Servo control, Navio2 with FrSky X8R receiver and QX7 tx

[polina.buriak]

Hi @harryhancock,

Thanks for the detailed description!

@harryhancock

should we connect the servos to the power rail instead of the sbus connection on FrSky x8r receiver?

Please use the servo rail to connect your servos to the Navio2. To provide power to servos connect BEC to the servo rail. The hardware setup is described in our docs.

Please note that we don’t suggest connection servos to the RC receiver. Servos can consume a lot of power which the RC receiver port may not be able to provide. That may lead to Raspberry Pi and Navio shutting down and even getting damaged.

@harryhancock

I heard that GPS connection on navio2 board can burn out if the gps module not always connected while navio2 is powered on. Could this be the issue?

Could you please specify whether you’re using the external GPS module?

I can see that you started another thread in regard to the ESC calibration issue. Let’s continue our conversation there as to not double the information.