Help! ESC with Brushless motor Programming Problems

[minimojo644]

Hi,
I'm very new to this and I am very aware my programming, soldering and wiring is a mess. I am trying to program a motor to spin as a part of a small Wind tunnel project. Unfortunately I broke the legs off my potentiometer, so I decided to use push to make buttons instead. I don't think I have correctly grounded these as when my finger hovers over Button Up the "Power" quickly goes to max. Also when I connect the battery the ESC and motor produces beeps every 3 seconds until I press the up or down button, but the motor does not start to spin. When I press the stop button the beeping continues. I am using a 4S 1500mAh 120C battery. I looked at a lot of online websites, but I've just been confused on what is wrong.

Thank you for any help!!!

[Railroader]

Thanks for the pictures but......

Read this link and sharpen Your post one step or two: How to get the best out of this forum - Using Arduino / Project Guidance - Arduino Forum

Schematics showing how the buttons are wired is number one.

[minimojo644]

Thank you for the link, here’s the extra info:

The hardware I am using:

Arduino UNO based microcontroller
1k resistors
Push to make buttons
30A ESC XXD
Dx2205 2300kv drone motors
4s 1500 mAh LiPo battery

[minimojo644]

#include <Servo.h>

Servo ESC;
byte escPin = 9;
int percentPower = 0;
const int buttonStopPin = 11;
const int button1Pin = 12;
const int button2Pin = 13;
int buttonStopState = 0;
int button1State = 0;
int button2State = 0;
int Value1;
int pmwVal;


void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(buttonStopState, INPUT);
  pinMode(button1Pin, INPUT);
  pinMode(button2Pin, INPUT);
  ESC.attach(escPin);
  ESC.writeMicroseconds(1500);
  delayMicroseconds(7000);
}

void loop() {
  buttonStopState = digitalRead(buttonStopPin);
  button1State = digitalRead(button1Pin);
  button2State = digitalRead(button2Pin);
  if (buttonStopState == HIGH) {
    percentPower = 0;
  }
  else if (button1State == HIGH and percentPower < 96)  {
    percentPower = percentPower + 5;
  }
  else if (button2State == HIGH and percentPower > 4) {
    percentPower = percentPower - 5; 
  }
  int Value1 = map(percentPower, -100, 100, 1100, 1900);
  int pwmVal = map(percentPower, -100, 100, 1100, 1900);

  Serial.print("Stop State:");
  Serial.print(buttonStopState);
  Serial.print(" Up:");
  Serial.print(button1State);
  Serial.print(" Down:");
  Serial.print(button2State);
  Serial.print(" Power:");
  Serial.print(percentPower);
  Serial.print(" PMW signal:");
  Serial.println(Value1);
  ESC.writeMicroseconds(pwmVal);
}