Voxl ESC not responding and not detected
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Hello @Vinny @Eric-Katzfey @Alex-Kushleyev @modaltb
I am facing an error with my Voxl FPV ESC. The ESC is not responding to any command. While plug in power the ESC is only blinking 3 LED for the initialization, then there is no LED blinking.
The ESC was working fine, during a flight test the motor suddenly stopped and the drone was landed safely somehow, but after that the motors are not starting, there are no visible damages.
I am attaching the terminal results, I tried to upgrade the firmware, alchange the parameter file, but the ESC is not responding. I also checked with various baudrate, the result is same, no response.:~/Downloads/voxl-esc-master/voxl-esc-tools$ sudo python3 voxl-esc-scan.py Detected Python version : 3.10.12 (main, Mar 3 2026, 11:56:32) [GCC 11.4.0] Found voxl-esc tools bin version: 1.10 INFO: All COM ports: /dev/ttyUSB0 : FT232R USB UART - FT232R USB UART INFO: UART Port Candidates: /dev/ttyUSB0 INFO: Scanning for ESC firmware: /dev/ttyUSB0, baud: 2000000 INFO: Scanning for ESC bootloader: /dev/ttyUSB0, baud: 230400 WARNING: No ESC(s) detected INFO: All COM ports: /dev/ttyUSB0 : FT232R USB UART - FT232R USB UART INFO: UART Port Candidates: /dev/ttyUSB0 INFO: Scanning for ESC firmware: /dev/ttyUSB0, baud: 250000 INFO: Scanning for ESC bootloader: /dev/ttyUSB0, baud: 230400 WARNING: No ESC(s) detected INFO: All COM ports: /dev/ttyUSB0 : FT232R USB UART - FT232R USB UART INFO: UART Port Candidates: /dev/ttyUSB0 INFO: Scanning for ESC firmware: /dev/ttyUSB0, baud: 921600 INFO: Scanning for ESC bootloader: /dev/ttyUSB0, baud: 230400 WARNING: No ESC(s) detected INFO: All COM ports: /dev/ttyUSB0 : FT232R USB UART - FT232R USB UART INFO: UART Port Candidates: /dev/ttyUSB0 INFO: Scanning for ESC firmware: /dev/ttyUSB0, baud: 57600 INFO: Scanning for ESC bootloader: /dev/ttyUSB0, baud: 230400 WARNING: No ESC(s) detected ERROR: not all ESCs foundplease help me out here, is there any way to figure out why is this happening and how to solve it, I had a similar instance earlier, but the ESC was responsive and one motor was glitching. it was stopping during rotation. changing motor did not help, so i changed the ESC and it worked.
what I do to maintain the ESC safety and working.