Spektrum NX Analog and Digital Switch Setup

Do some amazing things with your switches and controls on your Spektrum NX series transmitter. RC Jim shows you how and why this could be useful on your RC aircraft.
00:00 Analog and digital switch setup
00:32 What's analog and digital?
00:56 What can be done with an analog control?
01:52 What can be done with a digital control?
02:55 Examples of digital switch uses
03:26 Analog switch setup
04:50 What to use analog switching for
05:07 Using throttle as a mode switch
07:08 Digital switch setup
08:33 Setting up airbrakes or spoilers
10:20 Viewing setup summary

[@albertburton4151]

Great video on digital and analog controls on NX transmitters.

[@RCJim]

Thanks!

[@johnd9357]

Thanks for taking your time to do this video.

[@RCJim]

Happy to do so! I trust it was helpful.

[@JohnMason8183]

Great vid.

[@RCJim]

Thanks!

[@rlbutterfield]

Good video explanation. I subbed. 👍🏻🙂

[@RCJim]

Awesome, thank you!

[@BriNaCa]

I assume you could set up the analog throttle switch to select different flight modes so that you could have different AS3X gains based on throttle position.

[@RCJim]

Hi Brian, yes, that's a thought.

[@user-wk3ok7up5u]

Hi Jim Do you have a tutorial on setting the selected fail safe positions? I have not been able to program selected fail safe on separate channels

[@RCJim]

Failsafe features are on receivers and ESC's. The ones on receivers are what can set failsafe control positions for times when the signal is lost. Most ESC's will have a failsafe that cuts the throttle if there is no throttle signal from the receiver, but it obviously cannot control what happens to control surfaces.
With a Flysky radio, the receiver settings are set through the transmitter, but it's still the receiver that is doing the work. For several Spektrum receivers there are a variety of ways to set failsafe control positions.
I'll do a video on this in due course.

[@kennyharke366]

What do you do when it freezes up on power up and just shows the logo on the screen? Unplugged the battery and nothig changed. Not happy with the NX10.

[@RCJim]

Sounds like a firmware glitch. For a start I would disconnect the battery, and check the voltage. Then plug it back in and see if it works. If that doesn't do it, try providing power to it via the USB. If still no joy, get in touch with Spektrum customer service.

[@zmanphx]

What if you put a rotory analog switch in place of digital toggle switch? Can that be configured?

[@RCJim]

Analog switch setup would allow you to configure a rotary knob to a digital output, but most likely you would simply be assigning the knob to a channel. You would do that for continuous fine adjustment of flaps or airbrakes, etc.