Turbo Vado Gen2 (All IGH models) Tuning Solutions

Due to IGH models having a rear hub with internal gearing and a belt drive, it is not compatible with the “mechanical” PLANET3. However, it will work perfectly with the newly developed PLANET3-E chip which solves the issue of hub and brake rotor compatibility along with having multiple other neat features and capabilities.

This chip version plugs into the motor in between the speed sensor/display/motor (much like any other chip out there for Bosch and other systems). It also keeps the speed/distance readouts correct while the mechanical PLANET3 would show 3x less. It’s undetectable, updateable via Bluetooth and more future-proof. Uses original connectors and the application for mobile phones is available for both Android and iPhone users. Installation instructions video is below (slightly outdated by now, there’s no more need for the USB cable, the o-rings were also fixed). As model-to-model differences go it’s 99% the same procedure: take off the crank, unscrew the 3-4 screws, remove the non-drive side motor cover, plug in and put everything back. I’d suggest not putting on the motor cover and crank back until you’ve tried powering on the bike and testing the functionality and setup of the PLANET3-E via the app.

As far as the initial setup goes – there are descriptions by each item in the app, please read them. There’s also the videos on the installation instructions page in the PLANET3-E section.

Two additional parameters in the Tune menu are:

Walk button derestricts – OFF (this should be off by default, we don’t really want to use the walk button to turn the chip ON/OFF because you might want to use the walk button for walk mode and then you’d be toggling the chip on/off all the time).

Mechanical mode – OFF (off by default, but we might have to use this while I fix some bugs that might relate to bikes with MasterMind TCU. This button switches the PLANET3-E chip into a mode where it behaves exactly like the mechanical PLANET3. Simply dividing the speed sensor signals by 3 so the speed readout and distance readouts will be only 1/3 of real). In this mode the bike is actually slightly more powerful due to how motors are tuned. So, there’s that as an advantage – and also low mileage bike. 🙂 ALSO, Walk button will work perfectly even with Mechanical mode ON as PLANET3 chip will detect when there’s no cadence and Walk mode is being used and then it will not remove signals coming from the sensor. Brilliant, I know.