How do I make the lights stay on on Tarantula X6?

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28 Feb 2016 04:35 #43815 by jimw1956
I have a working ini for the Tarantula X6 and it flies great...however the lights slowly blink instead of staying on steady like they do on the stock transmitter.
I don't particularly care about being able to control them with a physical switch, I just want to have them stay on steadily once bound so i can easily see them blink when the lvc warning comes on. I'm new to this and although I have been working with some simple mixers, I don't know how to do this. I believe someone said channel 5 controls the lights on this quad? Thanks.

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28 Feb 2016 15:11 #43836 by Deal57
Did you press the left horizontal - trim button? In Seby's ini file, that's what used in Virt3 to change Channel 5. You could also assign channel 5 to a switch and use min/max.

If the trim button doesn't work, post your ini.

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28 Feb 2016 16:55 #43844 by jimw1956
I believe I tried that, but I'll try it again. If not I will post the ini.

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28 Feb 2016 21:26 #43857 by jimw1956
Yes, that switch doesn't work. Here is the .ini file I am using.
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28 Feb 2016 23:46 #43865 by Deal57
Ok, I think I can see why it's happening. Channel 5 is using the Rudder as a source, so as long as you keep the rudder in the center position (e.g. 0) the lights will blink, because channel 5 is centered.
[channel5]
template=simple
[mixer]
src=RUD
dest=Ch5
switch=FMODE1
scalar=125
curvetype=expo
points=0,0

If you want to use FMODE1 to turn on the lights, FMODE0 to turn them off, set your simple mix on channel 5 with the source FMODE1. I used a min/max curve, but it's not important.
[channel5]
template=simple
[mixer]
src=FMODE1
dest=Ch5
curvetype=min/max
points=0

Good luck and happy flying!

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Devo12e 4-in-1 with voice mod -- it speaks!!

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29 Feb 2016 02:35 #43866 by mwm
Just as an oddball point, using the rudder as a source for lights is standard hack for scale model warcraft that have lights mounted as "machine guns". That way, one switch "fires", but mixing in the rudder means they flicker on and off sort of at random, giving a very nice looking scale effect.

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29 Feb 2016 02:54 #43869 by jimw1956
Thanks for the code. Actually I went back and redownloaded Seby's ini, and put it on the radio without any modification and the left rudder trim did the trick as advertised.

I still appreciate the code though as it gives me something to study and try and learn how to program this kind of stuff in the future.

Thanks.

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06 Mar 2017 19:06 - 06 Mar 2017 19:12 #59922 by Fallingwater
Replied by Fallingwater on topic How do I make the lights stay on on Tarantula X6?
I'm trying this on my own Tarantula as well as my XK X250 and the lights don't seem to stop flashing with any trim in the stock Sebydocky ini, nor with the fmod switch in the modified one posted here. I'm using a Devo 10 with the Banggood 4-in-1 and the latest nightly.
Last edit: 06 Mar 2017 19:12 by Fallingwater.

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