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05-31-2018, 02:23 PM

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Jack Diaz

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Originally Posted by ww2birds

Central Box question: is there a way to get "just a few more channels" with the CB200? The plane I am working on does not really have room for a CB400, so I am using a CB200, but I need 16-17 channels. I could fall back on matchboxes for the flaps and rudders (it's an F-18) to save two channels if I have to .. though I really prefer one channel per servo. And I'll be using two receivers (probably 1x2.4 and 1x900 .. maybe 2x2.4).

I am moving away from Futaba, but on that system this is easy with another S-Bus decoder.. sigh.

Since the CB200 does not have an EXbus output like the CB 400, I think I am stuck. Funny, since with the CB400 you have 24 channels and would not be stuck anyway, but with the CB100 and CB200 you might want to extend but they don't have EX bus out.

Maybe set the two RXs to PPM out and "tee" each one into a CB200 and a CB100? But lose the ability to see the CBs in device explorer?

thanks all
Dave

Dave, in Device Explorer, assign channels 16 and 17 to outputs ports 1 and 2 of your RX3. Power patch port 3 of RX3 (a Y from one of the CB200 servo outputs). Output 4 of RX3 goes to CB200 as usual.
Use low power demanding things as channels 16 and 17 connected to RX3.
That's the way I have it in some of my planes.
The important issue is the power patch !!! CB200 won't handle more than 200 mA from ports RX1 and RX2.

Regards

Jack

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