why are these weight classes are not more popular?

**Anttazz** · 19th May 2011, 22:12

Possibly, I have no idea what I am doing with them. Other than how they plug in to one another and to the motor and battery I have no idea how they work.

How would I know if I had done that Alan?

**blazerbotics** · 19th May 2011, 22:25

depends what interface you have, if its a Derek Foxwell one (can be seen here http://splashwomble.netii.net/images/ro ... ronics.jpg ), then there will be 2x two pin connector blocks on it, these should have a jumper in them (the blue looped wires on the pic). Its basically an off switch for the controller.

**Anttazz** · 19th May 2011, 22:49

Ahh I see, I will add a picture of it after this post. It is not that one sadly.

**Anttazz** · 19th May 2011, 22:59

**blazerbotics** · 19th May 2011, 23:27

Its a Ian Swann interface, never used one so don't know much about them. Technobots use to sell them, might be worth popping them an email see if they have a copy of the manual for it. I use these in Battleaxe and my off roader http://www.4qd.co.uk/accs/dmr3.html

**Anttazz** · 19th May 2011, 23:47

I did have a copy of the manual, but Jamie has nabbed it

. I'll see if he has any ideas if he's managed to read it.

**RogueTwoRobots** · 21st May 2011, 09:31

The good news is that I have now read them

And I think I might know the issue. The flashing LEDs indicate that the interface is in configuration mode, which is where you can set ramp rates, weapon switching points and all that jazz. Don't worry too much about that stuff just now.

I'm going to repost your picture to help keep track of things:

You've got your two cables on the left-hand side that connect to your receiver. There are five plugs and they're currently plugged into the top two; well, that's the issue :P
Working from the top, the five plugs are:

Configuration input
Weapon 1 input
Weapon 2 input
Left/right input
Forward/reverse input

So if you put the forward/reverse plug (bottom input) into the elevator socket on the receiver and the left/right plug (second-bottom input) into the aileron socket, that should give you single stick control and it should all work (in theory!)

According to the manual, to enter configuration mode, you move the left/right connector (J6) to the configuration input (top one, J3), turn the transmitter on and then power up the interface, wait for the LEDs to stop sequencing, and then the configuration setup can begin.

There's too much involved in the configuration process for me to explain here (and I only half understand it all without seeing the board and LED patterns) but since I've now read the manuals, I'll stick them in the post since they'll now be of more use to you

**Anttazz** · 21st May 2011, 10:48

Ahhhhh I see, I will give that a try and see if the outcome is any better. I did notice that the LED was blinking differently when I put leads in various different connectors, but without the manual I would have been there for days with all the different combinations.