Detailed Radio Controller Setup

Contents

  1. Hardware overview
  2. Radio controller setup
  3. Creating a drone model
  4. Loading the model
  5. Binding the radio controller to the receiver
  6. Binding the radio controller to the receiver via Bind Phrase

Hardware overview

Figure 1 - Radio controller, front view

Figure 2 - Radio controller, rear view

Radio controller setup

  1. Remove the black rubber grips from the back of the radio controller.
  2. Insert the batteries, observing the correct polarity.
  3. Put the rubber grips back in place.
  4. 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. 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

Creating a drone model

  1. Press the MDL button.

  2. Select an empty slot and press the scroll wheel (encoder), as shown in Figure 5.

    Figure 5 - Selecting an empty model slot

  3. Select CREATE MODEL.

  4. Press PAGE >.

  5. Using the scroll wheel (encoder), select Model name and give your drone a name, as shown in Figure 6.

    Figure 6 - Entering the model name

  6. Return to the menu with the RTN button.

  7. Using the scroll wheel (encoder), move down and enable the internal RF module, as shown in Figure 7.

    Figure 7 - Enabling the internal RF module

  8. Open the MIXES page and enable the additional switches on the radio controller, as shown in Figures 8 and 9.

    Figure 8 - Configuring additional switches in the MIXES menu

    Figure 9 - Screen with the configured switch list

  9. All switches from SA to S1 must be configured. Then press RTN. The basic drone model setup is complete.

Loading the model

  1. Download the drone model file to your PC: model05.yml.
  2. Turn on the radio controller, connect a Type-C cable to the upper USB port, and choose USB Storage (SD).

  3. In the file manager window that appears, open the MODELS folder and copy model05.yml into it, as shown in Figure 10.

    Figure 10 - Copying the model file into the MODELS folder

Binding the radio controller to the receiver

  1. 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.

  2. Press SYS and open the ExpressLRS menu, as shown in Figure 11.

    Figure 11 - Opening the ExpressLRS menu

  3. Set TX Power to 100mW, as shown in Figure 12.

    Figure 12 - Setting transmitter power to 100mW

  4. Press Bind and wait for binding to complete, as shown in Figure 13.

    Figure 13 - Starting binding from the ExpressLRS menu

  5. Then press RTN, and the receiver link indicator will appear in the main menu, as shown in Figure 14.

    Figure 14 - Radio controller main menu after successful binding

Binding the radio controller to the receiver via Bind Phrase

Radio controller setup (transmitter)

  1. Turn on the radio controller by holding the POWER button.

  2. Press SYS and open the ExpressLRS menu, as shown in Figure 15.

    Figure 15 - Opening the ExpressLRS menu for transmitter setup

  3. Open the WiFi Connectivity tab and enable Enable WiFi, as shown in Figures 16 and 17.

    Figure 16 - Opening WiFi Connectivity settings

    Figure 17 - Enabling WiFi on the ExpressLRS transmitter

  4. Connect from a PC or smartphone to the ExpressLRS TX network. The default password is expresslrs. An example is shown in Figure 18.

    Figure 18 - Connecting to the ExpressLRS TX network

  5. Open a browser and go to 10.0.0.1. The start page is shown in Figure 19.

    Pay attention to the firmware version. If it is lower than 3.3.1, update it with ExpressLRS Web Flasher.

    Figure 19 - ExpressLRS transmitter web interface

  6. Enter a unique Binding Phrase and press SAVE, as shown in Figure 20.

    Figure 20 - Entering the Binding Phrase in the transmitter settings

  7. In the pop-up window, press REBOOT, as shown in Figure 21.

    Figure 21 - Rebooting the transmitter after saving settings

Receiver setup

  1. Put the receiver into WiFi mode by powering the flight controller connected to the ELRS receiver and waiting 60 seconds. After that, the receiver LED will blink continuously.

  2. Connect from a PC or smartphone to the ExpressLRS RX network. The default password is expresslrs. An example is shown in Figure 22.

    Figure 22 - Connecting to the ExpressLRS RX network

  3. Open a browser and go to 10.0.0.1. The start page is shown in Figure 23.

    Pay attention to the firmware version. If it is lower than 3.0.0, update it with ExpressLRS Web Flasher.

    Figure 23 - ExpressLRS receiver web interface

  4. Enter the same unique Binding Phrase that was used on the transmitter, then press SAVE & REBOOT, as shown in Figure 24.

    Figure 24 - Entering the Binding Phrase in the receiver settings

  5. In the pop-up window, press REBOOT, as shown in Figure 25.

    Figure 25 - Rebooting the receiver after saving settings

  6. Setup is complete. After reboot, the link should appear as shown in Figure 26.

    Figure 26 - Radio controller main menu after setup through Bind Phrase

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