docs/Controls.md

   1 # Controls
   2
   3 ## Arming
   4
   5 When armed, the aircraft is ready to fly and the motors will spin when throttle is applied.  The motors will
   6 spin at a slow speed when armed (this feature may be disabled by setting MOTOR_STOP, but for safety reasons,
   7 that is not recommended).
   8
   9 By default, arming and disarming is done using stick positions.  (NOTE: this feature is disabled when using a
  10 switch to arm.)
  11
  12 ## Stick Positions
  13
  14 The three stick positions are:
  15
  16 |Position        | Approx. Channel Input|
  17 |----------------|----------------------|
  18 |LOW             | 1000                 |
  19 |CENTER          | 1500                 |
  20 |HIGH            | 2000                 |
  21
  22 The stick positions are combined to activate different functions:
  23
  24 | Function                      | Throttle | Yaw     | Pitch  | Roll   |
  25 | ----------------------------- | -------- | ------- | ------ | ------ |
  26 | ARM                           | LOW      | HIGH    | CENTER | CENTER |
  27 | DISARM                        | LOW      | LOW     | CENTER | CENTER |
  28 | Profile 1                     | LOW      | LOW     | CENTER | LOW    |
  29 | Profile 2                     | LOW      | LOW     | HIGH   | CENTER |
  30 | Profile 3                     | LOW      | LOW     | CENTER | HIGH   |
  31 | Calibrate Gyro                | LOW      | LOW     | LOW    | CENTER |
  32 | Calibrate Acc                 | HIGH     | LOW     | LOW    | CENTER |
  33 | Calibrate Mag/Compass         | HIGH     | HIGH    | LOW    | CENTER |
  34 | Inflight calibration controls | LOW      | LOW     | HIGH   | HIGH   |
  35 | Trim Acc Left                 | HIGH     | CENTER  | CENTER | LOW    |
  36 | Trim Acc Right                | HIGH     | CENTER  | CENTER | HIGH   |
  37 | Trim Acc Forwards             | HIGH     | CENTER  | HIGH   | CENTER |
  38 | Trim Acc Backwards            | HIGH     | CENTER  | LOW    | CENTER |
  39 | Disable LCD Page Cycling      | LOW      | CENTER  | HIGH   | LOW    |
  40 | Enable LCD Page Cycling       | LOW      | CENTER  | HIGH   | HIGH   |
  41 | Save setting                  | LOW      | LOW     | LOW    | HIGH   |
  42
  43 ![Stick Positions](assets/images/StickPositions.png)
  44
  45 Download a graphic [cheat sheet](https://multiwii.googlecode.com/svn/branches/Hamburger/MultiWii-StickConfiguration-23_v0-5772156649.pdf) with Tx stick commands (the latest version can always be found
  46 [here](https://code.google.com/p/multiwii/source/browse/#svn%2Fbranches%2FHamburger)).
  47
  48 ## Yaw control
  49
  50 While arming/disarming with sticks, your yaw stick will be moving to extreme values. In order to prevent your craft
  51 from trying to yaw during arming/disarming while on the ground, your yaw input will not cause the craft to yaw when the
  52 throttle is LOW (i.e. below the `min_check` setting).
  53
  54 For tricopters, you may want to retain the ability to yaw while on the ground, so that you can verify that your tail
  55 servo is working correctly before takeoff. You can do this by setting `tri_unarmed_servo` to `1` on the CLI (this is the
  56 default). If you are having issues with your tail rotor contacting the ground during arm/disarm, you can set this to
  57 `0` instead. Check this table to decide which setting will suit you:
  58
  59 <table>
  60     <tr>
  61         <th colspan="5">Is yaw control of the tricopter allowed?</th>
  62     </tr>
  63     <tr>
  64         <th></th><th colspan="2">Disarmed</th><th colspan="2">Armed</th>
  65     </tr>
  66     <tr>
  67         <th></th><th>Throttle low</th><th>Throttle normal</th><th>Throttle low</th><th>Throttle normal</th>
  68     </tr>
  69     <tr>
  70         <td rowspan="2">tri_unarmed_servo = 0</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td>
  71     </tr>
  72     <tr>
  73         <td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td>
  74     </tr>
  75     <tr>
  76         <td rowspan="2">tri_unarmed_servo = 1</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td>
  77     </tr>
  78     <tr>
  79         <td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td>
  80     </tr>
  81 </table>