David Ovenden Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 This info may be somewhere on the forum but my searching didn't find it .... so here goes. I have purchased a S/H JR 9X II transmitter. It was mode 1 but I (wrongly) assumed that changing it to mode 2 would be easy. Swap the ratchet and spring on the sticks and change the setting on the system menu - an easy and quick job I imagined. The instruction manual shows there is a setting in Sysyem Mode to do it, but it does not exist on my set. Mine is a genuine Macgregor set, but they do longer import or service JR radio. So does anyone know how to activate the stick mode option in the software, or which jumper to change inside the set, or can you point me to a link of how to do it? I could, of course, just rewire all the leads from the throttle and elevator pots and trims. But that seems ridiculous in this day and age when JR designed the radio to have a software option to make the change easy! Your assistance would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) Hang fire David, don't desolder anything. I will try and find my notes, but much like other makes You will hold certain trim tabs asside at switch on and toggle a switch. Someone will know, but I will look for my old notes The manual is still online Edited July 11, 2021 by Denis Watkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ovenden Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) Hi Denis I do have the manual. But the software in my transmitter has the Switch Mode option missing/deactivated. There were different versions of the 9X II produced . Some had the switch mode option others didn't. Mine doesn't have it. I think you have to get into the service menu and add a jumper on the PCM to do the change on the version I have. But I need the confirmation from someone who has done it successfully!! Edited July 11, 2021 by David Ovenden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Clark Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Hi - I don't know the answer to this myself but if you cant find out how to do it easily then contact Mike Ridley at Model Radio Workshop - he knows just about everything to do with JR radios: https://modelradioworkshop.co.uk/contact-details/ Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ovenden Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 Thanks Simon, Yes Mike R is an excellent man for JR radio. However, as I am in France currently its hard to send stuff to the UK currently with all the paperwork. After some detective work trawling various forums I seem to have solved my issue. I have added the appropriate jumper to the PCB then re-centred the sticks and set the travel for elevator and throttle via the service menu. I have also managed to get the stick mode option back on the system menu! So far it all seems to be working as it should! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 This kind of thing where manufacturers crippled sets I order to preserve a hierarchy of features across their range is so annoying - why on earth would you remove the capacity to change the stock mode in software when other versions had it? Bizarre. Thankfully there are now a few open source options that won’t ever go that route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ovenden Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 Screen now shows Stick mode option in the "System Menu" following update. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin McIntosh Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 I have just looked at my 9X2 and the stick mode should be between wing type and stick direction. Yours must have a s/w problem, but have you tried clicking on the vacant space if you can scroll down to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ovenden Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 Hi Martin, Following the initialization I managed to do using the "service menu" the stick mode option has now appeared in the system menu exactly where it should be - between wing type and stick direction. See before and after photos above. Regards David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidggy Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 On 11/07/2021 at 19:10, David Ovenden said: Thanks Simon, Yes Mike R is an excellent man for JR radio. However, as I am in France currently its hard to send stuff to the UK currently with all the paperwork. After some detective work trawling various forums I seem to have solved my issue. I have added the appropriate jumper to the PCB then re-centred the sticks and set the travel for elevator and throttle via the service menu. I have also managed to get the stick mode option back on the system menu! So far it all seems to be working as it should! On 11/07/2021 at 19:10, David Ovenden said: Thanks Simon, Yes Mike R is an excellent man for JR radio. However, as I am in France currently its hard to send stuff to the UK currently with all the paperwork. After some detective work trawling various forums I seem to have solved my issue. I have added the appropriate jumper to the PCB then re-centred the sticks and set the travel for elevator and throttle via the service menu. I have also managed to get the stick mode option back on the system menu! So far it all seems to be working as it should! Hi David I've just bought the dsx9 limited that doesn't have the mode menu. Are you able to pass on any info on where the jumper goes please. And once it's done does the mode menu just appear. In the service menu it says mode change using jumper but can't find anything but this thread on the subject cheers.. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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