Taisync User Manual www.taisync.
Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. Package Contents ...................................................................................... 1 Product Description ................................................................................... 4 2.1. Parameters ...................................................................................... 4 2.2. Air Unit Interfaces ......................................................................... 4 2.3. Ground Unit Interfaces ..........................................
5. 6. 7. 4.6.5. Channel bandwidth ........................................................... 31 4.6.6. Max power ........................................................................ 31 4.6.7. Working profile ................................................................ 31 4.6.8. Antenna............................................................................. 31 4.7. Upgrade ........................................................................................ 32 Applications................
1. Package Contents Air Unit & Ground Unit Air unit antenna & feeder line × 2 （2.4G antenna for air unit） （2.4G feeder extension line for air unit） （1.4G antenna for air unit） （1.
Ground unit antenna× 2 （2.4G antenna for ground unit） （1.4G antenna for ground unit） （1.4G feeder line for ground unit） 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. AV cable ×1 This is used to connect the AV output of camera to the AV 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. Serial cable (UART) x1 This is used to connect the telemetry port of flight controller to the serial port of the air unit. 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 air unit. Ground Unit Cables Power cable x1 This is used to connect the output of a battery to the power input of the air unit.
2. Product Description 2.1.Parameters Frequency 1.4GHz, 2.4GHz, 5.8GHz, (Customizable) Band width 2.5MHz (uplink), 10MHz(downlink) Power 27dBm (FCC), 20dBm (CE) AV：PAL 50i/NTSC 60i Video format HDMI: 720P30 720P60 1080P30 1080P60 Modulation OFDM Constellation BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM FEC LDPC (1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6) Duplex TDD Downlink throughput 2.3Mbps ~ 12Mbps Uplink throughput 115.2kbps Encryption AES 128, AES 256 Interface HDMI, AV, USB, Serial, PPM/S.BUS Video compression H.264/H.
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 AV Port Connect the AV output of camera to the AV input of the air unit. ③ Serial Port (UART) Connect this port to the telemetry port of a flight controller for telemetry communication with the ground unit. UART singal: LVCMOS-3.3V. ④ Remote Control Port (RC) Connect this port to the PPM/S.
② LED 2 When this LED is on, it means that the air unit is connected to the camera of AV video interface; when this LED is off, it means that the air unit is not connected to the camera of AV video interface. ③ LED 3 When this LED is on, it means the ground-to-air link is connected; when this LED is off, it means the ground-to-air link is disconnected. ④ LED 4 When this LED is on, it means the air-to-ground link is connected; when this LED is off, it means the air-to-ground link is disconnected.
2.3.Ground Unit Interfaces ① ② ④ ③ ⑤ ① HDMI Port Connect this mini HDMI output port to the HDMI input port of a display device using the supplied Mini HDMI to HDMI cable. ② Micro USB Port Connect this port to the USB port of a PC or Laptop, and use the Taisync PC program to upgrade firmware and set parameters on the air unit.
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 LED1 When this LED is on, it means the ground-to-air link is connected; when this LED is off, it means the ground-to-air link is disconnected. ③ LED2 When this LED is on, it means the air-to-ground link is connected; when this LED is off, it means the air-to-ground link is disconnected.
Insert the air unit antennas into the RF ports. Antenna clicks in when properly installed. ◆ 1.4G air unit 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.
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. Note: (1) To avoid equipment damage, install antennas before powering on the units. (2) Recommended rated voltage/current is DC12V/1.2A (or 3S lithium battery).
3.1.3. Connection to camera Connect the HDMI video output port to the HDMI video input port of the air unit. Connect the AV video output port to the AV video input port of the air unit. 3.1.4.
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. Antenna installation Screw the ground unit antennas onto the RF ports. Make sure the antennas are tightly installed.
3.2.2. Power supply Pin-out: - - + +. Insert the four-pin connector of supplied power cable to the power port of the air unit and connect the orange power connect of supplied power cable to a battery output, or the power supply port of DC. Recommended voltage is 12V. Note: (1) Recommended rated voltage/current is DC12V/1.2A (or 3S lithium battery). (2) To avoid equipment damage, install antennas before powering on the units.
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 The ground unit outputs video to the monitor via HDMI cable, or you can connect the ground unit to the mobile phone or tablet via USB cable, and opens Viulinx APP to watch the video. QGC is also supported. Video outputting can be supported on QGC or MP by using USB-Ethernet connector and connecting PC or laptop through ethernet cable. Note: (1) If you use mobile phones or tablets to watch videos, please use Taisync's APP Viulinx. QGC can also be supported.
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.
1. Connect antennas to RF ports of the ground unit. 2. Adjust the remote controller to the training mode, if PPM mode is used, the remote controller interface at the ground end is connected to the training port of the remote control. If S.BUS mode is used, the cable connection between the S.BUS receiver and the ground end need to be established, and the connection between the receiver and the remote control need to be established. 3.
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. To cancel the installation, click the “Cancel” button. Check the Generate desktop shortcut. If it is not checked, the desktop shortcut will not be generated.
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: 22
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, TX Power. Ground status: RSSI 1 & RSSI 2, Downlink rate, SNR, BB TEMP, PA TEMP, TX Power.
4.5.Configuration For parameter configuration, device bind and wireless connection is required.
4.5.1. Enctryption configuration Check''enable'to turn on AES encryption, we can choose AES128 or AES256.
4.5.2. Downlink mode configuration The downlink mode adjustment interface is as follows: 4.5.3. Telemetry configuration Telemetry supported that can be on UART or USB. Supported baud rate configuration: 9600, 57600, 115200, 230400, 460800.
4.5.4. Remote control mode configuration Supported remote control mode: PPM, S.bus. 4.5.5. Ground unit identity configuration Ground unit can be configured as observer or pilot. Note: only for p2mp version. 4.5.6. TDD ratio configuration Supported TDD ration mode: Normal, Update mode. 4.5.7. ARQ configuration Click “Enable” to turn on ARQ, Chick “Disable” to turn off ARQ.
4.5.8. 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.
4.6.5. Channel bandwidth Supported channel bandwidth: 10M/2.5M, 10M/10M, 20M/20M. 4.6.6. Max power Support to configure the max power. 4.6.7. Working profile 4.6.8.
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.Video output to monitor HDMI & AV video on monitor. Picture-in-picture, HDMI video is the main. 5.3.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.
5.3.1. 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. 5.3.2. 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. 5.4.Telemetry connection The telemetry Port of air unit connects “TELEM1” Port of flight control (Pixhawk4). 5.5.Video output on USB (standard) Standard mode: connect to mobile phone or tablet with USB cable, display video with Viulinx APP of Taisync.
Video on QGC (QGroundControl) Please set the IP Address of a PC or laptop to 192.168.199.33. HDMI video source: UDP h.265 Video Stream, UDP port 5600. HDMI video in qgc is followed. AV video source: UDP h.265 Video Stream, UDP port 5700.
AV video in qgc is followed. 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.
phone) to connect with, a WiFi device periodically transmits beacon/probe signals. So, 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.
https://interferencetechnology.com/hdmi-cables-emi/ http://www.l-com.com/content/Article.aspx?Type=P&ID=10699 http://www.l-com.com/audio-video-micro-hdmi-to-hdmi-cables http://www.l-com.com/audio-video-hdmi-female-to-micro-hdmi-male-adapter ⚫ Interference by USB divider/hub Some USB dividers or hubs may cause EMI to wireless device. When using USB dividers or hubs, please check if EMI is existing.
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, Hi3516 upgrade file for air unit, Hi3798 upgrade file for ground unit.
To pair an air unit and an 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 3-5s. 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 3-5s. The LED light next to the bind button flashes green, indicating that it is in the binding state.
Q2: How does the Taisync module supply power? Air unit: DC, power supply range: 8-15V, recommended to use 12V, Taiysnc provides power supply cables. Ground unit: DC, power supply range: 8-15V, recommended to use 12V, Taiysnc provides power supply cables. Q3: Can the Taisync module be powered on before antennas installation? The antennas must be installed before power on. Q4: How many antennas do Taisync's air unit need to be installed? Two antennas need to be installed.
Q13: What if the uplink LED indicator is not on? Please follow the following steps: 1) Please check the power supply of the air and ground unit is normal. 2) 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; 3) Check whether the TX frequency of the ground unit is consistent with the RX frequency of the air unit with Taiysnc PC management software.
Q16: After connecting Taisync module, RC can not be connected properly? Please follow the following steps: 1) Please check whether the link state is normal, please refer to Question 12 and Question 13 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 contriller is correct.
6) If the above steps can not solve the problem, please contact Taisync technical support staff. Q19: After connecting Taisync module, what if the transmission distance of the module is short, which is not up to expectation.
