For extreme situations — e.g., a steering error
For electric vehicles, the setting could be: Steering
causes the car to drive into a radio dead zone, the
straight ahead, throttle servo to brake / engine off;
car’s antenna is damaged in an accident or, due to
with internal combustion engines, e.g., Steering in
neglect, the transmitter’s supply voltage falls
a circle, engine at idle.
below the limit — the remote control has a failsafe
function in the receiver (emergency servo setting).
To set the steering and throttle servo, steer into
It allows the steering and throttle servos or drive
the position you wish, and then press the
controller to default to a predetermined setting
receiver’s setup button.
when the control signal fails.
Assigning a transmitter identifier to the receiver (binding)
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In addition to control information, when the remote
1. Place the transmitter and receiver next to each
control is operating, an electronic identifier is sent
other at a short distance. They should be
with each transmitter impulse. This is how the
operational but shut off. In this case, the
receiver recognizes that the signal has come from
receiver is supplied with current from the
its own transmitter. Since many millions of
battery box. Because there is no control signal,
transmitter identifiers are available, it is extremely
it is less optimal to supply the current through
unlikely that a different transmitter could influence
the drive battery of an electrically propelled car
your receiver. Upon first use, however, the
through a BEC connector on the drive
transmitter must communicate this identifier to
controller.
teach new receiver. For this purpose, the following
2. Hold down the setup button on the transmitter
process is necessary. To the degree possible, it
and turn on the transmitter. An acoustic signal
should be undertaken at a place where no other
sounds. Now, at low power, the transmitter
electrical signal — especially not one from another
gives off signals and its blue LED display blinks
2.4 GHz transmitter — can interrupt this
slowly.
transmission over the radio path.
3. Hold down the setup button on the receiver and
turn on the receiver. The red LED on the
receiver will light up temporarily. Let up on the
button a short time later. In this mode, the
receiver registers the transmitter’s identifier
and stores it. From that moment on, the
receiver accepts only (radio) control signals
that are accompanied by that transmitter’s
identifier.
4. The next time the receiver is switched on, its
continuously glowing LED shows that it is
ready to run.
Setup Button Transmitter
Setup Button
Receiver
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Setting the failsafe function
