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- Page 1 33110.mx-10 HoTT.1 H O P P I N G . T E L E M E T R Y . T R A N S M I S S I O N mx-10 Programmier-Handbuch Programming Manual Manuel de programmation...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
FCC Information ............203 Country setting ..........104 Graupner accepts no responsibility or liability for errors Guarantee certifi cate ..........204 Tail type setting ..........105 or inaccuracies which may occur in the information section of this manual. -
Page 3: Safety Notes
fi bre components, servos, electric motors, fuel pumps, matching Graupner connectors of the same design with pectedly, with the result that parts may fl y off at great cabling of all kinds, etc.. - Page 4 Safety Notes any other installed equipment in the model, but in an Ensure that no metal parts are able to rub against each from other transmitters and any interference, and may easily accessible position. Under no circumstances other, e. g. when controls are operated, when parts respond.
- Page 5 Keep the receiving system an adequate distance away fore every session. When charging batteries it is impor- Refer to the main Graupner FS catalogue or the Internet from the ignition system. tant to avoid short-circuits. Do this by fi rst connecting the website at www.graupner.de for more information on...
- Page 6 Liability exclusion / Compensation effects on the system’s electrical characteristics and It is not possible for Graupner to ensure that the user radiation pattern. observes the installation and operation instructions, and •...
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Page 7: Safety Notes And Handling Instructions Relating To Nickel-Metal-Hydride Rechargeable Batteries
Safety notes and handling instructions relating to Nickel-Metal-Hydride rechargeable batteries As with all sophisticated technical products, it is vitally specifi ed for the cell type in use. may eventually exhibit reduced capacity. important that you observe the following safety notes •... - Page 8 NiCd and tion points, Graupner retail outlets, and any other shop NiMH batteries. If you are not sure about this, please where dry and rechargeable batteries of the same type refer to the operating instructions supplied with your are sold.
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Page 9: Foreword
GHz band, and offers bi-directional communication bet- even more models simultaneously on the 2.4 GHz band The Graupner team wishes you great pleasure and suc- cess with your mx-10 HoTT - a radio control system of ween transmitter and receiver via a down-link channel than on the 35 / 40 MHz frequency bands which we integrated into the receiver. -
Page 10: Description Of Radio Control Set
Computer System Five-channel radio control set with Graupner HoTT 2.4 GHz technology (Hopping Telemetry Transmission) displaying telemetry data, and programming receiver outputs and optional sensors. • Short, folding aerial • Easy programming and accurate setting with toggle switches and a switch key •... - Page 11 Computer System Five-channel radio control set with Graupner HoTT 2.4 GHz technology (Hopping Telemetry Transmission) • Range-check and warning function • Receiver low-voltage warning on transmitter screen • Ultra-wide receiver operating voltage range: 3.6 V to 8.4 V (fully operational down to 2.5 V) •...
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Page 12: Recommended Battery Chargers
Order No. 3022, and the receiver battery charge lead, Order No. 3021, unless stated otherwise in the table. For details of additional battery chargers, and details of the chargers listed here, please refer to the main Graupner FS catalogue, or our Internet site at www.graupner.de. Description of radio control set... -
Page 13: Transmitter Power Supply
Status-LED starts blinking 5 - times in quick succession. posite polarity. For this reason it is essential to use only the genuine Graupner charge lead, Order No. 3022. ACTION VOLT: 05.4V... -
Page 14: Receiver Power Supply
Note: Henriettenstr. 94 - 96 wish to charge the standard Ni-MH battery using an Please refer to the main Graupner FS catalogue or visit automatic charger designed for Ni-Cd batteries. D-73230 Kirchheim unter Teck the Internet site at www.graupner.de for full details of •... -
Page 15: Adjusting The Stick Length
Graupner Service Centre to carry out the work for you. Hold the bottom half of the knurled grip fi rmly, and C A U T I O N... -
Page 16: Changing The Stick Mode
Operating Notes Converting the dual-axis stick units Self-centring action Either or both sticks can be converted from self-neutrali- sing to non self-neutralising action: start by opening the folding areal transmitter as described on the previous page. If you wish to change the standard stick unit arrange- ment, start by locating the screw on the left-hand stick unit shown circled in white in the photo below. - Page 17 Brake spring and ratchet Stick centring force You can alter the braking force of the stick by adjusting The centring force of the sticks is also variable to suit the outer of the two screws circled in white in the next your preference.
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Page 18: Description Of Transmitter
Description of transmitter Transmitter controls Attaching the transmitter neckstrap Aerial with folding / rotating base Central Status LED You will fi nd a strap lug mounted in the centre of the front face of the mx-10 HoTT transmitter, as shown in Neckstrap lug the drawing on the right. -
Page 19: Rear Of Transmitter
HoTT telemetry - see the section „telemetry“ on page 113. For more details about the Smart-Box please refer to the main Graupner FS catalogue, or refer to that product on the Internet at www.graupner.de. This socket can be used also to connect the transmitter... -
Page 20: Using The Transmitter For The Fi Rst Time
Preliminary notes regarding the mx-10 HoTT transmitter Preliminary notes LED Status Buzzer Description In theory the Graupner HoTT system permits the simul- green LED on Transmitter ON, but no bounded receiver taneous operation of more than 200 models. or receiver bound, but no telemetry signal... -
Page 21: Transmitter Fi Rmware Update
Once you have registered your transmitter at http:// Start the program “Firmware_Upgrade_grStudio_ dio control system, please ensure at all times graupner.de/de/service/produktregistrierung you will Ver-SX.X.exe” from the appropriate folder by a that the transmitter aerial is an adequate distance automatically be informed of new updates by e-mail as double-click. - Page 22 In the “Port select” window you can now select the correct COM port, i.e. the one to which the USB in- Do not interrupt the update process until the progress terface is connected. This can be identifi ed by the bar has reached the right-hand margin, and you see Click on the button labelled “File Browse”...
- Page 23 Click on “OK”, then switch the transmitter off and fi - nally disconnect the PC or laptop. If the progress bar does not move forward, close the program and repeat the update procedure, taking note of any error messages which might appear. 4.
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Page 24: Using The Receiver For The Fi Rst Time
… can be used not only to update the receiver by con- a warning in the form of steady beeps at intervals of Graupner HoTT receiver must fi rst be “bound” to “its” necting the adapter lead, Order No. 7168.6A, but also to about one second. - Page 25 Reset RX CURVE CURVE1 CH If you wish to carry out a receiver reset, locate the TYPE : button on the top of the receiver and hold it in while you CURVE2 CH connect its power supply; release the button again. TYPE : CURVE3 CH If the reset is carried out with the transmitter switched...
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Page 26: Receiver Fi Rmware Update
Once you have registered your transmitter at http:// name “Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge” in Ver-SX.X.exe” from the appropriate folder by a graupner.de/de/service/produktregistrierung you will the “Device Name” column; in the screen-shot above double-click. (The at the time of printing this manual automatically be informed of new updates by e-mail as this would be the “COM 3”... - Page 27 The fi rmware fi les are present in a product-speci- re using it again: fi c encoded form, i.e. if you inadvertently select a fi le Hold the SET button on the receiver pressed in while which does not match the product (e.g. transmitter you switch on its power supply;...
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Page 28: Installation Notes
The switch toggle must be free to move over its order: full range of travel. Always switch the transmitter on fi rst, Regardless of which Graupner receiving system you are Always install servos using the vibration-damping using, the procedure is always the same: then the receiver. -
Page 29: Receiving System Power Supply
Nanophosphate® pack presents no problems to effects and oxidation of the contacts can increase this connected to the receiver. Graupner HoTT receivers, nor to those servos, speed several times over. Constant vibration and movement Auxiliary function controllers, gyros, etc. which are expressly approved for at the contacts also “gnaws away”... - Page 30 Nanophosphate® types. The comparatively high nominal voltage of 7.4 Volt of a two-cell LiPo pack presents no problems to Graupner HoTT receivers, nor to those servos, speed controllers, gyros, etc. which are expressly approved for use at these higher voltages.
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Page 31: Defi Nition Of Terms
RF More details of the Smart-Box you will fi nd the Graupner by the pilot. Their movements in turn generate corres- module. Once picked up at the receiver, this signal may catalog FS and online under ww.graupner.de/en... -
Page 32: Digital Trims And Stick Calibration
Digital trims and stick calibration Description of function Digital trims with visual and audible indicators Stick Calibration If you suspect that the centre point of your self-centring Both the dual-axis stick units are fi tted with digital trim sticks (transmitter controls 1 … 4) does not correspond systems. -
Page 33: Fixed-Wing Model Aircraft
Fixed-wing model aircraft This program provides convenient support for normal edge of the right and left wing. As standard the program Example: V-tail mixer model aircraft with up to two aileron servos, V-tail contains the appropriate mixer functions for the two Elevator stick models, fl... -
Page 34: Receiver Socket Sequence
Installation notes ... and “2 elevator servos” tail type - only with optio- As there are several possible combinations of servo nal Smart-Box orientation and control surface linkage, you may fi nd that The servos MUST be connected to the receiver the direction of rotation of one or more servos is incor- outputs in the following order: 2nd elevator... -
Page 35: Model Helicopters
Model helicopters The continued development of model helicopters and All menus which are relevant to model helicopters are Installation notes marked with a “helicopter” symbol in the “Program helicopter components, such as gyros, speed governors, The servos will be connected to the receiver outputs rotor blades etc., has led to the current position where descriptions”: in the order shown on this page:... -
Page 36: Program Descriptions "Base Settings" (Model) Fixed-Wing Model Aircraft
Base settings Basic model-specifi c settings for fi xed-wing model aircraft Before you start programming specifi c parameters, If you wish to use the RC system in France, the country Buzzer Description some basic settings must be entered. setting on the transmitter must be set to “France” mode, transmitter orange LED on Country setting as described. -
Page 37: Tail Type Setting
Notes: „Delta/FW“: The aileron and elevator rudder is Due to the different installation of the servos and push- controlled by one servo per wing half, rods the initially servo direction of certain servos may • During the programming process it is important connected on channel 2 and 3. -
Page 38: Binding Receivers
Note: The mx-10 HoTT can be bound in the mode „nor- For maximum fl exibility in terms of receiver socket Graupner HoTT receivers have to be “instructed” to mal“ only. Make sure before you start the binding pro- assignment, the optional Smart-Box provides the means communicate exclusively with a particular model (i. - Page 39 Contact your nearest have to place the model on a raised object for the pe- Service Centre of Graupner GmbH & Co. KG. riod of the check. Carry out the range-check before every fl ight, and si-...
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Page 40: Model Helicopter
Base settings Basic model-specifi c settings for model helicopters Before you start programming specifi c parameters, If you wish to use the RC system in France, the country Buzzer Description some basic settings must be entered which apply only to setting on the transmitter must be set to “France”... - Page 41 • During the programming process it is important For maximum fl exibility in terms of receiver socket Graupner HoTT receivers have to be “instructed” to to ensure that any internal-combustion engine or assignment, the optional Smart-Box provides the means communicate exclusively with a particular model (i. e.
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Page 42: Binding Receivers
fi fty metres. Within this period walk away from the model, moving Carry out the range-check of the Graupner HoTT sys- the sticks all the while. If at any point within a distance tem in accordance with the following instructions. -
Page 43: Servo Settings
Servo settings Servo direction, centre, travel The mx-10 HoTT can adjust the servo direction and Servo travel „Dual Rate“ Fail Safe servo travel - dual rate. In its default state (as delivered) the receiver is set to To adjust servo travel symmetrically, i. e. to adjust travel Hold”... - Page 44 possible it is always best to maintain your programmed in for three to four seconds. When you release the „telemetry“ on page 113. settings using the SMART-BOX. button, the orange LED should light up constantly, and the transmitter should not emit an audible signal: the Switch your receiving system on.
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Page 45: Telemetry
Note: dard menus “Servo settings” (page 111), “mixers” If you register your product under http://www.graupner. • When setting up the radio control system, ple- (page 105) and “Dual Rate” (pages 11). If you ignore... -
Page 46: Setting & Data View
SETTING & DATA VIEW Telemetry INC+DEC button again briefl y to accept the value. Press Display Description Setup button to return back to starting position. The menus grouped together under the overall heading ACTION Current operating “Telemetry” are called up with the optional available VOLT voltage (V) Smart-Box... -
Page 47: Rx Dataview
Country selection (COUNTRY) positions. L PACK TIME Indicates the time in ms for which The Country setting is present in order to cater for vari- When operating a model this value should not fall below the longest data packet was lost in ous directives (FCC, ETSI, IC etc.). -
Page 48: Rx Servo
the receiver. In practice this means the longest time in RX SERVO always refer to the channel which you set at this which the radio control system went into Fail-Safe mode. point: RX SERVO OUTPUT CH: 01 Operating voltage (R-VOLT) REVERSE (servo reverse) REVERSE : OFF... -
Page 49: Rx Fail Safe
(control surface travel) for the servo connected to the if you are very lucky, the model aircraft will fl y straight MODE Fail-Safe mode HOLD control channel selected in the “OUTPUT CH” line. The ahead for an indefi nite period and then “land” somewhe- FAIL SAFE value is set separately for each side of centre. - Page 50 ning a different control channel in the INPUT CH line to If interference occurs, the corresponding servo SAFE”: the receiver servo socket selected in the OUTPUT CH moves to the position displayed in the “POSITION” The servo immediately runs to the Fail-Safe position pre- line.
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Page 51: Rx Free Mixers
RX FAIL SAFE RX FAIL SAFE RX FAIL SAFE OUTPUT CH: 01 OUTPUT CH: 06 OUTPUT CH: 04 INPUT CH: 01 INPUT CH: 04 INPUT CH: 01 MODE : FAI-SAFE MODE : OFF MODE : FAI-SAFE F.S.Pos. : 1500—sec F.S.Pos. : 1670—sec F.S.Pos. -
Page 52: Rx Expo
TRAVEL–/+ (mixer ratio in %) OUTPUT CH 2: left elevon Value Explanation Possible settings The mixer ratio in relation to the MASTER signal is OUTPUT CH 3: right elevon RX WING Tail type NORMAL, V-TAIL determined separately for each direction by the values If you fi... -
Page 53: Rx Servotest
wish to use the RX CURVE option - then two curves also affect mapped receiver outputs. ALL MAX (maximum servo travel) must be set: In this line you can set the maximum servo travel for the RX SERVO TEST servo test on the plus side of control travel. RX CURVE CURVE1 CH RX SERVO TEST... - Page 54 ALARM TEMP +/- (receiver temperature monitor) groups of servos run absolutely synchronously. RX SERVO TEST ALL–MAX : 2000—sec These two options monitor the temperature of the If you are using digital servos, we recommend that ALL–MIN : 1000—sec receiver: a lower limit value “ALARM TEMP-” (-20 ... you set 10 ms in the “PERIOD”...
- Page 55 For more details on this please visit For this reason it is essential to connect the most im- www.graupner.de on the Internet. portant control functions to the primary receiver (the All channels of the HoTT receiver which is confi gured one programmed as SUMI), so that interference to as SUMO, and is defi...
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Page 56: Data View
More details about the following modules can be found transmission from transmitter to in the appendix and on the internet at www.graupner.de RX–S QUA: 100% receiver RX–S ST : 100% for the relevant product. -
Page 57: General Module
Appendix, or refer to the BAT1 E FUEL F 2:0.00 0.0V 3:0.00 product on the Internet at www.graupner.de. FUEL Fuel level / Fueltank indicator 4:0.00 Depending on the types of sensor fi tted to the module, E / F Empty / full T1 +20°C... -
Page 58: Vario Module
Appendix, or module please see the Appendix or refer to the product refer to the product on the Internet at www.graupner.de. on the Internet at www.graupner.de. The centre of the screen shows the current positional The meanings are as follows: data and the model’s speed;... -
Page 59: Trainer Mode
Trainer Mode Connecting two transmitters for trainer mode operations The mx-10 HoTT transmitter can be combined by wi- Important Note: After the pupils transmitter is bound to the trainer model, set the mx-10 HoTT in the teacher mode. To change reless means to form a Trainer system. -
Page 60: Pupil
menu: no transmitter controls have been released to the The HoTT receiver of the trainer model must be „bound“ TRAINER/Pupil Pupil ( ), and no switches have been assigned (SW: --- to the pupils transmitter. A detailed description of the bottom right and -S on left of illustration). - Page 61 ner” menu point of the multi-function menu. (The trainer using the wireless HoTT system which is described in model’s receiving system, previously bound to the Pupil this section. TRAINER/Teach transmitter, does not need to be switched on during the For example, if the aileron function (2) is to be trans- following procedure.): ferred, and if the model is equipped with two aileron ¿...
- Page 62 the Teacher and Pupil, as this could reduce the effective range. Please note also that the wireless Trainer function exploits the downlink connection, and for this reason no telemetry data are transmitted from the model in this mode. If it should occur that the link between the Teacher and Pupil transmitters is lost during Trainer mode operations, note that the Teacher transmitter automatically assumes control of the model.
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Page 63: Appendix
Suitable for fi ve-cell or six-cell NiMH batteries, or two-cell LiPo or Specifi cation, vario • Resolution: 0.1 m LiFe packs. Graupner/JR, G3.5, G2 and BEC connector systems. • Altitude measurement: -500 m ... +3000 m • Sensitivity, vario: 0.5 m/3s, 1 m/3s, 0.5 m/s, 1 m/s, 3 m/s, program- •... - Page 64 Order No. 33620 Order No. 33610 Order No. 33611 General sensor for Graupner HoTT receivers and models with internal- General sensor for Graupner HoTT receivers and models with internal- General sensor for Graupner HoTT receivers and electric-powered combustion or electric power system:...
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Page 65: Appendix
The user-update facility ensures that the SMART-BOX is always up-to- date, and provides a route for expanded functions in future. Graupner HoTT adapter cable USB interface/JR • Transmitter voltage display with •... - Page 66 134 For your notes...
- Page 67 For your notes...
- Page 68 überprüft wurden, kann für Fehler, Unvollständigkeiten und Druckfehler keinerlei D-73220 KIRCHHEIM/TECK werden nachgewiesen. Für Druckfehler kann keine Haftung Haftung übernommen werden. Graupner behält sich das Recht vor, die beschriebenen GERMANY übernommen werden. Software- und Hardwaremerkmale jederzeit unangekündigt zu ändern.
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