This article is to provide a basic introduction to the navigation and user interface structure of the new GT3B/GT3C 0.6.1 firmware.
The basic functionality is nearly the same as stock. The menu items are what they appear to be with a short enter click. To adjust the EPA’s, simply go to E.Point, press enter, choose the channel, press enter and adjust them. For menu’s that can have both a left and a right value, such as EPA’s, use the steering wheel to switch between the left E.Point and the right E.point. There will be an arrow above the 3 digit display.
The initial complexity that most users run into, is programming the more advance functionality. This isn't very hard to do after reading through this guide and the firmware manual. The reason it seems so complex is because of the limited lcd on the GT3B/C, which requires abbreviations to show what's going on. These abbreviations are all laid out in the manual and throughout these knowledge base articles, but here’s some info on the basics.
Behind each normal menu item, there is an secondary menu. The secondary menu is accessed by using the LONG-enter maneuver (press and hold enter for 1-2 seconds). Each menu can have a long list of sub menus or “options”, to navigate through these simply press enter. At each menu (option), select a value for it, then proceed by pressing enter. LONG-enter will save and exit a menu. The manual lays out all these menus, their options, the signals that indicate which menu is open, and the order which menu’s come (top to bottom = first to last). The manual also gives a brief description of each option. The firmware manual is not a how to, is is simply a map that shows how to get to the place to adjust something, and what the abbreviations mean.
Here are afew templates (How to’s) to get started
Assign Channel 3 to the Ch3 Trim Switch as a non momentary 3 position switch
- Scroll to REV, press LONG-enter (access the Key Mapping Menu)
- Scroll to 3, press enter (Select the CH3 trim switch)
- Scroll to CH3, enter (Choose to control Channel 3 with the chosen switch)
- Scroll to BNL, enter (Select No Long keys from the Buttons menu/option)
- Scroll to 100, LONG enter (Select 100% as the step rate, so positions is -100%, 0, 100%, then exit menu as other options aren't needed)
Assign the DIG mix (dual esc) to Channel 3 and have the CH3 trim switch control it in a momentary action)
- Scroll to E.point, LONG-enter (Open the Mixing menu)
- Scroll to d, enter (Select the DIG mix)
- Scroll to CH3, LONG-enter (Assign the 2nd esc in the DIG mix to be ch3, then exit the menu)
- Scroll to REV, LONG-enter (Open the Key-Mapping Menu)
- Scroll to 3, enter (Select CH3 Switch)
- Scroll to DIG, enter (Select the DIG mix as the function controlled by the selected switch)
- Scroll to BMO, LONG-enter (Select MOmentary from the Buttons menu)