Radio Controller Setup
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Hardware overview
Figure 1 - Radio controller, front view
Figure 2 - Radio controller, rear view
Radio controller setup
- Remove the black rubber grips from the back of the radio controller.
- Insert the batteries, observing the correct polarity.
- Put the rubber grips back in place.
- Turn on the radio controller by holding the POWER button.
If warning messages appear on the radio controller screen, check the positions of the switches and the throttle stick. Before power-on, they must be in their default positions.
Figure 3 - Warning shown when switches or sticks are in the wrong position
After you return the switches and sticks to their default positions, the main menu will open.
Figure 4 - Radio controller main menu without a receiver link
Binding the radio controller to the receiver
- Put the receiver into bind mode by powering the flight controller connected to the ELRS receiver on and off three times.
When the receiver enters bind mode, the LED on the receiver starts blinking twice with a pause.
- On the radio controller, press SYS and open the ExpressLRS menu, as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5 - Opening the ExpressLRS menu
- Set TX Power to 100mW, as shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6 - Setting transmitter power to 100mW
- Press Bind and wait until binding finishes, as shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7 - Starting binding from the ExpressLRS menu
- Press RTN. The receiver link indicator will appear in the main menu, as shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8 - Radio controller main menu after successful binding