Spektrum IX14 Channel Asignmenets

[Bushwacker]

Spektrum IX14 Channel Assignments

So Im pretty new to spektrum gear and Im having a bit of trouble figuring something out, hopefully someone can help me out here. I have an e-flite Viper 90mm edf jet and Im trying to do a fpv on it. So Im using the stock RX the AR637TA, but I need more channels. So I added and bound a AR8000 RX and was able to get channels 7 and 8 to see the gimbal servos, but I need another channel for the switch so I can turn the unit off after landing or for any other reason that may require it. I can not seem to figure out how to setup the channel to do this. I know this is probably a real rookie thing, but none the less… I will eat my pride and ask for help. ;)

Here is the setup:

The camera gimbal unit is the Motionsic Bag which you can see HERE

The camera is DJI 03 Air Unit see it HERE

The head tracker is Motionsic Tally-ho Prebuilt Head-tracker see it HERE

The electronic gear Im using is in the pic below and I chose option 2/ Air Unit open to free air. I did also get the Matek Ubec and fan in option 1 just in case I want to put the canopy back on, but I thought I would try and keep this as simple as possible to start with. In the TX I set switch F to use AUX 4, but doesn’t work obviously because Im a retard and cant figure out why. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[kallend]

AUX4 is channel 9. Your AR8000 doesn't have 9 channels.

Also the AR8000 is an old and discontinued receiver which has been counterfeited, so if you bought it recently it is probably a fake.

You'd be better off with an AR10100T or AR10360T, both of which have 10 channels and telemetry, and are in production.

[Bushwacker]

Well dang. I thought by adding the AR8000 with the AR637 would give me more channels, guess it doesn't work that way. Ah well. Also I know the 8000 is the real deal because I bought it from Horizon Hobby about 3 or 4 years ago and it worked great. I think Im going to swap out the spektrum stuff and run my Jeti gear.

Thank you for the advice, appreciate it.

[kallend]

Well dang. I thought by adding the AR8000 with the AR637 would give me more channels, guess it doesn't work that way. Ah well. Also I know the 8000 is the real deal because I bought it from Horizon Hobby about 3 or 4 years ago and it worked great. I think Im going to swap out the spektrum stuff and run my Jeti gear.

Thank you for the advice, appreciate it.

You can't use one Spektrum receiver as a channel expander for another.

You can get channel expanders such as this for the AR8000 (won't work with thw AR637T): https://www.spektrumrc.com/product/x...PMXP8000.html#
It plugs into the SRXL port.

AR8000 was discontinued much longer than 4 years ago.

You can also get a channel expander for the AR637T from https://www.rclightsystems.com/produ...erial-expander

Or you can make your own, like I did. https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...1&d=1609519460

[Bushwacker]

When I added the 8000 it gave me 2 more channels didn't it?

[kallend]

Well dang. I thought by adding the AR8000 with the AR637 would give me more channels, guess it doesn't work that way.

When I added the 8000 it gave me 2 more channels didn't it?

Your first post suggested you needed 9 channels.

Try to be consistent when people are trying to help you.

[Bushwacker]

So, ditch the 637 and replace with one of the mentioned AR10's you listed and be done with it?

[kallend]

Why not just add a channel expander to the 637T you already have?

https://www.rclightsystems.com/product-page/serial-expander