marc512
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Hi there. After searching around on how to set up a Dx6 with an Arm / Disarm switch and a 3 position switch with Horizon and Angle mode, I couldn't find much information. The instruction manual isn't the best at all and asking Dx6i owners isn't helpful either. Through out this tutorial, I am going to assume you know how to bind, navigate the menu and use baseflight or cleanflight. Just for reference, I am using the AR610 receiver with a DX6 bought brand new in 2015.
Right, here was my situation and probably yours to. We can't use the Aux port because it activates when we use the throttle or aileron. Reading the instruction manual skips out a very important part on how to get a specific setting to show up. So to save you a lot of time. Here is the TL : DR version
1: Make sure the model type for your quadcopter is set to Airplane.
2: Make sure your Aircraft Type is set to "Wing: 1 Ail 1Flap" and "Tail: Normal"
3: This mode will now activate Flap System inside the main menu.
4: Inside Flap System, Set the Flap Switch to a 3 position switch, D, B or G ( or 2 A, C, F or H)
5: Set Pos 0 to -100%, Pos 1 to 0% and Pos 2 to 100% ( In baseflight this will make them show as 1000, 1500 and 2000)
6: If you do not see this setting for what ever reason, go into System Setup > Channel Assign and set Aux 1 to Flaps
Now for the probably the worse tutorial ever made.
The Problem:
What I found when following online tutorials was, after connecting my receiver stuff up to my naze32 board, I was left with 3 wires. Black, Yellow and Brown. I was told to leave these out. On my reciever, the only ports with nothing in them was Bind and Gear. After doing what people said, I noticed when I gave it throttle, my Aux port was moving as well. I couldn't set up Acro, Horizon or Angle mode because of this. To solve this I used my gear port. This allowed me to use the 3 position D switch. I set positon 0 as Acro mode (nothing selected in base or clean flight), Position 1 as Angle and position 2 as Horizon. To arm my naze32, I needed to pull my Yaw stick fully right with 0 throttle. I am going to assume you know how to set up so they go from 1000 to 2000. If you don't get the full 2000 rating on your yaw, your naze32 board won't activate. If you require more detail about this, please watch Bruces (RCModelReviews) video here. He also explains how to set up aux switches. What I'm about to write is how to set up your DX6 so you can use two switches instead of one. You don't need to do this. I feel safer with a dedicated arm switch and I'm sure others would.
Aim for this tutorial:
Sort out the aux port working with throttle or aileron
Two dedicated Aux switches for your Naze32 using the Aux and Gear port on your AR610 receiver
One 3 position switch for Acro, Angle and Horizon mode
One 2 position switch for Arm and Disarming the naze32 board.
Note: Due to creating a new model, you will need to rebind your transmitter to the receiver. I assume you know how to do this and all you want is what I want. Two dedicated Aux switches.
Right now for the tutorial.
1: Turn on your transmitter, your quadcopter does not need to be turned on.
2: Press the scroll wheel to get into the menu.
3: Scroll down to System Settings and click yes.
4: Click model select
5: Add New Model
6: Select model type
7: Select Air Plane
IMPORTANT STEPS - THIS IS THE REASON WHY YOU CAN'T SEE FLAP SETTINGS INSIDE THE MENU. THIS IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE MANUAL
8: Select Air Craft type
9: Scroll right once. This should select wing. Find the setting 1 Ail 1 Flap setting and select it. Leave tail on Normal, this is fine.
10: NOT IMPORTANT: For visuals, if you select next you can select the air craft image. Scroll through them and select the quadcopter image.
11: Go back (By selecting list)
12: Go back to the main menu
13: You should now see "Flap System"
THIS IS THE FLAP/AUX SETUP PART, FOLLOW THIS CAREFULLY. There could be an easier way to do this. But from trial and error, this is how I got my 2 aux switches to work.
14: Select Flap System
15: Where it says inhibit, scroll till you find switch D, B or G. For the rest of this, I will use switch D
16: Scroll down to position 0 and set the flap to -100% (This will show up as 1000 in baseflight or cleanflight )
17: Leave position 1 at 0%
18: Set position 2 at 100% ( This will show as 2000 in baseflight or clean flight) All your elevator settings should be 0%. Please do not touch elevator, just the flaps.
19: Go back into the main menu
20: Select Servo Setup
21: Move your sticks around. Your sticks should not move GER or FLP.
22: Using the switch you set on step 15, flick it to the different positions and watch it move the sliders on the screen. Now, if you know your gear switch, switch that as well and watch it on the screen to make sure that works as well.
If you don't see GER or FLP on the servo, go back into system settings, Select channel assign, change AUX1 to flap. This should already be set once you select 1ail 1 flap in step 9.
This completes the DX6 Setup.
If you followed my tutorial correctly, Aux 2 and Aux 4 will show up in base flight or clean flight. Aux 2 is my Gear port and Aux 4 is my Aux port on the receiver.
Aux 2 is my 2 position switch and Aux 4 is my 3 position switch. These can easily be swapped around via swapping the wires into the receiver or in your DX6 settings.
If you want to change these settings around and you want your Gear (Aux 2 in my case) to be switch H for example, Go into System Setup > Channel Assign > Change Gear to switch H, or any other switch you want. You could change it to a 3 position switch if you so desire.
If you want to change your 3 position switch with arco, angle and horizon mode, go back to the main menu and select Flap System. Move down to the switch and change it to what you want. Switches B D and G are 3 position switches, use them otherwise you will have mixed up settings. Unless you want to change it to a 2 position switch. If so then you will need to change them inside baseflight or cleanflight.
Thank you for reading this. I spent a long time googling the same thing over and over again and I could never solve this issue. I hope I've helped people in the same situation as me. I hope my tutorial has given you a little more knowledge on the Dx6. If what I have said does not work for you, feel free to message me!
Right, here was my situation and probably yours to. We can't use the Aux port because it activates when we use the throttle or aileron. Reading the instruction manual skips out a very important part on how to get a specific setting to show up. So to save you a lot of time. Here is the TL : DR version
1: Make sure the model type for your quadcopter is set to Airplane.
2: Make sure your Aircraft Type is set to "Wing: 1 Ail 1Flap" and "Tail: Normal"
3: This mode will now activate Flap System inside the main menu.
4: Inside Flap System, Set the Flap Switch to a 3 position switch, D, B or G ( or 2 A, C, F or H)
5: Set Pos 0 to -100%, Pos 1 to 0% and Pos 2 to 100% ( In baseflight this will make them show as 1000, 1500 and 2000)
6: If you do not see this setting for what ever reason, go into System Setup > Channel Assign and set Aux 1 to Flaps
Now for the probably the worse tutorial ever made.
The Problem:
What I found when following online tutorials was, after connecting my receiver stuff up to my naze32 board, I was left with 3 wires. Black, Yellow and Brown. I was told to leave these out. On my reciever, the only ports with nothing in them was Bind and Gear. After doing what people said, I noticed when I gave it throttle, my Aux port was moving as well. I couldn't set up Acro, Horizon or Angle mode because of this. To solve this I used my gear port. This allowed me to use the 3 position D switch. I set positon 0 as Acro mode (nothing selected in base or clean flight), Position 1 as Angle and position 2 as Horizon. To arm my naze32, I needed to pull my Yaw stick fully right with 0 throttle. I am going to assume you know how to set up so they go from 1000 to 2000. If you don't get the full 2000 rating on your yaw, your naze32 board won't activate. If you require more detail about this, please watch Bruces (RCModelReviews) video here. He also explains how to set up aux switches. What I'm about to write is how to set up your DX6 so you can use two switches instead of one. You don't need to do this. I feel safer with a dedicated arm switch and I'm sure others would.
Aim for this tutorial:
Sort out the aux port working with throttle or aileron
Two dedicated Aux switches for your Naze32 using the Aux and Gear port on your AR610 receiver
One 3 position switch for Acro, Angle and Horizon mode
One 2 position switch for Arm and Disarming the naze32 board.
Note: Due to creating a new model, you will need to rebind your transmitter to the receiver. I assume you know how to do this and all you want is what I want. Two dedicated Aux switches.
Right now for the tutorial.
1: Turn on your transmitter, your quadcopter does not need to be turned on.
2: Press the scroll wheel to get into the menu.
3: Scroll down to System Settings and click yes.
4: Click model select
5: Add New Model
6: Select model type
7: Select Air Plane
IMPORTANT STEPS - THIS IS THE REASON WHY YOU CAN'T SEE FLAP SETTINGS INSIDE THE MENU. THIS IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE MANUAL
8: Select Air Craft type
9: Scroll right once. This should select wing. Find the setting 1 Ail 1 Flap setting and select it. Leave tail on Normal, this is fine.
10: NOT IMPORTANT: For visuals, if you select next you can select the air craft image. Scroll through them and select the quadcopter image.
11: Go back (By selecting list)
12: Go back to the main menu
13: You should now see "Flap System"
THIS IS THE FLAP/AUX SETUP PART, FOLLOW THIS CAREFULLY. There could be an easier way to do this. But from trial and error, this is how I got my 2 aux switches to work.
14: Select Flap System
15: Where it says inhibit, scroll till you find switch D, B or G. For the rest of this, I will use switch D
16: Scroll down to position 0 and set the flap to -100% (This will show up as 1000 in baseflight or cleanflight )
17: Leave position 1 at 0%
18: Set position 2 at 100% ( This will show as 2000 in baseflight or clean flight) All your elevator settings should be 0%. Please do not touch elevator, just the flaps.
19: Go back into the main menu
20: Select Servo Setup
21: Move your sticks around. Your sticks should not move GER or FLP.
22: Using the switch you set on step 15, flick it to the different positions and watch it move the sliders on the screen. Now, if you know your gear switch, switch that as well and watch it on the screen to make sure that works as well.
If you don't see GER or FLP on the servo, go back into system settings, Select channel assign, change AUX1 to flap. This should already be set once you select 1ail 1 flap in step 9.
This completes the DX6 Setup.
If you followed my tutorial correctly, Aux 2 and Aux 4 will show up in base flight or clean flight. Aux 2 is my Gear port and Aux 4 is my Aux port on the receiver.
Aux 2 is my 2 position switch and Aux 4 is my 3 position switch. These can easily be swapped around via swapping the wires into the receiver or in your DX6 settings.
If you want to change these settings around and you want your Gear (Aux 2 in my case) to be switch H for example, Go into System Setup > Channel Assign > Change Gear to switch H, or any other switch you want. You could change it to a 3 position switch if you so desire.
If you want to change your 3 position switch with arco, angle and horizon mode, go back to the main menu and select Flap System. Move down to the switch and change it to what you want. Switches B D and G are 3 position switches, use them otherwise you will have mixed up settings. Unless you want to change it to a 2 position switch. If so then you will need to change them inside baseflight or cleanflight.
Thank you for reading this. I spent a long time googling the same thing over and over again and I could never solve this issue. I hope I've helped people in the same situation as me. I hope my tutorial has given you a little more knowledge on the Dx6. If what I have said does not work for you, feel free to message me!
