Martian Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Ali express Switch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david james 1 Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 After a lot of messing around with a multi-meter and talking to the helpful man at Logic RC, it seems that the switch is not the problem, there is a fault in the motherboard. The issue is that the TX does not enter the power-down routine when the stitch is turned off. It does seem to stop transmitting but the power-down routine saves the various settings that i had programmed in -servo reverse and a mix. Thus if I pull out a dry cell to turn it right off, it defaults to factory settings. He said the motherboard is not available and unless I can find one from a scrapped set, the TX is for the bin. This wouldn't worry me too much as it was free but I have invested several £100s in an indoors model that I cannot use on my usual Futaba Tx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 david A mother board fault is bad luck. It is perhaps a sign of just how much demand there is for the DX6i is shown the price of second hand ones on Ebay. Even taking inflation into account they are more expensive now than they were 5 years ago when I bought my second second hand one!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) Well if it's a faulty motherboard in an unused Tx than surely when it was sold it was not of " merchantable quality" and should be replaced by the vendors. See Consumer Association website for advice. There is something about 7 years spares requirement for electrical stuff I think. Worth trying a very firm attitude with the current service agents. Bit difficult without the original invoice though. I don't know much about electronics but I would suspect to retain the data when switched off that a button cell or nowadays a capacitor would be needed and that was the fault. I would also guess that leaving a Tx for years unused could have caused the fault and that just leaving it for a few days with fully charged batteries might just do the trick. Experts might comment? Even if they fail to replace the Tx the old one might still be useful as a buddy box? Asking around your club might find someone who wants to sell a reliable DX6 to buy one with more features. Otherwise consider replacing the indoor model's Rx with Futaba! Edited February 24, 2023 by kc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 You may find a used multi-protocol transmitter cheaper than a used Spektrum, e.g. a Jumper or Radiomaster..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david james 1 Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 It was given to me second hand so I don’t think consumer legislation will be much help. The problem seems to be the main board not the switch so the items shown won’t do the trick. I have posted a Wanted ad on BMFA Classified and I am hoping that will bring something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pufferman Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Does theDX6i dual aileron setting also give linked rudder? When setting up my Ranger 1600 it seemed to have but after lots of adjustments it seems to have disappeared. Would using a mix work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Mix is the way to go Make sure the chosen switch is ACT ( activated ) and not INH ( inhibited ) So as the switch can add or remove the mix operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pufferman Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 I should have known that as I have used mixes in my boats. I somehow had linked rudder at one stage but it disappeared as I tried to get the flapperons to go down not up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter44 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Hi All, Great topic regarding the DX6i going through the setup list I notice two of the settings where not there "Power setting and Modulation type". And thanks to Robin posting the link to the DX6i Ithink it answered my question was about ask was it a DSMX or DSM2 transmitter because to the left of the screen is picture of a red bargraph display and to the right of the screen is dsm and a large X just got to now decide what receiver that is compatible with the transmitter to buy. Also thinking of replacing the AA batteries with 4 2400 mHa NIMH cells or maybe lipo cells. Regards Peter Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Lack of those items in menu shows it's a later version to comply with EU regulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cripps Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 All the current range of Spektrum receivers are backwards-compatible and therefore will work with both DSM2 and DSMX transmitters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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