I just recently bought a Spektrum DX6I and found out that the Male binding plug does not come with the radio. After talking with Horizon, I was told to put the binding plug that was supplied... Female, into the battery slot and connect my battery to any open channel slot. Make sure to have the motor disconnected before trying the binding process... runaways are no fun!!! Then Hold the trainer switch and turn on the radio, this is the same as if you were to do it as the manual tells you to do. I believe the seven channel radio came with both plugs. According to Horizon they will be changing the manual soon.... Lee

Originally Posted by mudman1959

I just recently bought a Spektrum DX6I and found out that the Male binding plug does not come with the radio. After talking with Horizon, I was told to put the binding plug that was supplied... Female, into the battery slot and connect my battery to any open channel slot. Make sure to have the motor disconnected before trying the binding process... runaways are no fun!!! Then Hold the trainer switch and turn on the radio, this is the same as if you were to do it as the manual tells you to do. I believe the seven channel radio came with both plugs. According to Horizon they will be changing the manual soon.... Lee

My "seven channel radio" (DX7) also came with a female bind plug only. Needless to say the manual describes the use of a male bind plug only.

Ivan

My Brand new Spektrum DX6i came with a male binding plug....I can not seem to get the radio and receiver bound. I read about every thread and nothing seems to work. Should I order the Female binding plug? Also I am totally new at RC helicopters.

A female bind plug will not help you. Especially if you don't use or have a switch with a charge jack.

Unsuccessful binding is usually caused by not following the binding procedure. I recommend to ALWAYS use a charged 4.8V or 6.0V battery connected to any slot but the BAT/BIND. With the tranny off and the battery still disconnected:

1. Connect at least one servo (one servo is more than enough for initial binding) - for example to the THRO channel.

2. Plug in the male bind plug into the BAT/BIND port of the receiver.

3. Plug in the battery to any open channel. The receiver (satellite included if the receiver has one) MUST start to blink. If it does not then either you didn't follow properly steps 1 through 3 or the battery is not charged.

4. With the receiver on and blinking - center the sticks on the transmitter, put the throttle to its minimum position (all the way down) and engage and hold the trainer/bind switch (top left on the transmitter). While holding the trainer/bind switch turn on the transmitter. DO NOT RELEASE THE TRAINER/BIND SWITCH.

5. Keep holding the trainer/bind switch until the lights on the receiver come on solid. They will first turn off then will blink, turn off then come on solid. It may take one minute or even longer so be patient. Do not move the sticks while holding the trainer bind switch.

6. Make sure the servo works when moving the corresponding stick on the tranny.

7. Remove the bind plug before disconnecting the battery. Disconnect the battery, turn off the transmitter.

8. Turn back on the transmitter, connect the battery to the receiver. Wait for the light(s) on the receiver(s) to come on solid. Test the radio.

Try the above sequence and if it does not work let us know in which step it gets screwed.

Ivan

Originally Posted by ivanc

A female bind plug will not help you. Especially if you don't use or have a switch with a charge jack.

Unsuccessful binding is usually caused by not following the binding procedure. I recommend to ALWAYS use a charged 4.8V or 6.0V battery connected to any slot but the BAT/BIND. With the tranny off and the battery still disconnected:

1. Connect at least one servo (one servo is more than enough for initial binding) - for example to the THRO channel.

2. Plug in the male bind plug into the BAT/BIND port of the receiver.

3. Plug in the battery to any open channel. The receiver (satellite included if the receiver has one) MUST start to blink. If it does not then either you didn't follow properly steps 1 through 3 or the battery is not charged.

4. With the receiver on and blinking - center the sticks on the transmitter, put the throttle to its minimum position (all the way down) and engage and hold the trainer/bind switch (top left on the transmitter). While holding the trainer/bind switch turn on the transmitter. DO NOT RELEASE THE TRAINER/BIND SWITCH.

5. Keep holding the trainer/bind switch until the lights on the receiver come on solid. They will first turn off then will blink, turn off then come on solid. It may take one minute or even longer so be patient. Do not move the sticks while holding the trainer bind switch.

6. Make sure the servo works when moving the corresponding stick on the tranny.

7. Remove the bind plug before disconnecting the battery. Disconnect the battery, turn off the transmitter.

8. Turn back on the transmitter, connect the battery to the receiver. Wait for the light(s) on the receiver(s) to come on solid. Test the radio.

Try the above sequence and if it does not work let us know in which step it gets screwed.

Ivan

Actually its the other way around. It IS the female plug that you plug into the rx for the binding process. If it was a male binding plug it would NOT plug into the rx due to the fact that the rx has three pins sticking up that you plug onto on each port.

Originally Posted by CntryHwkHeliNB

My Brand new Spektrum DX6i came with a male binding plug....I can not seem to get the radio and receiver bound. I read about every thread and nothing seems to work. Should I order the Female binding plug? Also I am totally new at RC helicopters.

If you are binding a rx with the pins sticking up you WILL NEED A FEMALE plug. You can order one or someone at your flying field may give you an extra one of theirs. Most folks using spektrum for any period of time at all have accumulated more than a few due to the fact that you get one (supposed to anyways) with every radio or receiver that you buy. If not you can always ask your local hobby shop for one, If theyre any kind of business people at all they will GIVE you one. After all your system is virtually useless without it. F2F

Originally Posted by FIXXIN2FLY

If you are binding a rx with the pins sticking up you WILL NEED A FEMALE plug.
. . .

In RC the terms "male" and "female" when applied to servo connectors are reversed. I'm an electronics engineer and yes, you're correct that the gender of the terminals (pins vs. sockets) determines the gender of the connector. But our servo connectors use housings of "opposite gender" to the terminals. For the non-specialist the housing determines the gender, that is why the servo connectors (at the end of the servo wire) are called male even though they use sockets (female) for terminals.

Ivan

To make your own bind plug, take an old servo connector and put a jumper wire across the two outside terminals and you have a bind plug.

Gord

[QUOTE=ivanc]A female bind plug will not help you. Especially if you don't use or have a switch with a charge jack.

Unsuccessful binding is usually caused by not following the binding procedure. I recommend to ALWAYS use a charged 4.8V or 6.0V battery connected to any slot but the BAT/BIND. With the tranny off and the battery still disconnected:

Ivan - I am based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Today I walked into the local model shop and bought a Spektrum DX6i but I could not get the binding process done. Many thanks for the detailed steps that you provided. I got it working now. Now I have to learn to fly myself....
Rgds
daniel

Does this binding process not work if a servo is not plugged in?

Yes, everything can be plugged in. Batt. can be plugged in anywhere but the batt. channel that is required for the bind plug.

Gord.

Similar problem
6100 receiver, DX6I transmitter- 2 servos and brushless speed control.
Seems like 90% of the time when trying to fly this airplane, I have to re-bind it to the transmitter.
I have 4 other planes, 1 other with the 6100 receiver and other recievers that never have a problem.

I've answered with a likely cause of your problem in your other post on this subject. But the answer is also here. See the post from ivanc October 2008 and follow his procedure carefully.

Originally Posted by ivanc

A female bind plug will not help you. Especially if you don't use or have a switch with a charge jack.

Unsuccessful binding is usually caused by not following the binding procedure. I recommend to ALWAYS use a charged 4.8V or 6.0V battery connected to any slot but the BAT/BIND. With the tranny off and the battery still disconnected:

1. Connect at least one servo (one servo is more than enough for initial binding) - for example to the THRO channel.

2. Plug in the male bind plug into the BAT/BIND port of the receiver.

3. Plug in the battery to any open channel. The receiver (satellite included if the receiver has one) MUST start to blink. If it does not then either you didn't follow properly steps 1 through 3 or the battery is not charged.

4. With the receiver on and blinking - center the sticks on the transmitter, put the throttle to its minimum position (all the way down) and engage and hold the trainer/bind switch (top left on the transmitter). While holding the trainer/bind switch turn on the transmitter. DO NOT RELEASE THE TRAINER/BIND SWITCH.

5. Keep holding the trainer/bind switch until the lights on the receiver come on solid. They will first turn off then will blink, turn off then come on solid. It may take one minute or even longer so be patient. Do not move the sticks while holding the trainer bind switch.

6. Make sure the servo works when moving the corresponding stick on the tranny.

7. Remove the bind plug before disconnecting the battery. Disconnect the battery, turn off the transmitter.

8. Turn back on the transmitter, connect the battery to the receiver. Wait for the light(s) on the receiver(s) to come on solid. Test the radio.

Try the above sequence and if it does not work let us know in which step it gets screwed.

Ivan

Thanks so much! It works! I only got a male bind plug in mine and the manual says to hook it up to the "charge" plug which is a male plug, which doesn't work. This works very well.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Tooom

Does this binding process not work if a servo is not plugged in?

I might be a bit late answering this Q , but here it is anyways.

The bind process will work regardless of any servos plugged in or not. But if a servo (or more than one) is connected you can run the test (step 6) to make sure it responds to the transmitter.

Ivan