Taisync User Manual www.taisync.
Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. Package Contents ............................................................................. 1 Product Description ......................................................................... 3 2.1. Parameters ............................................................................ 3 2.2. Air Unit Interfaces ................................................................ 4 2.3. Ground Unit Interfaces ......................................................... 6 Installation........
5. 6. 7. 4.7. Upgrade .............................................................................. 31 Applications ................................................................................... 32 5.1. Applications of system in detail ......................................... 32 5.2. Applications of RC ............................................................. 33 5.2.1. FRSKY remote controller ........................................ 34 5.2.2. Futaba remote controller ..........................
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（feeder line for ground unit, applied for N connector antenna） Air Unit Cables Power cable x1 This is used to connect the output of a battery to the power input of the air unit. HDMI cable (Micro to Micro) ×1 This is used to connect the HDMI output of camera to the HDMI input of the air unit. RJ45 cable ×1 This is used to connect the ETH output of camera to the ETH input of the air unit. RC cable x1 This is used to connect the PPM/S.bus port of flight controller to the RC port of the air unit.
controller to the RC port of the ground unit. SBUS RC cable x1 This is used to connect the SBUS receiver to the RC port of the ground unit. Serial cable (UART) x1 This is used to connect the telemetry port of ground station to the serial port of the ground unit. (TTL to USB) USB cable (Micro to Type-A)×1 This is used to connect the USB port of a PC or a cell phone, to the Micro USB port of the ground unit. 2. Product Description 2.1.Parameters Frequency 1.4GHz, 2.4GHz, 5.
106g(Air unit) Weight 97g(Ground unit) Rated voltage/current DC12V/1.2A (or 3S lithium battery) Working temperature -20°C ~55°C 2.2.Air Unit Interfaces ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ① Power Input Port Connect a 12V power source to this port. The power source can be from a battery, or can be from a power adaptor when the ground unit is upgraded on the ground. The power supply recommended 3s battery. ② RJ45 Port Connect the ethernet output of camera to the ethrnet input of the air unit.
① ① HDMI Port Connect the HDMI output of a camera to the HDMI input of the air unit. ①② ③ ④ ⑤ ① LED 1 When this LED is on, it means that the air unit is connected to the camera of HDMI video interface; when this LED is off, it means that the air unit is not connected to the camera of HDMI video interface.
① RF2 Port Connect the 2nd air unit antenna to this port. ② RF1 Port Connect the 1st air unit antenna to this port. ① ① Fan Ventilation Outlet Don’t block this fan ventilation outlet to ensure effective cooling. 2.3.Ground Unit Interfaces ① Power Input Port Connect a 12V power source to this port. The power source can be from a battery, or can be from a power adaptor when the ground unit is upgraded on the ground. The power supply recommended 3s battery.
④ Remote Control Port (RC) Connect this port to the PPM/S.bus port of a flight controller for remote control communication with the ground unit. Pin V + can provide 5V power supply. ⑤ Micro USB Port Connect this port to the USB port of a PC or Laptop, and use the Taisync PC program to upgrade firmware on the air unit.
① RF2 Port Connect the 2nd ground unit antenna to this port. ② RF1 Port Connect the 1st ground unit antenna to this port. 3. Installation 3.1.Air Unit Installation 3.1.1. Antenna installation Insert the air unit antennas into the RF ports with RF cables. RF cables clicks in when properly installed. Note: (1) To avoid equipment damage, install antennas before powering on the units. (2) When install air unit to drone, avoid the antennas being blocked by parts of the drone.
(3) Both antennas need to be installed. (4) Ensure the antenna connector is vertical to the module when it is pushed into the RF port. (5) When uninstall the antenna, hold the connector and pull it out of the RF port. Do not pull the cable. 3.1.2. Power supply Pin-out: - - + +. Insert the four-pin connector of supplied power cable to the power port of the air unit and connect the supplied power cable to a battery output, or the power supply port of a drone. Recommended voltage is 12V.
3.1.3. Connection to camera Connect the HDMI video output port to the HDMI video input port of the air unit. Connect the ethernet video output port to the ethernet video input port of the air unit.
3.1.4. Connection to flight controller (RC & telemetry) Insert the six-pin connector of supplied serial cable to the serial port of the air unit and connect the other end of the serial cable to the telemetry port of a flight controller. Insert the supplied RC cable to the RC port of the air unit and connect the other end of the RC cable to the PPM/S.BUS port of a flight controller. 3.2.Ground Unit Installation 3.2.1.
Insert the ground unit antennas into the RF ports with RF cables. RF cables clicks in when properly installed. Note: (1) To avoid equipment damage, install antennas before powering on the units. (2) Both antennas need to be installed. (3) Ensure the antenna connector is vertical to the module when it is pushed into the RF port. (4) When uninstall the antenna, hold the connector and pull it out of the RF port. Do not pull the cable. 3.2.2. Power supply Pin-out: - - + +.
3.2.3. Telemetry connection Insert the six-pin connector of supplied serial cable to the serial port of the ground unit and connect the other end of supplied serial cable to the telemetry port of the ground control station. Note: (1) Ensure the baud rate of ground station and the baud rate of Taisync module are configured correctly. (2) Ensure the serial cable sequence matches the interface definition of Taisync module.
3.2.4. Connection to remote controller Using PPM mode: Insert the training connector of the supplied RC cable to the training port of a remote controller and connect the six-pin connector of the RC cable to the RC port of the ground unit. Using S.BUS mode: Insert the six-pin connector of the RC cable to the RC port of the ground unit, the other end connect the S.BUS receiver, and the S.BUS receiver communicates with the remote controller in wireless communication.
3.2.5. Setup video output Ground unit has one way of outputting received video, to a PC or laptop. Note: (1) (2) To view the video on PC or Laptop, connect the Ethernet port of the ground unit to the Ethernet port of a PC or a Laptop, the IP address of the PC is configured correctly. Get HDMI camera stream from IP address of 192.168.0.2. 3.2.6. Use Taisync System 1. Connect antennas to RF ports of the air unit.
2. Connect camera HDMI output to HDMI port of the air unit, connect camera AV output to AV port of the air unit. 3. Connect the PPM/S.bus port of the flight controller to the RC port of the air unit. 4. Connect the flight controller telemetry port to the serial port of the air unit. 5. Turn on the camera and set the video format to 720p or 1080p. 6. Connect a 12V DC power to the power port of the air unit and turn on the power. 7.
6. If latest firmware is desired, connect the ground unit to a PC or a laptop using USB cable and run Taisync PC program to upgrade the firmware of the ground unit to the latest one. 4. Software 4.1.Installation We provide program installation files, program file name: Taisync Wireless App Setup.exe. The installer icon is as follows: Double-click the installer to install and customize the program installation directory. After configuration, click the “Next” button to jump to the next step.
the previous step, click the “Back” button. To cancel the installation, click the Cancel button. Click “Install” to proceed with the installation. To rewind the previous step, click the “Back” button. To cancel the installation, click the “Cancel” button.
Note: Please turn off the firewall software, otherwise the firewall may prevent the driver from being installed when the driver is installed. At this point, the software installation is successful and the driver installation is complete. 4.2.Software Language Taisync PC software supports Chinese and English display, and the software is selected according to the operating system. If the Chinese operating system will display the software in Chinese, the other operating systems will display in English.
If the device connect to the computer properly, Taisync PC software shows as the following: 20
4.3.Device Info Readable device status information: device type, software version, firmware version, and baseband version.
4.4.Status Read the air and ground status information, can read the status information of air unit and ground unit. Air status: RSSI 1 & RSSI 2, Uplink rate, Distance, BB TEMP, PA TEMP. Ground status: RSSI 1 & RSSI 2, Downlink rate, SNR, BB TEMP, PA TEMP.
4.5.Configuration For parameter configuration, device bind and wireless connection is required.
4.5.1. Downlink Mode configuration For parameter configuration, device bind is required.
The downlink mode adjustment interface is as follows: 4.5.2. Baud rate configuration Supported baud rate configuration: 9600, 57600, 115200.
4.5.3. Remote control mode configuration Supported remote control mode: PPM, S.BUS. 4.5.4. Restore default settings Click “Restore” to restore default settings. 4.6.Frequency Scan 4.6.1. Frequency scanning The left side is the frequency scan curve after the module starts.
4.6.2. Frequency working mode Working Mode：Manual, Auto. Manual mode: The module administrator or user manually configures the working frequency. Auto mode: The system configures the working frequency according to the frequency scan curve. 4.6.3. Frequency band selection Under the manual mode we can configure “Band selection”.
4.6.4. Working region Supported working region: FCC, CE, GITEIK, GITEIK-High. 4.6.5. Antenna test This is to check whether antenna/feeder cables are correctly installed/applied.
Place the air unit 5 meters away, then click TEST, antenna check will be in progress.
Finally, there’ll be an Information window to show anttnea test passed or not. If failed, please check hardware installation first, if problem persists, please replace antenna or/and feeder cables.
4.7.Upgrade Note: air and ground upgrades need to be upgraded separately using the USB cable to connect Taisync PC software. Select the upgrade file, click the Upgrade button to upgrade.
5. Applications 5.1.
5.2.Applications of RC The remote control function can support PPM and S. BUS protocol. If PPM mode is used, please use Taisync standard PPM cable to connect the ground unit and the remote controller's training port. If S. BUS mode is used, additional receiver supporting S. BUS is needed. The ground unit is connected with the receiver. The S. BUS receiver establishes wireless communication with the remote controller. Both modes require the remote controller to configure the corresponding mode. If using S.
5.2.1. FRSKY remote controller PPM mode Model setup - Trainer - mode, if mode is configured to Slave/Jack, then the remote controller is in PPM mode. Model setup - Internal RF, it is needed to be configured to off, S. bus mode will be closed. S.BUS mode Model setup - Internal RF: LR12, D8, D16, OFF. Configuration of different parameters is according to the receiver. If configured as off, S. bus mode will be closed. 5.2.2. Futaba remote controller S.
PPM mode Taisync standard PPM cable is used to connect with Futaba trainer cable (one end is connected to the trainer port of futaba, the other end is 3.5mm connector). PPM mode can be used directly without additional configuration. 5.3.Telemetry connection The telemetry Port of air unit connects “TELEM1” Port of flight control (Pixhawk4). 5.4.Telemetry over ETH (optional) Telemetry can be transmitted over Ethernet interface by UDP, login ground unit (IP address: 192.168.199.
Set telemetry destination IP address and UDP port. 6. Notes 6.1.Link performance Interference by 2.4GHz WiFi WiFi operates at 2.4GHz band with bandwidths of 20MHz and 40MHz. WiFI can generate both co-channel interference and adjacent channel interference to the 2.4GHz wireless link of a drone. Even if there is not a WiFi router is available for a WiFi device (for example, WiFi of a phone) to connect with, a WiFi device periodically transmits beacon/probe signals.
when you operate a drone in the field with 2.4GHz wireless link, it is important to turn off WiFi modem/hotspot of a phone, or a laptop. If WiFi relay of the video from the ground station is desired, it is recommended to use a 5.8GHz WiFi modem. Interference by Bluetooth device Bluetooth operates on 2.4GHz in frequency hopping mode. So a Bluetooth mouse, Bluetooth joystick, car key or any Bluetooth device that is actively working and next to ground station will interfere the reception of downlink video.
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transmission of the remote controller. If the S.BUS protocol is used, the wireless working frequency of the receiver connected to the remote controller must work in different frequency bands with the working frequency of Taisync module and have a certain isolation guarantee. If you do not use the RC link of Taisync module, you should pay attention to the remote link working frequency of the remote controller when using the RC link of the remote controller.
Working Mode：Manual, Auto. Manual mode: The module administrator or user manually configures the operating frequency. Auto mode: The management software configures the optimal working frequency according to the frequency scan information. Please make sure working mode is on manual mode.
We can select working frequency by band selection function. We provide 2390MHz and 2495MHz reserved frequency. If WiFi interference is too high, you can consider using reserved frequency. 6.4.Firmware update Upgrade files: FPGA upgrade file for air unit, FPGA upgrade file for ground unit, MCU1 upgrade file for air unit, MCU1 upgrade file for ground unit, MCU2 upgrade file for air unit, MCU2 upgrade file for ground unit. Upgrade files are upgraded using Taisync PC software.
6.5.Bind operation “Bind” is used to pair an air unit with ground unit. To pair an air unit and a ground unit: 1. Both air unit and ground unit are powered on. 2. Connect the air and ground unit. 3. Press the physical bind button of the air unit, last 5s+. The LED light next to the bind button flashes green, indicating that it is in the binding state. 4. Press the physical bind button of the ground unit, last 5s+.
6.7.PC Windows firewall Make sure PC firewall is disabled in case video and/or telemetry is blocked. Here take Windows10 operation system for reference. Path: Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Firewall\Customize Settings. Set Private/Public network settings as 'Turn off Windows Firewall' as below, click 'OK'. 6.8.
7. FAQ Q1: How does the Taisync module supply power? Old hardware version Ethernet port unit: DC, power supply range: 9-15V, recommended to use 12V, Taiysnc provides power supply cables. New hardware version Ethernet port unit: DC, power supply range: 9-26V, recommended to use 12V, Taiysnc provides power supply cables. HDMI port Ground unit: DC, power supply range: 9-15V, recommended to use 12V, Taiysnc provides power supply cables.
Q6: Can two air units be installed on a drone? No, a drone can only integrate one air unit. Q7: Can two ground units be installed at the receiving end? The ptp system can only install one ground unit; the ptmp system supports more than one ground units. Q8: There are some devices nearby, such as WIFI, Bluetooth and so on. Can they be opened when flying? If 2.
1) Please check the power supply of the air and ground unit is normal. 2) Please check if air unit and ground unit is bound successfully. 3) Please check the antennas installation of the air and ground units is normal: whether the antennas is blocked; whether the antennas connection is loose; whether the rf cable and port is not tightened; 4) Check whether the TX frequency of the ground unit is consistent with the RX frequency of the air unit with Taiysnc PC management software.
1) Please check whether the link state is normal, please refer to Question 13 and Question 14 if it is abnormal. 2) Please check whether the RC port both the air and the ground units is correct. 3) Please check whether the RC connecting between flight controller and air unit is correct and that between ground unit and remote controller is correct. 4) If using PPM mode, check the mode configuration of the remote controller; if using S. BUS mode, check the configuration of the receiver and remote controller.
4) Please check whether the IP address configuration of the ground station and the network camera is in the same network segment (only applicable for ETH-ETH scenario). 5) Please confirm PC IP address set as 192.168.0.X, 192.168.0.2 excluded (only applicable for ETH/HDMI-ETH scenario). 6) Please check whether the RTSP video stream configuration for playing RTSP is correct (only applicable for HDMI-ETH scenario).
2) Please launch antenna test function through Taisync PC app. If air unit is about 5 meters away from ground unit, RSSI should be -35dBm above. 3) Please ensure that the antennas installation of air unit is not blocked by the payload, and there is no obvious blocking at the ground unit near the antennas, and no contacting with electrical material like carbon fiber and the antennas of the air and ground units are perpendicular to the ground.
