DX5e Radio Controller

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I bought the Spectrum DX5e Radio Controller and the Stacker robot.
I did also buy all the recommended servos, but being a newbie in the robot world (which is zero fun) I can’t really figure out how I’m supposed to program the controller as it is really talking about aircraft and given the fact that my robot is quite grounded, I frankly have no idea what I’m doing.
I can’t really figure out any controls and know I’m pretty much done for… I really need help, like badly…

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Hi Mathlete423,

One important thing when building a Servo based robot is to be sure to center the servo travel before fixing the horn.
The Receiver/Transmitter is not programmable but they are made for R/C Aircraft and such.

Each joystick movement will be linked to a channel on the receiver. You have to hook the servo of the Stacker where you want to use it on the transmitter.

We are here to help… :wink:

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I figured so… I’m having a bit of trouble binding, but hopefully I can work that out…

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What is exactly your issue with binding ?

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Uh, it doesn’t seem to want to bind. I’ve tried quite a few times, but nothing seems to say, “I am now bound to this receiver so you can now actually make use of this robot!”
Not for sure what I did wrong here… quite annoying. I have a deadline to get things done and something tells me I’m barely going to meet it if I meet it at all.

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Can you post some pictures?

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Here is a quick find on YouTube about binding:

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I can’t get my receiver to turn on. My battery I know is charged and my plug is in… This is quite perplexing. Where are the magical blinking lights? I have attempted to bind before (unsuccessfully) and gotten the lights and now I cannot… Hmm, interesting.

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Can you post pictures of your setup ? This would help us a lot helping you.

Make sure the battery your using for your receiver is fully charged before attempting the Bind procedure.

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HAHAHA. I got it to bind. Now, my problem is that when I turn on my controller, the receiver refuses to turn on. I know the battery is fine because when I insert the bind clip the lights start blinking. Here’s my set up. My battery is in
in the Aux1 port. My controller is on and it refuses to connect for some odd reason. Not sure why…
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The link you provided is not working. You can attach pictures and documents directly here on the forum (see attachment in this reply)

A normally working AR600 receiver will not have any LED come ON when you apply power to it.

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It will however have an Orange LED once the Transmitter is powered and the Bind was successful.

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Connecting a servo to the “THRO” channel of the receiver should give you movement of the servo when moving the left stick Up/Down.

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Oh, I have the AR610 if that makes any difference. It refuses to turn on. I can’t get any motion out of a servo.

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It’s probably not bind

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I’ve tried a couple times more and each time the light on the receiver goes out. It starts out blinking the suddenly goes out leaving a very confused me wondering if I broke it.

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Here is the explanation of the Bind process, you might want to do it again.

  1. Connect the “Bind Plug” to the “Bind/Data” channel
  2. Connect your battery to the “Aux1” channel
    [blockquote]
    Now the receiver should show a very fast blinking orange LED
    [/blockquote]3. Pull the switch named “Trainer” on the transmitter and keep it pulled
    [blockquote]
    It’s the one far left back which is spring return, you need to keep it pulled toward you
    [/blockquote]4. Now open your Transmitter (keeping the “Trainer” switch pulled)
    [blockquote]
    All four leds will blink on the transmitter
    [/blockquote]5. Hold it about 2 seconds and release it. The receiver LED should stop blinking and be steady
  3. Power down both the Transmitter and the Receiver
  4. Remove the “Bind Plug” from the Receiver
  5. Power On the Transmitter first, than the receiver and you should again get the steady LED on the Receiver

Note: If you hold the “Trainer” switch for too long, we experience here a similar behavior you might have now. The receiver would not Bind.

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I actually got it to bind. I can’t really get anything out of it though :confused: Very bewildered here. It worked last night and now it won’t turn on.
My battery at this time (I think) has decided to not work so I’m attempting to charge (even though I do absolutely nothing with it) so I canget my receiver to power up with my controller.
Attempting to charge my battery…

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My receiver turns on when I turn on my controller (so I obviously have got it to bind(, then I can’t get my servos to work when I plug them in… Something tells me that’s not supposed to happen…

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Can you post a picture of your servo connected to the receiver ?
If the receiver is turned On, you should be able to make the servo move, unless your battery is not properly charged.

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I got it. It turns out that my extension cord for the servo I had decided to test was plugged in wrong so of course nothing happened. (face palm) My robot is now happily functioning. All my servos work and my battery has decided for once that it’s going to work too. Which is fine with me because I have a lot to get done with it before competition of the 28 of this month.

Thank you so much for all your help. I figure that I was probably pretty annoying as I had no idea was doing and was just a total idiot.
I honestly can’t thank you enough for your help.

Thanks,
Mathlete423

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Perfect, that’s good news.
And you are not annoying at all, everyone is new in a domain at one point.

Let us know if you need any help… :slight_smile:

btw: you can post a picture of your Stacker, it would be nice.