spirit problem

[bill rob]

Hi,I am setting up spirit on my 450,all connected and got rx bound,but on the spirit the red led comes on then fades to off,then comes on again and fades to off,lights on the rx and sat do the same,,not sure where I have mucked up(past experience tells me I will have mucked up),,so lights are pulsing instead of solid,any idea what Ive done wrong?
cheers for the help
Bill

[GIXERMAN]

no nothing about spirit, but could it be a voltage supply problem maybe.

[maddog7]

The slow fading is the initialisation process, its not completing for some reason.
What happens if you remove everything including sats/RX etc and apply only power?
It should fade in/out a few times then after a few seconds go to solid red.

Cheers
D

[Grumpy]

That's a strange one I have a Spirit on my Goblin 630 and it was reasonably straightforward to setup.

First thing I'd do is disconnect any servos that are hooked up just to rule out the possibility of a servo problem pulling down the voltage. If that doesn't change anything then just for testing try powering it off an alternative power source, such as hooking up a 2s Lipo direct (disconnecting any low voltage servos first), or power it off a spare BEC that you know works?

PS.. are you 100% sure that you selected the correct option when setting the receiver type?

[Mikej]

Agree with Maddog - mine does that until it finishes initialising then the red LED goes solid and it does the pitch pump. Usually about 5 - 10 seconds

[robbo45]

Mine used to play up some times if i had the transmitter to close to the heli when powering up

[maddog7]

You using an optiguard by any chance ? (unlikely on a 450 I know but thought I'd check)
Cheers
D

[Gunnergolly]

I'd do as Grumpy suggests and power your receiver and sat separately and ensure that you obtain a solid bind.

If the Spirit detects any problem with it's receiver input then it will never be allowed to complete it's initialization process.

However that said it certainly sounds like a power supply problem.

[bill rob]

No optiguard fitted,I think my bench battery might be goosed,I`ll be checking it out in the morning.
Thanks for the help

[bill rob]

Battery was goosed,so new battery and working fine,solid light,,I am having an issue which is more related to my crap computer skills than the unit.
I need to update firmware,so I get the screen the update screen up and press select,this gives me two options which are driver and icons,I cant get any further,how do I select so I can get the flash button lit up?,,,,thanks again for the help,,,I need to better my computer skills

[bill rob]

Battery was goosed,so new battery and working fine,solid light,,I am having an issue which is more related to my crap computer skills than the unit.
I need to update firmware,so I get the screen the update screen up and press select,this gives me two options which are driver and icons,I cant get any further,how do I select so I can get the flash button lit up?,,,,thanks again for the help,,,I need to better my computer skills

Sorted,by the wife