Post date: 28-Sep-2012 06:19:46
It's been a hectic few days with the Quad ...but happy to report she's 90% done ....
Getting ready for first flight , thats why I put the Kit propellers on ....as everyone predicts , she will crash ...ye nay sayers !I Confirmed my setup of the transmitter to work according to this ...Here is how the outputs should be setup for each channel:
To get this to work I had to reverse some channels on my receiver (Servo Reverse)
This method works once you have all the ESCs connected to the power distribution board and have connected all your RC cables as instructed earlier in the manual and have otherwise set up your quad.
Safety First! - Remove the props!
Note! After performing an Automatic ESC calibration, (even if the motors seemed to operate correctly immediately after setup,) but do not initialize after power off / on sequencing (ESCs still beep quickly and continuously) you will need to do a Manual ESC calibration sequence as described below.
It took me a few tries to get this right ...Listen to the motors when you move the sticks ...Aileron for example slowed the motors almost down to a stop ...So I recalibrated Radio and ESC's ....Now it sounds good , you can actually hear motor speed up and down ..
Close up on Receiver with Telemetry unit , still must check what this give me ...next to Xbee 868 ...Now working ...yeah ...
It will still show XBP09-DM in the PC Settings Query. Don't worry about that.ALSO ...!! This got it working Finally for me ...
Addressing ( See here )
There are multiple parameters that need to be configured correctly for two modules to talk to each other (although with the default settings, all modules should be able to talk to each other). They need to be on the same network, as set by the ID parameter (see "Configuration" below for more details on the parameters). The modules need to be on the same channel, as set by the CH parameter. Finally, a module's destination address (DH and DL parameters) determine which modules on its network and channel will receive the data it transmits. This can happen in a few ways:
Again, this address matching will only happen between modules on the same network and channel. If two modules are on different networks or channels, they can't communicate regardless of their addresses.
I had to make female to female cables ....3 Is throttle and that supply your receiver with power.Big Photo ! DVD Cover
Pretty Lights !!!My one ESC gets VERY VERY Hot , I understand thats more or less normal ...will look into a BEC at later stage ...