I.B.U. Electronics IBU2 Manual

Full Option Electronic Board for R/C Trucks
Operating & Installation Manual

Contents
1 Introduction
2 Features
3 The IBU2 Truck
4 Connecting radio and radio configuration
5 Controls
6 Changing sounds
7 Configuration settings
8 Trou le shooting
9 Authorised dealers
10 Follow us

1 INTRODUCTION
The IBU2 Truck is a Multi-Function Controller for Radio Controlled Trucks, featuring realistic sound
effects and lighting all from a hobby grade channel radio set (AM, FM, 2. Ghz) sold separately.
2 FEATURES
•Sound effects are fully user definable via supplied microSD card, so any type of
truck can be selected or something totally unique.
•Fully synchronized sounds with truck actions, including engine start-up and
shutdown, rev up, brake, reverse beep, horn, indicators, change of speed, gear
selection, air discharge, trailer hook up, and many more.
•User settings changeable via the supplied microSD card, no special software
required.
•User can define top speed 0-100%
•User can define restricted reverse speed for added realism. 0-100% based on set
forward speed
•Compactable with Tamiya lighting tractor unit and trailer units.
•Lighting effects controlled via the remote using channel radio set. Including
hazards, head lights and tail lights, high beam, fog lights.
•Automatic synchronized features like reverse beep and reverse light during
reversing, brake sounds and brake light when braking, indicators during slow speed
turns.
•Cab vibration unit
(Sold separately)
control for realism. User changeable settings via
supplied microSD card.
•Modern ESC allowing ultra realistic speed control even at slow speeds. And higher
efficiency allowing longer battery run time.
•User changeable protection. IBU2 Truck protected by 2A fuse and 10A fuse for ESC.
No more sending back to manufacturer for repair after accidental electrical short.
•Built in battery monitoring to protect your batteries.
•Supports 2S LiPo, 6 cell Ni-Cd, 6 cell Mi-MH batteries.
•Optional audio upgrade unit, allowing twin speakers and twin volume control. 1
dedicated to engine, 1 dedicated to sound effects each rated at 6w.
•Small dimensions at 103 x 65 x 25mm, leaving more space in cab for interior detail.

3. THE IBU2 TRUCK
Layout of the IBU2 Truck.
Connector Utilization
Vi ration Motor Output for cabin vibration motor
Speaker 2W audio output @ 8 ohms ( W @ Ohms)
High Beam High beam lights output
Right Winker Right turn indicator output
Left Winker Left turn indicator output
Fog Lights Front fog lights output
Reverse Lights Reverse light output
Rear /Brake Lights Rear/brake lights output
Headlights Headlight/Side lights output
Coupler Switch Trailer micro switch input
Battery Power input
Motor Output Motor output
Audio Volume Audio volume regulation
Service Fuse Protection fuse for services (2A)
Motor Fuse Protection fuse for traction motor (10A)
Gear Shift Servo Gear shift servo output
Steer Servo
Trailer Latch
Steering servo output
Trailer latch servo output

BOARD SETTINGS
After installing the board on the truck set the type of battery used through the dip switch on the
board below.
Battery Type Switch 1
Li-Po battery (*) ON
Ni-Mh or Ni-Cd (*) OFF
Radio Programming Switch 2
Programming mode ON
Normal mode OFF
(*) Monitors the voltage of the battery pack. When this becomes low the alarm sound is played.
Further use on a low battery will lead to the truck turning off.

CONNECTING RADIO AND CONFIGURATION
•Connect the receiver with cables (included) referring to the figure and the table below.
•Make sure to have no reverse or dual /rate active on radio channels.
•Turn on the truck and the radio transmitter.
•Wait until the receiver is aligned to the transmitter. (when aligned the low beam lights will
stop blinking and stay lit)
•Move the dip switch 2 to ON.
•Move both stick to the radio in all directions until it stops.
•Move the dip switch 2 to OFF.
•The board is now configured for use with the radio / receiver connected to it.
Receiver connected (cable inserted corresponds to channel 1)
Inputs IBU2
Connect to the channel relative to the stick / command you want to use
CH1 Acceleration / reverse
CH2 Steer
CH3 Lights, horn
CH4 Gear shift

5CONTROLS
•Switch on the truck, the head light will flash.
•Turn on the radio, the head lights remain on and you hear the horn sound.
•At this point you can activate certain functions such as:
High beam lights, fog lights, indicators, emergency lights, horn 1 & 2, coupling / uncoupling
trailers.
•Start the engine of the truck (right stick diagonally lower left for 5 seconds) and wait for the
engine to finish starting up and starts idling.
•Engage a gear and bring the left stick forward or backward to move, make sure the truck is
moving in the right direction.
•Try to steer right and left and check that the wheels are moving in the right direction, check
also the activation of turning indicator lights.
NOTE
If some of the movements are reversed compared to the command you need to reverse its own
channel on the radio, or change the parameter for the channel in the file "IBU2_TR.ini" in the root
of the microSD board inserted in IBU2 (see chapter 7 below).

Additional controls availa le from the radio controller
•Head light control (default = ON)
Right stick in the top left corner for 1-2 seconds to turn on / off the lights
•High eam lights control stick right up to 1-2 seconds to turn on / off high beam lights
•Fog lights control right stick down for 1-2 seconds to turn on / off lights
•Emergency lights control right stick in the upper right corner for 1-2 seconds to turn on / off
the emergency lights
•Latch/unlatch trailer right stick in the bottom right corner for 1-2 seconds to hook/unhook the
trailer
•Horn 1 right stick up (about 25% of the movement) to play the sound effect of the horn 1
•Horn 2 right stick down (about 25% of the movement) to play the sound effect of the horn 2
•Revving the engine with out moving truck, right stick up (about a 25% of the movement
useful) to play the sound effect of the engine revving.
•Air exhaust from the air rake reservoir right stick down (about 25% of the movement useful)
to play the sound effect of the exhaust air

6CHANGING THE SOUNDS
On the supplied microSD are provided customized sound effects for a several number of trucks.
Note: To fully enjoy the sound quality it is recommended to use the original Tamiya
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speaker's or
a speaker of good quality available from your local dealer.
To select the set of sounds appropriate for the truck on which is installed the IBU2, do the
following:
1. With power OFF, press lightly on the microSD inserted under the IBU2 to release the microSD
memory card (NOTE: DO NOT PULL THE MICROSD TO UNLOCK !!!), pull it out and insert into a
memory card reader (not supplied) on your PC, MAC.
2. Access the media and browse its contents.
3. In the root of the media are the files used by the sound module of IBU2.
Each wave file is associated with a different sound effect according to the correspondence
set in the file "IBU2_TR.INI":
Varia le in the file IBU2_TR.ini Es. Audio file Corresponding effect
Engine Cold ON estartc.wav Starting a cold engine
Engine Warm ON estartw.wav Starting the engine hot
Engine Stop estop.wav Engine stop
Engine Idle eidle.wav Engine idling
Engine Step 1 es01.wav Motor Ramp 1
Engine Step 2 es02.wav Motor Ramp 2
...
Engine Step XX esXX.wav Motor Ramp XX
Revup revup.wav acceleration
Revdw revdw.wav deceleration
Air last1 air st1.wav 1 air vent
Air last2 air st2.wav Air vent 2
Air last3 air st3.wav Air vent 3
Air last4 air st4.wav Air vent 4
AlarmRev alarmrev.wav Reverse Alarm
AlarmBatt alarm .wav Battery Alarm
Brake rake.wav raking
Dryer dryer.wav air vent dryer
Horn1 horn1.wav Clacson1
Horn2 horn2.wav Clacson2
Latch latch.wav trailer coupling
Unlatch unlatch.wav release trailer
Shift1 horn1.wav Clacson1
Shift2 horn2.wav Clacson2
Turn1 turn1.wav indicator 1
Turn2 turn2.wav indicator 2

. To choose a different truck set for your truck simply enter into its subfolder (e.g. "Mack") and
copy all the files in the root of the microSD, overwriting the existing ones. Check the name
matching the audio samples with the associated tags in the file IBU2_TR.INI.
5. Remove the microSD from the PC/MAC adapter and put it back into the IBU2 socket until it
clicks, turn on your truck and try new sounds included.
6. New sound sets when produced will be available to download from http://www.ibu-
electronics.com/downloads_9.html
You can also create your own sounds by replacing the sounds provided by converting a sound
effect or music from any format (WAV, MP3) in WAV format, mono, 22050 Hz, 8 bits. Each sample
must not have a size greater than 1 Mb or its reproduction will be truncated.
The names of the * .wav files are not important, as long as the file is reported IBU2.ini proper
correspondence between each file and its sound effect, and provided they are not longer than 8
characters (plus the extension ".wav") and do not contain spaces or periods.
Example
"Abcd_defg.wav" Not good (9 characters);
"Abcdefghi.wav" Okay (8 characters);
"Ab cd.wav" Not good (5 characters, but there is a space);
"Ab.cd.wav" Not good (there is a point in the middle of the name).
Note: some audio editing software is not able to successfully convert the audio in this format, or
add data that can not be read by IBU2: if you have problems in the reproduction of its
samples, please contact the manufacturer.
Also avoid reformat the microSD provided ecause some operating systems do not
properly format the media.