Intel Falcon 8+ User Manual page 19

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Figure 2-7. Intel Cockpit Controller (CTR) overview
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To avoid reflections there is a sun shield permanently
attached to the touchscreen tablet. It folds away for
storage and transport.
The functional elements of the CTR remote control
unit are:
(1) START/STOP button (starts/stops the motors
when the left stick is simultaneously held down
at minimum (see chapter 3.7 Starting and
Stopping the Motors)
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(2) GPS button (GPS-Mode ON)
(3) HGT button (Height-Mode ON) when both
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buttons are switched ON/lit Manual-Mode is
activated
(4) Left rocker switch (R1) controls the camera pitch
angle, right rocker switch (R2), controls different
camera functions depending on the attached
payload
(5) Left and right control sticks
(6) Status Display (see
(7) Left push button (B1) sets the camera to
predefined angles +/- 90°, +/- 45° and 0° when
the left rocker switch R1 (4) is pushed
simultaneously, right push button (B2) controls
different camera functions depending on the
attached payload
(8) Four function buttons for the Status Display
(9) RETURN TO HOME button
(10) POWER button
(11) Integrated shoulder harness holders
There are different connectors on the back of the
CTR:
4 X USB
1 X HDMI
The USB port labeled
USB 1
perform firmware updates from a USB stick. The
other USB ports can be used to connect the
Independent Camera Control (ICC) or USB sticks with
pre-planned flight missions to be imported.
A headphone port (mini jack) is located on the lower
right hand side of the CTR remote control unit (1). 
It is possible to connect headphones, which might be
helpful under noisy conditions.
Without headphones connected, acoustic warnings
are played back through a small loudspeaker (2)
inside the CTR.
chapter 4 Status Display)
can only be used to
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