Micron Radio Control MR6 Series Quick Start Manual

Micron MR6xx Receiver Features

Micron MR6xx receivers implement a common set of features for model rail locomotives and land-based
vehicles. Although most users will not need all functionality, it is there and easily accessed by
the receiver.
Each receiver is configured with a default set of features which is described on the receiver's web page and in
the user manual for the receiver. Most receivers contain 4 pre-set configurations which can be selected using
a power-on jumper or by programming the receiver (see the user manual for details). Different
configurations are always available to special order -

Radio

The radio part of the receiver is responsible for connecting with a transmitter and decoding the control data.
Some receivers have a separate RF module with its own LED to indicate signal quality, others integrate the
RF and receiver behaviour into one chip with a common status LED. Almost all Micron model rail and land
vehicle components use the Spektrum DSM2/DSMX protocols which gives access to a wide variety of 3rd
party products. it also means that a Micron receiver can be used with any real Spektrum or third party
transmitter that implements the Spektrum protocols. This includes all Micron
DSM2/DSMX uses a spread-spectrum type radio protocol where the contol information is 'encrypted' using
the transmitter ID. Thus, only a receiver which has stored a transmitter's ID is able to decode the control
data. That is how many R/C systems can be used within a small space without interferring with each other.

R/C CHANNELS

The controls on a transmitter (knobs, switches, push buttons, joysticks, ...) are encoded into separate R/C
channels which are combined into the radio signal. The way that this is done is called the 'over-the-air
protocol' - e.g DSM2 and DSMX. The channels are numbered (ch1, ch2, etc) and are represented as a digital
value, usually 0..1023 but can be a higher precision 0..2047 or 0..4095. The control to R/C channel
convention for a model aircraft transmitter is:
ch1: throttle
ch2: aileron
ch3: elevator
ch4: rudder
The control to R/C channel mapping for Micron model rail transmitters is described in the user manual. All of
them provide these common mappings:
ch1: throttle/regulator
ch2: Selecta (if implemented on that transmitter)
ch3: direction (if low-off throttle) or auxiliary functions

BINDING WITH A TRANSMITTER

A receiver has to be linked to a transmitter before it can be used. This process is called 'binding' and involves
the transmitter transferring a piece of data (the ID) to the receiver which the receiver uses to identify 'its'
transmitter and ignore all others. Binding has to be done only once, unless you need to change to a different
transmitter - in that case, you simply bind to the new transmitter.
A transmitter can be bound with any number of receivers, so long as they use compatible protocols, but a
receiver can normally be bound to only one transmitter. All receivers will respond to the transmitter, so only
one receiver should normally be switched on at any time. An exception to this is for receivers and
transmitters that support the
transmitters also support Selecta).
The general process for binding is:
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Selecta feature (all Micron receivers support Selecta and some of the Micron
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