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Telemetry adapter v5 

 V10 Fadec and Xicoy engines to JETI, Multiplex, Hott, Futaba, JR, 

PowerBox, FrSky and Spektrum radios 

Users Guide 

 

 
Plaza Pere Llauger, 5; nau 18. 08630, Canet de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 

E-mail: 

[email protected]

 +34 93 794 27 74  web: 

www.xicoy.com

   

 

Xicoy WEEE register number:

 

ES004749 &  DE 36558999 

© Copyright 2016, Xicoy Electrònica SL. All Rights Reserved 

Manual contents & design: Gaspar Espiell. V1.4 

 

Содержание XICOY Telemetry5

Страница 1: ...pektrum radios Users Guide Plaza Pere Llauger 5 nau 18 08630 Canet de Mar Barcelona Catalonia Spain E mail sales xicoy com 34 93 794 27 74 web www xicoy com Xicoy WEEE register number ES004749 DE 36558999 Copyright 2016 Xicoy Electrònica SL All Rights Reserved Manual contents design Gaspar Espiell V1 4 ...

Страница 2: ...oTT JR Futaba PowerBox CORE FRSKY and Spektrum protocols Other protocols will follow Depending on the capabilities of each particular RC system the features of the system are different In all cases the measures provided are RPM EGT ECU Battery voltage Throttle position Pump voltage Remaining fuel milliliters in Spektrum And the minimum adjustable parameters in all cases are Tank capacity Pump flow...

Страница 3: ... data terminal screen can be seen on the radio display but it s not possible to control it Although it will be added on future updates as the PowerBOX protocol does not support it right now It offers the standard measures plus the status and the minimum adjustable parameters Alarms doesn t need to be configurated on the telemetry as the radio allows full configuration of them When used on FRSKY ra...

Страница 4: ...e connection lead SPMA9579 to your spectrum dealer the Spektrum receivers don t have a telemetry input like other brands On the other side of the adapter there is a connector for a JR connector that should be connected to the fadec at the data terminal port using the provided lead The adapter is powered from the fadec no power is taken from receiver The adapter has 2 small LED lights to show its w...

Страница 5: ...see a new sensor group labelled Turbine with all 6 measures below it 4 Select the measures you want to be displayed on the display and select JetiBox if you want the full screen of the data terminal of the fadec to be displayed on the TX screen Check the manual of the TX for the customization of the display and recorded data 5 Set the alarms threshold voice files actions etc you want through the A...

Страница 6: ...dio brand selected more or less options will we offered Using the navigation buttons on the left side you can move through the different adjustments In all cases you can adjust Tank capacity using buttons set the tank capacity on your model in milliliters 1Oz 29 6ml Pump factor The unit calculates the fuel used from the pump power supplied the ecu Different pump models move different amounts of fu...

Страница 7: ...he remaining fuel in respect to total capacity of the tank 4 Once you know the displayed on the radio and the real of fuel in the tank you can calculate the correct pump factor in your plane Example You have a tank of 2 000ml 67Oz and have set the pump factor at default 400 After the flight you see that telemetry show a remaining fuel quantity of 18 360ml on Spektrum Then you measure the tank and ...

Страница 8: ...er with other sensors on board even a second engine using another telemetry adapter then it is possible to assign each measure to a particular slot in the MPX system and also is possible to disable the transmission of some of the measures to save slots for other sensors Scrolling through the menus you will see all available measures and the current assigned slot for transmission by the MPX system ...

Страница 9: ...h other sensors that use fixed slots each of these measures can be assigned freely to any available slot or disabled if you don t want some measures being transmitted to save slots for other sensors or a second adapter in a twin engine plane Once the setup of tank capacity and pump factor is done the next menu displayed on the data terminal is the selection of the slot for the turbine RPM By defau...

Страница 10: ...ing the JetcatV10 sensor which occupies 14 slots and has the correct units for everything The main difference is that the user does not have to assign each variable to a slot the only thing that has to be done is to manually assign the jetcatv10 sensor to a particular slot For doing that a new menu has been created advanced configuration that allows the user to choose between the 8th default slot ...

Страница 11: ...ignal Strength always will appear with the ºC symbol You should setup one rpm sensor for the measure of the turbine RPM in the same slot as you have assigned this measure on the adapter All other measures are displayed using a virtual temperature sensor so you should select a temperature sensor in the TX on all other slots you have annotated Once this assignment is done you should see the data on ...

Страница 12: ...try screens On the menus of telemetry sensors data you can have the fadec data screens in plain text plus you can navigate trough all fadec menus using the navigation keys on the TX Alarms for the RPM fuel Battery and pump voltage can be set using the data terminal after the setup of the tank capacity You can set in these menus the threshold of the alarm for each measure By default all are set to ...

Страница 13: ... confirms the binding including telemetry The turbine telemetry is supported only in high end Spektrum radios from DX10 Once the system bound activate the turbine telemetry on the TX check TX instructions On old firmware the turbine telemetry is displayed as JETCAT newer firmware displays TURBINE You will have the readings of RPM Throttle EGT pump voltage ecu battery and remaining fuel in ml Power...

Страница 14: ...3 FrSky setup only on Tele5 or higher models As FrSky uses open source transmitter software known as OpenTX is the brand that has more manual configuration and the one that could be trickier to make it work For this reason please read carefully this part of the manual and take into account that you may need to download third party software which Xicoy Electronica does not have anything related to ...

Страница 15: ... folder SCRIPTS TELEMETRY Once done the TELEMETRY folder should look like After loading the lua scripts the same procedure has to be done in order to include the bitmaps that are used by Xicoy scripts Just copy the files inside our IMAGES folder and paste them on the IMAGES folder that is inside the SD Make sure that at least the following files are included ...

Страница 16: ...make sure that Companion s version matches the OpenTx version loaded on the radio the other option would be manual configuration If you decide to use Companion Open the Xicoy_Telemetry5 otx file with it and then double click the preset model a window will appear open the telemetry menu and something like the following image should appear These are how the telemetry settings have to look like Senso...

Страница 17: ...ansmitter At this point if you power up the transmitter and head to the telemetry screen The following should appear The next section will be dedicated to explain how to dot it manually without the need of communicating the radio with the PC Before trying these steps make sure that you have the SD card ready as shown as the start of this section Once ready plug the transmitter and press Menu butto...

Страница 18: ...or screen will be as follows Repeat the process for the other variables and make sure that you type the name and the ID correctly Once this step is done you will have a list of sensors from EGTC to STAT The next step would be to set up the Display screen For doing that just go back to the telemetry screen and then keep navigating with the page button until you find the DISPLAY screen Head to scree...

Страница 19: ... symbol must not be discarded in the standard household waste instead it must be taken to a suitable specialist disposal system In the countries of the EU European Union electrical equipment must not be discarded via the normal domestic refuse system WEEE Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive 2002 96 EG You can take unwanted equipment to your nearest local authority waste collecti...

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