Multi-Rotor: Naza User Manual
Multi-Rotor: Naza User Manual
Multi-Rotor: Naza User Manual
User Manual
V 2.0
www.dji-innovations.com
Warning & Disclaimer
Naza is an excellent autopilot system offering tremendous flight features for low altitude multi-rotor working in
restricted space compared to normal helicopter. It is not a toy when installed in multi-rotors of any size.
Please respect the AMA’s National Model Aircraft Safety Code. Despite our efforts in making the controller to
operate in the safest manner when the main power battery is connected, such as: disabling MC signal to
ESCs when USB is connected; disabling throttle input and stick command when throttle stick is not at the
lowest position, we strongly recommend customers to remove all propellers, use power supply from R/C
system or flight pack battery, and keep children away during system calibration and parameter setup. Dajiang
Innovation Technology Co. Ltd. assumes no liability for damage(s) or injuries incurred directly or indirectly
from the use of this product. Please strictly follow these steps to mount and connect Naza on your multi-rotor,
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Product Profile
DJI Naza for multi-motors is an autopilot system designed for serious multi-rotor enthusiasts providing
excellent self-leveling and altitude holding, which completely takes the stress out of flying RC multi-rotors for
both professional and hobby applications. Naza can be installed in a variety of models from quad-rotor to
hexa-rotor.
Rudder Angular
Maximum rudder angular velocity is 200°/s
Velocity
Command
YES
Linearity
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In Box
Main Controller (MC) ×1
problem of multi-rotor system, supply and monitor power for Naza and
USB Cable ×1
This cable is used to configure MC and upgrade firmware.
3M Gummed Paper ×4
For fixing Naza components on multi-rotor’s frame.
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Contents
WARNING & DISCLAIMER ...............................................................................................2
IN BOX ............................................................................................................................4
CONTENTS ......................................................................................................................5
ASSEMBLY ......................................................................................................................8
ASSISTANT SOFTWARE....................................................................................................9
CONFIGURATION .......................................................................................................... 12
1 MOUNTING .....................................................................................................................12
2 MOTOR MIXER ................................................................................................................13
3 TX MONITOR ...................................................................................................................15
4 AUTOPILOT ......................................................................................................................19
5 GIMBAL ..........................................................................................................................26
6 VOLTAGE MONITORING .....................................................................................................28
FLIGHT .......................................................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX ..................................................................................................................... 36
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Matters Need Attention
For safety reasons, please pay serious attention to all following items:
1. For big aircraft that is larger than 650 or with heavy load, WKM is recommended.
2. When aircraft mounted, please ensure the aircraft center of gravity is lie on the center of the
frame, for aircraft with load in the vertical direction of frame center.
3. When MC mounted, try your best to mount the MC at the center of the frame, and do not mount
the MC upside-down. Make sure MC is parallel to the aircraft horizon, so as to prevent the
4. Make sure the MC ESC ports is pointing to the aircraft nose direction, otherwise serious
5. Disconnect ESCs and battery or remove all propellers during configuration and system setup!
6. You have to reboot MC and redo the Tx calibration after you change the RC system.
8. Make sure switch on the transmitter first, then power on multi-rotor before takeoff! Power off
9. No matter the gimbal control in assistant software is on or off during the configuration, please
note that there is output from F1 and F2 ports. Now you should not connect these ports to ESCs
10. Do NOT set the failed-safe position of throttle under 10% of endpoint.
11. Throttle stick position should always be higher than 10% from cut-throttle during the flight!
12. Low voltage protections are NOT fun! You should land your multi-rotor ASAP in any protection
13. By using Immediately mode to stop motors, in any control mode, once motors start and throttle
stick is over 10%, motors will stop immediately when throttle stick is back under 10% again. In
this case, if you push the throttle stick over 10% in 5 seconds after motors stop, motors will
re-start; Combination Stick Command (CSC) is no need. If you don’t push throttle stick after
14. By using Intelligent mode to stop motors, motors will start or stop immediately when you
execute CSC. During normal flight, only pull throttle stick under 10% will not stop motors in any
control mode. You have to execute CSC to re-start motors if they stop during the flight.
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15. Red light quick blinking indicates battery voltage is low, please land ASAP.
16. Do NOT move any command sticks during system start and self-check! Please contact us if the
17. GPS/Compass is sensitive to magnetic interference, should be far away from any electronic
devices.
18. Do not fly in GPS Mode when the signal is not good (red light blinks)!
19. GPS module is optional (Nonstandard). Users use GPS module should read contents about
GPS matching in indicators; users without GPS module can skip contents about GPS.
20. If users set GPS Atti. Mode in Control Mode Switch without connecting to GPS module, the M.C.
will switch GPS Atti. Mode into Atti. Mode automatically, and LED indicator is yellow blinks.
21. Once work in Fail-Safe Mode, with GPS the aircraft will auto flameout when landed; without GPS
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Assembly
R/C System VU
These are example connections. · Do not mount it on any other electronic devices. Make sure You can
Please setup Aileron, Elevator, see the LED light during the flight.
Throttle, Rudder channels on your Tx · If use with DJI multi-rotor, you can solder the VU power cable to power
f i r s t , a n d c h o o s e o n e 2 positions pads on frame bottom board. Please refer to DJI multi-rotor manual for
switch/channel (3 positions switch with details.
GPS) as control mode switch, then · If use with 3rd part multi-rotor, you can make a connecter by yourself to
connect your receiver to the right ports connect VU, ESCs and battery.
on MC. To Battery
ESCs, Motors
· Motors and ESCs in DJI multi-rotor kit are recommended.
2/3-position switch channel · Please make sure you are using the ESCs and motors recommended
R/C Receiver RUDD by the manufacturer of your multi rotor first. NAZA output is 400Hz
ELEV
(JR) AILE refresh frequency.
THRO · Connect all ESCs to MC by the motor numbering method introduced in
our Assistant software.
· If you use 3rd party ESCs, please make sure the ESCs travel midpoint is
1 at 1520us. DO NOT use 700us travel midpoint ESC, as it may lead
2 aircraft to fly away or cause injury and damage. After connect ESCs to
R/C Receiver
(Futaba / Hitec)
3
接电调 ESC motors, calibrate all your ESCs one by one through the receiver directly
4 M1-6
2/3-position switch channel
before connect them to your MC, Make sure program all of them into
Governor off, Break off and Normal Start up to get best experience.
接云台
Futaba S-Bus
S-Bus
F2
Roll
Aircraft Nose Pitch
F1
GPS/COMPASS
· GPS/Compass is sensitive to magnetic interference, should be far away from any MC
electronic devices. · Please use 3M gummed paper provided To mount MC, and mount MC parallel to
· You should use epoxy resin AB glue to assemble the GPS bracket first as the figure
the aircraft horizon.
showed in previous page.
Optional
· Mount the bracket on the center plate of craft first, then fix the GPS on the plate of the · The output ports of MC (the right side in figure) should point to the front of
bracket (by 3M glue provided). The GPS is sensitive to vibration interference, so multi-rotor. You’d better put MC at the gravity center of multi-rotor. Please
position the bracket at least 10 cm from any rotor. make sure all ports are accessible when installing the MC so as to facilitate
· The DJI logo marked on the GPS should face the sky, with the orientation arrow wiring and software configuration.
pointing directly forward. The GPS/Compass is packaged with a special indication line
· In three-pin ports, pins near the nicks are signal pins.
for mounting for the first time.
· If you are uncertain whether materials near the GPS/Compass module are magnetic · After choosing a location to mount the MC, it is recommended
or not, you can use a compass or magnet to check it. If you use your own mounting that you DO NOT mount the MC until all wirings and software configurations
rod, make sure it is NOT magnetic! are completed.
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Assistant Software
Software and Driver Installation
STEP1: Please download assistant software and driver from our website. Then decompress.
STEP4: Open folder DJI_USB_Driver, follow the Driver Installation Manual strictly to finish installation.
GUI
1 5 2 6 3 7 4 8 9
13 14 15 12 11 10
1 TOOL
Firmware upgrade: update your firmware from server, keep your autopilot system up-to-date.
Check for Updates: Check out the latest versions of assistant software and firmware. If necessary,
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you can follow the links displayed to find the download page.
2 ABOUT
Error Code
7 WRITE: Write data of the current page to your MC. The parameter or the title of which will turn red and
bold when modified, make sure you click the Write button or press Enter to update your system.
9 Graphic guidance
10 Text guidance
12 MC Output On Indicates there are outputs to ESCs; when communication is built up between MC and
assistant software via USB cable, MC Output Off appears, it indicates no output to motors, then you
14 Here you can find all the configuration contents in Configuration chapter
15 Configuration step.
Notices:
Please power the MC first, then connect your MC to a internet enabled computer by the USB cable
You have to register at the first time you use the assistant software.
It will auto detect software version when you open the assistant software and prompt Check for
Do not disconnect MC and PC when you are using the assistant software..
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Firmware Upgrade
Please strictly follow the procedure for firmware upgrade, otherwise autopilot might not work properly:
STEP2: Please close all the other applications during the firmware upgrade, including anti-virus
STEP3: Make sure the power supply is securely connected. DO NOT un-plug the power supply until
STEP4: Connect MC to PC with micro-USB cable, DO NOT break connection until firmware upgrade
is finished.
STEP7: Server will check your current firmware version, and get the latest firmware prepared for the
unit.
STEP8: If there is a firmware version more up-to-date than your current version, you will be able to
STEP10: Click OK and power cycle the unit after at least 5 seconds.
Notices:
After firmware upgrade, please re-configure by Assistant software.
If it is notified that the network or server is busy, please try again later with above procedures.
If firmware upgrade failed, MC will enter waiting for firmware upgrade status automatically, please
S/N is a 32 digits authorization code for unit function activations. We had already filled in the authorization
code for your unit after manufacture. You might be asking to fill in the new S/N in the future if you brought
new function upgrades. Fill-in the S/N and then click Write button. If you filled in an invalid S/N over 30 times,
your MC will be locked and you have to contact our customer support.
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Configuration
1 Mounting
Without GPS, please skip this step
the multi-rotor as you would normally, with the center of gravity (C.G.) directly on the center plate. Fill in the
distance between body center of GPS and the C.G. of multi-rotor in X, Y & Z axles as showed in the figure.
Make sure the MC ESC ports is pointing to the aircraft nose direction, otherwise serious damage will occur to
your aircraft.
When MC mounted, try your best to mount the MC at the center of the frame, and do not mount the MC
Notices:
1 Users with GPS module please mount GPS location.
2 Please follow the requirements to mount your Naza MC, so as to prevent the aircraft from abnormal,
such as drifting in horizontal direction, or even rollover.
3 You must re-configure if the ALL-UP-WEIGHT had been changed on your multi-rotor,
4 If GPS mounting locations are not accurate enough or the signs are wrong, error on X, Y,Z axles will
5 Make sure to follow the diagram in our assistant software: red is positive, green is negative; unit of
measure is CM, NOT INCH.
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2 Motor Mixer
Tips:
We support six types of multi-rotors. Refer to Multi-Rotors Supperted in Appendix:
Notices:
Do NOT follow instruction from 3rd party multi-rotor manufacturer! Make sure the rotation direction of
each motor is the same as the way up figure shows. If not, switch any of two wire connetcions of the
Make sure the type of propeller matches the rotation direction of the motor.
after motor start. There are five levels from LOW speed to HIGH speed, and the default is RECOMMEND.
You can click and drag cursor to the corresponding level, to change Motor Idle Speed.
The lower motor idle speed The higher motor idle speed
Set Motor Idle Speed as LOW, the motor idle speed will be lowest.
Set Motor Idle Speed as HIGH, the motor idle speed will be highest.
You can reset the Motor Idle Speed according to the real situation.
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Notices:
For user whose aircraft takes off at lowest throttles position, please set the idle speed at a low level.
For common users, please set Motor Idle Speed to RECOMMEND or above, since setting idle
Tips:
The output pulse width for every grade of Motor Idle Speed is as followed
There is relationship between the output pulse width and the max/min pulse width when TX End
Point is 100%.
You can get the proportion value by computing according to the above formula for a special TX. Use
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3 Tx Monitor
Notices: Make sure you have removed all propellers before this step!
Notices:
Please reboot MC and redo the calibration after you change the setup of your transmitter or change your
receiver!
Tips: Transmitter
Channels
MC
Channels
1 Start Motor: Pushing throttle stick before takeoff will not start motors. You have to execute any one of
Immediately Mode: By using this mode, in any control mode, once motors start and throttle stick
is over 10%, motors will stop immediately when throttle stick is back under 10% again. In this
case, if you push the throttle stick over 10% in 5 seconds after motors stop, motors will re-start,
CSC is no need. If you don’t push throttle stick after motors start in three seconds, motors will
stop automatically.
Intelligent Mode: By using this mode, different control mode has different way of stopping motors.
In Manual Mode, only executing CSC can stop motors. In Atti Mode or GPS Atti. Mode, any one
a) You don’t push throttle stick after motors start in three seconds;
b) Executing CSC;
d) The slope angle of multi-rotor is over 70°, and throttle stick under 10%.
In Atti. / GPS Atti. Mode, it has landing judgment, which will stop motors.
Start motors in Atti. / GPS Atti. Mode, you have to execute CSC and then push throttle stick over
During normal flight, only pull throttle stick under 10% will not stop motors in any control mode.
For safety reason, when the slope angle of multi-rotor is over 70°during the flight in Atti. / GPS Atti.
Mode (may be caused by collision, motor and ESC error or propeller broken down), and throttle
Notices:
1. All these two cut off types will work properly only if Tx calibration is correct.
2. When Tx commands are valid under any control modes, motors will start or stop immediately when
you execute CSC. It has nothing to do with current throttle stick position. Please DO NOT executes
3. If you choose Immediately mode, you should not pull throttle stick under 10% during flight, because
that will stop motors. If you do it accidentally, you should push the throttle stick over 10% in 5
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4. If you choose Intelligent mode, throttle stick under 10% will trigger landing judgment in any control
mode. In this judgment, pitch, roll and yaw controls are denied except throttle, but multi-rotor will still
auto level.
5. In any control mode, DO NOT pull throttle stick under 10% during normal flight without any reason.
to 0 on your transmitter first. Keep all curves’ settings as default since the end-point of transmitter
STEP2: Click START button, and move all of the sticks throughout
STEP3: After that, click FINISH button when you finished above procedures.
STEP4: If the moving direction of the slide is opposite to the Slides Moving Definition, click the reverse
Notices:
1. All slides should become when all the sticks are in the middle positions. If slides cannot go back
to center points (become ), just click FINISH, then slides will be at center automatically. If still not,
please reboot MC, and do not apply Tx command during the reboot.
2. CSC may not start motors If trims and sub-trims of sticks are not 0!
the right channel of receiver to U port of MC. At each switch position, use end-point fine tuning on your
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transmitter, move the slider of channel U to GPS (GPS Atti Mode), A (Atti. Mode), M (Manual Mode) to turn
Tips:
To move the slider is to adjust channel-selected end-points.
1 2 3
3 Position
Switch
Tx
Tx
Mode; Position-2 to Atti. Mode; Position-3 to GPS Atti. Mode;
For 2-positions switch, you can assign any two of these three control modes as you like.
If your transmitter supports Fail-Safe, then move the slider to the range which reads Fail-Safe Mode to turn
the area blue, set Fail-Safe output of receiver to input port-U. If you switch off your transmitter now, the U
channel slide should move to Fail-Safe and turn the corresponding area to blue. Otherwise please reset the
fail-safe. MC has built-in auto level Fail-Safe function. That means when the communication between MC and
transmitter is disconnected, the outputs of all command sticks from MC will go to center point. If your
transmitter has only 4 channels, then MC will work in Atti. Mode by default without Fail-Safe function.
Tips:
Please refer to your RC manual for the details of fail-safe setup.
With GPS, it is Enhanced Fail-Safe; without GPS, it is Auto Level Fail-Safe, and the aircraft will land.
Notices:
1. Do NOT set the fail-safe position of throttle under 10% of endpoint.
2. MC would not execute Fail-Safe protection if you don’t set it properly. You can verify the
Fail-Safe settings by shutting down your transmitter, and then you can use the following
Check status bar at the bottom side of the software interface. Control mode will change to Fail-Safe.
Check the LED indicator. Read the appendix in this manual for details. LED will give fast yellow blinking
if in fail-safe mode.
3. If your transmitter does not support Fail-Safe, the Fail-Safe function will not work when the
4. Do not use 4-channel Futaba transmitter with S-Bus receiver, otherwise MC will work in Fail-Safe
mode.
5. If users set GPS Atti. Mode in Control Mode Switch without connecting to GPS module, the M.C. will
switch GPS Atti. Mode into Atti. Mode automatically, and LED indicator is yellow blinks, that is,
6. Once work in Fail-Safe Mode, with GPS the aircraft will auto flameout when landed; without GPS the
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4 Autopilot
of different size, ESC, motor and propeller. If gain is too large, you will find the multi-rotor oscillating in the
corresponding direction (About 5~10Hz). If too small, the multi-rotor will likely to be hard to control. So you
can still setup the basic Gain of Pitch, Roll, Yaw and Vertical manually according to your multi-rotor to have a
wonderful fly experience. We suggest you to change 10% to 15% of the parameter at a time.
To the gains of Pitch and Roll, if you release the Pitch or Roll stick after command stick, multi-rotor should be
back to hovering state. If the reaction of multi-rotor in this procedure is too soft (large delay), please increase
the basic gain slowly (10%-15% each time) until vibration emerges after you release the stick. Then decrease
the gain a little until vibration just disappears. Now the gain is perfect, but the reaction of the attitude change
is slow. You can follow the way introduced at the end of this section to tune the attitude gains.
The way of tuning the Yaw gain is the same as the way of adjusting the Tail Gyro. If you want fast stick
reaction speed, increase the gain, otherwise decrease the gain. However, the spin of multi-rotor is produced
by the counter torque force, and the magnitude of which is limited. Therefore, large gain will not produce tail
vibration like helicopter, but severe reaction at the start or stop of motors, which will affect the stabilization of
You use two methods to judge if the Vertical gain is good enough: 1) The multi-rotor can lock the altitude
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when the throttle stick is at center position; 2) The change of altitude is small during the flight along a route.
You can increase the gain slowly (10% each time) until the vibration emerges along the vertical direction or
the reaction of throttle stick is too sensitive, then decrease 20% of the gain. Now it is a suitable Vertical gain.
Attitude gains determine the reaction speed of attitude from command stick, the bigger the value the quicker
the reaction. Increase it for sharper and quicker leveling action after command stick released. Unstable
shaking flying and the control feeling will be stiffness and rigid if the value is too high; and sluggish leveling
Notices:
You must upgrade firmware first, then click Default button in first setup parameter.
The final flight performance is decided by the autopilot parameters and all parts of multi-rotor
(includes mechanical structure, motors, ESCs, propellers and battery). If these parts are not
compatible, you cannot get good flight performance by adjusting the autopilot parameters.
Therefore, if you have high requirement to flight performance, you’d better get a multi-rotor with
Tips:
If you are a fresh player, you can tune the basic parameters first as following:
1 Increase the basic parameters 10% at a time so as to make your multi-rotor hover or light
2 Decrease the basic parameters until your multi-rotor can just hover, then decrease 10% more.
Here you can make use of remote gain-tuning channels to tune the gains during the flight:
1 Followed the instructions in Assembly R/C System section to connect and setup correctly;
2 Choose the X1 or X2 channel in Remote Adjust for the gain you want to tune. One channel to
one gain.
3 The range of remote tuning is from half current value to twice current value.
Usually the Pitch, Roll, Attitude Pitch and Attitude Roll Gains of hexa-rotor are high then quad-rotor.
following situations:
1) Signal lost between transmitter and receiver, e.g. multi-rotor is out of the communication range, or
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transmitter is down, and so on.
2) One or more connections of A, E, T, R, U channels between MC and receiver loses. If this happens
before take-off, motors will not work if you push the throttle stick; if this happens during the flight, LED
yellow light will flash to warn in addition to the failed-safe method. If Hovering failed-safe method is
Choose one method for your failed-safe function, Hovering or Go Home and Landing.
Go Home and Landing: Before takeoff, current position of multi-rotor will be saved as home point by MC
automatically when you push the throttle stick first time after 6 or more GPS satellites are found ( blinks
once or no blinking) 8 seconds.
Notices:
When switch to Manual Mode or Atti. Mode, MC will disengage enhanced failed-safe mode, you can re-gain
control of multi-rotor.
Tips:
The following schematic shown is introduction for Go-Home and Landing.
Home Location
Stay hover
If GPS satellite found >= 6 ,
at the first you pull the throttle stick, Signal lost
then record Home Location Tx Tx
Ground
1 Multi rotor 2 3
Current location higher than 20m
Ready to
Go-Home Go back first
Hover 15s ,
20m Current location lower than 20m Then land.
Signal lost > 3s
Tx Tx Tx
4 5 6
Orientation Control (IOC), wherever the nose points, the forward direction has nothing to do with nose
direction:
In course lock flying, the forward direction is the same as a recorded nose direction. See the following
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Usually In course lock
In home lock flying, the forward direction is the same as the direction from home point to multi-rotor.
In home lock
Usually Home point Home point
Before using this function, you have to choose a 2 or 3 positions switch on your transmitter as IOC switch.
Then wire the right channel of receiver to X2 port of MC. At each switch position, use end-point fine tuning on
your transmitter, move the slider of channel X2 to Home Lock, Course Lock, OFF to turn the corresponding
Tips:
1 2 3
3 Position
Switch
Position -1 is OFF; Position-2 is Course Lock. Or Position -1 is OFF; Position-2 is Home Lock.
If you use S-Bus receiver, the default channel connection is shown in Tx Monitor – Receiver Type
section. Then you only need to assign a 2 or 3-position switch of your transmitter to the 5th channel.
Notices:
Do NOT set a 2-position switch as: Position-1 is Course Lock; Position-2 is Home Lock.
STEP1: Record forward direction: There are two ways: Manually; Automatically:
a) Automatically: MC will record the current nose direction as forward direction at 30 th second
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after you power on the multi-rotor. And LED will blink quickly if recording is successful.
b) Manually: You can slide X2 channel switch between OFF and Course Lock position quickly 3
to 5 times to record current nose direction as new forward direction at any time after you
power on multi-rotor 30 seconds. And LED will blink quickly if recording is successful.
STEP2: Open course lock: After record the forward direction successfully, if MC is in Atti. or GPS
Atti. Mode, then you can slide X2 channel switch to Course Lock position to fly in course lock. Now
wherever the nose points, the real flight forward direction is the same as the recorded forward
direction, and LED will blink slowly to indicate the IOC mode.
STEP3: Close course lock: There are two ways:
a) Slide X2 channel switch to OFF position to quit course lock; (Recommended way!)
b) Slide U channel switch to Manual Mode position, or close transmitter, or fly in waypoint mode.
STEP4: Re-open course lock: If you want to re-open course lock after you quit this function, you
should first slide X2 channel switch to OFF position, and slide U channel switch to Atti. or GPS Atti.
mode position, then slide X2 channel switch to Course Lock position to re-open course lock.
STEP1: Record home point: The home point mentioned here is the same home point of enhanced
a) Automatically: Before takeoff, current position of multi-rotor will be saved as home point by
MC automatically when you push the throttle stick first time after 6 or more GPS satellites
b) Manually: When 6 or more GPS satellites are found ( blinks once or no blinking), you can
slide X2 channel switch between (to a 3-position switch) Course Lock and Home Lock or (to
a 2-position switch) OFF and Home Lock position quickly 3 to 5 times to record current
position of multi-rotor as new home point. And LED will blink quickly if recording is
successful.
STEP2: Open home lock: Slide X2 channel switch to Home Lock position to fly in home lock when all
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the following requirements are met:
Now wherever the nose points, the real flight forward direction is the same as the direction from
home point to multi-rotor, and LED will blink slowly to indicate the IOC mode of MC.
STEP3: Close home lock: There are three ways:
a) Slide X2 channel switch to OFF position to quit home lock; (Recommended way!)
b) Slide U channel switch to Manual Mode position, or close transmitter, or fly in waypoint mode.
c) MC will be in course lock by current forward direction automatically when multi-rotor flies back
STEP4: Re-open home lock: If you want to re-open home lock after you quit this function, you should
first slide X2 channel switch to OFF position. When all 4 requirements in the 3rd step are met, slide
Tips:
1 LED will blink slowly to indicate the IOC mode only when MC is really fly in course lock or
home lock.
2 We suggest that you should know clearly that, by which lock method you are going to fly, and the
locked forward direction or home point, before you switch on IOC mode during the flight.
3 There is only one home point recorded at any time. This point is the same one used by Go-Home
and Landing fail-safe.
4 When flying by home lock, if GPS signal becomes weak, MC will be in course lock by current
forward direction automatically.
5 You’d better stand near the home point to use home lick.
6 You’d better use 3-position switch for X2 channel, and you’d better use X2 channel switch to open
and close IOC during the flight.
Notices:
1 Before home lock flight, you’d better fly the multi-rotor out of the 10m range around home point, then
slide X2 channel switch to Home Lock position to fly in home lock when all the requirements are
met. If you have already slide X2 channel switch to Home Lock position when the multi-rotor is still
in 10m range around home point, and this is the first time you are going to fly in home lock during
the current flight, then if all the requirements are met, MC will change into home lock automatically
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when multi-rotor flies out the 10m range around home point.
2 When multi-rotor is flying by home lock far away from you and home point, please do not slide X2
channel switch many times quickly so as to avoid the change of home point without your attention.
3 By using a 3-position switch, if you want to record forward direction or home point manually, do not
slide X2 channel switch between OFF and Home Lock position, but only between OFF and Course
Lock, or Course Lock and Home Lock position. And please record the forward direction and home
4 When you are flying in home lock, if the multi-rotor is back into the 10m range around home point, or
you switch into Atti. Mode, MC will fly in course lock by current forward direction automatically. But
this forward direction is NOT the recorded forward direction. If you open the course lock now, MC
5 We suggest you to use Home Lock in a limited area which is 10m away from home point.
6 Continuously spinning will cumulate yaw error. In this case, you can stop or slow down the spinning,
so as to have better flight performance.
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5 Gimbal
Notices:
If you open the gimbal control in assistant software during the configuration, please note that there are
outputs from F1 and F2 ports. Now you should not connect these ports to ESCs which is wired with
MAX/MIN are servo travel limits; adjust them to avoid mechanical binding; Place your multi-rotor on level
ground, adjust Center value of Pitch and Roll direction to make the camera mounting frame to your desired
angle-to-ground.
Adjust the reaction angle of automatic control. The initial value 100 is full angle. The bigger the gain, the
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bigger the reaction angle. Click REV/NORM, and then you can reverse the feedback control directions.
You should assign one of the knobs on your transmitter to X1 channel for controlling the Pitch direction (angle)
of camera gimbal during flight first. Then adjust the reaction speed of pitch direction manual control; the initial
Notices:
If parameter adjustment was enabled on channel X1, the gimbal manual control via channel X1 will still be
on as well.
Do not use X1 to control gimbal pitch and remote adjust parameters at the same time.
Please reset the Basic Parameters in Autopilot section if there is flight jitter after gimbal mounted.
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6 Voltage Monitoring
two levels of low voltage protection had been designed. You can choose to or not to use them, however we
Notices:
Make sure the connection between VU and MC (V-SEN to X3) is correct; otherwise the low voltage
All two levels of protection have LED warning as default. All two levels of protection will blink red
light ceaselessly.
All two level protections will only have LED warning under Manual Mode, no any automatic actions.
Low voltage protections are NOT fun! You should land your multi-rotor ASAP in any level of
STEP2: Battery
Power the MC by a battery and connect the MC with PC, current battery voltage
different from the voltage you measure from a voltmeter, you have to
calibrate. Click the Calibration, fill the voltage you have just measured in
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the Calibration column of the dialogue box, and then click Confirm.
Meanwhile we need you to choose the battery type you are using, so that MC can provide default warning
Loss (Line Loss Voltage): The battery voltage drop during the flight. Needs your input.
Loaded (Loaded Voltage): The real-time battery voltage during the flight. This is the actual warning
voltage monitored by MC. No needs your input, calculated by No Load and Loss.
Tips:
Voltages Magnitude Relation:
1 Make sure you can fly your multi-rotor normally with a fully charged battery.
2 Use a fully charged battery, switch on the low voltage protections in assistant software, and observe
the current voltage. Fill a reasonable warning voltage in the No Load of first protection (We
recommend to fill a voltage 1V lower than current voltage and higher than minimum battery voltage
3 Fly the multi-rotor until the first level protection is triggered, and the red light is flashing. Now land
4 Connect the MC to PC, open the assistant and acquire new current voltage. The Loss (Line loss
voltage) is the difference between the new current voltage and the first level No Load voltage you
filled in.
Notices:
If the line loss voltage of a battery is over 0.3V per cell (e.g. 3S battery over 0.9V), it’s because the
internal resistance of battery is high or the battery is too old, we suggest you to replace it!
Generally the line loss voltage of different battery is different. For the consideration of safety, you’d
better acquire all the line loss voltages of all your battery you are using, and fill the lowest one in the
Loss.
When you change the payload or multi-rotor, you have to get new line loss voltage.
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The line loss voltage will be bigger after many times use, you should get new one after 30 times
charging.
Make sure your ESCs protection voltage is lower than 3.1V (1S), otherwise low voltage protection will not
work.
Acquire the line loss voltage by the method introduced before first, and fill it in Loss. Then fill a reasonable
Notices:
When red light starts to blink, you should land ASAP!
previous step.
2 When the second level protection is triggered, LED warning will be on. Meanwhile the center point of
throttle stick will move up slowly to 90% of endpoint, you should land ASAP to prevent your multi-rotor
3 When the center point is at 90% of endpoint, multi-rotor will still ascend slowly if you continue to pull the
throttle stick, and the control of Pitch, Roll and Yaw are the same as before. Please land ASAP to
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Flight
Digital Compass Calibration
Without GPS, please skip this step
earth magnetic for digital compass, it also reduces the accuracy of the multi-rotor control, or even reads
incorrect heading. Calibration will eliminate such influences, and ensure MC system performs well in a
When to do it?
The first time you install Naza on your multi-rotor.
b) If electronic devices are added/removed/ re-positioned (Main Controller, servos, batteries, etc).
If the flight direction appears to be shifting (meaning the multi-rotor doesn’t “fly straight”).
The LED indicator often indicates abnormality blinking when the multi-rotor yaws. (It is normal for this to
Notices:
Don’t calibrate your compass where there is strong magnetic interference, such as magnetite, car
DO NOT carry ferromagnetic materials with you during calibration, such as keys or cell phones.
You don’t need to rotate your multi-rotor on a precise horizontal or vertical surface, but keep at least
Calibration procedure
STEP1: Enter calibration mode: quickly slide the control mode switch from Position-1 to Position-3 for
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light is on constantly, then go to the next step;
STEP3: Calibration in vertical: while green light is constantly on, hold your multi-rotor vertically and
rotate it along with its vertical axis, keep rotating until the green light is off, meaning the
calibration is finished.
STEP4: After you finished the calibration, LED indicator will show whether the calibration was
successful or not:
If red light keeps blinking quickly, the calibration has failed. Slide the control mode switch
one time to cancel current calibration, and then re-start from step 1 for re-calibration.
Tips:
If you keep having calibration failure, it might suggest that there is very strong magnetic interference
around the GPS & Compass module, please avoid flying in this area.
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Fly test
Before First Flight
Notices:
Make sure you have assembled your multi-rotor correctly.
Any of the following mistakes will leads to dangerous accident, double check all these items:
MC installation mistake
In Atti Mode, throttle stick center position is for 0m/s along the vertical direction. You’d better keep
throttle stick position higher than 10% from cut-throttle during the flight!
Make sure switch on the transmitter first, then power on multi-rotor! (Power off multi-rotor first, then
Please do the test fly and gain tuning with Atti. Mode in the open air without heavy wind!
In Atti Mode, after power on and before motors start, if or double blinks without move any
stick, that means, you have moved any stick during system start up and check. Now you should
reboot MC.
Test Fly
STEP1: Make sure your batteries are fully charged for your transmitter, MC and all the devices on your
multi-rotor;
STEP2: Check all connections and wirings, and make sure they are in good condition;
STEP4: Slide the control mode switch on your transmitter, and make sure it is working properly. Check
it with LED indicator to specify the current working mode for MC. See Appendix for details about
LED indicator;
STEP5: Switch the system to Atti. Mode. Use any safe method to do the following test: Apply the
throttle to 20% slowly and make sure all the motors are working, and then try to push your sticks
lightly in Roll, Pitch and Yaw to feel if your multi-rotor moves to the corresponding direction. If not, go
STEP6: Push the throttle stick slowly in 3 seconds after executing CSC until all the rotors are working,
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and then take-off your multi-rotor gently
Tips:
After a successful test fly, the preparation before taking off can be simplified: Put your multi-rotor on the
plane ground, turn on the transmitter first, power on multi-rotor, then you can take off in Atti. Mode.
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Fly with GPS
Without GPS, please skip this step
Make sure the GPS signal is good, without red LED blinking. Otherwise multi-rotor will drift without
stick commands.
Please avoid using MC system in the following areas, where will GPS signal is most likely blocked:
Tunnels
Under bridges
Tips:
Should you find the multi-rotor does not track straight in forward flight, you might try re-mounting GPS in an
offsetting angle as showed in right figure. Θ in the figure is the offsetting angle.
ion
ght direct
Actual fli
θ
Objective flight direction
GPS mounting direction
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Appendix
Multi-Rotors Supported
To coaxial propellers: Blue propeller is at Top; Red propeller is at Bottom. Otherwise all propellers are at top.
M1
M2 M1
M2 M4
M3 M4
M3 Quad-rotor I Quad-rotor X
M1
M2 M1
M2 M6
M3
M1 M6
M3 M5
M4 M5
M4
Hexa-rotor I Hexa-rotor V
Hexa-rotor IY Hexa-rotor Y
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Port Description
Main Controller
A For roll control (left/right)
E For pitch control (front/back)
T For throttle control
R For rudder control
U For Control Mode Switch
X1 For gimbal pitch control Or for gain tuning
X2 For D-Bus (S-Bus compatible) Or for gain tuning Or for IOC switch
X3 For voltage monitor (Connect with VU V-SEN port)
M1 To #1 rotor
M2 To #2 rotor
M3 To #3 rotor
M4 To #4 rotor
M5 To #5 rotor
M6 To #6 rotor
F1 To gimbal roll servo
F2 To gimbal pitch servo
LED
LED port, for LED wire connection from Versatile Unit
EXP.
GPS port, for GPS module wire connection.
(In three-pin ports, pins near the nicks are signal pins.)
Versatile Unit
V-SEN V-SEN port: To MC X3 port, for monitoring battery voltage and supplying power
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Light Description
Control Mode (GPS)
Manual Atti. GPS Atti. IOC
GPS Good No
Control Mode
Manual No
Atti.
When appears, please hover the aircraft until disappears, so as to have better flight performance.
After motors start and throttle stick is over 10% in 3 seconds: Single blink, all sticks return to center;
Before motors start: blink, all sticks (except throttle stick) return to center; blink,
stick(s) (except throttle stick) not at center.
After motors start and throttle stick is over 10% in 3 seconds: blink, all sticks return to
center; blink, stick(s) not at center.
Compass Calibration
Begin horizontal calibration
Others
Tx signal lost
Connect to PC correctly
Do NOT move any command sticks during this procedure! Please contact us if the last four green blinks
are abnormal.
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Specifications
General
Built-In Functions Three Modes Autopilot
Peripheral
Supported Multi-rotor Quad-rotor I4, X4;
Normal: 0.6W(0.12A@5V)
GPS:21.3g
VU: 20g
Horizontal: ± 2.5m
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