Ed

" The following is an excerpt from the bottom of page 22 of the Spectrum
DX6i users manual
http://www.spektrumrc.com/ProdInfo/...anual-LoRes.pdf

Note: Receivers manufactured after July of 2007 offer a quick connect
feature that reconnects immediately when recovering from a low voltage
"brown out."

This new firmware exhibits a slow blink when the receiver reconnects
from a brown out due to low voltage. The slow blinking on the remotes
and the internal radios means that they think that they have detected a
brown-out. These radios support "Fast Connect" this is a new feature
where the receivers check the last connected pair of frequencies and
connect to them immediately. The LEDs flash slowly to indicate that this
has taken place.

Try connecting and then cycle the power. The receiver will connect
immediately. Cycle a servo whilst switching the power off and on you
will see that it hardly misses a beat.

Paul
Spektrum


Hi Danny, Can this Firmware Fix be applied to my AR-7000 receivers ?
And if so, what must I do to have it done ?

Thanks > Jim

Mr.Pibb

I'm interested as well in the possibility of updating my existing AR7000.

teryn1

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you don't need it with a proper battery setup.

RICK007

That is not an answer to the original question.

jmohn

What is the proper battery setup? BTW: I don't think you are going to like the answer about being upgradable.

jimhlt

In the last 3 weeks I have bought a AR9000 receiver, two AR7000 receivers and four AR6100E receivers. I can't tell when they were manufactured but if they are older stock I sure do hope they can be updated to the new software release.

tothemax

I hope we will get an official company answer to your question.

dsnyder

Contact our service department for assistance.

jimhlt

Hey Danny, glad to see ya back.

When you say to contact the service department, does that imply that they can do something to upgrade the firmware of the receivers?

dsnyder

You'd have to contact them for verification, however it should be possible.

tothemax

GOOD news!!
Thanks

jimhlt

Don't count those chickens so fast. Let's wait till we get support to agree it is possible and find out the cost if any.

Josey Wales

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I just got off the phone with Horizon and the tech told me they are NOT going to upgrade the R921's...

jimhlt

Disappointing at best, but somehow I'm not surprised.

Josey Wales

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Ok I just spoke to "Andrew" at Product Support and he said that they WILL upgrade the the rx's..--Guess I talked to the water-boy the first time. He also said I could send in my AR7000 rx as well for the same upgrade!

jimhlt

Just got the same story from Rusty at Horizon. He said I could send in all 6 of my receivers. AR9000, AR7000, & AR6100E. Said turn around is approx. 4 days.
SWEET.

Josey Wales

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Good--sounds like everyone is on the same page---except for the guy I talked to at 3pm today

Ken6PPC

The AR7000's can be upgraded? Now, THAT really is great news!

I have two AR7000's. One reconnects pretty quickly, and one seems to take forever to reconnect. The really slow one isn't in a plane yet, so I'd say it is going to take a little trip back home!

I am VERY glad to hear this.

Way to go, Horizon Hobby!

Josey Wales

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Ok here is my R921--the elevator stick was constantly being moved--all I did was turn the power off and on-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzDrhYn_5DY

dsnyder

Please remember this forum is not for open discussion but rather direct support. I'm letting this one go for now, but keep in mind that only myself and the original thread starter should be posting here.

jmohn

That's the quick connect feature. It's great, no loss of control for more than a fraction of a second, if that. Your other test had a loss of maybe 2 seconds, which may be recoverable depending on your flight conditions. That's much faster than many of my lockouts and tests showed. I would guess that's about average for the receviers, but many of mine were 3-6 seconds and one was 13 seconds. Way too much time for a recovery.

I haven't had any issues with my X9303 system. I have the same exact setups that I had with my Spektrum stuff and no issues. BTW: got a new Sig P51B and they recommend a 1100 mah 4.9 volt flight pack for your receiver in their manual. The plane has 7 full size servos and one retract servo. If I put that on a Spektrum receiver I am sure it would lock me out at some point. I had only 3 or 4 servos and one retract servo on a 1500 mah 4.9 volt pack (the one that came with my radio) and had crashes.


Jeff



Jeff

Ed

Hey Jim, do you have a contact, a name and address that they can be sent to ?

Please be specific.


Thanks > Jim

airbusdrvr

I started a thread in the main radio forum, http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6923021/tm.htm , to discuss this subject and not infringe on Danny's space. Maybe we could use that area. I am very interested in this subject as I have just returned my 3 R921s and 3 AR7000s for the reprogramming.

mofosheee

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finally............a possible solution

teryn1

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Horizon Service Center, of course. Look up the address at www.horizonhobby.com . And, if I wasn't here to tell you, you could find it in your radio manual....