Rev 1.4 - Oct 2020
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Page 2: ...ore than a small number of systems simultaneously and is just not suitable for racing Secondly duty cycle limitations which allow other potentially life saving equipment fire alarms home automation me...
Page 3: ...1 75W 350mW 250mA at 7 4V Ghost Atto Zepto Receiver Downlink Tx Power 13dBm Sensitivity 117dBm in Long Range mode less in Race modes Serial Formats SBus SBus Fast 200k SRXL 2 400k GHST 1 SBus Inverte...
Page 4: ...e commonly available SBus protocol The Ghost transmitter auto senses the R C control protocol no need to set anything For more details on the OpenTx build along with the telemetry sensors that it supp...
Page 5: ...de enabled For new receivers just power them on power up the Tx enter the Binding menu and start the bind sequence The Rx LED will be blue when in bind mode The Tx will show the binding confirmation i...
Page 6: ...de since it is supported by most flight controllers whether running Betaflight iNav PX4 etc SRXL 2 is the preferred protocol for Betaflight 4 2 and later since it supports passing Link Quality LQ to t...
Page 7: ...usFast instead of SRXL 2 This will be resolved when the native GHST protocol is ported to betaflight SBus Wiring to Betaflight Flight Controllers SBus unlike SRXL 2 requires an inverted UART signal Fl...
Page 8: ...d on bottom side of PCB Note Production PCBs have 3 and 4 marked on the bottom of the board pre production doesn t have the markings but pad location and function is the same Specification Value Power...
Page 9: ...ly communicated to BetaFlight If using other protocols the link quality may be passed down an unused R C channel and betaflight configured to that channel s value as RSSI And enable the value in the O...
Page 10: ...onnection between the Tramp and the Flight Controller which is not required with direct control To set the channel power joystick click left from the main Ghost screen Move up down to change settings...
Page 11: ...the module with the joystick pressed to force boot load mode Receivers All Ghost receivers are updated using an over the air technology during binding If a Rx firmware update was necessary once compl...
Page 12: ...th is used for the left antenna for the right antenna and for both Running the Ghost transmitter without antennas or without an antenna on the port s selected in the Antennas menu can cause permanent...
Page 13: ...lane during crash you don t really want to rip the U FL connector off of the Ghost Rx Try to restrain the antenna cable possibly in part of a 3d printed part so that if the antenna does get destroyed...
Page 14: ...iny high frequency connectors require a bit of care when removing and inserting When removing try to pull vertically with a finger nail each side Pulling to the side can damage the antenna side of the...
Page 15: ...RXL 2 mode or GHST mode for the link between the Ghost Tx module and the R C radio the link quality for bidirectional modes will be available for display on screen in betaflight ImmersionRC Limited Kw...
Page 16: ...e transmitter and contains all data relating to the health of the control link The nois value is the detected baseline noise level measured at the rx end at power up Not so interesting on 2 4GHz but u...
Page 17: ...hrough all 12 16 channels Latency Page The latency page shows an estimation of the current system latency using both fixed elements and measured values First page shows a summary scroll up to see more...
Page 18: ...the value to change scroll down to Send and send the setting to the model Pressing the center joystick button enters the setup menu Root Menu First Page Root Menu Second Page Use the Failsafe menu to...
Page 19: ...160Hz frame updates and bidirectional link Pure Race is for the bonkers racer who wants to live on the edge with 222 22Hz frame updates In the vast majority of cases the Tx Mode Protocol can be left i...
Page 20: ...the uplink transmission based on the signal strength received at the receiver Note that in PureRace a unidirectional mode Tx power in Auto mode defaults to 100mW or the max allowed by the selected reg...
Page 21: ...on the ImmersionRC Ghost product page With GHST several telemetry sensors are available Sensor Purpose VFrq Video tx frequency in MHz VPwr Video tx power in mW VBan Video tx band name RSSI Ghost rece...
Page 22: ...e number see below With these values we can estimate range in each of the 3 primary modes as follows Mode Rx Sensitivity Range Pure Race 106dBm 11 5km Race 106dBm 11 5km Normal 112dBm 23 0km Long Rang...
Page 23: ...between the receiver s sensitivity i e the received power at which the receiver will stop working and the actual received power A 15 dB link margin means that the system could tolerate an additional 1...
Page 24: ...lly stops blinking Measure that distance and multiply it by approx 148x to get the range on full Tx power 350mW I e Range on 16uW 100m full range is 100 148 14 8km Note the 148x number comes from the...
Page 25: ...feature and this is used by ImmersionRC s GHST protocol described here Frame 1 Frame 2 Sticks R C RF RX Sticks R C RF RX Ghost was designed with latency minimization in mind and has optimized each pa...
Page 26: ...r update rate than most other systems and includes a telemetry downlink Pure Race is faster than anything else on the market 222 22Hz frame rate that is one frame every 4500 microseconds To take advan...
Page 27: ...extra heat sink Silicone gummies should always be used to reduce the damage caused by vibration and shock during the more extreme landings Proton Pack 2020 SS Single Sided 20mm hole centers single si...
Page 28: ...ton pack is designed to sit comfortably above the AIO FC with plenty of space for the optional LED board above it This board uses 25 5mm hole centers so fits above most AIO FCs designed for Whoops Mic...
Page 29: ...black plastic shroud touches the board Turn the board over and flow some solder into the holes that the pins poke through doesn t need much 2 Install the Tramp Nano Ghost on the correct side of the b...
Page 30: ...ontrollers are located on the IRC website here https www immersionrc com ghosttrampwiring As an example this shows the wiring for the Diatone Mamba F722 with a Ghost Atto Zepto and Tramp nano using SR...
Page 31: ...a second Ghost Rx nearby also in bind mode This problem typically occurs when there are multiple receivers in bind mode Windows Updater Fails to Update Ghost In very rare cases a Windows PC may have...
Page 32: ...y is that this isn t always possible and the chances of you remembering the firmware version that was installed on this under bed Whoop is about the same chances of you remembering your mother s birth...
Page 33: ...can replace a failed product quicker than we can Please contact them first if you have any issue that looks like equipment failure ImmersionRC Support Repair centers located in the West coast of the U...
Page 34: ...Please contact us at info immersionrc com or at our ImmersionRC Hub on facebook ImmersionRC Limited Kwai Chung NT Hong Kong www immersionrc com...
Page 35: ...Appendix A Mechanical Drawings Ghost 2G4 Atto ImmersionRC Limited Kwai Chung NT Hong Kong www immersionrc com...
Page 36: ...15 247 USA Ham 2 FCC ARRL 10W PEP 350mW No No FCC Standard ARRL Administration EU and CH 1 ETSI 100mW 20dBm 100mW Yes https www ofcomnet ch api rir 1010 01 AUS 3 ACMA 1W for DSSS 25mW per 3kHz and 6d...
Page 37: ...ormal wear and tear nor abuse or use for purposes the products have not been designed for ImmersionRC Limited Hong Kong is not liable in case you cause injury to yourself and or others or if you damag...
