Sean:

The setup for 10X software is as follows:

1. Go to menu 17 and toggle aux 4 so it is active. You have to do this to set the offset, which is the end of travel in the "off" or no button pushed position.

2. Set up your aux4 --> aux4 mix on whatever # you have open, i.e. 51, 52, 53......

3.On page 2 of the mix menu, activate SNP toggle....On page 3, be sure it says, MASTER/NORM

4.Now go back to the mix channel and touch "store" under the offset .....what you are looking for is +55 to +86.......+55 works fine with my Smooth Stop, and +86 works with my Jetronic, UP-6 and MH valves. The way you adjust it is by rotating the active Aux 4 knob to one extreme or the other, one extreme, say 7 o'clock will give a +86, and the other extreme, say 5 o'clock will give you -86...and somewhere in between gives you +55 or whatever....This setting is most critical for the SS, since if you don't have the servo in the correct "off" and "on" positions, it will leak air......it is much less critical with the other units....you just have to be careful you don't stall the servo with a UP-6 setup....

5. Now unless you want the brakes on the Aux 4 knob AND the Snap Roll button (you do this if you want proportional brakes to set partial on, best done with the Smooth Stop or UP-6) go back to menu 17 and disable Aux 4.

6. Go back to your mix #, say 51.. with the Snap roll button in the off position (0), zero both travels....then hold down the Snap Roll button so it is in the "on" position (1) and set the lower travel to -150 and keep the upper travel at (0)....... and you are done with the 10X

7. Now, using the 10X settings from above, re-program the MH valve for off and on and you are done....


This is the basic setup.....just remember, there is interaction between the offset and the travel settings on the Mix, so theoretically, you can have allot of different combos that work. You also can use a (-)offset, like -86, but then you have to start reversing channels.

It gets a little more "cut and try" if you want the aux 4 knob or the aux 3 slider to remain active to pre-set brakes, since moving the slider also also interacts with the snap roll button. With the MH, I set mine up strictly as Snap Roll button off/on.....KISS, but with the Smooth Stop, which I have on Aux 3 on my Bandit, I keep the Right slider active so I can preset brakes before landing and when parked.

All the comments about freeing up channels are reasonable....but if I don't have to add another gizmo that might fail into the plane, I feel more comfortable...I was told (unconfirmed) that Kemp Gallineau crashed a BobCat, when the Matchbox on his elevator died----->no elevator control....I currently have no MatchBox(s) in my Bandit....run everything with mixes or "y's".....I plan to set up my IsoBar the same way....

Tom

Now, getting back to that $9.00 fan bolt.....:>)