How to bind a new Telemetry to a plane (868/900MHz)

In order to bind the ground telemetry module of a 868 or 900 MHz telemetry to a new plane, please use these instructions.

Required equipment

• Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 tablet (charged) with internet connection over WiFi
• The new ground telemetry you want to connect to the WingtraOne
  including the telemetry cable
• The old ground telemetry that was previously connected to the WingtraOne
• The WingtraOne you want the telemetry to connect to,
  including a set of WingtraOne Batteries
  
  

Get the NETID of your WingtraOne.

1. If you still have the old telemetry of the WingtraOne you want the new telemetry to bind to:
   1. Open the housing of the old telemetry.
      1. Unscrew the two antennas from the housing
      2. Now take a screwdriver, tweezers or similar and push in on the top of the housing (between the two antenna mounting points).
      3. You should now be able to open the case.
   2. On the telemetry you should find a sticker TXXX.
      XXX is the NETID of the WingtraOne.
      E.g. 773 → The NETID of this drone would be 773.

1. If you do not have the old telemetry of your drone:
   
   1. please contact wingtra.com/support, they will assist you getting the NETID of your drone

Change the ground telemetry

1. Make sure that the tablet is powered.
2. Go to the google play store and install the following app on your tablet: Serial USB Terminal. Note: You may have to create a google play store account.
3. Reset device defaults on the tablet:
   1. Go to the “Settings App” of Android and select “Apps”.
      
   2. Scroll to “WingtraPilot” and click on it.
      
   3. Scroll down and click on “Set as default”.
      If this point is grayed out directly go to step 4
      
   4. Click on "Clear defaults"
      
4. Connect the telemetry antenna to the tablet.
5. Choose the app “Serial USB Terminal” to use the USB device (a pop-up prompt appears when connecting the telemetry).
   
6. Set up the connection:
   1. Go to settings (tap the three lines in the top left corner) and click on "Serial menu".
      
      1. Choose Baud rate: “57600”.
      2. Choose Data bits: “8”.
      3. Choose parity bit: “None".
         
      4. Go back to the settings (arrow on top left) and click on “Send”.
         
      5. Chose Newline: “None”.
         
      6. Click on the back arrow in the top left corner, till you're back at the Terminal.
         
7. Establish a connection to the telemetry:
   1. Click the connect symbol (third from the right):
      "connected to FTDI device" message should appear in the command line.
      
   2. Click in the send line (see below), and type "+++".
   3. Press send (icon in the red box below).
      
   4. It should receive: "[1] OK".
      
   5. Go to Settings (tap the three lines in the top left corner) → Send.
   6. Chose Newline: “CR+LF”.
      
   7. Go back to the Terminal
8. Configure new settings:
   1. Type the command "ATI5" and press send:
      1. It should print out an entire list with 18 lines
         
   2. Now change the S3: NETID of the telemetry to the one of your drone.
      (See above how to get the NETID of your drone):
      1. Type "ATS3=XXX" (while XXX is the NETID of your drone. E.g. "ATS3=999").
      2. Click on Send.
      3. You should receive: "[1] OK".
   3. Type again the command "ATI5" and send:
      1. Check that S3: NETID=??? is the NETID you have it set to
         (in the example picture the desired NETID is 999).
9. IMPORTANT: Only continue if ALL the steps above were successful:
   1. If something wasn't successful:
      1. unplug the telemetry from the tablet.
      2. Replug the telemetry to the tablet.
      3. Restart from point 6 of this instruction.
   2. If all steps were successful, continue with point 10.
10. Store settings permanently:
    
    1. Type the command "AT&W" and press send:
       1. You should receive: "[1] OK".
11. Exit the "Serial USB Terminal" app and unplug the telemetry from the tablet.
12. You can now either:
    1. Uninstall the "Serial USB Terminal" app, by long pressing on the app icon and then "Uninstall".
    2. or if you want to keep the app:
       
       1. Go to the “Settings App” of Android and select “Apps” .
       2. Scroll to “Serial USB Terminal” and click on it.
       3. Scroll down and click on “Set as defaults”.
          If this point is grayed out directly go to step 13!
       4. Click “Clear Defaults” of the Serial USB Terminal App.
13. Verify that the telemetry connection works:
    1. Reconnect the telemetry to the tablet.
    2. Select “WingtraPilot” app as the default app to work with the connected device.
14. Power up your WingtraOne (drone).
15. Now wait till WingtraPilot establishes a connection to the WingtraOne.
    This can take up to 1 minute
    1. After successful connection, power off the Drone and disconnect the telemetry from the tablet.
       The new telemetry is now ready to be used with this drone
    2. If you are not able to establish a connection between WingtraPilot and the drone, please contact wingtra.com/support.