I'm about to buy a NAZA with the GPS module. My question is I will be flying my quad with a dx7 and I plan to fpv it and am I right in saying that if I were to loose signal with my dx7 the quad would go into RTH mode and just fly back? I head that there are only some AR7000 receivers have this fail safe. I looked at my ar7000 and is only says Batt not Batt/Data. Can I upgrade the firmware on this receiver or do I need to just buy a updated receiver? IF it it possible to update the firmware will spektrum do it for free?
NAZA + Ar7000 failsafe/RTH question
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DesJardins
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Does the Rx manual state it can do "Pre-set" fail safe as well as "Last command" fail safe?
Pre-set fail safe is what allows you to bind with all your switches in the RTH sequence so if the transmitter loses signal or powers off it goes into the pre-determined fail safe.
Pre-set fail safe is what allows you to bind with all your switches in the RTH sequence so if the transmitter loses signal or powers off it goes into the pre-determined fail safe.
STI-REX
Gettin Old
I use the AR7000 and it is a case of when you bind the radio to the tx
Place bind plug into rx and power up the rx and while the light is flashing remove the bind plug with out doing any thing else and leave power to rx
Then place all switches on the radio into the positions required for fail safe operation I.E more than 10 % throttle and which ever switch you have the fail safe set to
And then whilst holding the bind button in turn on the radio power and bind as normal
This is then set as smart fail safe and will operate all channels as they were preset when bound if signal is lost
Well that is how i did mine and it works perfectly
Cheers
Place bind plug into rx and power up the rx and while the light is flashing remove the bind plug with out doing any thing else and leave power to rx
Then place all switches on the radio into the positions required for fail safe operation I.E more than 10 % throttle and which ever switch you have the fail safe set to
And then whilst holding the bind button in turn on the radio power and bind as normal
This is then set as smart fail safe and will operate all channels as they were preset when bound if signal is lost
Well that is how i did mine and it works perfectly
Cheers
DesJardins
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Perfect process, I'll add per the Naza box your want to bind with at least 10% minimum throttle (I did 15%) to be safe over the minimum. This keeps the motors from stopping.
STI-REX
Gettin Old
Well I am sure it does as that is why you take the bind plug out before pushing the bind key
leaving the plug in whilst binding will just set it to last known control positions of current flight with low throttle
Any way mine works this way and did not whilst binding with the plug in
But you must place all switches where they need to be to drive the NAZA into failsafe and throttle above 10% ( I use 40% ) whilst binding and the NAZA will take care of the rest
leaving the plug in whilst binding will just set it to last known control positions of current flight with low throttle
Any way mine works this way and did not whilst binding with the plug in
But you must place all switches where they need to be to drive the NAZA into failsafe and throttle above 10% ( I use 40% ) whilst binding and the NAZA will take care of the rest
Does you ar7000 say batt/data on the front of you receiver or does it just say batt?
DesJardins
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If I remember correctly smart safe is a automatic built-in feature and it just goes along with the preset failsafe or last position
The AR7000 does not support "preset failsafe". Get an AR7010 and it will. The Horizon website has the specs and manuals on all the Spektrum/JR receivers.
STI-REX
Gettin Old
This is what i was told by somebody else and it seems to work very much as he describes it
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Originally the AR7000's only let you set the throttle fail safe, and all other channels would just hold their last known position in the event of a lost signal. This is a bad thing if you happen to be turning when it loses the signal I think they called that "smartsafe" or something like that.
Now the firmware upgraded AR7000's allow you to set fail safe positions for all channels. If you the signal is lost, it will move all the channels to the fail safe positions rather than holding them. To set it up, you insert the bind plug in the receiver, power the receiver, then REMOVE the bind plug before you turn on the transmitter (with the bind button pressed) AND all sticks and switches in fail safe positions ( I use 40% throttle and have the AUX2 switch activated which drives the Naza into failsafe )
That binds the TX/RX and sets the fail safe to the positions that are on the TX at that time.
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Now from what i have been told it is firmware v1.6 and up that has that ability ( which mine is ) if you send your rx in the only cost is freight for the upgrade to the firmware apparently
I'm not trying to be a know all but it just works as described above when i tested it when binding with the plug in and hit failsafe it was only 1 foot off the ground but it just fell to the ground as the motors stopped
when done with the method above it went straight up and hovered for 5 secs and then came back to me and hovered for about 15-20 secs at height and then landed with in 1.5 mtr of where it took off from
Cheers
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Originally the AR7000's only let you set the throttle fail safe, and all other channels would just hold their last known position in the event of a lost signal. This is a bad thing if you happen to be turning when it loses the signal I think they called that "smartsafe" or something like that.
Now the firmware upgraded AR7000's allow you to set fail safe positions for all channels. If you the signal is lost, it will move all the channels to the fail safe positions rather than holding them. To set it up, you insert the bind plug in the receiver, power the receiver, then REMOVE the bind plug before you turn on the transmitter (with the bind button pressed) AND all sticks and switches in fail safe positions ( I use 40% throttle and have the AUX2 switch activated which drives the Naza into failsafe )
That binds the TX/RX and sets the fail safe to the positions that are on the TX at that time.
UNQUOTE
Now from what i have been told it is firmware v1.6 and up that has that ability ( which mine is ) if you send your rx in the only cost is freight for the upgrade to the firmware apparently
I'm not trying to be a know all but it just works as described above when i tested it when binding with the plug in and hit failsafe it was only 1 foot off the ground but it just fell to the ground as the motors stopped
when done with the method above it went straight up and hovered for 5 secs and then came back to me and hovered for about 15-20 secs at height and then landed with in 1.5 mtr of where it took off from
Cheers
STI-REX
Gettin Old
G'Day
I never did a firmware upgrade it is just how my rx came with a sticker of v1.6 stuck to the side of the rx from the factory and i bought this radio with the rx about 20 months ago to replace a damaged one
Cheers
James
There is 2 variations of the Spektrum AR7000 the first will say Batt on the label and the second will say Batt/Data its this one that will work with ie: RTH on Naza FC the first apparently does not
http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/spekt...-spektrum-binding-method-preset-failsafe.html
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http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/spekt...-spektrum-binding-method-preset-failsafe.html
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