GRAUPNER mx-16 ifs, Programming Manual

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28 Expanded receiver programming mode
outputs is very practical, especially if the transmitter only
has limited functionality, or if you wish to re-direct chan-
nels to different outputs. The default setting is 1 : 1, i. e.
the control channels are passed to the receiver outputs
bearing the same number.
Instead of using a Y-lead you can also assign the same
control function to two or more receiver outputs, e. g.
“Throttle”, in order to operate two or more servos with
one control function. For example, you could leave one
servo at the “normal” output (e. g. for “throttle” control –
channel 1 for fi xed-wing models or channel 6 for model
helicopters in the case of most
Graupner/JR systems),
and assign the second or subsequent servos to one
or more of the higher-numbered outputs which are not
used as standard. All the outputs are totally synchro-
nised, i. e. the delay which is occasionally observed with
earlier systems is entirely absent. Any servo adjustment
which is carried out in the »
servo set. « menu (see page
56), applies to all the servos set up in this way.
Option 2: National setting
(value range: 1 … 2)
This setting applies exclusively to Hopping Mode 1,
and has no effect if any other hopping mode is
selected. You can therefore skip the next section,
provided that you have not changed the hopping
mode from the default setting “4”.
The national setting is necessary in order to satisfy
various directives (FCC, ETSI, IC, etc.). With the Status
LED
glowing a constant green – see table in the centre
column on page 27 – press and hold the programming
button until the LED goes out. The LED now
fl ashes
green repeatedly , the number of fl ashes correspond-
ing to the code number of the set country. If the default
value (1) is set, the Status LED therefore fl ashes once.
When the fl ashing stops, you have a fi ve-second pe-
riod to change the country code. This is accomplished
by pressing the programming button repeatedly, the
number of presses corresponding to the codes stated in
the table below.
Example:
If the country is to be, say, France, press the pro-
gramming button twice briefl y. If you do not press the
programming button within fi ve seconds, or if you enter
a value which is higher than the permissible range, then
the LED fl ashes alternately red and green (error indica-
tor), and no new national assignment is carried out; you
are then returned to the select point for the programming
options. However, if a change is carried out successfully,
the LED fl ashes green / red / orange in rapid sequence
to confi rm the successful operation.
Country Setting
All countries except France 1
France 2*
* Open-air operation. Transmitter power “1” or “2” must be selected.
Option 3: Output signal setting
This function is currently not supported. It is planned for
future versions which will permit different methods of
actuating servos, such as sequential, in groups, TruDig-
ital™, etc..
Option 4: Fail-Safe settings
“hold” or “Pos” for channels
(value range: 1 … max. number of receiver outputs)
In the receiver’s default state the servos maintain the
position last detected as valid (“hold”) when interference
occurs, since this is the default setting for all channels.
As described in the following section, or in the instruc-
tions supplied with your particular receiver, it is also
possible to set whether the channel maintains the last
correctly received servo position if interference occurs
(“hold”), or – after a period of time – takes up a position
defi ned using the next option; this can be set separately
for each channel.
With the Status LED
fl ashing red at a rapid rhythm – see
table in the centre column on page 27 – press and hold
the programming button until the LED goes out. The
LED then
fl ashes orange repeatedly , the number of
fl ashes corresponding to the number of servo outputs,
followed by a one-second pause. After you initially select
this set-up option (channel 1), the Status LED therefore
fl ashes once followed by a one-second pause.
Every brief press on the programming button cycles
through the next servo output: this starts with 1 (1
x fl ash) and ends with the number of channels your
receiver supports, so that – for example – the
Graup-
ner | iFS eight-channel receiver offers eight possible
set-up positions, whereas, for example, the Graupn-
er | iFS ten-channel receiver features ten possible set-up
positions.
In order to change the fail-safe setting of the selected
receiver output, press and hold the programming button
until the Status LED goes out. The LED then
fl ashes
green , either once for “hold” or twice for “position”.
Once the Status LED has fl ashed green to indicate the
current setting, you have a period of fi ve seconds to
enter a new setting. This is accomplished by pressing
the programming button briefl y the appropriate number
of times: once for “hold”, twice for “position”.