Little Lost Noob

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Hi guys!

I'm at it again. My new Vortex is all set up (correctly for once) but it is not talking to the radio (again). I went through the binding procedure, reset and re calibrated the controls. RF is turned on but still no communication. The radios however, does pick up the signal for the drone.

Hope that I'm not bugging you too much!
I have attached pics, so that you can see how I have set it up.

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Gyro Doctor, post: 43511, member: 5279"]Are you sure it's bound ? ... Are you seeing the little green lock on your transmitter that indicates it's bound ?[/QUOTE]

The lock is yellow. Last time, I moved the cursor over it and clicked it and the lock disappeared.
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...Ummmm, looks like your FC is set to CPPM but your RX is set to S-Bus, pretty sure the Vortex can use either modes
so you need to either go through the TX setup menu and change that or plug the RX up differently
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You're really close, your receiver is bound and in sBus mode, RSSI is good and connected properly. All you nee do do is go into the configuration tab of Cleanlight and click on Serial RX in the box on the left side. Then right below it, click on sBus. Now go into ports tab and enable Serial RX for UART 2 or 3 (depending on your FC. Don't forget to hit save before leaving any tab
 
RENOV8R said:
You're really close, your receiver is bound and in sBus mode, RSSI is good and connected properly. All you nee do do is go into the configuration tab of Cleanlight and click on Serial RX in the box on the left side. Then right below it, click on sBus. Now go into ports tab and enable Serial RX for UART 2 or 3 (depending on your FC. Don't forget to hit save before leaving any tab
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The usb plug on the back of the drone, I don't think is the right one.. I'll pop the top and see if there is another one inside. Thanks, Ren!! <3
 
KellzBellz said:
The usb plug on the back of the drone, I don't think is the right one
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:eek: NO, that is the USB connection you need to use for configuring the FC and/or upgrading the OS firmware !

You will need to have the battery connected because the Vortex cannot be powered through it's USB connector
(remove the props) ... ALSO make sure you're using the USB cable that was supplied (if one was, I dunno) because
there's two types of USB cables: Ones that are only for charging and ones that can charge AND transmit data.
If you, for instance, bought another cable because maybe it's longer and it makes it easier to work on the quad that cable
might not be the type that allows communication ;)

You have to do some disassembly to the quad in order to access and switch the plug positions for changing the FC from
CPPM to S-Bus, so if I was you I'd just leave that alone and use CPPM for the RX. It'll probably be easier than messing
with the FC.

There's not a much difference between using CPPM and S-Bus (as far as performance goes) they're both fast serial protocols,
unlike PWM ... S-Bus chops the commands into short windows for each channel, were CPPM sends them in a single string
(technical stuff you don't really need to know :p )

I've never experimented with cross-protocol binding, so I don't know if S-Bus will (partially) communicate with CPPM or
vice versa ... But you certainly do need to have both the FC and the RX using the same protocol of course ... lol ... like
Renov8r said, you're really close ! :)
 
Gyro Doctor said:
:eek: NO, that is the USB connection you need to use for configuring the FC and/or upgrading the OS firmware !

You will need to have the battery connected because the Vortex cannot be powered through it's USB connector
(remove the props) ... ALSO make sure you're using the USB cable that was supplied (if one was, I dunno) because
there's two types of USB cables: Ones that are only for charging and ones that can charge AND transmit data.
If you, for instance, bought another cable because maybe it's longer and it makes it easier to work on the quad that cable
might not be the type that allows communication ;)

You have to do some disassembly to the quad in order to access and switch the plug positions for changing the FC from
CPPM to S-Bus, so if I was you I'd just leave that alone and use CPPM for the RX. It'll probably be easier than messing
with the FC.

There's not a much difference between using CPPM and S-Bus (as far as performance goes) they're both fast serial protocols,
unlike PWM ... S-Bus chops the commands into short windows for each channel, were CPPM sends them in a single string
(technical stuff you don't really need to know :p )

I've never experimented with cross-protocol binding, so I don't know if S-Bus will (partially) communicate with CPPM or
vice versa ... But you certainly do need to have both the FC and the RX using the same protocol of course ... lol ... like
Renov8r said, you're really close ! :)
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bus
 
KellzBellz said:
What am I missing?
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Beats me, everything looks ok :confused:
I'll bet it's probably something really simple though that's been overlooked.
Be glad this is a Vortex, it makes it tons easier than just some blinking light ... lol ... Grab your manual
and just start from the beginning of the set up guide checking everything in order, then let us know exactly what it is and isn't doing.
I noticed you've lost the RX voltage display.
 
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Thanks! I have been searching around and I'm not entirely sure that Radiolink is even compatible with the quad. I have a Flysky arriving tomorrow and I know that it works with that one.
 
... I'm going to fall over laughing if that's all it was .... I didn't even notice that until a moment ago :)
Oh and YES your AT9 DOES work with the Vortex, here's another link ;)


Just try both colors ... lmao ... it will either work or won't ... but at least you can see that both of these guys (despite the contradictions between what color indicates which mode) are both using the AT9 radio

Update: Just read the R6DS manual and red light is PWM, while blue/purple light means S-Bus AND/OR PPM (depending on how it's plugged in) ... So definitely go with PURPLE (it's was red in the pic you posted)
 
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I thought that purple was only for sbus (noob). Switched it and still no RX voltage. =(

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No clue why my phone keeps tilting my pics...
 
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