15: Global Menu

Purpose:

The Global menu adjusts radio specific settings and characteristics, not model specific. Please look at the following articles on details of the different parameters that can be adjusted.

How to access this menu:

In order to access this menu, Simply press enter-LONG while on the home screen when the model name is displayed.

  • Starting from the Home Screen
  • Press enter-LONG

How to use this menu:

The Global Menu has 12 Mini Menus inside of it. While in the global menu, use the scroll wheel to select between these menus. Please look at the following articles for more information on each mini menu.

Here is a summary of the global menu pulled straight from the firmware manual

- selected menu items are indicated by following symbols:
    F       firmware version (this of course cannot be changed :-)
    L       backlight time          5s,10s...10m...MAX
    I       inactivity alarm        OFF,1m...10m
    LOW POWER!  battery low voltage     2.0...10.5V
    C       default number of channels  2..8
    E       maximum allowed endpoint value  100...150%
            DANGER - values greater than 120% can damage
                your servo or will not be possible
                to transmit to receiver because of
                2.4GHz HF module limitation
        This danger zone will be indicated with a flashing
          '%' symbol for values greater than 120%
    A       analog settings, dead zones, ADC samples used
            steering dead zone      S00..S50
            throttle dead zone      T00..T50
            number of ADC values    A_4/A_1
    b       beeps
            key beep            K_N/K_Y
            value at center/reset beep  V_N/V_Y
            poweron beep        P_N/P_Y
            poweron not-centered warn   C_N/C_Y
    d       long press key delay        100...1000 miliseconds
    H       setting of hardware features
            reverse rotate encoder  E_N/E_R (Normal/Reverse) - for GT3C
            ch3 is potentiometer    P3N/P3Y (No/Yes)
            select ppm sync/frame   PTS/PTF (constant SYNC/frame length)
            select ppm length       Lxx - 3-18ms for constant SYNC length
                              9-24ms for constant frame length
    r       global or all models reset
            all configs (global+model)  G_N/G_Y (No/Yes)
            all models          M_N/M_Y (No/Yes
    o       lock keys till ENTER-long   No/Yes

Screen Indicators:

While the Global Menu is open, the following should occur

  • The Model and Name icon at the top of the screen will be flashing back and forth
  • While choosing a mini menu, the seven segment display will be blinking
  • While adjusting parameters, the 3 character display will be blinking

Other Noteworthy information:

It is a good idea to read about all the options available here. They make the radio very customizable beyond what other radios have to offer.

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