Should I be able to bind to an MCPx?

Both of my Devo Walkeras and my WK Walkera receivers bind and work great. However, I'm not able to successfully bind to either of my MCPx's or to my Spektrum AR7200BX flybarless system. They currently all bind to my DX6i though. I haven't had the MCPXs or Spektrum stuff long, so I'm new to how they work. Is there something (like a bind plug on a Walkera) that I need to do to make the DSM2 stuff work?

if you have the devo8s then it should work but if you have the plain devo8 then i think you need to add the telemetry module..

i found this on rcgroups posted by a member ...

Here are the steps on how to bind to DSM 2:

Prerequisite: Transmitter powered off, receiver/model powered off.

1. Power on transmitter.
2. Power on model (plug in battery). Will be in bind mode.
3. Go to transmitter and select bind.
4. Remove battery from model.
5. Plug in battery to model again.
6. Once model is powered up, the model will be bound.

If the transmitter is powered off and on again, this whole process needs to be repeated again.

Ya I saw that RCG thread. The Devo Hacking one. I tried everything in there and I'm still not able to bind. Not sure what else to try.

are there any plans to do a kind of "autobind" with Spektrum ?models So that I just have to bind once ?

I'd like to see an initial bind first. I am still unable to get it to bind at all. Once that works, then I'll worry about bells and whistles.

ya but it shouldn't matter because i have an 8s with tel anyway

sounds good to me! we all really appreciate what you've done! This project has turned into a stellar accomplishment!

after serveral tries I can bind to the MCPX sometimes... . You just have to press bind directly after switching on the heli. If I wait until the heli goes in to Bind Mode (after 5 seconds without a TX-signal) I havn't been succesfull... .

But I have no chance to set the operation mode (DX4 or computer tx) of the rx.... . I can move the servos, but can't start the motor... .

PhracturedBlue wrote:

gabeo wrote: ya but it shouldn't matter because i have an 8s with tel anyway

Well consensus seems to be that the DSM2 code isn't very reliable in Deviation at this time. I need to spend some more time testing with my proper Spektrum Rx (rather than the OrangeRx I was originally using) and go back through the specs. There's probably some bugs in there somewhere.

Yes! yes! yes! Combination of Blade Nano CP coming out and Fall/Winter coming up makes it an absolute top priority

Hi,

For the mcpx V2 with programmable Spektrum TX, you need to move the rudder stick to the full right position after having pressed the binding button and waited 2 seconds.

Have you tried that ?

surely... .

and I tried to bind in DX4 Mode... .

great news! You mentioned DSMX, but does this include the DSM2 issues as well?

I have to say, on a side note, that Deviation is probably one of the biggest things to ever happen to Hobby RC IMO. You probably already know this, but you and your team have LITERALLY achieved the holy grail of RC flight. And the fact that you're doing all this work and giving it away for free is incredible.

THANK YOU!

Good enough for me. If I've interpreted EflightWIki properly, DSMX and DSM2 are backwards and forwards compatible with each other. If that is true, is there even a rush to get DSMX working?

PhracturedBlue wrote: Well, after some very nerve-wracking soldering, I was able to hook up my logic-analyzer to my AR6210. While it may never fly again, it will be really useful for working on DSMX in the future.

After a couple more hours of banging my head against the wall, I think I've fixed the bugs, and can now reliably bind my AR6210 and OrangeRx in 6channel mode.
I need to test a few more things and cleanup the code before I commit, but I'm too tired to do it tonight.

Awsome! I Might just preorder a Nano CP to celebrate the good news

You know I was thinking reading your post about soldering to the AR6210 and this one being de facto pretty much committed to research now. I remember as well how you fried your logic analyzer a few weeks back and other expense involved in making the firmware a reality and improving it from this point forward. Why not setup a donation link somewhere where people could willingly contribute $5 or whatever they want to help covering expense related to developing and improving the firmware, hosting, and whatnot?