[NSRCA-discussion] Transmitter Programming Question

[Ronald Van Putte]

Yeah.  Only the guilty need feel offended.

Ron

On Nov 8, 2013, at 3:24 PM, Keith Hoard wrote:

> Man, rough crowd around here!!
>  
> From: Ronald Van Putte
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 3:06 PM
> To: General pattern discussion
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Transmitter Programming Question
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> John is also right.  I sort of did what he said.  I used Aux6 as my output channel to the receiver controlled switch.  I selected throttle as the input to Aux6.  I then used a "point" curve in Aux6's AFR to adjust when the glow turned on and off (took some fiddling).  It seems to work very reliably.
>  
> Thanks for all the suggestions, except maybe Keith Hoard.  Now that he's a 757 captain instead of 1st officer, he no longer has to say things like, "Nice landing sir" and "I'll take the ugly one."
>  
> Ron Van Putte
>  
> On Nov 7, 2013, at 10:20 PM, John Gayer wrote:
> 
>> Don't use a mix.
>> You need to determine first what the necessary channel output value is to turn the glow on. 
>> Then set up your plug channel and use throttle stick(J3?) as its input.
>> In AFR, use a "POINT" curve to trigger the output value you need at 15% throttle to turn glow on, you have 9+ points available and I believe you can move their x-coordinate as well.
>> Then, for an ON/OFF switch use a dual rate on the plug channel and the panel switch of your choice. You should then be able to set up a second "POINT" curve when the dual rate is active that has all values set to something that will turn and keep the glow off.
>> 
>> I don't have a 12FG here to test this but it should work fine.
>> John
>> 
>> On 11/7/2013 8:11 PM, Ronald Van Putte wrote:
>>> OK.  I think I understand.  Pmix the throttle to the channel the receiver controlled switch is plugged into and use the throttle as the Pmix switch.  Yes?
>>>  
>>> Ron
>>>  
>>> On Nov 7, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Jas wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Pmix throttle to glow plug and set the points to turn on where you want
>>>> 
>>>> iJason
>>>> www.jasonshangar.weebly.com
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>>>> On Nov 7, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Ronald Van Putte <vanputter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I think I'll just ignore that.
>>>>>  
>>>>> Ron
>>>>>  
>>>>> On Nov 7, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Phil S. wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes, Ron, switch to JR and it's easy!!!  lol
>>>>>> Phil Spelt, KCRC Emeritus, Past President
>>>>>> AMA 1294 Scientific Leader Member
>>>>>> SPA L-18, Board Member
>>>>>> (865)435-1476v, (865)604-0541c
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 11/7/2013 8:17 PM, Ronald Van Putte wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I am trying to turn on an onboard glow plug battery on an O.S. .61RF using a receiver controlled switch, so that the glow will be on when the throttle stick position is less than 15% or so and off above that.  I am drawing a blank on how to accomplish it.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I've used the throttle stick as a switch before to get dual rate rudder, but this is different.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have a Futaba 12 FG transmitter and will be using a Futaba R617 receiver.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Are there any useful suggestions out there?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ron Van Putte
>>>>>>> 
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