Purpose:
This is the mapping menu/sequence for trim type keys
How to access this menu:
This menu can only be accessed after entering the Key Mapping menu and selecting a Trim type key. (1,2,3,d).
- Starting from the Home Screen
- Press enter-SHORT
- Scroll till REV is lit up
- Press enter-LONG
- Scroll and choose the trim type key to be mapped
- Press enter-SHORT
- This is the Trim Type key mapping menu
How to use this menu:
This menu is very fluid. It will go through a variety of options/settings to map the key and only certain stuff will display if certain settings are selected. The basic operation of this menu is to use the scroll wheel to select the desired option, then press enter-SHORT to moved onto the next setting. enter-SHORT can continue to be pressed and it will loop through all the settings.
Press enter-LONG or END to exit the menu and return to the main menu. Press BACK to exit the menu and return to the home screen.
So to summarize
- Use SCROLL to select the option
- Press enter-SHORT to rotate through settings
- Not all settings or options will be shown since not all combinations are legal. So certain conditions need to be met to see a specific option/setting
- Use enter-LONG, END, or BACK to exit the menu.
Menu Sequence
sequence:
function -> buttons -> step -> reverse -> oppositereset -> previousval -> rotate
- Function Selection
- Shown on the 3 character dot display
- Button behaviour
- Indicated by a non-flashing B as the first character in the 3 character display. The last 2 characters are flashing
- Step rate
- This can only be seen when button behaviour needs a step rate (Not shown for Momentary Button behaviour or List type functions such as Multi-Position)
- This screen is indicated by the 3 character dot display flashing and the "V" to the right of the dot display is lit up.
- Reverse
- Indicated by a solid RE in the dot displayed with a flashing number after it.
- Opposite Reset
- Indicated by a solid OR in the dot display with a flashing number after it.
- Doesn't show up when the Button behavior is momentary
- Previous Value
- Indicated by a solid PV in the dot display with a flashing number after it
- Only shows up when the Button behavior is momentary, or for List type functions such as Multi-Position
- Rotate
- Only displayed for list type functions such as Multi-Position
- Indicated by a solid RO in the dot display with a flashing number after it
Sequence breakdown:
Lets take a look at each setting in this menu sequence. Many of these settings are off/on type settings. These are indicated by either a "0" or "1" as the last charcter
0 = OFF
1 = ON
Function Selection
This is to select the function that the key controls. The following functions can be selected
- OFF: This makes the key do nothing and allows each side of the trim to be assigned individually
- TR1: This controls the TRim for channel 1 (Steering)
- TR2: This controls the TRim of channel 2 (Throttle)
- DRS: This controls the Dual Rate setting for Steering
- DRF: This controls the Dual Rate setting for Forward throttle
- DRB: This controls the Dual Rate setting for Back/reverse throttle
- EXS: This controls the EXponential setting for Steering
- EXF: This controls the EXponential setting for Forward throttle
- EXB: This controls the EXponential setting for Back/reverse throttle
- CHn: This controls the value/postion of CHannel "n" between the range -100 to 100 (0 is center)
- STn: This controls the SubTrim value of channel "n"
- SST: This controls the Steering Speed Turn setting between the range of 1% to 100%
- SSR: This controls the Steering Speed Return setting between the range of 1% to 100%
- CSn: This controls the Channel Speed setting for channel "n" between the range of 1% and 100%
- 4WS: This controls the mix value for the 4 Wheel Steering mix between the range -100% to 100% (0% mix is an even mix)
- DIG: This controls the mix value for the DIG mix between the range -100% to 100% (0% mix is an even mix)
- MPx: This selects the postion of Multi-Position "x"
Channel "n" is referring to a channel on the radio. To get channels 3 through 8, they may need to be activated via the Channels Menu
Multi-Position "x" refers to either Multi-Position 1, Multi-Position 2, Multi-Position 3, and Multi-Position 4
Please see the menu's of each function above for more info on how they work.
Button behaviour
This changes how the button behaves when it is pressed. The radio is able to differentiate a long click of the button and a short click. So some of these behaviors let a long click do something special. The following behaviors can be selected
- BMO (MOmentary behavior)
- While pressing the key, it will go to the end point of the function respective to the direction the key is pressed
- When not pressed, or once released, the function will return to center
- So if the left part of the key is pressed, the function will go to the left end point, once released, the function will return to center
- BNL (No Long key behavior)
- This function has no special behavior for long pressed.
- A short press will increase the function by the step amount defined by the step rate setting, in the direction respective to the key pressed.
- BAR (Auto-Repeat behaviour)
- A short press will increase the function by the step amount defined by the step rate setting, in the direction respective to the key pressed.
- A long press will continually increase the function by the step amount defined by the step rate setting, in the direction respective to the key presses.
- BRS (ReSet behaviour)
- A short press will increase the function by the step amount defined by the step rate setting, in the direction respective to the key pressed.
- A long press, in either direction, will reset the the function to center
- BEN (ENd point behaviour)
- A short press will increase the function by the step amount defined by the step rate setting, in the direction respective to the key pressed.
- A long press will send the function to it's endpoint respective to the direction of key pressed
Important note: The time it takes to recognize a long click can be adjusted in the Global Menu, the default setting is 1 second.
Step Rate
This selects how much each key press will adjust the function. So if 20 is chosen, then each short click of the key will cause the function to move 20 percents. In other words, you'd have to click the button 5 times to go from 0 to 100 (center to end point)....The chosen value can be in the range from 1% to 200%.....200% sounds weird, but it lets the function go from the -100 endpoint to the 100 endpoint in 1 click.
Reverse
This setting will essentially reverse the direction that the key operates. So if this turned on, then pressing the right part of the key will make the function move left.
- RE0: Reverse OFF
- RE1: Reverse ON
Opposite Reset
This is a cool setting that actually adds a 3rd behaviour to a key. By turning this on, if a press is in the opposite direction of the previous presses, then the function resets back to center. For example, let's say that the step rate is set to 10%. It is pressed right 6 times to get to 60%. Instead of having to click left 6 times to get back to center, just click left ONCE and it'll bring it back to center. This will free up the long press behaviour for stuff like auto-repeat or end-point behavior.
- OR0: Opposite Reset OFF
- OR1: Opposite Reset ON
Previous Value
This is a handy setting when assigning multiple keys to a single function. It is common to assign a DIG mix to a non-momentary key behavior to be able to bias the speed to front and rear wheels. However, it is also beneficial to have the DIG mix assigned to a momentary key to quickly jump in and out of dig (-100% or 100% mix).
By turning on the Previous Value setting, the momentary key will return the function the value it was at before pressing the key. So if the non-momentary key has the mix set at 20%, then the user pressed the momentary key to go to full dig, when that key is released it will return to the 20% bias mix it was at before.
- PV0: Previous Value OFF
- PV1: Previous Value ON
Rotate
This setting allows the Multi-Position functions to loop around in the settings. So pressing in one direction will keep looping through the positions. This is handy for mechanical digs. Set the default postion (4 wheel drive) to Position 1; The Dig position to Position 2; and the Free wheel position to position 3. Now with Rotate turned on, when at postion 1 (the default postion on power up), just press forward/right for dig or backward/left for free wheel. Pressing backwards/left works because the rotate setting links postion 3 as being to the left of position 1
- RO0: Rotate OFF
- RO1: Rotate ON
The short form of this
The firmware manual does a good job at compacting all this into only a few lines since it omits a lot of the descriptions posted above. So I'm also posting it here
steps of settings of trims (1 2 3 and D/R):
- sequence:
function -> buttons -> step -> reverse -> opposite_reset -> previous_val -> rotate
- function: selected function listed at the end of manual
- B buttons:
MO - momentary, hold left/right trim key to get end values,
when nothing pressed, servo is at center
NL - no long keys, long press is the same as short press
AR - autorepeat is on
RS - long press of one of trim keys will reset to
centre/reset value
EN - long press of trim key will set to coresponding end value
- step: select trim step for one trim key press (1, 2, ... 100, 200),
not available when buttons MO or fuction is list of items (multi-position)
is identified by symbol "V"
- RE reverse:
0 - no change
1 - swap left/right trim keys
- OR opposite_reset: not available when buttons MO
0 - no change
1 - when trim key is pressed and value is at opposite
side of center/reset, set value to centre/reset,
- PV previous_val: available only when buttons MO or fuction is list of
items (multi-position)
0 - no change
1 - instead of setting value to centre/reset when key is released,
it is set to previous value, which was active before key press
- RO rotate: available only if fuction is list of items (multi-position)
0 - no rotate
1 - rotate from max item to first item and back