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If you want to capture brownouts on the receiver, you would need to power it from an independent source and connect the V sense input to the rx power. It would show as an alarm on the flight pack voltage, but give you the information you want. Andy |
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Can you explain how to wire this up as you just mentioned with an independent power source? Thanks, Carlo |
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Feed power the the TM unit with its own power source. Connect a 4.8v receive pack to it using the servo data wire provided. Then you are going to nee to use the telemetry main pack voltage wire/sensor if you want to monitor the actual RX voltage. Then if the RX shuts down from low voltage the telemetry is still functional.
The telemetry works with ANY dsm2/dsmX receivers, if you want FLIGHT LOG then you need a data ready RX. Powering the telemetry unit with its own power source will also disprove a comment Andy made in regards to a specific aspect and how it works/function for those that have been reading from the begining and pay attention to what is said. |
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No need to remove the signal wire. You can leave it wired the same as you would for an AR8000. Alternatively, you could put a Y into the Bat/Bind port and use a bind plug to bind them both. Remove the bind plug before flying.
I thought what you quoted WAS an explanation. Guess I'm too close to the electronics... DO THIS WITH POWER DISCONNECTED! This will give you a wiring harness that can be used with any receiver and give you Flight Log data if it's available. To power the TM1000 independently you need to do some special wire cutting and splicing. Start with a servo extension. Separate the 3 wires from one another lengthwise, but leave them plugged into the connections. In the middle of the red (center) wire, cut it. Solder this red lead to the red lead that comes from the voltage sense lead on the TM1000. Cover with heatshrink to prevent shorts. Now take ANOTHER servo extension and cut off the end where it would plug into a receiver. Separate the wires again. Completely remove the yellow/white wire. On the FIRST servo extension, in the middle of the black lead remove some insulation, solder in the black lead from the TM1000 voltage sense AND the black lead from the SECOND servo extension. Cover with heatshrink. This provides a common ground between the two power systems. Finally, solder the unattached red leads of the two servo extensions together and cover with heat shrink. This will provide the separated power. Turn on the transmitter. Plug the TM1000's data cable into the first servo extension. On the servo extension that only has red and black wires, attach your independent battery power. It can be a 4- or 5-cell NiMH pack or a 2S LiPo pack. This will power up the TM1000 and you should shortly see voltage telemetry data on the DX8. Now power up the receiver. If you have a Data receiver, you will now see Flight Log data on the transmitter and you will see the receiver's voltage on what's normally your flight pack monitor. It's a lot of work soldering, and I don't think you need to do this, but if you really want to monitor your receiver voltage this is the way to do it. I don't bother with this myself - I was able to see dangerous dips on the receiver voltage simply by setting the alarm point higher. That's all it took to get me to improve my BECs, check my linkages, and replace too-thin wiring. Andy |
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I agree with Andy, that's just too much work. If it's a plane (as opposed to a heli), you can just do a stationary test with a multimeter to see if your power supply is the source of your issue. much, much easier. Btw Andy, are any of the Spektrum/Horizon guys gonna be at the Vegas Fun Fly this weekend? |
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I have a very small meter that i use, its lighter than a battery. and very accurate. Out of interest Do you know the sample rate of the telemetry ? The AR7600 i had would brownout and the telemetry wouldn't pick it up ? |
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I've just tried rebinding my DX8 with the v2.01 software to my E-Flite Beaver, which has the AR8000 Rx and TM1000 module. I was expecting the main screen to display 'DSMX' in the top right corner after the re-bind but it still shows 'DSM2'.
I've used the recommended binding technique for the TM1000 linked to the AR8000, ie, push in bind button, switch on Rx, hold bind button on Tx and switch on, wait until bind complete. All seems fine and the model has flown without problems. I have all the telemetry info appearing as normal. I've scanned this thread as far as I reasonably can but haven't come across any instances of this being reported. Have I missed something obvious? Pete ps I'd like to add my name to any bid for for a software upgrade to permit the flight data to be stored on the data card - each time I've flown I've switched off the Tx before I remember to look at the figures.....mus be getting old, I suppose! |
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