Have you checked the V on the start battery lately? Maybe put a meter on it when you do the first test?
good idea. itās been sitting off a charger for a whileā¦ and most likely the original batter. 12.2v - I just threw it on a battery tender.
I was planning to replace the battery before I buttoned everything up. Canāt be that expensive and at 4-5 years, gotta be getting close to the end of itās useful life.
Video 1: sevcon ON but the VCM is not happy. (Possible difference in the Canbus Speed.)
Video 2.
If that wire is disconnected the Solenoid wonāt click and the Sevcon OFF. (Exactly whatās happening)
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@Inwo just had a thoughtā¦ I have Steveās controller for his 2016 and split battery in my garage. Any chance you remember what config you put on there?
You guys were burning the mid-night oil - trying to keep up. Not having a VCM or any of that other factory crap in my 2016, I get a little lostā¦ But paying attention.
The more and more I think about the reprogramming of your controller @Erniea15, I am not sure I changed anything besides the Canbus speed (and maybe I even screwed that up). If you have another controller from Dave for another 2016 project I would try that one (but wait to see what @Inwo says first). If it works, send it back to me and I will redo it - I will pay for shipping both ways - if it way my fault I will fix it.
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That was my thought. Iām with Mike.
I only do 250 baud and no tpdo changes.
Okā¦ give me a few and Iāll swap them. Kids just got up and moving, have to whip up some breakfast and then Iāll sneak off to the garage
Good and bad news.
Good news - new controller, vcm isnāt freaking out. Key on, solenoid clicks, sevcon comes on and has a solid green light, display is the same as when the blue controller relay isnāt connected.
Bad news - when I switch to forward or reverse, I get error code 6 on the controller.
Well that mean I screwed up the programing when I had it. Sorryā¦
Your error message is throttle control - the throttle values likely need adjusted.
Likely going to need DVT to make this not painful.
@djgabriel2004 - you might want to share your throttle values? Maybe if he gets DVT running share your DFC with him, We can walk him thru programming so he does not have to ship the controller back to me.
all goodā¦ i have no idea how you keep all the folks you support on here straight anyway. no sweat.
i got the software installed and sent the license request out. Iāve been looking for an excuse to dive into DVT and learn more about configuring the controllerā¦ so hereās my chance 
I gotta get this kids off their ipads and outside. might be slow to respond. Happy Labor Day everyone.
Check voltage on the two throttle wires. One is 1v the other is .5v
1v to p22
.5v to p23
I have quick connects on harness to swap them.
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Good news when all is done.
Verifies my theory that Gem needs a 250baud heart beat.
@djgabriel2004 has proven that changing tpdo is ok with Polaris.
All good. Even though we can bypass everything āpolarisā our way of being reversible seems desirable.
Sorry guys, long night in Vegas. Iām here just catching up.
@Erniea15 Youāll need to change the Voltage in the Throttle parameters as Dave and Mike said. youāll need the DVT for this.
Iām not at home but I brought the laptop so I might be able to share the file with you. I will see if it lets me open it without being connected to the controller. Otherwise I can go back to my thread and look for the parameters so you can write them manually.
Once itās done
Then youāll need to connect the other one and change the Speed to 250kbps to avoid shipping it back and forth. (And also to learn one more thing 
)
And then change the throttle parameters.
Should be correct if I programmed this for a new Gem. The leads are reversed.
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I agree with Dave, he should check this first, I may have jumped the gun on needing to adjust the throttle values before checking the actual voltage. My bad.
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Have the kids down at the beach. Iāll check the voltages as soon as I get home and report.
Holding out hope that I might actually get to drive this over the long weekend 
Good call, yes check wiring first
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Good chance. I mark the two wires random, as there are two programs used.
Ranger uses P23 as main throttle and Gem uses P22. Throttles themselves interchange.
I could standardize and mark them correctly, but where is the fun in that?
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After all the back and forth, I didnāt bother with the voltage readings and just swapped the accelerator wires. No error code on the controller and the wheels spin! I didnāt go more than 2 feet in the garage but it goes forward and backward.
Whatās next? Should I put the blue controller relay wire back to the switched bus bar and then hook the charger wires back up?
Could that be it? (Other than getting the other controller programmed)