safety issues

[leorcc]

The other thing that worries me slightly is that as there is no bind button on the Tx so what is to stopping the receiver binding to another transmitter that is turned on between the bind button on the receiver being pushed and the transmitter you want to bind it to being switched on in a transmitter busy environment like an event.

So basically it functions as the synthesizer receivers on 40MHz where it binds to the first or closest TX it can find?

[RogueTwoRobots]

Could that problem not be alleviated by binding your Tx and Rx at home before travelling to an event? That way there is less likely to be other 2.4GHz signals from transmitters flying about and you can be guaranteed a successful bind?

[leorcc]

Yes but there are always situations where it might be a problem, for instance when your receiver gets wrecked and someone lends you his or hers spare one so you can continue in the event. It doesnt need to be an issue but it could be all the same. Just something to look out for.

I would like to see some more conclusive failsafe results, that is more interesting to me than a possible bind issue.

[RogueTwoRobots]

or instance when your receiver gets wrecked and someone lends you his or hers spare one so you can continue in the event

I cannot believe I didn't think of that situation arising
*facepalm*

[peterw]

I have done some further testing on the binding. With only one transmitter I am not sure I can unbind the receiver but here is what I have observed. If the system is up and running with the two bound together and I press the bind button on the receiver it starts trying to bind to the transmitter but never does unless I turn the transmitter off and then on which is good as it suggests you only have to worry about other transmitters that are turned on as you are trying to bind yours. If with the system up and running and you press the bind button as before it fails to bind but if you cycle the receiver off and then on it also seems to bind. This may actually be that it has not lost the binding from before as I say without a second transmitter it is difficult to tell.

[peterw]

Just a note to say the Planet 5 system worked without a hitch at the Robots Live event at Reading at the weekend.

[muchalucha]

Just a note to say the Planet 5 system worked without a hitch at the Robots Live event at Reading at the weekend.

worked without probs in my feather to , ed did seem a little worried about it though at tech check .

[leorcc]

So tech checks worked out fine with these Planet 5 systems?

[peterw]

I was only using it in an Ant so mine didn't go through the full size checks.

[muchalucha]

passed tech check fine , failsafes worked lovely an it brought the robot to a stop under all conditions. Ed didnt seem to like them though ! Apparentyl there hasent been any problems yet but they dont use encritptionas good as those with spektrums or futaba systems.