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CHAPTER 11
Advanced Topics
11.1 Setting up a Buddy-Box
Deviation can be used to act as either the instructor (master) or student (slave) transmitter in a buddy-box
configuration. In this mode, the instructor and student connect their respective transmitters together with
a trainer cord via the DSC port. The instructor’s transmitter will actually communicate with the model, but
the instructor can use a switch to allow the student to control the model. When the switch is enabled, the
student’s transmitter sends input (stick) information through the trainer cord to the instructor’s
transmitter and these inputs replace the instructor’s inputs.
Deviation can be configured to work with virtually any transmitter that supports either master or slave
mode. Matching Deviation to a different manufacturer requires knowing the PPM parameters for the
paired transmitter, and properly configuring the ‘Center PW’ and ‘Delta PW’ properly as well as knowing
how many channels are transmitted and what the channel ordering is. The best place to find this
information is to ask on the www.deviationtx.com forums.
11.1.1 Master Mode
Master mode is configured by selecting either ‘Channel’ or ‘Stick’ from the ‘PPM In’ spin-box in section
Model setup (Std & Adv GUI). Pressing ‘ENT’ on either ‘Stick’ or ‘Channel’ will show the ‘Trainer Cfg’ pages.
The 2 modes behave slightly differently: