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Receiver doesn't turn on...?
- Thread starter bladeofjae
- Start date
- Tags help beginner plane
Are you sure the receiver is actually getting any power?
If the rx is doing nothing at all then that has to be the first consideration.
It could simply be a bad connection.
How is the rx powered? From the ESC's internal BEC?
By far the easiest way to check anything like this is to substitute each component one at a time but that of course assumes you have suitable 'spares' of everything.
If the rx is doing nothing at all then that has to be the first consideration.
It could simply be a bad connection.
How is the rx powered? From the ESC's internal BEC?
By far the easiest way to check anything like this is to substitute each component one at a time but that of course assumes you have suitable 'spares' of everything.
Are you sure the receiver is actually getting any power?
If the rx is doing nothing at all then that has to be the first consideration.
It could simply be a bad connection.
How is the rx powered? From the ESC's internal BEC?
By far the easiest way to check anything like this is to substitute each component one at a time but that of course assumes you have suitable 'spares' of everything.
If the rx is doing nothing at all then that has to be the first consideration.
It could simply be a bad connection.
How is the rx powered? From the ESC's internal BEC?
By far the easiest way to check anything like this is to substitute each component one at a time but that of course assumes you have suitable 'spares' of everything.
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Looks correct to me. Signal wire on the esc lead (yellow) is in the right place. Start with battery unplugged, and transmitter off. Plug in your bind plug on port 1. Connect your battery to energize the ESC and receiver. With transmitter throttle control at zero and/or throttle cutoff switch engaged, hold the bind button while turning on the transmitter power switch. Release bind button when the transmitter makes an ascending happy tone. You should see LED activity on your rx if the bind was successful. Once the rx binds with your receiver successfully, then you can pull the bind plug. The rx will from now on recognize your tx, and binding again should not be required.
Has this rx/tx combo been bound successfully in the past?
If this doesn't work, then it is being caused by either the tx, the rx, or the esc. Do you have other rx's or esc's to verify operation of any components?
Has this rx/tx combo been bound successfully in the past?
If this doesn't work, then it is being caused by either the tx, the rx, or the esc. Do you have other rx's or esc's to verify operation of any components?
That looks fine so
Either the volts are not getting out of the battery.
Or the BEC in the ESC has failed.
Or the AR610 has failed.
Unless you can substitute each of these items one at a time about the cheapest alternative is a simple servo tester. Apart from being able to test servos it also acts as a simple volts tester.
No blue LED and you know there is no output from the power source.
This is my actual 'bench test' set up I use to make sure any motor or servos actually work immediately before and after installation in a plane.
Either the volts are not getting out of the battery.
Or the BEC in the ESC has failed.
Or the AR610 has failed.
Unless you can substitute each of these items one at a time about the cheapest alternative is a simple servo tester. Apart from being able to test servos it also acts as a simple volts tester.
No blue LED and you know there is no output from the power source.
This is my actual 'bench test' set up I use to make sure any motor or servos actually work immediately before and after installation in a plane.
I was testing things with my ESC the other day on a lemon RX... for some reason it not seeing a motor made it so the ESC didn't have the LED going on the RX for some reason... I could get LEDs to show up with the bind plug though... ended up the motor that was plugged in has a bad lead on it (need to test and resolder stuff)
tossed on another motor and it worked.
tossed on another motor and it worked.
Generally batteries don't come fully charged, they come usually at storage voltage or 3. 7v per cell, although I would think that should still be enough to power that receiver... But regardless, generally you need to fully charge a new battery before use.
Any chance you have a battery voltage checker? I would check what voltage your battery is at.
Any chance you have a battery voltage checker? I would check what voltage your battery is at.
