Beyond frustrated. Please help!

[martin goggins campos]

Hi.
I just finished building my quad. It's running a SP Racing F3 FC. FS-IA6B RX (soldered directly to the FC). I also have a Flysky I6S radio. I can't get the Cleanflight to recognize the commands from the radio. I tried the following steps 2-3 times:
1. I tried to bind the radio to the receiver (radio shows RX signal) 2. On Cleanflight, i flashed firmware (No Reboot sequence, Full chip erase, Manual baud rate (256000). I did this after shorting the boot pads and got a solid red light). 3. Load Firmware (Online) 4. Flash Firmware (it worked and i got a successful message on Cleanflight. 5. Connected FC to Cleanflight. 6. Set Receiver to PPM RX The gyro appears to be working as it shows up on Cleanflight and is responsive. However, there is no response when i move the radio sticks.

Any ideas would be welcome.

 

[Rick M]

Is the model set up on the I6S to be AFDHS 2A protocol? Sometimes the Tx default is AFDHS.

 

[martin goggins campos]

Thank you, Rick. I have not tried that yet. How would I go about changing to Afdhs 2a?

 

[Jackson]

It's running a SP Racing F3 FC. FS-IA6B RX (soldered directly to the FC).

A pic or wiring diagram might help.

 

[martin goggins campos]

Thank you, Jackson. I have attached a picture of the top/bottom of the FC. The top shows the RX connector soldered to the RX pad, ground and positive. The bottom shows solderings for the motors and power.

 

[Rick M]

Thank you, Rick. I have not tried that yet. How would I go about changing to Afdhs 2a?

System --> RX Setup --> RF Standard

 

[Jackson]

6. Set Receiver to PPM RX

Have you set the TX's Output Mode to PPM?

 

[martin goggins campos]

Yes

 

[Jackson]

Does this make any sense? This guy was also having PPM problems.

 

[LoneRCRanger]

When it comes to all this I am qualified as stupid! Ask me how to design a web site and a database and I can flabbergast you.

 

[mozquito1]

Check you have set up the Aux switches correctly & correspondingly in the tx,
So it matches what is in the modes tab in Betaflight/cleanflight menu.
AFDHSA 2 is on from out the box.

 

[mozquito1]

Get the 10 channels mod off github, so you can use ibus & have all 10 channels working. You get a better response.
But you will need a $3 video cable or you could jury rig a cable by wedging some wires in.

 

[mozquito1]

Why did you not use the IO/1 connection for ppm instead of a uart.

 

[mozquito1]

Im on the same setup & I strip my boards of un nescasary bits. To keep the stack as low as possible for the short standoffs. & coated in conformal coating for waterproofing.

 

[martin goggins campos]

Update. I got the quad to sync with Cleanflight. The TX is talking to the RX and i can see the movement in CF Receiver tab when i move the TX sticks. The motors work and have been calibrated.

My next issue is that i don't know how to get the Quad moving. Can anyone share the sequence of things i have to do in order to get this thing to fly?

 

[Jackson]

Have you armed it?

 

[martin goggins campos]

No. Not sure how to do that.

 

[mozquito1]

Have you set modes up in (modes tab)
Arm on aux1 & modes on aux2
You might need to move the sliding bar to set the ranges. So as you click the switch it fall into range.

Aux1 = Ch5, arm switch on SWD
Aux2 = Ch6 Mode switch on SWC
These 2 above need to be set on the Tx setup menu.
Then providing your on a level surface, it should arm.

Tip, make sure your Tx is switched on, throttle is down & unarmed, before you plug a lipo in. In fact you shouldn't have props on till the arming situation is solved. Just saying

 

[Jackson]

Folks like to use a switch. Assign a 2 way switch to one of the AUX channels, usually folks assign the other to a 3 way for your flight modes (that's if you want 3 modes).

Go to Modes.

You can see that here what would be a 2 way in your case (AUX 1) is not in the range (the fat yellow bar) to ARM, flipping the switch will put it in the fat yellow bar, if not make the bar longer till it does, you can now ARM. The little vertical yellow dash will move. When you flip the switch adjust the length of the fat bar till the little vertical yellow yellow dash is inside it. For AUX 2 he has it set to be in ANGLE mode by default, in the second position it goes into Horizon and in the 3rd position it does AIR mode.

 

[martin goggins campos]

Thank you for your responses. I'm still very confused. I just did the following:
1. In the transmitter i set Auxillary Channel 5 as SwA.
2. In Cleanflight dashboard, i clicked on "ARM" tab "Add Range."
3. I selected "AUX 1" then i flicked the SwA switch up and down. When i flick down, the little green bar shows a little under 1000. When i flick up, the little green bar is at 2000.
4. I then moved the thick green bar so that it covers 2000 (1900 - 2100 range).
5. I pressed save.

When i flick the SwA switch from up (just under 1000) to down (2000), the little green bar moves within the range in the thick green bar.

However, the "ARM Add Range" tab remains grey and does not turn green.

What i am doing wrong, guys?