The transmitter's help pages
Every page on the Version 2 transmitter has a Help button. Here are its texts, in their newest words, to read on a phone or a computer.
Note
These are the help texts of the transmitter's latest update. On the transmitter, each help page also has an Animation button, top left: a short film of the page in use, with a spoken voice. Fix problems, top right, has ten more, for common helicopter problems.
Transmitter showing older words? Press Transmitter → Transmitter updates. How updates work.
The front screen
What you see while you fly. Every other page starts here.
Transmitter setup
Settings for the transmitter itself: the same for every model. On the front screen, press Transmitter.
- Transmitter setupTransmitter setupThe settings for the transmitter itself.
- Calibrate the sticks and switchesTransmitter setup › CalibrateCalibration teaches the transmitter where its sticks and switches end and centre, and which way its trims work.
- SystemTransmitter setup › SystemThree pages of settings for the transmitter itself.
- Sounds and brightnessTransmitter setup › Sounds etc.What the transmitter says, how loud it is, how bright the screen is, and the vario.
- SwitchesTransmitter setup › SwitchesWhat the switches do: 'Switches' on 'Transmitter setup' gives each of the eight switches its job.
- A switch's jobTransmitter setup › Switches › touch a switchChoose this switch's job, then press 'OK' to save it.
- Appearance: pictures, themes and front screensTransmitter setup › AppearanceHow the screens look: the background picture, the colours (themes) and your own front screens.
- ThemesTransmitter setup › Appearance › ThemesTwelve themes: each a panel colour with its own text colour.
- Design your own front screensTransmitter setup › Appearance › Defined front screensYour own front screen: big, clear numbers while you fly.
- BatteriesTransmitter setup › BatteriesTell the transmitter which batteries you use.
- Wireless buddy (teaching)Transmitter setup › BuddyDual control, for teaching beginners to fly.
- PongTransmitter setup › RainingA game for a day too wet to fly ('Raining' on Transmitter setup).
Model setup
Settings for the model in use. On the front screen, press Model.
- Model setupModel setupEvery setting of the model in use starts here.
- Models: choose, back up, send and receiveModel setup › ModelsChoose a model to fly.
- Check IDsModel setup › Models › Check IDsLists every model memory with its stored ID, and finds any ID stored twice.
- Model IDsModel setup › Model IDsStore or delete the receiver ID kept with this model memory.
- Model optionsModel setup › OptionsThis model's trims, motor switch, timer and warnings.
- Servo typesModel setup › Options › Servo typesFor servos that need a pulse rate (Hz) or a centre pulse (us, microseconds) other than the usual 50 Hz and 1500 us.
- ChannelsModel setup › ChannelsWhere all 16 channels are now, live.
- CurvesModel setup › Channels › a channel's buttonThe curve sets how far this channel's servo moves (up the graph) for each stick position (across).
- InputsModel setup › InputsChoose what moves each channel, give it a name, and choose the receiver output it goes to.
- ReverseModel setup › ReverseIf a channel moves the wrong way, tick its box to reverse it.
- SubtrimModel setup › SubtrimSubtrim sets the exact centre of each servo for this model.
- TrimsModel setup › TrimsThe four trims, on screen.
- RatesModel setup › RatesRates make chosen channels move less (or more) for the same stick movement.
- MixesModel setup › MixesA mix makes one channel (the slave) follow another (the master): rudder that follows the ailerons, say.
- MacrosModel setup › MacrosA macro moves one channel to a set position for a set time, when a trigger channel (usually a switch) reaches the top of its travel.
- Servo speedModel setup › Servo speedSlow a servo down, for flaps, airbrakes or undercarriage.
- FailsafeModel setup › FailsafeChoose where the controls go if the receiver loses the signal.
- Bank namesModel setup › Bank namesGive each of this model's banks (flight modes) a name for what it does.
- TelemetryModel setup › TelemetryHow well the radio link is working, and what the model reports.
- Reconnection times (Gaps)Model setup › Telemetry › GapsHow long the radio link took to come back each time it was lost, sorted by length: a quick way to judge the link.
- GPSModel setup › Telemetry › GPSWhere the model is, how fast and how high.
- LogModel setup › LogRead the transmitter's log: what happened each day it was used.
- Log filesModel setup › Log › FilesSee and delete the transmitter's log files.
Rotorflight
Set up and tune a Rotorflight helicopter from the transmitter, with no laptop. It needs a Version 2 receiver. Model setup, then Rotorflight.
- Rotorflight optionsModel setup › RotorflightView and change the setup of a flight controller that runs Rotorflight (2.2 or later), at the field, with no laptop.
- Easy tuningModel setup › Rotorflight › Easy tuningThe phone app's 'Easy tuning' sliders, on the transmitter.
- PIDsModel setup › Rotorflight › PIDsThe flight controller's PID gains for Roll, Pitch and Yaw, for the bank shown at the top left.
- PIDs: advanced (PID +)Model setup › Rotorflight › PIDs › PID +The rest of the flight controller's PID settings, for the bank shown at the top left.
- Rotorflight ratesModel setup › Rotorflight › RatesHow fast the sticks turn the helicopter, and how much blade pitch the collective gives, for the rate shown at the top left.
- Rates: dynamicsModel setup › Rotorflight › Rates › DynamicsHow the model follows the stick, for the rate shown at the top left.
- GovernorModel setup › Rotorflight › GovernorThe governor values Rotorflight keeps for each bank: the head speed, and how the governor holds it.
- Governor: settings for every bankModel setup › Rotorflight › Governor › GlobalThe governor settings shared by every bank: its mode, the throttle and the timings.
- RescueModel setup › Rotorflight › RescueWhat Rotorflight does when you flick the rescue switch: it takes over, levels the model and climbs.
- Rescue: climb and holdModel setup › Rotorflight › Rescue › NextWhat rescue does once the model is level: climb, or climb and hold a height.
- ServosModel setup › Rotorflight › ServosRotorflight's settings for each servo, one servo at a time, with the phone app's names.
- Travel extentsModel setup › Rotorflight › Travel extentsHow the sticks reach the swash and the tail, with the phone app's names (its 'Travel extents' page).
- Travel extents: swashModel setup › Rotorflight › Travel extents › NextHow far the swash may move, and its gains.
- Travel extents: tailModel setup › Rotorflight › Travel extents › Next › NextHow the rudder stick reaches the tail.
- Travel extents: bench measureModel setup › Rotorflight › Travel extents › Next › Next › NextThe bench measure: the swash held at an exact angle, so a pitch gauge can check the real blade angles.
- Gyro filtersModel setup › Rotorflight › FiltersHow Rotorflight cleans vibration out of the gyro signal, with the phone app's names.
- Gyro filters: expertModel setup › Rotorflight › Filters › NextThe extra filters of the phone app's 'Expert mode'.
- Switches and knobsModel setup › Rotorflight › Switches & knobsWhat each switch or knob of this transmitter makes the flight controller do, all on one page.
- Copy a bankModel setup › Rotorflight › Copy a bankCopy the tuning of one bank into another, so you can tune one bank and give it to the others.
- Battery (the flight pack)Model setup › Rotorflight › BatteryTell the flight controller about the flight pack, for its warnings and the telemetry.
- Black box (the flight recorder)Model setup › Rotorflight › Black boxSet up the flight controller's flight recorder.
- Calibrate levelModel setup › Rotorflight › Settings › CalibrateTeaches the flight controller which way is level, for self-levelling and rescue.
- Rotorflight settingsModel setup › Rotorflight › SettingsWhat the transmitter itself needs to know about this model's flight controller.
- First-time basicsModel setup › Rotorflight › Settings › First-time basicsWhat kind of helicopter the flight controller is flying, and how it talks to the ESC.
- First-time basics: gear ratioModel setup › Rotorflight › Settings › First-time basics › NextThe gear ratios, as on the phone app's 'First-time basics' page: two numbers each, how many turns the rotor makes for how many of the motor (or tail).
- First-time basics: portsModel setup › Rotorflight › Settings › First-time basics › Next › NextThe flight controller's serial ports (UARTs), and what each one does: as on the phone app's 'Ports' page (the Configurator's Serial Ports tab).
- First-time basics: throttle calibrationModel setup › Rotorflight › Settings › First-time basics › Next › Next › NextTeaches the ESC the throttle range Rotorflight sends (1000 to 2000 us): the Configurator's Motors tab procedure, with no computer.
- Backup and restoreModel setup › Rotorflight › Backup & restoreKeep a copy of this model's Rotorflight tune and set-up, every bank, on the transmitter's card, and put it back when you need to.
Kept for reference
These texts are on the transmitter's card, but no page on the Version 2 screen opens them.