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Help with tk60p board
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:12 am
by Sam84
I have a tk60p board for my tank, I'm having trouble connecting this board up to an fsi6s controller and a ia10b receiver, this setup is new to me and I was wondering if any one can help with this setup?
Also I've been watching videos on sbus for the controller/receiver and I am wondering how to connect it to the Clark board?
Any help will be much appreciated
Thank you
Sam
Re: Help with tk60p board
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 11:40 am
by silversurfer1947
Is your Clark board the Tk60P or the TK60SP?
Re: Help with tk60p board
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 7:38 pm
by Sam84
Hello Richard, thank you for replying
It's a tk60p Clark board, would there be much difference between the two?
Many thanks
Sam
Re: Help with tk60p board
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 8:19 pm
by silversurfer1947
Very much so. The TK60P uses 4 separate channel connectors to the receiver and uses the ibus protocol (I think). The TK60SP uses sbus, which has a single cable from the receiver to the board. To use the TK60P with your transmitter, you would need to configure the transmitter to ibus. Unfortunately I am not familiar with it. I use a FlySky i6X, which by default uses ibus. Read through your manual carefully. There should be a section dealing with changing the protocol. It is done on a model by model basis.
Hopefully there is someone here who has experience of the i6s. Sorry I can't be more help.
Re: Help with tk60p board
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 8:57 pm
by Black Knight
If your board isn't designed for sbus (ie doesn't have a "S" designation) it won't work as sbus (just a single outlet from the reciever that splits into two as it reches the board). If you download the full set of instructions from the Clark website it shows you how to use both options - assuming you have the various receiver channel connectors hooked up?
Re: Help with tk60p board
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 8:59 pm
by Black Knight
Re: Help with tk60p board
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:23 pm
by silversurfer1947
This is a link to the manual for your FlySky i6S.
https://www.flyingtech.co.uk/sites/defa ... 161001.pdf
If you go to page 15 paragraph 7.3 It tells you how to switch to iBus output. You then just need to connect the 4 leads from the board to the receiver, bind the receiver to the transmitter and it should all work. If the sticks don't control what you expect, just swap the leads as they go into the receiver.
If it isn't already, personally I would set the transmitter to Mode 2.
Re: Help with tk60p board
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:24 pm
by Black Knight
silversurfer1947 wrote:This is a link to the manual for your FlySky i6S.
https://www.flyingtech.co.uk/sites/defa ... 161001.pdf
If you go to page 15 paragraph 7.3 It tells you how to switch to iBus output. You then just need to connect the 4 leads from the board to the receiver, bind the receiver to the transmitter and it should all work. If the sticks don't control what you expect, just swap the leads as they go into the receiver.
But if the board itself isn't SBUS compatible it won't work with SBUS mode switched on!
Re: Help with tk60p board
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:27 pm
by silversurfer1947
Black Knight wrote:silversurfer1947 wrote:This is a link to the manual for your FlySky i6S.
https://www.flyingtech.co.uk/sites/defa ... 161001.pdf
If you go to page 15 paragraph 7.3 It tells you how to switch to iBus output. You then just need to connect the 4 leads from the board to the receiver, bind the receiver to the transmitter and it should all work. If the sticks don't control what you expect, just swap the leads as they go into the receiver.
But if the board itself isn't SBUS compatible it won't work with SBUS mode switched on!
That is why I said to switch the transmitter to iBus!
Re: Help with tk60p board
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:35 pm
by Black Knight
silversurfer1947 wrote:Black Knight wrote:silversurfer1947 wrote:This is a link to the manual for your FlySky i6S.
https://www.flyingtech.co.uk/sites/defa ... 161001.pdf
If you go to page 15 paragraph 7.3 It tells you how to switch to iBus output. You then just need to connect the 4 leads from the board to the receiver, bind the receiver to the transmitter and it should all work. If the sticks don't control what you expect, just swap the leads as they go into the receiver.
But if the board itself isn't SBUS compatible it won't work with SBUS mode switched on!
That is why I said to switch the transmitter to iBus!
Yes mate, but the TK60 board comes with or without sbus capability - if it is not a TK60SP (or SPW/SPWG2) ie no "S" in the model designator it will not work in sbus mode regardless of what mote the TX unit is set to! If the board did not come with the sus lead it isn't sbus compatible and will not function in sbus mode.