GRAUPNER mx-16 ifs, Programming Manual

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58 Program description: transmitter control settings – fi xed-wing model
Transmitter control settings
Basic procedures for assigning transmitter controls and switches
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In addition to the two dual-axis stick units for the control
functions 1 to 4, the
mx
-16iFS is fi tted as standard with
a range of supplementary controls:
Two INC / DEC buttons: CTRL 5 and 6 (“transmitter •
controls 5 … 6”)
One three-position switch: SW 6/7 (assigned to “ctrl8”
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in this menu)
One rotary proportional knob: CTRL 7 (“transmitter
•
control 7”)
One push-button: SW 4 / PB 8 (“SW 4” or “SW 8”)
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Three two-position switches: SW 1 to SW 3 (“SW 1 •
… 3”)
The two dual-axis stick units directly affect the servos
connected to receiver outputs 1 … 4 (assuming that you
have set up a newly initialised model memory with the
model type “Fixed-wing model”). In contrast, the “sup-
plementary” transmitter controls listed above are inactive
when the transmitter is in its default state (as delivered).
As already mentioned on page 14, this means that the
transmitter in its basic form only controls servos con-
nected to receiver outputs 1 … 4 using the primary
sticks – even when you have initialised a new model
memory with the model type “Fixed-wing model”. Any
servos connected to receiver sockets 5 … 8 simply stay
at their centre point when you operate the associated
transmitter controls.
This may seem rather inconvenient at fi rst sight, but
it is the only way to ensure that you can select any of
the “supplementary” transmitter controls for any task
you like, and that you are not required deliberately to
“program away” the transmitter controls which are not
required for a particular model.
Any superfl uous transmitter control will have an
effect on your model if you operate it by mistake –
unless it is inactive, i. e. unless you have assigned
‘no function’ to it.
That is why you can select these “supplementary” trans-
mitter controls with complete freedom in the “Transmitter
control settings” menu and assign them to any function
input (see page 32) you like, as this method ensures
that the transmitter meets your own requirements
exactly. This also means that each of these transmitter
controls can be set to operate several function inputs
simultaneously. For example, the same toggle switch
SW X, which you assign to an input in this menu, can
also be assigned as the On / OFF switch controlling the
“clocks” in the »
base sett. « menu.
Note:
The current positions of the INC / DEC buttons (CTRL
5 + 6) assigned to inputs 5 … 8 are stored separately
for each memory, i. e. the settings are not lost when you
change fl ight phases or switch to a different model.
The basic procedure
Select the appropriate input E5 … E8 with the rotary 1.
cylinder held pressed in.
Use the rotary cylinder to select
2. SEL , SYM or ASY
so that you can carry out the adjustments you wish
to make.
Press the rotary cylinder: the input fi eld you wish to
3.
modify is highlighted.
Operate the transmitter control you wish to use, and
4.
set the desired value using the rotary cylinder.
Press the rotary cylinder to conclude the input proc-
5.
ess and return to the function fi eld.
Column 2 “Assigning transmitter controls and
switches”
Select one of the inputs with the rotary cylinder held
pressed in.
Use the rotary cylinder to select
SEL , or (if SEL is
already highlighted), press the rotary cylinder briefl y to
move to the assignment facility:
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operate desired
sw i t ch o r c o n t ro l
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Move the appropriate transmitter control (CTRL 5 to 7), or
operate the selected switch (SW 1 to 4, 6/7, 8). Note that
the transmitter needs some “beeps” to detect the two INC
/ DEC buttons (CTRL 5 and 6) and the rotary proportional
control, i. e. they need to be operated for longer than the
other controls. If the travel is not suffi cient for the transmit-
ter to detect it, move the control in the opposite direction.
If you assign one of the two-position switches, then this
control channel works like an On / Off switch. It is then
possible to switch to and fro between two end-point val-
ues using this simple switch, e. g. motor ON / OFF. The
three-position switch SW 6/7, which you will fi nd in the
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contr set. « menu as “ctrl8”, provides a centre position
in addition to the two end-points.
Pressing the
CLEAR button with the switch assignment
activated – see illustration above – resets the input to
“empty”.