Setup Wizard Finishing Connections

[Dr. Huett]

Ok. I'll assume that you have your UBEC connected and have bound the Receiver to the hand-held controller. 

Without the battery (no battery) connected, connect the the Fight Controller to your computer with a USB data cable.

Start LibrePilot GCS.

Start Vehicle Setup Wizard. 

As it says: Be sure to remove all propellers from the vehicle before proceeding.

During setup the motors may spin. This may cause them to bounce around even if they are just sitting on a table. You may want to secure them. Only secure the bases as the top parts spin.

Firmware Update. Update if needed.

Board Identification: Should come up by itself. Mine says: Connection device: USB: CopterControl Detected Board type: OpenPilot CopterControl 3D

Input Signal Configuration: PWM (1 Cable per Channel)

Vehicle Type Selection: Multirotor

Multirotor Configuration: Quadcopter X.

Output Signal Configuration: Rapid ESC

Configuration Summary: Save Connection Diagram

This diagram tells us how to connect the wires. If you look at the Flight Controller it has an arrow on it. That arrow points in the same direction as the red arrow in the diagram. It is expect the motors to be connected in the order shown in the diagram. So Motor 1 is to the North West of the Flight Controller, Motor 2 is the the North East of the flight controller, Motor 3 is to the South East, and Motor 4 is to the South West. (If you screw this up your copter will almost instantly rip itself apart when you start it up. Because as one side dips the Flight Controller will spin the correct motor faster to compensate but if it is connected to the wrong motor it will create a destructive feedback loop.)

The numbers correspond to the channel that you should connect to. So the PWM1 from the flight controller connects to the ESC for Motor 1. PWM 2 to the ESC for Motor 2. etc...

The left of the diagram is the connections to the Receiver. So the first problem is that the Receiver uses different words for each of these. (The wording printed on the Receiver is for a airplane not a quadcopter.)

This is how they connect:

Channel	Flight Controller	Receiver
CH1	Throttle	THRO
CH2	Roll	AILE
CH3	Pitch	ELEV
CH4	Yaw	RUDD

You should also connect the UBEC to the BATT/BIND on the Receiver so it will power up when the battery is connected. (This will also power up the Flight Controller when it isn't connected to the USB cable.)

We don't need the flight Mode or the other Aux cord.

Sensor Calibration Procedure: Calculate 
This calibrates what the Flight Controller considers horizontal so try to make sure it is on a flat surface.

ESC Calibration Procedure: Follow the Procedures (You have to read and check the boxes to start)

Disconnect battery at the end.

Output Calibration: Walk through the calibration. Just get each motor to just spin. Be careful they should actually be spinning now. Mine all started at about 1026 microseconds.

Initial Tuning: I used Current Tuning.

Configuration ready to save. Save. It will update the Flight Controller with your configuration and reboot it.

Continue on to Transmitter Setup Wizard.

[Dr. Huett]

Transmitter Setup Wizard.

Arming Settings are now set to 'Always Disarmed' for your safety. (We will need to turn these on at the end.) Click OK.

Click Next.

Please Choose Transmitter Type: 

Choose: Acro: Normal transmitter for fixed-wing or quad.

Note: This is where it tells you: For a Quad: Elevator is Pitch, Ailerons are Roll, and Rudder is Yaw.

Please Choose your transmitter mode: 

Choose: Mode 2: Throttle and Rudder on the left, Elevator and Ailerons on the Right.

Please move each control one at a time according to the instructions and the picture below.

If when you move the throttle (Left stick) nothing happens then: Turn off the hand-held controller. Disconnect the battery. Disconnect the USB from the flight controller. 

Reconnect in the opposite order. Connect the USB to the Fight controller first. Then reconnect the battery. Then turn on the hand-held controller. Wait for the orange light on the Receiver to come on. Then proceed to move the throttle (left stick).

It will ask you to move each stick each way. 

We did not connect the Flight Mode switch to the Receiver so when you get to this click Next/Skip. Same for all the accessory channels, Next/Skip.

Center all controls. Click next.

Move all controls to their maximum extents on both directions. (Swing the sticks all they way around.)

When I did this the animated sticks on the picture did not change. 

Click next on the next screen. (This allows you to invert some of the sticks, but I'm not going to do any inversions)

Click next on the next screen. 

When I did this the animated sticks on the picture did not change. 

You will end the wizard on the "Arming Settings" tab.

You should change: Arm Airframe using throttle off and: Yaw Right (or Left if you want).

This means that if you hold down and right on the left stick it will arm the quadcopter. If you hold down and left on the left stick it will disarm the quadcopter.

Click Save at the bottom to save configuration to the Board.

[Dr. Huett]

Arming procedure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Syof9gweU

[bdi...@heartlandchristiancbia.org]

I have all my connections together as far as I know. but my motors will not spin and I do not have power going to my receiver. Do you have any suggestions?

[Dr. Huett]

Check your connections? Send me a picture if you want. I'll take a look.

[bdi...@heartlandchristiancbia.org]

[Dr. Huett]

I'm guessing that the top of this picture is the "front." 

Your wiring into the Flight Controller will not be correct.

Motor 1: Top Left Motor: White wire (this connection also has a red and black wire) [PMW1 + GND + 5V]

Motor 2: Top Right Motor: Green wire [PMW2]

Motor 3: Bottom Right Motor: Grey wire [PMW3]

Motor 4: Bottom Left Motor: Yellow wire [PMW4]

This "Ribbon" connects to the PWM side of the Flight Controller.

[mwir...@gmail.com]

We have everything else configured but can't get the motor to run, can you help? 

[Dr. Huett]

From what I can see, the connections look ok. 

During this step:

ESC Calibration Procedure: Follow the Procedures (You have to read and check the boxes to start)

Disconnect battery at the end.

Do they sing when you click start and when you click stop?

Do you make it through Vehicle Setup Wizard and the Transmitter Setup Wizard completely?

[Dr. Huett]

This is the arrow indicated in this diagram: