create problems if I put much between the controller and receiver. Even one of the other wireless digital slot car systems recommends hanging the receiver above the track for optimum reliability. If you have a tendency to hold the controller low such that the table itself can be in the way, you might need the PAM, or even a rostrum for drivers to stand on. ;-)