Powerbox-Systems Sparkswitch Pro

Powerbox-Systems Sparkswitch Pro

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Been using this little box for a year or so now in my red Laser, and it is a big step up from the standard Sparkswitch!

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hi everyone and welcome back to another episode of cool tech tips and tutorials today’s episode is going to be dedicated to a tutorial about the new spark switch pro so let’s get straight in there [Music] let’s start from the beginning power box brought out their spark switch as an electronic on/off switch which most of us have all been using for years on all of our petrol powered models to make sure that the ignition stays off when the model is turned off and it allows us to turn the ignition on or off from the radio very easily and very safely the original version would only regulate to five point nine volts they then brought out a seven point four version and a 12 volt version having to buy the right version depending on what voltage output you wanted lately they just came out with the new spark switch Pro which allows you to regulate either to five point nine volts or unregulated so whatever power goes in is the power that comes out but the spark to it Pro goes way beyond that it adds in an extra layer of telemetry that we didn’t have before it allows you to see the temperature of your engine the RPM and a lot of information in the background like the current consumption the power input the power output etc all of this comes as standard in the box so that he comes with the sensor for the temperature and you can pull the RPM directly out of the tacho port on most engine ignitions or if your ignition doesn’t have a tacho output you can simply use the power box systems rpm sensor which wraps around your ignition wire and detects the RPM via the sparking of the spark plugs if using the power box core radio you can also setup everything directly from the radio it does however still work with any other brand of radio including all of those telemetry features the only difference being that you’ll need to set it up either via a computer with the USB wire or via a mobile device and their Bluetooth adapter the blue con option a using a power box core radio if using a power box core radio no action is required straight out of the box it’s already prepared and ready to go all you need to do is install it in the model and turn it on once connected up and turned on we can create the widget which will allow us to see all the telemetry information so we create a new sensor it automatically detects the spark switch Pro and all of different information that we have available to us so let’s say we want to see the status because that’s the easiest one for us to check here on the bench as soon as you create a widget for the spark switch pro you also have these other options that become available such as the alarm which you can set to go off if say the temperature goes above a certain point and the menu where you can choose which channel you want the spark switch pro to listen to if you’re using the bus system what happens here is you can either input the signal for on or off from a single lead through a single channel in which case there’s no questions however if you decide to go via the bus system the p2 bus then it’s receiving all the channels from the receiver and it needs to know which one to listen to so in the menu we can set whether we want it to be listening to channel 12 which is the one it listens to straight out of the box or any other channel in our range now hit OK and we now have a widget showing us the information for our spark switch pro on and off we then create as many widgets as we want to see as much information as we want voltage current capacity rpm temperature course status easy option be using any radio other than the power box core so we’ll need to connect the spark switch pro either to a computer or a mobile device using the blue cone so I’m going to fire up the mobile terminal on my phone allow it to check for updates and open up accessories where we’ll find the spark switch Pro give it a second just so you can find the blue come and try again open sparks which probe now just follow the instructions on the screen and wait for a few seconds whilst it connects and retrieves all the information on the spark switch pro at the top of the page we can see the telemetry system for which the power box spark switch Pro is outputting information so we need to select which device it is that we’re going to be using so p2 bus is the power box core radio s bus to would be if we’re using Futaba we have hot for ground now jet e/m link for multiplex and jr. we then need to choose how we’re going to get the on-off signal from our receiver to the spikes which Pro this can either be via PWM which is where we just take one lead which has one channels information on it and plug it into the spark switch pro or if we’re going to take out the bus flip or if we’re going to take out the bus line from the receiver in which case we need to tell the spark switch Pro which of all the channels that is receiving does it need to listen to now as standard it comes set to channel 12 however we can adjust that however we want up or down for whatever charities that we want to use to control that on or off switch and finally at the bottom of the page we can select the output voltage that we want coming out of our spark switch Pro when it’s on we can choose between five point nine volts regulated or regulator off which is where the sparks which Pro is open and whatever power goes in one side will come directly out of the other be that five point nine seven point four eleven one or anything in between from whatever power input that we have connected to it at the time at the top of the page we also have an update button which will allow us to update our spark switch pro to the latest version of software if there are any further versions beyond the one that we have already once we finished just back out of that unplug everything and we’re good to go basic installation in the model is very simple and is identical to how the original sparks which was installed so you have a power input with a power output an LED which indicates whether the electronic switch is on or off and one signal lead which is to control whether you want it on or off the difference with the sparks which Pro of course is that it has a couple extra leaves going into it for all of those telemetry features for the temperature all you need to do is connect it into the telemetry port for the temperature and you also need to connect to the receiver one extra wire for the actual telemetry depending on how your receiver works it may actually not even need that second wire as it may be able to do everything by a bus as is the case if using the power box radio in which case both the signal for on or off and the telemetry information going back all go via the same wire installing the temperature probe is actually really simple it comes included in the box and all you need to do is drill a small hole on to the last cooling fin of your cylinder screw it into place and attach it to the spark switch Pro as far as the RPM that’s also very simple all you need to do is connect via a whi lead the output to the engine and the input from the RPM into the same socket here for the output both of those will then get mixed in here and sent back to your receiver via that telemetry wire depending on which radio you’re using you may need to take additional steps to correctly register the sensor of for the telemetry to the radio in the case of the powerbot score however no action is required as soon as you turn the radio and the model on the radio will automatically detect the sensors and it’s just a case of displaying them on the screen so you can see the information that you are actually interested in once it’s all installed it’s just a case of turning it on starting the engine checking all the information and then the really fun part when we actually get to go fly and there you have it a really great evolution of the original spark switch now including a load of telemetry in the new spark switch Pro both versions are of course still available being able to choose whether you want the simple on/off switch or the on/off with telemetry version for your next model I really hope you found this video tutorial helpful if you have any questions please make sure to leave them in the comments below and I’ll get straight back to you leave us a like subscribe to the channel if you aren’t already and thanks for watching I’ll see you all in the next one I’m Martin Pickering and I really hope you’ve enjoyed this video make sure to come back every Tuesday for a new episode of cool tech tips and tutorials and on Sundays for flying videos and event coverage or hit that subscribe button and the bell that’s next to it in order to receive a reminder when the next video is uploaded thanks for watching and I’ll see you all in the next one you
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