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Xtreme Power Systems
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XtremeLink
Installation And Usage Manual
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XtremeLink
is a registered trademark of Xtreme Power Systems, LLC.
Firmware v3.0-v3.8
Manual v2.5
Revision Data: January 11, 2011
All material including, but not limited to photographs, text, and concepts contained in
this manual is copyright ©2006-2011 By Xtreme Power Systems. Distribution of this
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  • Page 1 Revision Data: January 11, 2011 All material including, but not limited to photographs, text, and concepts contained in this manual is copyright ©2006-2011 By Xtreme Power Systems. Distribution of this data without permission is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved, worldwide.
  • Page 2 Xtreme Power Systems may at its discretion either repair or replace the unit covered under warranty. The customer will pay all freight charges to and from Xtreme Power Systems. Xtreme Power Systems must be contacted to obtain a return authorization.
  • Page 3 - NOTICE - THIS SYSTEM REQUIRES PROPER POWER! PLEASE READ SECTION 5 FOR INFORMATION ON THE RECOMMENDED POWER SETUP AND HOW TO IDENTIFY IF YOU ARE HAVING A POWER PROBLEM.

  • Page 4: Section 1 - Installation

    SECTION 1 – INSTALLATION Step 1 – Removing the stock RF module Futaba, JR, and Hitec RF modules have tabs either on each side or top and bottom. Carefully squeeze these tabs and pull the RF module from the transmitter. Sometimes each side or each end will need to be wiggled for the module to come loose and removed.
  • Page 5 Figure 2 – JR RF module removal...
  • Page 6 ® Step 2 – Installing the XtremeLink RF Module ® Position the XtremeLink RF module over the original RF module location, and slowly press the module into the transmitter case. There should be no excessive force required to install the module. When the module is properly installed, it will “snap”...
  • Page 7 ® Figure 3 – Futaba XtremeLink module installation...
  • Page 8 ® Figure 4 – JR XtremeLink module installation...
  • Page 9 Step 3 – Mounting the receiver ® No matter which XtremeLink receiver you use, the mounting procedure is the same. The most important thing to remember is that you must keep the antenna portion of receiver no less than 2 inches from any type of large metal or wiring that is not directly coming out of the receiver.
  • Page 10 10 channel receiver installation in a Composite ARF Flash jet. ® The servo connection slots on the XtremeLink receivers are numbered. There is a slot that is labeled “B/T”. This is for a battery connection, and can also be used for the telemetry sensor data port. Do not plug the power...

  • Page 11: Section 2 - Transmitter Module

    SECTION 2 – TRANSMITTER MODULE ® After turning on your transmitter, the STATUS LED on the XtremeLink module will light orange briefly followed by either flashing red, if using Hopping mode 1, or rapidly flashing red if using any of the other hopping ®...

  • Page 12: Set Power Level

    SET POWER LEVEL Range: 1 to 5 With the STATUS LED solid red, press and hold the PROG button until the STATUS LED turns off. The STATUS LED will now slowly flash green the number of times equal to the current power setting. For example, the default power level is 5, so the STATUS LED will flash green five times.
  • Page 13 SET HOPPING MODE Range: 1 to 5 With the STATUS LED solid green, press and hold the PROG button until the STATUS LED turns off. The STATUS LED will now slowly flash green the number of times equal to the current hopping mode setting. For example, if hopping mode is currently set to 3, the STATUS LED will flash green three times.

  • Page 14: Section 3 - Receiver

    STATUS LED will light solid red for up to 3 seconds and then begin flashing red. Flashing red means ® that there is no connection to an XtremeLink transmitter module. When a connection is established, the STATUS LED will light solid green.
  • Page 15 Solid Green 2 - Set Country Solid Orange 3 - Not Used Blinking Red 4 - Set Failsafe Map Blinking Green 5 - Set Failsafe Time Blinking Orange 6 - Telemetry Setup ® Figure 7 – XtremeLink receiver programming button location...
  • Page 16 1 to 16. This allows you to assign a channel number higher than what you receiver normally has for outputs. ® example of this would be using a 6 channel XtremeLink receiver with channel 7 assigned to servo output position 5 (which might be a proportional...
  • Page 17 If you do not press the programming button within five seconds, or if the value you enter exceeds what is allowed, the STATUS LED will alternately flash red and green (error condition occurred) and no change will be made. At this point, you are back at the channel map position where you can advance to the next channel.
  • Page 18 Below is a table of allowable settings: Country Setting All Countries except France France FUNCTION 3 - SET OUTPUT MODE Range: N/A This function is not currently supported. The STATUS LED will be solid orange. It will be supported in future versions for a new function. FUNCTION 4 - SET FAILSAFE MAP Range: 1 to number of receiver channels It is possible to set the failsafe control for each channel output individually.
  • Page 19 FUNCTION 5 - SET FAILSAFE TIME Range: 1 to 5 seconds ® A failsafe condition occurs when data received by the XtremeLink receiver is not valid for some period of time. This time can be set from one to five...
  • Page 20 With the STATUS LED flashing green, press and hold the programming button until the STATUS LED turns off. The STATUS LED will now slowly flash green the number of times equal to the current failsafe time (in seconds). For example, if the failsafe time is set to two, so the LED will flash two times, indicating a failsafe period of two seconds.

  • Page 21: Reset To Defaults

    ALL settings, including the binding information will be reset. ® This means that the receiver will have to be bound again to the XtremeLink transmitter module. To perform a RESET, press and hold the programming button and then apply power to the receiver. Do not release the programming button until the STATUS LED turns from orange to flashing red.
  • Page 22 Transmitter – The transmitter modulation must be set to PPM, MPX, PPM18 or PPM24 prior to using this product. Switch to one of these modes ® before any use. Press and hold the PROG button on the XtremeLink module while powering on the transmitter. Wait until the STATUS LED changes from off to green, and then release the button.
  • Page 23 25 times lower than previous versions when pressing the PROG button. Range Testing ® To perform a range test of the XtremeLink system, follow the instructions below. Have someone help you during this procedure. Range test for full range receivers: 1.
  • Page 24 You can program the failsafe condition for each channel as described above. Once you have set the failsafe map conditions, you can then set the user ® defined channels. To do this, turn on the XtremeLink system so that servos can be moved.

  • Page 25: Section 5 - Powering The System

    Recommend Power Setups for XtremeLink Receivers ® 4 cell packs. 4 cell packs will work fine with XtremeLink receivers providing you have adequate capacity. The rule that we use is no less than 350mAh for each analog servo and no less than 500mAh for each digital servo. So, in a typical 4 servo analog setup, a 1400mAh 4 cell flight pack would be the absolute minimum we would recommend.
  • Page 26 A simple way to determine if a servo is drawing ® excessive current is by unplugging all of the servos from the XtremeLink receiver, power on the system so the STAUS LED is green, and then plug ®...
  • Page 27 1.5amp load before every flight. Several companies make inexpensive load and voltage testing devices. These will determine if your battery pack has ® the capacity required to fly your setup. The XtremeLink receiver’s STATUS LED should remain solid green during such a load test. If you find that the STATUS LED is turning solid orange during a load test, try removing the switch from the system and see if that corrects the problem.
  • Page 28 Instead of using “power expansion” type devices, we recommend using ® power inputs to both ends of the XtremeLink receiver’s servo connection ® bus. For example, when using an XtremeLink...
  • Page 29 ® Figure 8 – XtremeLink receiver servo output polarity Contains FCC ID: OUR-XBEE / OUR-XBEEPRO * The enclosed device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (i.) this device may not cause harmful interference and (ii.) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that...

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