DX 6i won't Bind

[john kan]

Hi,
Finally got myself a Spektrum DX 6i. Took it home, tried to bind the tx & rx, but they bind & the bind won't stay after the power has been turn off & on again. Been trying the whole day without success.
Followed the manual, but just won't work. Was wondering if anyone else had this problem & what's the solution they had. Will binding work without the servos installed.
Thanks

[marchambault]

Can you describe exactly the procedure you followed? There is a slim possibility that the transmiter ID was no programmed at the factory... but usually this problem has to do with placement of the bind plug.

[john kan]

I actually followed the procedure in the manual. I tried again & this is what i found out.
It seems rather funny. The voltage supply from the ESC is at 5volts which is about right. But it doesn't seems to work at the bat/bind port but works on the rest of the port.
Borrowed an ESC, tested also 5volts supply from ESC, plug in to the bat/bind port & it works fine.
So final conclusion that could be the plug from my ESC isn't in good condition thus not supply full volts to the Ar6200 receiver when plug in at the bat/bind port.
Any comments on this

[marchambault]

On which channel did you plug-in the ESC? The bind plug needs to go in the battery/bind port, and the esc / rx pack goes into any other channel.

[Pinecone]

Bind plug goes in Batt port

Power goes to any other channel connector.

Turn on Tx while holding the bind switch (I think the DX6i uses the trainer switch).

Wait until Rx LED coems on solid.

Turn off Tx and Rx.

Remove bind plug.

Power Tx then Rx, Rx LED should come on soild in a few seconds.

One problem that can occur is having the Tx too close to the Rx during the bind or linking (normal power up) and the Tx swamps teh Rx. Jsut move them further apart.

[Coop]

After it binds and is working, pull the bing plug out while the RX is still on. Works for me, just did it twice today.

[Pinecone]

You can pull it out before or after you turn off power (I have done it both ways) but make SURE you pull it before you power up again. Or you WILL lose the bind.

Also, using a DSM2 Rx, if you turn the Tx On with the Bind switch On, you will lose the bind. This is because while binding, DSM2 Rxes send a signal that the Tx sees to know to use DSM2. DSM (AR6000) rxes do not send this signal. So if you put the Tx in bind mode, it looks for a DSM2 bind signal, if it doesn't see one, it switches to DSM for that model memory. And you lose the bind. This is mentioned in the manual.

[john kan]

The main whole problem is after binding, you off & on both the tx & rx power, the lights flashes again. The ESC is plug in to the bat/bind port. But if you plug the ESC to another port, it works with the light at solid.
I was wondering why can't i use the bat/bind port for the ESC to power up the rx.
I'm using the titan 325 original ESC BLD-40 & also borrowed another same ESC & also the same problem.
Thanks

[marchambault]

Some ESC will pull the data pin to ground during initialization, which will cause the RX to rebind if it is connected to the batt/bind port ... in effect, your ESC becomes a bind plug while it initializes. This is the same problem as the Castle BEC had initially... can't you use the throttle channel for the ESC?

[john kan]

I could use the rest of the available ports for the power from the ESC as it works since i tested it. But will it be alright to do that. I thought i did use the bat/bind port as it was only proper.
Thanks

[marchambault]

Yes ... the batt / bind port is not normally used with electric setups ... only on gas planes with rx batteries.... the receiver can actually be powered from any port. If you where to open it up (I'm not recommending it) you would see a pair of bus bars (traces) for the + and - running from batt/bind all the way to channel 6.