Everything works great the aux the main button. You put in the blade, works fine. Hit the aux button everything shuts off instantly. Put the kill key back pull it out every works fine again. I checked the data 1 and 2 the switches anything that might be not wired right. Confusing. I never had this ever . The neopixle is wired for the proffieboard 2.2 with only the one resistor in-between data 2 and one of the positive wires. I have my data 1 in the center. Everything is as the diagram. ?
What is the aux button supposed to do in your config?
Does it say anything interesting in the serial monitor?
When you say “shuts off”, what actually happens? (Does the blade retract? Do you have a squee-of-death? Does the blade freeze?)
Does pressing the reset button help after it turns off?
Does the aux button work when the blade is not in?
When you say “everything is as the diagram”, what diagram are you referring to?
You know i think i forgot to add to the amount of leds because i added a accent RGB . back to what it does. When i put the blade on the neopixle is lights up normal then when i push the aux it shuts off completely. Goes dark immidiatly. Also without the blade everything works as nothing is wrong.
So does the reset button work, or only the kill key?
The kill key works fine. The reset doesn’t do anything.
I think that means that the problem is caused by triggering the protection circuit in the battery. Either because pressing AUX causes a short somewhere, or because it triggers a bright effect on the blade which draws enough power to trip the protection circuit.
What kind of battery do you have? What current draw is it rated for?
Custom saber shop li-ion 18650 3.7 v/3400mah
TCSS sells a number of batteries which are not suitable for driving neopixels, this sounds like one of them. You’ll want one of the ones that say “15A” in the description.
Ok. I use these on alot of cfx in the past. I was trying to make use of it. I started buying rechargeables from Saber Bay. Any particular brand?
I don’t have any recommendations for brands. I’m not sure if the brand matters much as long as the battery has the right specs.
I wired in one of my keeppower 15 amp batteries. That was what it was . Thank you🙏
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I did the same thing. I think the CFX default package avoided white (full power) to help people transition from the older boards. That allowed the “old school” lower output batteries to be re-used. Glad you worked it out!
Ya didn’t even think about the amps. I guess it’s a easy fix at least 
I rarely use a cfx board anymore.
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It’s easy to forget about the amps (until you short an unprotected battery, which is something you can laugh about afterwards… usually…)
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