Wiring and Configuring a Receiver Controlled Switch with Turnigy 9X Stock Firmware and er9x 

+John Cammilleri Thank you for the good words. I enjoy learning and sharing this info. Appreciate you following along.

Hans Leatherby Thanks so much for the kind words. Very much appreciated!

No problem, Graham. Thanks for the feedback.

Thanks so much. Enjoyed your latest FPV vid. Stay warm up there!

My pleasure, Rick. I appreciate the kind words and thanks for watching.

Brandon R. No problem at all. Thanks for watching.

No problem. They're great.

Aces High No problem. Thanks for watching.

+Alexander Horst Good question. To be honest I can't remember how I had mine setup, but I would try just the signal from receiver to the switch to see how that works. If that doesn't do anything you might need to find a common ground between the two. Sorry. I don't have my setup in front of me and have forgotten the details. Let us know what you find out. Thanks.

Jordan Mowbray It's hard to say without more info. The wiring can be a little tricky so make sure you've double-checked all of that. This is a good reference: www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uploads/640583534X1121243X21.pdf Also, play with the jumpers to see if that helps. You may have already done this. If you continue to have problems check out www.garagepilots.com and post in our forums. Hopefully we can help you out over there.

Remember to connect the ground leads between the battery powering your reciever AND the battery powering the load you are trying to switch on and off. That is the trick that most people (my self including) miss.

Philip Harrington Unfortunately I'm not sure what PPM it's sending at the moment. A friend is borrowing my T9X and he lives in Dallas. I may be getting together with him in a few weeks and I'll see if I can find out. Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance, but please share your findings if you figure this out. Thanks.

Michael Mellon I'm not 100% sure how to do it since I no longer have my T9X. I've moved on to the Taranis where this is pretty straightforward. Sorry and if you do figure it out then please sure with the rest of us! Thanks and best of luck.

Dennis Baldwin No worries. I DID figure it out! I'm not sure if it is true or not, but I was told you cannot select "midpoints" on a switch. It's either fully on, or fully off. 100% either way. So I went back to the P3 knob and still couldn't get it dialed in. I know there is a difference if using a servo driven gimbal, but mine is brushless. With a servo driven gimbal, the servo should respond proportionally to the input from the knob. With a brushless, it's more like turning the knob, and waiting for the gimbal to catch up. Anyway, I came across a random video and happened to see a comment that helped me out. On the control board of the gimbal, I turned the pitch control all the way CCW (counter clock-wise). Now if my P3 is centered, so is the gimbal. And when I move it to a specified spot, it will now point the gimbal straight down!! Finally!!!

+Kaustubh Ponkshe 1. I'm not sure so I would check your manual to see if it can handle a PWM signal. It's possible that it doesn't and you'll need some sort of receiver controlled switch to trigger the relay. 2. I haven't used the T5X but I would suspect that it definitely outputs a PWM signal. It's just a matter of whether or not it's configurable. In some cases the RX will send a low signal when the switch is down and high signal when it's up and generally that's configurable....at least with the 9X it is. Good luck and let us know how you get along.

Frederic Vendetti Hi. I have several videos on my channel that show how to setup the NAZA with the Taranis. If you run into any problems please post in the forums at www.garagepilots.com and we'll try to help you out!

steve Boss That's a really good question that I haven't tried before. If I do I will definitely share my results. And if you beat me to it then please let us know how it goes. Thanks and good luck.

Dennis Baldwin I was rather hoping someone had already tried it... I will order another one and try it, worst that can happen is it will damage the electronic switch, there only £9.25 on eBay so it wont break the bank if it damages it.... I will send a Neg ( - ) through the red switching cables and test it using a multi meter as my sound module cost £60 and I would rather not damage it.... electronics have a habit of doing strange things when not connected as intended.... I will let you know the results..

That's a great question. I don't have my switch anymore so I'm unable to test this. Here is the manual which isn't very forthcoming with information: www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uploads/640583534X1121243X21.pdf

I think you should be able to get failsafe working with the AR8000. Take a look at this and see if it helps: www.xflysystems.com/blogs/news/7000392-setting-up-your-spektrum-dx7s-dx8-etc-ar8000-failsafe-for-dji-naza

That's a great question, Rui. I'm not sure it's possible to do in conjunction with this switch. You'd probably need a different setup as the pwms control whether or not the switch is on. Not 100% sure how to do this, but let me think on it. Let me know if you find anything out from your end.

Good luck with your setup.

ESCs are wired in parallel so that means the voltage is the same across each ESC. So if you have all ESCs positive terminal is connected together and each negative terminal is connected together with your power source then each ESC receives the same amount of voltage. So for a 3S battery 12V would be sent to each ESC, not 24V. Hope that helps.

Thanks man.

+Chris Mayhew I really wish I could help but don't have any experience with that transmitter. So I can't make any suggestions as it relates to setup. Please let us know if you come across anything as you learn more. Thanks.

+Dennis Baldwin Thanks for the reply. I'm thinking about changing the transmitter to a 9XR Pro to see if i can get it working with that instead! :)

+Dennis Baldwin Having messed around a bit more and setting up the switch, battery and LED light with a spare TGY-iA6 receiver i've got the light working but it doesn't seem to want to work with the TGY-iA10 receiver for some reason! No idea why..

Paleo FPV You can find them here: amzn.to/1ESM0xY and they also have RGB versions as well.

cool, thx dude!

The RX operates on 5V.

Ryan Jones There's a good chance if there was voltage on the leads when you touched them together. But if the LEDs are on it tells me that the switch is closed and therefore power is getting across. It's hard to say without seeing your setup. If you want to take some pics and post them in the forums at www.garagepilots.com maybe we can help you out. As a side note when it comes to cheap parts like these I normally order 2 because I've made similar mistakes in the past. I know that doesn't help you right now, but wanted to share.

This probably has a small power mosfet to do the switching. Mosfets usually fail shorted and if the current exceeds limits the smoke gets out. I think I will order 2 as well.

Very good question. I'll need to look into this. Anything in particular you're looking to do? I think it would be cool to have it trigger based on location. Like when it gets to point B have it trigger a servo to do a drop-off.

Dennis Baldwin I was basically wondering how to hook up and grab power from APM to power lights?

dcap0187 I was trying to simulate the wiring that you'd have in the air where you're getting power off the main PDB. It's certainly possible to power it with a separate battery.

i just soldered mine directly to the main power.

Because that's the channel that the endpoint that works with my gear switch. Good question and I wish I had a better answer :)

Dennis Baldwin in mine i set up the gear switch with aux channel and connected to channel 5 to the receiver stock firmware