broken orange dsm2 rx
broken orange dsm2 rx
hello,
i just bought an OrangeRX from hobyking..
and accidentally plug it it wrong polarity and i smell something burned. now its dead
is there any way i can fix it.
thanks
i just bought an OrangeRX from hobyking..
and accidentally plug it it wrong polarity and i smell something burned. now its dead
is there any way i can fix it.
thanks
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Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
Once the magic smoke is let out it's usually more trouble and cost to put it back in.
Being ultra small surface mount parts and many parts houses having a minimum order of $15-25 + shipping I think the answer is order a new working one. Your plane and its electronics will be glad you did.
I'm sorry this has happened, we've all done it at sometime.
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Being ultra small surface mount parts and many parts houses having a minimum order of $15-25 + shipping I think the answer is order a new working one. Your plane and its electronics will be glad you did.
I'm sorry this has happened, we've all done it at sometime.
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Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
thanks for your response...
is there any way to prevent this from happening again...
is there any way to prevent this from happening again...
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Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
I own but have never used my orange RX so I'm glad for the warning. Usually the RX design isn't damaged if a battery plug is reversed, same for servos. Maybe others reading this will share their stories, bad or good on this.cr4wler wrote:thanks for your response...
is there any way to prevent this from happening again...
For now it's either a fluke or a design issue. So the only good way to prevent it is to check your connections several times before powering up.
The next thing suggested by many posts is to always buy several orange RXs because for the price some just are bad or fail. I flew with a person Sunday that every time his plane got out 200 ft he had link loss, no control. No crash happened, whew. When I looked at his RX it had no antenna wire on it anymore, it was gone!
If the orange RX works well for you buy a few spares, the price is so low.
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Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
I have used orange rx, and never blown it up with a reversed voltage! Maybe you just had a dud?
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Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
I agree Rob. At my local field I've only heard about duds, or dead, the first time they are used, never being connected reversed.
The antenna issue I mentioned has an update. Seems he stuck a few plans in the ground with it in the past for various reasons. He never noticed when the antenna broke off. I don't think this was a bad RX but instead made bad over time.
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The antenna issue I mentioned has an update. Seems he stuck a few plans in the ground with it in the past for various reasons. He never noticed when the antenna broke off. I don't think this was a bad RX but instead made bad over time.
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Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
I've about 4 dozen orange rx's of all flavours, and other rx's, All have been abused beyond belief, and not one has been blown from reverse voltage. you can't. You can short out the terminals by accident. But putting a lead in backwards won't do diddly to the rx.
Middle is ALWAYS positive. the two outer are either ground or signal... it won't blow the rx. unless you shorted the leads somewhere... and that's not good for anything attached to the rx either.)
end of ramble.. back to building the robot...
Middle is ALWAYS positive. the two outer are either ground or signal... it won't blow the rx. unless you shorted the leads somewhere... and that's not good for anything attached to the rx either.)
end of ramble.. back to building the robot...
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Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
Ok, so maybe we know of one?
To be fair he did say smoke, maybe too much BEC voltage? We never got all the details on the power source yet?
But the honest answer to his question is if there's smoke buy a new one!
The best repair for it.
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To be fair he did say smoke, maybe too much BEC voltage? We never got all the details on the power source yet?
But the honest answer to his question is if there's smoke buy a new one!
The best repair for it.
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Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
i've already fixed it
i bought another RX and swap some electronic components to figure which one had burned.
first swap was the Capacitor ----> OK
then i tried the 662k transitor -----> boom the other one is dead!!
now i need to buy a 662k transistor
note: I dont own the images
i bought another RX and swap some electronic components to figure which one had burned.
first swap was the Capacitor ----> OK
then i tried the 662k transitor -----> boom the other one is dead!!
now i need to buy a 662k transistor
note: I dont own the images
Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
Probably still cheaper to buy a new receiver.
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Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
yep!! good for you coz have a lot of money
the transistor 662k is only $1.50 10pc including the shipping from ebay....
not a big deal! if incase it happens to me again i still have a spare!
the transistor 662k is only $1.50 10pc including the shipping from ebay....
not a big deal! if incase it happens to me again i still have a spare!
Last edited by cr4wler on Sat Feb 16, 2013 5:38 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
good fix and way to report back a happy ending.
Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
I have a bad Frsky receiver and I still hope I can fix it someday, so I've never thrown it away.. It will be probably cheaper to buy a new one but I'll do it for the challenge..gohsthb wrote:Probably still cheaper to buy a new receiver.
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Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
I recently ordered one of these modules from HobbyKing on the assumption that it was an easy way to take advantage of DSMX (which is better than DSM2) - can I assume that if I bind this module in my 9x with a Spektrum AR8000 receiver will operate in DSMX mode or will it simply fall back to DSM2 compatibility mode? In other words: is the OrangeRX transmitter module a true DSMX transmitter module?
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Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
Not sure if you are still looking for an answer, but it's yes. The module when bound to a DSMX receiver goes into DSMX mode.
Re: broken orange dsm2 rx
G'day,
that's awesome news! I might get around to doing the antenna mod then
that's awesome news! I might get around to doing the antenna mod then