Another cause for binding issues is battery. I usually have a test set up on the bench, and I'm not real careful about keeping the bench battery fully charged. Just last week I was working on a problem and couldn't get the Rx to bind until I put a fully charged pack in the circuit. As others have pointed out, especially in the shop, make certain that you get good seperation between the Tx and Rx. 3 or 4 feet. Also make certain that your servo's are plugged in correctly. If you have one flipped it will cause problems.

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I've tried increasing the distance between the receiver/transmitter and that didn't work. Haven't tried full battery yet so will charge up the DX8 and try again (it was at 4.7V when I tried binding, which I didn't think was that low).

Tks!

Kevin

not the tx its the rx battery

KKKKFL

Originally Posted by Franco2fly

not the tx its the rx battery

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Oh in that case I doubt that's the issue then - the RX is powered by the Lipo that the ESC is plugged into...

Definitely can't even begin to guess what could be the problem...

OK,
Lets review:
1, Sat light and RX light both blink, but don't come on steady (as in correct bind)
2, TX does bind with other Rx's using same battery and servo's
3. distance between TX and Problem RX is greater than 2 feet
4. LiPo being used and ESC is plugged into Throttle

This could be where your problem is coming from.. Try doing a bind but use a stand alone battery and just one servo in elevator or rudder.

Here's my rationale... If throttle is reversed, or if Throttle is not set right, it might be
the cause of the problem. Eliminating the throttle channel, and plugging a bettery into any other port will minimize the "throttle" pecularities.

If you can bind in this simplistic fashion you will know that there's something not quite right with throttle. Check to see if it needs to be reversed, also try doing the bind on a new slot of the DX8.

Give this a shot and let us know what happens.


KKKKFl

Try using a receiver pack (4.8-6.0v) and single servo connected in Ail,Elev or Rud port of the receiver.
Insert bind plug in the Bind/Batt/Data port of the receiver and power on the receiver, the LED should be flashing rapidly.

Then Hold the trainer button and power the radio. Once the radio indicate BIND on the screen you can let go of the trainer switch/button. The radio should then indicate what type of receiver is being bound.

Try with some distance and also try very close.

If it still fails then you need to find out which unit is giving you problems, either try binding that receiver to another radio or another receiver to that radio.

I actually don't have a separate battery for the RX, so the only way I've always bound is through the ESC/throttle slot with lipo. Also keep in mind the same RX/ESC/lipo combo binds to my DX6i just fine, which is what puzzles me... And I didn't insert servos on any of the other slots, so it's not a case of bad servo. To sum up the confusion:

1. AR6200 with satellite binds fine with DX6i
2. AR6200 with satellite does not find with DX8
3. Hobbyking Orange Spektrum RX binds fine with DX8

Conclusion: there's something specific with the link between DX8 and AR6200 that's causing that combo to fail...I just can't figure out what that something is.

Thanks for all the input so far!

Kevin

I have plenty of AR6200 in planes and had no issues binding to my DX8 and DX18.

Puzzling indeed, the only thing left to do at this point would be to send the radio (DX8) and specific receiver to HH for testing if you really want to use that combination.

Good Luck.

Originally Posted by kchen95

I actually don't have a separate battery for the RX, so the only way I've always bound is through the ESC/throttle slot with lipo. Also keep in mind the same RX/ESC/lipo combo binds to my DX6i just fine, which is what puzzles me... And I didn't insert servos on any of the other slots, so it's not a case of bad servo. To sum up the confusion:

1. AR6200 with satellite binds fine with DX6i
2. AR6200 with satellite does not find with DX8
3. Hobbyking Orange Spektrum RX binds fine with DX8

Conclusion: there's something specific with the link between DX8 and AR6200 that's causing that combo to fail...I just can't figure out what that something is.

Thanks for all the input so far!

Kevin

Are you trying to bind with a copied model? If so, try to bind with a default clean model, before thinking about a DX8 failure.

I was setting up a plane last week and had it bound for the elevator linkage install. After I installed the rudder servo I changed my mind on rx's and installed another. It wouldn't bind. I put in the previous rx and did a rebind. It wouldn't bind either. The only difference was the rudder servo I attached so I unplugged it and it bound (binded?). Then I plugged in the rudder servo and everything worked fine. Swapped out rx's again and repeated and she works fine. I don't have a clue why. Just saying.

Is it's a real Spektrum AR6200? Some fake RX has bind problems with the DX-8.

Well, I think it has helped that the timer can now be changed, but she still eats crackers.

Originally Posted by Kambalunga

Is it's a real Spektrum AR6200? Some fake RX has bind problems with the DX-8.

It was a shrunk wrapped HK 6ch. Discontinued now. Tried a AR6200 and same thing. So I pulled the rudder servo, as it had bound before, and she bound. Plugged in the servo after binding and it worked. So I tried the same on the HK and it worked, too. Just have to remember to bind without that servo plugged in.

BTW. The servo is a Hobby People one similar to the HS65MG. Never tried these, but $20 vs $30.

As I said. I have no idea why. My only concern is will she lose bind in flight.

Will

Originally Posted by JohnathanSwift

Well, I think it has helped that the timer can now be changed, but she still eats crackers.

Mine tried to drink a beer one night.