Post by majic1 on Jun 21, 2012 18:19:06 GMT -8
Any of you who have a Devo 8(s) Tx and have recently updated to fw v7 or higher may have noticed a new feature called "Stick Position". What stick position allows you to do is set a trigger for your timer(s) on any of the following channels:
The only channel this makes sense to use this feature on is the Throttle. So here is how it works:
The first thing to do is to enable and configure Stick Position. To do that, go into the Model menu and click Stick Position.
You will see two options, Switch and Channel.
Clicking on Switch, you will see that there are two Stick Position software switches available (Since there are 2 timers). Leave the one selected initially, SPS0 SW alone, then click Channel.
Under Channel you can then select which channel to use to trigger the software switch, in this case select Throttle.
More options are now configurable, the Position at which the switch is turned on and off, which determines whether the switch turns on above (High) the Position or below (Low).
In this case, since I want to have the timer going when I have the throttle up, I selected High.
I wanted the timer to turn on when my throttle is at 10% and turn off when throttle is at 9% or below. This is where my heli starts to spool up and spool down. What that translates to for Position is L 80%.
That is the end of setting the trigger, now we have to tell the timer to use it.
Go back to the main menu and click on function menu (helicopter icon). Click on Timer. I'm using a countdown timer, so I set timer1 to countdown, then click on switch and select SPSO SW, which is the switch we just configured.
Then click Set Time and set the time to whatever you want the timer to go off at for a given model. In may case I set it for 6 min for my V200.
That's it! You can change the switch and timer settings to your liking, of course. But, at least you get an idea of this function works.
Note: One problem with this new feature that I can see is that if your in IU mode and goes full negative collective, the timer will stop.
I have gotten used to using it and really like it. No more remembering to turn timers on and off. It's automatic now.
- Elevator
- Aileron
- Throttle
- Rudder
The only channel this makes sense to use this feature on is the Throttle. So here is how it works:
The first thing to do is to enable and configure Stick Position. To do that, go into the Model menu and click Stick Position.
You will see two options, Switch and Channel.
Clicking on Switch, you will see that there are two Stick Position software switches available (Since there are 2 timers). Leave the one selected initially, SPS0 SW alone, then click Channel.
Under Channel you can then select which channel to use to trigger the software switch, in this case select Throttle.
More options are now configurable, the Position at which the switch is turned on and off, which determines whether the switch turns on above (High) the Position or below (Low).
In this case, since I want to have the timer going when I have the throttle up, I selected High.
I wanted the timer to turn on when my throttle is at 10% and turn off when throttle is at 9% or below. This is where my heli starts to spool up and spool down. What that translates to for Position is L 80%.
That is the end of setting the trigger, now we have to tell the timer to use it.
Go back to the main menu and click on function menu (helicopter icon). Click on Timer. I'm using a countdown timer, so I set timer1 to countdown, then click on switch and select SPSO SW, which is the switch we just configured.
Then click Set Time and set the time to whatever you want the timer to go off at for a given model. In may case I set it for 6 min for my V200.
That's it! You can change the switch and timer settings to your liking, of course. But, at least you get an idea of this function works.
Note: One problem with this new feature that I can see is that if your in IU mode and goes full negative collective, the timer will stop.
I have gotten used to using it and really like it. No more remembering to turn timers on and off. It's automatic now.