i am confident about how im wiring the multiwii to the receiver and the receiver is lighting up but nothing happens with the motors when i input a command through the remote. i think the problem is with the motherboard not sending the signals to the motors
Could you tell us which board you are using ?
MultiWii is a Software project that run on many different piece of hardware.
To setup a MultiWii based multicopter, you need to follow a couple of steps unless you will not get it right.
We have manuals for our boards and hardware on Lynxmotion website:
Lynxmotion - MultiWi Software Configuration v1.2.pdf
Lyxnmotion - UAV Electronic Guide v1.1.pdf[font=Verdana][size=1][highlight=#ffffff] [/highlight][/size][/font]
You need to setup things on the Firmware (Arduino IDE) and on the board with MultiWiiConf or WinGUI.
This will visually tell you what’s going on between your MultiWii board and the Receiver.