Binding issues

Kiazoa Joao

Hello! I bought the VOXL m500 - Development Drone for PX4 GPS-Denied Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance, but I am having trouble binding it to the Spektrum radio, and the receiver light won't turn on. Could someone please help me in that matter?

Alex Kushleyev

@Kiazoa-Joao , can you please provide some more details:

are you using your own receiver or a receiver that came with the drone? What exactly is the spektrum receiver part number?
are you using your own radio or did it come with the drone?
how are you trying to enter the bind mode (which would cause the orange light on the receiver to blink fast). Please be specific.. such as did you set up px4, is it running and can you connect via QGC, etc

Thanks,

Alex

Kiazoa Joao

Hi Alex! thank you so much for responding.

I am sorely using the receiver that came with the drone. I am not really sure what the part number is since it only says "spektrum receiver".
I am using the Spektrum radio: Spektrum DX6e 6-Channel DSMX 2.4GHz RC Radio Transmitter with 250 Model Memory | Telemetry | Wireless Trainer Link, SPMR6655.
I haven't set up px4 and was unable to connect via QGC. I tried following the instructions, but I am having a really hard time. My radio doesn't come with a USB port to connect it to QGC. I am sorry I am very new to this. Could you please give me instructions on how I can set it up?

Thank you
Kiazoa

Alex Kushleyev

@Kiazoa-Joao , thank you for providing the details. For new users, we strongly recommend going through our documentation in the VOXL Developer Bootcamp section : https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-developer-bootcamp/ . It should guide you through the setup steps (including installing and running QGC) and if you get stuck on any steps, you can ask us specific questions about that step.

Also, please go over the documentation in all of the m500 section here : https://docs.modalai.com/m500/, specifically the Quickstart and the user guides.

In order to bind your spektrum receiver to the radio, you need to run PX4. More details: https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-m500-user-guide-pre-flight-setup/#bind-to-radio

Alex

Kiazoa Joao

@Alex-Kushleyev thank you. I've been following these instructions, but we i try to set up the radio using qgc, it says "radio not ready" and fails to bind, and the drone keeps beeping. am I not setting up px4 correctly?