SIYI FT24 User manual

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FT24 RADIO SYSTEM
USER MANUAL
V1.1
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Thank you for purchasing SIYI Technology’s products.
FT24 is based on SIYI Tech’s industry-level radio-link technology, accumulated for years.
SIYI’s R&D team devoted themselves to making cool new features in FT24 remote controller
specially for RC hobbyists, such as, super long transmission distance, fast and stable
response, and highly explorable. With diverse model settings, advanced wireless
communicating and interactive functions, FT24 users will have an unprecedented
experience of manipulating their model craft and having fun.
To maintain a safe and orderly public space and to ensure you a good using experience of
FT24 Radio System, please read this manual carefully. If you have any issues using the
product, please consult the manual or check online pages of FT24 on SIYI official website
(http://en.siyi.biz/). You can also send an email to SIYI official A/S center ([email protected]).
SIYI User Group - Facebook
SIYI YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0vdyQDSRr3fiCffNKnYimA)
SIYI Official Aliexpress Store (https://www.aliexpress.com/store/911142095?spm=a2g0o.sto
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CONTENT
1 READ TIPS...............................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Icons ...................................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Safety..................................................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Batteries..............................................................................................................................................................3
1.4 SD Card ..............................................................................................................................................................4
1.6 Storage/Carrying/Recycling ...............................................................................................................................5
2 INTRODUCTIONS...................................................................................................................................................6
2.1 Features...............................................................................................................................................................6
2.2 Parts..................................................................................................................................................................11
2.2.1 At a Glance................................................................................................................................................11
2.2.2 Interface and Tuner Ports...........................................................................................................................12
2.2.3 Buttons and Switches.................................................................................................................................14
2.2.4 Digital Trim...............................................................................................................................................15
2.3 Technical Specification ....................................................................................................................................16
2.4 LED Indicator...................................................................................................................................................17
2.5 Packing List......................................................................................................................................................18
3 GET READY TO USE FT24..................................................................................................................................20
3.1 How to Place Transmitter Antenna Right.........................................................................................................20
3.2 How to Bind FT24 Transmitter with FR / FR Mini Receivers.........................................................................20
3.3 Throttle Joystick Type......................................................................................................................................22
3.4 Battery / Power Supply.....................................................................................................................................23
4 MAIN MENUS........................................................................................................................................................25
5 MODEL SETTINGS...............................................................................................................................................27
5.1 Channel Monitor...............................................................................................................................................30
5.2 Model Select.....................................................................................................................................................30
5.2.1 Select a Model...........................................................................................................................................30
5.2.2 Rename a Model........................................................................................................................................31
5.2.3 Copy a Model............................................................................................................................................33
5.2.4 Reset all Models ........................................................................................................................................34
5.3 Model Type.......................................................................................................................................................35
5.3.1 Steps to Select a Model Type ....................................................................................................................35

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5.4 End Point..........................................................................................................................................................36
5.5 Channel Mapping .............................................................................................................................................38
5.6 Channel Reverse...............................................................................................................................................40
5.7 Sub-Trim...........................................................................................................................................................41
5.8 Trim Setting......................................................................................................................................................42
5.9 Fail Safe............................................................................................................................................................44
5.10 ProgMix (Programming and Mixing).............................................................................................................45
5.11 Trainer Mode (Master-Slave).........................................................................................................................47
5.11.1 Steps Through Trainer Cable...................................................................................................................48
5.11.2 Steps of Wireless Trainer.........................................................................................................................49
5.12 Throttle Cut.....................................................................................................................................................51
5.13 Throttle Hold..................................................................................................................................................52
5.14-5.15 Throttle Curve / Pitch Curve..................................................................................................................53
5.16 Servo Speed....................................................................................................................................................55
5.17 D/R EXP.........................................................................................................................................................56
5.18 Idle Down.......................................................................................................................................................57
5.19 Timer ..............................................................................................................................................................58
5.20 Low-Voltage Alert..........................................................................................................................................59
5.21 Multi-Drone Control.......................................................................................................................................60
5.22 RC Relay.........................................................................................................................................................62
6 SYSTEM SETTINGS..............................................................................................................................................63
6.1 General Settings................................................................................................................................................65
6.2 Display..............................................................................................................................................................66
6.3 External Ports ...................................................................................................................................................67
6.4 Joystick Calibrating..........................................................................................................................................68
6.5 Knob Calibration ..............................................................................................................................................70
6.6 Export/Import Setting Data ..............................................................................................................................72
6.7 ESC Cali...........................................................................................................................................................74
6.8 Custom Voice...................................................................................................................................................75
7 RECEIVER SETTINGS..........................................................................................................................................78
7.1 General Settings................................................................................................................................................79
7.2 Advanced Settings............................................................................................................................................80

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7.3 Link Status........................................................................................................................................................81
6.4 Voltage Calibration...........................................................................................................................................82
6.5 PWM Settings...................................................................................................................................................84
8 EXPAND SETTINGS.............................................................................................................................................86
8.1 Bluetooth ..........................................................................................................................................................87
8.2 External (Radio) Module..................................................................................................................................88
8.2.1 PPM / S.BUS Mode...................................................................................................................................88
....................................................................................................................................................................................89
8.2.2 R9M AST Mode........................................................................................................................................89
9 Firmware and Voice Upgrading..............................................................................................................................90
9.1 USB Firmware Upgrading................................................................................................................................90
9.2 OTA Firmware Upgrading ...............................................................................................................................92
9.2.1 Receiver and transmitter are bond.............................................................................................................92
....................................................................................................................................................................................92
9.2.2 Receiver and transmitter are not bond.......................................................................................................93
10 After-sale Service..................................................................................................................................................94
10.1 To-be-repair Procedure...................................................................................................................................94
10.2 After-sale Policy.............................................................................................................................................94
10.2.1 7-Day Return & Refund...........................................................................................................................94
10.2.2 15-Day Replacement ...............................................................................................................................96
10.2.3 1-Year Warranty Repair ..........................................................................................................................97

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1 READ TIPS
1.1 Icons
Please pay more attention to content indicated with the following marks:
DANGER Dangerous manipulation that probably leads to human injuries.
WARNING Warnings on manipulation that possibly leads to human injuries.
CAUTION Cautions on what manipulation may lead to property loss.
Prohibited Mandatory Mark
1.2 Safety
FT24 Radio System is designed for hobbyists, users who approaches to the device
should have at least the basic knowledge to operate it. Irregular or irresponsible
manipulations to the device may cause damage, property loss, or human injuries.
Users under 14 years’ old should follow an experienced trainer’s guide.
Disassembling or modification to the system is prohibited without permission from
its manufacturer, SIYI Technology.

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To maintain a safe and orderly public space and to ensure you a good using
experience of SIYI’s products, please read the prohibited and mandatory terms
carefully.
Do not use any SIYI radio system to operate your aircraft/vehicle/model at places with
intensive crowd (a square, a park), or at places with many obstructions (a street, a parking
lot), or in fields with strong magnetic or interference (an electricity plant, a radar station,
railways), or in any other fields where an irregular flight/operation may cause property loss
or human injuries.
Do not hold or cover transmitter antenna or obstruct its transmission by any means in
a flight or an operation.
Never point your transmitter antenna’s upper ends straightly to your aircraft/vehicle
while it is working, they are the weakest parts for transmission.
Do not start your aircraft/vehicle/model when you are tired, drunk, in sickness or any
circumstances you are not feeling good.
Do not fly an aircraft/model when it is rainy, windy or at night.
Do not power off the transmitter while your aircraft’s/vehicle’s/model’s engines and
motors are still working.
Please always try to operate your aircraft/vehicle/model within sight range.
Do not forget to check battery level of the transmitter and the receiver before starting
your aircraft/vehicle/model.

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Always power off your aircraft/vehicle/model first, FT24 transmitter the second.
Before changing any settings on the transmitter, make sure your
aircraft’s/vehicle’s/model’s engines are powered off and their motor wires are off connection,
in case of a sudden switch-on.
When you start your aircraft/vehicle for the first time, make sure that the fail-safe
settings in your transmitter is activated.
Always switch on the transmitter first and hold the throttle joystick at its bottom
position, then power on your aircraft/vehicle/model.
1.3 Batteries
FT24 transmitter is powered by external batteries. Please do read the
precautions below before selecting your battery models.
The transmitter Micro-USB port does not support charging.
Make sure that the battery power, voltage, and volume are compatible with FT24
transmitter’s requirement:
2 x 18650 Li-on Batteries
or
1 x 2S LiPo Battery (XH 2.54 3-pin Port)
Stop using the battery immediately if you found it smoking, overheat, or expanded.
Stop using the transmitter immediately if there was a peculiar smell, smokes, or leaks.
In such cases you shall sent the transmitter back to your dealer for after-sales service.

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Do not use SIYI radio system when temperature is high, or battery temperature is over
60℃.
DANGER
Keep SIYI radio system and its parts away from any places that babies or kids may reach
easily.
The batteries should be taken out of transmitter for careful and safe storage if you are going
to stop using the transmitter for more than 3 days.
1.4 SD Card
Do not disassemble, bend, press, abandon or damage SD card by any means.
Stop using the SD card if you find it soaked by water, oil or any other chemical liquid.
CAUTION
A SD card is also an electronic product, keep it away from static electricity.
Keep the Micro-SD card slot clean in case of blocking by sand or dirt.
Keep the SD card in slot while you are downloading or uploading data; taking out it
mistakenly, hitting it or shattering it may cause damage or data loss.
Keep the SD card away from places that a baby or a kid may reach in case that it was
swallowed mistakenly by the baby/kid.

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1.6 Storage/Carrying/Recycling
CAUTION
Always place your SIYI radio system and its parts at places where babies or kids do not
reach.
DANGER
SIYI radio system should be placed as below:
Not too hot (above 60℃) or too cold (under -20℃);
Not under direct sunshine or too dusty or too wet;
Not on an unstable holder which lacks of solid supports or may cause vibration;
Not nearby steam or other heat sources.

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2 INTRODUCTIONS
2.1 Features
15KM Over-the-horizon Control
Applied with lately developed technologies, such as super long distance, self-
adaptive bandwidth, interference avoidance frequency hopping, and two-way
telemetry, equipped with industry-level RF hardware which is capable to counter
high power electromagnetic interference, FT24 remote controller’s maximum
control distance can reach up to 15 kilometers, which can effectively guarantee
the low-altitude manipulating stability crossing among trees, through racing
panels, in garage and other concrete buildings with many obstacles, shelters, and
heavy interference.
Free to Explore
Extendable functions and reserved interface to peripheral devices support more
possibility. FT24 users can add Bluetooth, Datalink, Digital FPV, and external
multi-protocol high frequency tuner to the remote controller according to their
requirement for upgrading functional playability.
Wireless Communication and Interactivity
Farewell to traditional wired communication and interactivity, all made for
efficiency and convenience, SIYI‘ s team made their effort to put a great many of

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advanced wireless functions into FT24 remote control system to promote user
experience, such as, wireless binding, receiver OTA wireless upgrading and
configuring. Besides, there are also wireless master-slave, wireless data copy,
multi-model control, and RC relay, etc.
Multi-language Customizable Voice Broadcasting
FT24 remote controller comes with built-in voice file, which real-time broadcasting
in multi-language of key information, such as, RSSI signal quality, low voltage,
manipulating settings, and system status, etc. FT24 users have access to
personalize voices of powering-on/off, toggling switches, and data telemetry, so
that they can master their model craft well without checking the monitor. All these
can be done through TF memory card.
Receiver OTA Wireless Upgrading
The way of upgrading receiver firmware wirelessly let users get rid of complex
wire connection.
Data Telemetry
Data Telemetry of RSSI signal quality, model power battery voltage, and receiver
power supply voltage will improve the safety level while users are manipulating
their model craft. Besides, FT24 also support data telemetry display and voice

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broadcasting of flight controller information based on Mavlink protocol and sensor
information.
PC Software for Configuring and Upgrading
A professional PC software for basic functional configuring and firmware
upgrading. Through the software, users can also export FT24 remote controller
setting data to a TF card as a configuring file, which can be batch-imported to
many remote controllers. Fast and easy to share your model settings to more
users.
Multi-model Control
One remote controller to control multiple models simultaneously, switching easily
between single and multiple control.
RC Relay
Two or more remote controllers to relay control one model aircraft for flying over
very long distance. Through coordination of two or more users, FT24 breaks the
limit distance of single remote control.
USB Simulator

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FT24 remote controller comes with built-in simulator driver. Use a USB cable and
connect remote controller to PC, then open the simulator software, users can start
flying in the simulator immediately.
Diverse Model Settings
For Fixed-wings, Helicopters, Gliders, Multi-rotors, Cars, Boats,
Robotics
Powerful programmable mix-control, various customized mix-control, and curve-
control settings.
Fast to adjust complex curve settings through adjustable ratio, throttle curve and
pitch curve editing.
Data copy in TF card, easy to share your model settings.
Master-slave function with full protection makes it simple and safe for experienced
model users to teach the less-experienced ones in person. The master remote
controller can take control of the slave remote controller through one switch.
FR Receiver
Model power battery voltage and receiver power supply voltage real-time
telemetry.
Add a Bluetooth module to the transmitter and connect the receiver to flight
controller serial port, FT24 remote control system will be able to receive and
analyze flight information telemetry based on Mavlink protocol.

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Multiple signal output modes: 16CH S.Bus, 8CH PWM, 8CH PPM.
Firmware upgrading through PC USB port and OTA wireless upgrading from FT24
remote controller.
FR Mini Receiver
Model power battery voltage and receiver power supply voltage real-time
telemetry.
Add a Bluetooth module to the transmitter and connect the receiver to flight
controller serial port, FT24 remote control system will be able to receive and
analyze flight information telemetry based on Mavlink protocol.
Multiple signal output modes: 16CH S.Bus, 8CH PWM.
OTA wireless firmware upgrading from FT24 remote controller.

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2.2 Parts
2.2.1 At a Glance
Mark: Press and hold the power button three seconds to switch on FT24 transmitter.

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2.2.2 Interface and Tuner Ports
Bottom Shell
Port Function
SD Card Slot: Insert your SD card to read and storage files.
Micro-USB: Firmware upgrading

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Back Shell
Port Function
Audio Port: Trainer and simulator
GH1.25MM 8-pin Connector: Reserved serial port
2.54MM 5-pin Connector: High-frequency tuner

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2.2.3 Buttons and Switches
FT24 transmitter has 14 channels in total. Each channel is controlled by a joystick,
a switch, or a button, some of them are mixed mapped to trim switches. Please
refer to the form below for the default channel definitions from channel 1 to 14.
Channel
No.
Joysticks /
Buttons / Switches
Default Definition:
Mode 2
Mixed-Control Buttons /
Switches
1
Joystick J1
Aileron
Trim Switch T1
2
Joystick J2
Elevator
Trim Switch T2
3
Joystick J3
Throttle
Trim Switch T3
4
Joystick J4
Rudder
Trim Switch T4
5
3-Stage Switch SA
——
——
6
3-Stage Switch SB
——
——
7
3-Stage Switch SC
——
——
8
3-Stage Switch SD
——
——
9
3-Stage Switch SE
——
——
10
3-Stage Switch SF
(Bounce Back)
——
——
11
Left Knob LD
——
Trim Switch T5
12
Right Knob RD
——
Trim Switch T6
Mark: FT24 transmitter supports customized channel mapping as well. Please refer to
the chapter “Channel Mapping” in this manual for detail.

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2.2.4 Digital Trim
⚫There are 6 digital trim switches on FT24 transmitter, which support continuous
trimming of 6 channels.
⚫Each trim switch has two direction to go, left to right, or up to down, the same
with their mapped channels.
⚫Every time you push the trim switch to one direction, the trimming position
moves according to the pre-set stepping value. If you push and hold the trim
switch, the trimming position will speed up to move. When the trimming
position reaches the middle, there is a special sound.
Mark: Please refer to the chapter “Trim Settings” in this manual for more detail.