TDR Phoenix Mini (Eachine E010 clone?)

Found this quad on Amazon . After some looking into, I found that it was very similar to the Eachine E010. The controller uses an XN297LBW TX,

I opened the controller and the TX chip is labeled as an XN297LBW, but the receiver on the drone is a bit more intense. There's an MPU-6050 which I think is for the autohover, but I'm not sure if this is the correct RX chip.
TDR Phoenix Mini board Pics
On the bottom is a big chip labeled LOG5897, and googling that seems to point to similarities to the Eachine E010.

So, referring to this thread , I was able to bind the quad to my T8SG. SW-SW on the sticks calibrates the gyro, CH5 turns the LED on and off (something the original controller did not have), and CH9 seems to turn on Headless mode, as the LEDs start flashing when activated. The only problem I have, is that I cannot turn on the motors.

I've bound all 12 channels to different switches and am not able to turn the motors on. Is there a stick combo perhaps, that I can use to emulate, like setting SW then SE on the sticks or something? Please help...I'm almost there...

Thanks a lot, I will try this test build tonight. I've tried previously to set both sticks in SW-SW (gyro calibrates and LEDs blink, but does not arm); SW-SE (nothing); SE-SE (nothing), SE-SW (nothing), and various other combinations like up-down-up throttle.

Sadly, Phoenix sub-format did not work as it will not bind. Only the E010 subformat would. I'll try to order a logic analyzer over on ebay

Sorry, that didn't work either. The logic analyzer is on its way, and I'll get dumps from my controller.

Thanks for your help, much appreciated

Ah, sorry, did not include that last time. Yes, it does bind. Channel 5 still just turns the LEDs on and off.

hey goebish,
After a long time waiting for the logic analyzer and (the longer waiting period) soldering 3 wires to the XN297, finally got something:
Phoenix Mini Arm/Disarm only .
I started the capture with the drone already bound to the transmitter, then pressed arm button then arm again to disarm. I'm also still not familiar with what CSN translates to as MOSI/MISO so I left the labels in Saleae as they were. Did both the export as csv and save capture data, with 8MHz and 5 seconds' worth of capture time.
Channel 0 is CSN
Channel 1 is SCK
Channel 2 is Data

Hope this helps...

Wow, it's finally started to work! It would only bind when TX power is set to 1mW only, and would not connect in any other power. It would not maintain a stable bind as well, and when armed, the motors would spin and turn off when connection is lost and automatically spin when connection comes back. Arm on channel 5 definitely working now!

In case you'd need it, here's the entire bind-arm-disarm capture
mega.nz/#!2d5WDSja!AlwUlZ6lr8UgV6E1_HZKymXK0JJIDrETy_ngg6pRARY

ah...the crystal oscillation stuff. No worries, then, looks like that's it for this clunker.

Thanks so much for your help, you rock!

Sure, which rate(s) should I set it to?