AQ6 and AlexMos SBGC 8-bit at PPM ?

[Crizz]

HEy guys, maybe anybody can help me ?

Tried to connect my Alex Mos s-BGC ( FW: 2.407 ) with my AQ6 using PPM. Gimbal was setup properly w/o RC-signal and works fine, but when connecting PPM from receiver to RxRoll like mentioned in manual, i have two effect :

1.) connecting only flight battery : after initialize, gimbal starrt bouncing on roll and tilt

2.) connecting USB to gimbal and plug in flight batterie, all ESC starting beeping like no valid RC-signal

Okay, guess that could be a problem with the Futaba PPM from the FRSky receiver, wo maybe i should try to sue the PWM / Analog function from the gimbal - and this is the point where i´m not sure :

1. where to connect the gimbals inputs at the AQ6 ? (ports)
2. how to set up the gimbals inputs ? i guess PWM (because of the adjusteable frequency )

Any further advise for me how to deal with it ?

[kinderkram]

Hi Chris,
you don´t need to connect the gimbal to the AQ per se - only if you want to tilt the gimbal manually you can use a passthrough for RC Pitch input of the Alexmos.

To make it clear: you have the PPM receiver connected to motor output nr. 14 on the AQ?
Then just assign a channel for the passthrough (like 5 or 8, move gimbal tilt or cam trig to a non existing channel like nr. 16) in the radio section as input and a free motor port as output in the mixing&output section.

On your Futaba radio assign a knob or poti for the passthrough input.

[Crizz]

Yep, PPM is connectred to Port 14 of AQ6. I already tried around this morning and found my FRSky-Receiver even gives PWM of CH5-10 , so i decided to try ch6 directly from receiver, and after a lot of PID-changes (try&error) it seems to work.

Only thing i dont got solved : when i move knob a little, gimbal start tilt-move - but does not stop until it reaches endpoint

I set the max. angle now to 0° - 90° to allow tilting down only (by command) so i can move down and back to straight view, but to stop at any desired position it´s a mess. I dont know why it doesnt stop. Any suggestion ?

Is this maybe a known bug in several combinations of sBGC and T-Motors ? Should i check with an older firmware-version than 2.4 ?

[kinderkram]

Use "speed mode" in the Alexmos RC settings. Take speed 2 or 3 to get smooth transitions.
You can further fine adjust the initial angle there and/or limit the throw of your radio channel in the Futaba.

[Crizz]

okay, will give it a try

[Crizz]

okay, here we go....

figured that default was "speed-mode". Switched to "angle-mode" and everything´s fine.

edit :

btw, is it possible to enable "follow-mode" only for Roll ? Or only global on all axis ?

[kinderkram]

Oops, then it was the other way round...

You can use follow mode for YAW individually and/or Pitch&Roll if you want to have the typical flight feeling.
For aerial videos only Yaw makes sense, though.

[Crizz]

have only 2-axis gimbal, and follow on tilt wouldnt be needed, only on roll. But maybe i give it a try later

thx alot for your kind support