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FeiYu Tech PANDA Installation & Operation Manual

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Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd
Addr : Rm. C407, Innovation Building, Information Industry Park, Chaoyang
Road, Qixing District, GuiLin, CN
Website: www.feiyu-tech.com
Email: service@feiyu-tech.com
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  • Page 1 PANDA GCS & AFSS A UTOPILOT YSTEM INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Addr : Rm. C407, Innovation Building, Information Industry Park, Chaoyang Road, Qixing District, GuiLin, CN Website: www.feiyu-tech.com Email: service@feiyu-tech.com...
  • Page 2 It is the end user’s responsibility to ensure compliance to regulations in their own country if the PANDA is used outside of the PRC. c) PANDA autopilot system is prohibited to be used for any illegal activity. It is the end user’s responsibility to take all safety measures in using this product.
  • Page 3 Panda Autopilot Introduction: What it Does PANDA is an advanced autopilot with patented Attitude Flight Stabilization System AFSS™ that allows you to view and change in real time the flight parameters of your flying aircraft via your Ground Control Station (GCS).
  • Page 4 This time the system is working only in the data radio control mode. 13. Panda can Integrated automatic and manual aerial photography triggering. Equidistance or Timing taking photo. Combine with the POS data record module can record the current flight attitude info of the taking photo point, for example the Longitude, latitude, altitude, speed, etc .The GCS software helps integrate Automated and Manual flight control modes in an easy...

  • Page 5: Technical Parameters

    Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd 17. IMPORTANT: GCS Function  When using the Data Radio to control the aircraft, the controlling signals from the RC Receiver is directly sent to the Remote Adapter and converted to digital signals. The Data Radio will then upload the commands to your aircraft via the data radio.
  • Page 6 GPS Module dimension 32× 32× 10 GPS module Weight grams PANDA INSTALATION 1. Before installation, please check and ensure your PANDA pack contains the following main components: a. Panda Autopilot module b. Panda Remote adapter module c. GPS module Panda AutoPilot Module Panda Remote Adapter Module Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd...
  • Page 7 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd GPS Receiver Module 2. Optional components: a. OSD Video overlay modules b. Current sensor c. Data radio module d. Other fittings FY-606 Data Radio (2.4GHz) FY-602Data Radio (433MHz) Note: Data Radio selection please refer page 7 FLIGHT CONTROLLER MODULE INSTALLATION FLIGHT CONTROLLER MODULE 1.
  • Page 8 5. Radio transmissions will increase the noise signals which lead to instability in the positioning data. The higher the radio noise, the more difficult for the GPS to lock in position. 6. PANDA can integrate with either one of Feiyu Tech‘s two Data Radio modules, the FY-606 (2.4 Ghz) or the FY-602(433 mHz).
  • Page 9 11. Alternately, you can utilize your own full duplex data modem. The communication link used by PANDA autopilot can be either a half-duplex or a full-duplex data modem. 12. Warning: Certain frequency bands from the Data Radio (e.g. 433 mHz) can interfere with servos due to electromagnetic emission.
  • Page 10 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Defined Interface of the PANDA Flight Controller Module Autopilot module interface pins： Signal Receiver signal input port UART port GPS port CS port Front row pins defined: Ⅰ Switch Rudder Throttle Elevator input 1...
  • Page 11 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Autopilot Module： Serial port 1(UART port) Baud rate: 19200 Data bits: 8 Stop bits: 1 Parity: None TX1 connected to the RX ‗s data radio RX1 connected to the TX ‗s data radio Serial port 2(GPS port) Baud rate: 38400 Data bits: 8 Stop bits: 1...
  • Page 12 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Connection Diagram Can power up via any free vcc port External voltage collecte Task servo 2 Aileron servo Task servo Elevator servo Camera Throttle servo Rudder servo Data radio Receiver Voltage detected (current sensor) Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd http://www.feiyudz.cn Email:feiyudz@yahoo.cn...
  • Page 13 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Panda Remote Adapter module interface: RADIO Name Function RADIO Connect to the data radio Connect to the PC serial port Aileron input Elevator input Throttle input Rudder input Channel 5 input Channel 6 input...
  • Page 14 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Connection Diagram Data radio PC serial port RC Receiver 5V battery The interface and features of the GPS module TX: For Data transmission to the Autopilot module (RX2) RX: For Receiving data transmitted from Autopilot module (TX2)(Can disconnected ) Interface Features: TTL level Baud rate: 38400 Data bits: 8...
  • Page 15 AUTOPILOT CONNECTION OPTIONS There are three options when setting up your PANDA system. Please review them all and choose the one that best suits your needs. Option 1: Ground Station Controlled Flight a) In this option, your aircraft is controlled only by the Data Radio (Figure 2).
  • Page 16 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Figure 1: On the aircraft, the radio modem controls all flight parameters. No RC receiver is installed in your aircraft. Figure 2: At your ground Station, the signals from your RC Transmitter is sent to the RC Receiver which is connected to your computer via the Remote Adapter.
  • Page 17 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd OPTION 1: ON BOARD AIRCRAFT DIAGRAMME 5V servo battery RUD Servo THR Servo ELE Servo AIL Servo Data radio GPS module OPTION 1: ADVANTAGE  Option 1 will make on board installation easier since the RC Receiver does not need to be installed on board.
  • Page 18 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd deactivation is that the aircraft will continue flying the set route even without Data Radio communication. This way, it can complete its flight mission fully autonomously. Of course it would make sense to have the mission end at the base station so you won‘t lose your plane! RTH DeActivated：choose ―...
  • Page 19 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd OPTION 2: RC RECEIVER ON-BOARD a) In Option 2, both the RC receiver and Data Radio is installed onboard the aircraft. b) In Option 2, you have direct RC Transmitter control of the aircraft, therefore avoiding the data transfer delays of Option 1.

  • Page 20: Option 2: Power Warning

    Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd RC Remote Receiver 5Vservo battery RUD Servo THR Servo ELE Servo AIL Servo GPS module Data radio OPTION 2: POWER WARNING  If you choose to use the 5.0 volt power from your ESC BEC, you can plug the throttle control wire directly into the ―THR‖...
  • Page 21 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Data radio USB—Serial TTL NOTE: If you wish to use a 5 volt Receiver battery to power the ground station system, please disconnect the 5 volt power coming from the USB Interface cable. OPTION 3: TWO RECEIVER SYSTEM a) Option 3 is the combination of Option 1 and Option 2.
  • Page 22 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd OPTION 3: ON-BOARD AIRCRAFT DIAGRAMME RC Remote Receiver 5Vservo battery RUD Servo THR Servo ELE Servo AIL Servo GPS module Data radio Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd http://www.feiyudz.cn Email:feiyudz@yahoo.cn...
  • Page 23 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd OPTION 3: GROUND STATION CONTROL DIAGRAMME WARNING: If you wish to use a 5 volt Receiver battery to power the ground station system, please disconnect the 5 volt power in-coming from the USB Interface cable. Receiver battery RC Remote Receiver USB—Serial TTL...
  • Page 24 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd OSD & FY-602 DATA RADIO INSTALLATION (ON-BOARD AIRCRAFT), use the Option 1 setting method. Autopilot Front Interface FY602 Video transmitter Camera Autopilot Back-end Interface Power Main Battery Pack Current Sensor Thr & 5V * β...
  • Page 25 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd FY-606 DATA RADIO INSTALLATION (GROUND CONTROL) The connection diagram of the Data Radio and GCS is shown as below. Remoter Adapter FY602 data radio USB -- TTL 5V supply batteries RC receiver Note: Please disconnect the 5 volt power coming from the USB interface cable when receiver‘s battery is in used to power the...

  • Page 26: Software Parameters

    Feiyu Tech reserves the right to update, upgrade or modify this product at any time. g) Feiyu Tech reserves the right to amend this manual and the terms and conditions of use of the FY-GCS Software at any time.
  • Page 27 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Operating System: Windows XP system, Vista, Win7system, etc Monitor resolution: 1024x768 or above. Port: Support 9-pin serial port or USB Serial converter (Baud rate19200 or more) Other Peripherals: Keyboard, Mouse. The installation for the GCS software and the USB-TTL Serial cable ...
  • Page 28 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd 2) Restart the computer and make the drive be activated. 3) If it can't be used, please uninstall the original drive and reinstall this one, or search its PL2303 chip to the latest version on the Internet. Step Two: confirm the USB-TTL Virtual serial number (take Win XP for example) 1) Insert the USB-TTL interface cable into computer USB COM port(don‘t connect TTL port...
  • Page 29 B. Moving map display: option if move the map following the plane. 3. ―Tool‖ menu includes: A. Com Ports Settings: for selecting the serial port number and the baud rate , the baud rate for Panda autopilot is 19200bps Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd http://www.feiyudz.cn...
  • Page 30 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd B. Altitude Initialization: click to initialize the altitude, in order to pick up the altitude of your position , and will be used in the 3D path setting, if not get the local altitude it may be caused that the waypoint path or flight path won‘t be displayed(they are covered) C.
  • Page 31 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd 5、 Replay the previous flight path record file. 6、 Select if move the map following the plane. 7、 Remove all flight path in the map. 8、 Click these buttons will enter relevant Settings interface . FY-GCS Setting interface 1.
  • Page 32 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Click the ―edit waypoints‖ button enter the waypoints edit interface. You can set the fly path, add or delete the waypoints, set the home point, take off point, Import or download the Waypoints, or set the target point when fly in click flight mode, etc. Parameters Setting interface Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd http://www.feiyudz.cn...
  • Page 33 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Parameters setting interface includes ―PID parameters ‖,―Control parameters‖, ―Flight parameters‖，―other‖. Flight Parameter Setting: 1. Auto photo: Enable automatic photography function.(can set Equidistance or Timing taking photo ) 2. Photo: Captures a photo immediately. 3. AP working mode Switch: Select if Shield the operation of the remote control (the default is operate by the remote controller, in normal you not need to switch).
  • Page 34 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Flight Parameter Setting: 1、TGT SPD: Target ground speed setting in kilometers per hour (km/h). 2、TGT ALT: Target altitude setting in meters (m). 3、Circle radius: Circling radius setting in meters (m). 4、Photo interval: Set automatic photography interval for photo‘s along flight path in meter (m).or for photo‘s along time in second(s).
  • Page 35 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Operations of GCS 1) Connection to autopilot a) Make sure the hardware connect correctly. Then open the GCS. b) Click the connection button , chose the serial port. For example, the serial Com port number here is ―COM1‖, the default Baud rate is ―19200‖. Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd http://www.feiyudz.cn Email:feiyudz@yahoo.cn...
  • Page 36 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Click the ―OK‖ button to connect, then click to switch to instrumentation interface. The changing information is shown on this interface. 2) Air route setting a) Altitude Initialization To get accurate altitude recording on the GCS, you need to initialize the altitude record. It is important to enable 3D flight rendering on the GCS, otherwise it may result in rendering a flight path outside the map layer.
  • Page 37 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd b) Set the air route ，The button background will turn green, then the waypoint Click editing is activated and you can set the route. The Waypoint setting window will be displayed. Enter the altitude you wish to maintain, and press Set: ，after the background turn green, you can plan the air route Then click the edit button...
  • Page 38 ，to upload the waypoints to panda autopilot. You can remove all waypoints by clicking You can check the uploaded waypoints in the panda autopilot by pressing the waypoint download button. Check that the uploaded waypoints are correct: c) Home point setting Reset the home point location when fly in different area.
  • Page 39 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd d) Save the waypoints ，otherwise the setting waypoints will be At last, don‘t forget to click this button to save lost if power down. Instant Waypoint flying setting The aircraft can fly to other temporary waypoints, when carry out instant waypoint flying operation.
  • Page 40 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Panda Debugging instructions Panda Panda The setup of the can be started once you have finished installing and the GCS software. Autopilot Function Flight Control Mode Description: 1. There are three flight control modes: Manual, Auto Balance and Automatic navigation mode.
  • Page 41 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd  Return to Home (RTH);  Automatic Take-off (Idle);  Auto Circling ; 1. You can set Channel 6 to a 3-position switch to select the Special Flight Modes. 2. The middle position of your three position switch is ―idle mode‖ which means no special flight modes are active: Pulse width of CH6 1000-1199μS...
  • Page 42 ATTENTION! It is recommended that you remove your prop or disable your motor while performing these setup procedures! 1. The Panda module has its own mixing function. Therefore the RC transmitter can be programmed for a ―normal‖ layout aircraft. 2. Please choose the correct mixing mode in ―Mix control‖...

  • Page 43: Pre-Flight Check

    Plane without aileron but with elevator and rudder Elevons/ Turn via AIL& RUD PRE-FLIGHT CHECK: 3. The following procedure explains how to correct servo control direction upon Panda activation. 4. Control direction Check. Switch to the "Auto Balance Mode" mode, check the control direction as explained below.
  • Page 44 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Pander IN AUTO BALANCE MODE Nose UP Elevator moves up Elevator moves down Nose DOWN If the the elevator does not follow the correct movement, please set ―ELE REV‖ in the ―REV rudder settings‖ box. You should now see the correct servo movement after ‗checking‘...
  • Page 45 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Throttle Detection: 1. Warning: It is recommended that you remove your prop or disable your motor while performing these setup procedure. 2. Pleases refer to the throttle output at the servo display as shown to the right. 3.
  • Page 46 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Altitude control 1. Pitch control: The higher the value, the higher the pitch up or down of the aircraft nose. Maximum pitch up setting is + 20 degrees. Maximum pitch down setting: - 20 degrees. Range is 0 to 99.
  • Page 47 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd sensitivity. If your Rudder control sensitivity is high this parameter value should be reduced, and vice versa. For all other mix-control modes, the turning is complete via aileron only. Therefore this ‗Rud Turn Control‘ parameter has no effect on the aircraft. Range :0-99.Default value:60.

  • Page 48: Parameter Setting

    Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd 6. Ensure that the pitch and roll indicators are moving properly and do not deviate. 7. During this throttle increment tests, observe your GCS Screen (above). 8. If the ―Attitude error" sign is activated as shown above, that means the system is experiencing excessive vibration and the autopilot cannot function properly.
  • Page 49 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Flight Path Setting 1. After the autopilot has attained a lock on the home position, a little red plane will show up on the map at your current position. 2. Set the current location as return point if you wish. 3.
  • Page 50 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd then you need to decrease the pitching stability control. The same is true for the roll, if the plane returns to level flight too slowly then increase the roll stability control. If the plane rocks back and forth then you need to decrease the roll stability control. 7.
  • Page 51 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Increase Course damping. If the plane rolled from side to side during turning, reduce Course damping. Heading Stabilization Adjustment 1. ―Rudder Stability‖ is useful. It‘s used to improve the course stability during flying . 2.
  • Page 52 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd If the plane climbs too slowly, increase the ―pitch angle control.‖ If the plane climbs too fast, reduce the ―pitch angle control.‖ Increase ―Height damping‖ if your plane flies in this pattern. Decrease ―Height damping‖ if your plane flies in this pattern. Increase ―Pitch integrator‖...
  • Page 53 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Auto Take Off 1. The auto take-off feature is designed mainly for hand launched planes. 2. Please select a fairly stable plane if auto take-off is to be used. 3. The Auto Take-off should not be attempted unless you have completed setting up Auto Balance mode and fill in the Navigation parameters.
  • Page 54 Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd Guilin Feiyu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd http://www.feiyudz.cn Email:feiyudz@yahoo.cn...