How to bind Crossfire and Taranis - the EASIEST and FASTEST way (no luascripts!)

Hi all!
Who else has an RGB light in their office....?
Finishing off a couple of new FPV drone builds last night, and I ran into an issue where luascripts would not allow me to bind (it would start to say it was binding, then instantly stop). So, I found another way to bind your TBS Crossfire equipped Taranis TX, to your new Crossfire Nano or Micro RX - AND IT'S THE EASIEST AND FASTEST WAY!
(You'll just need to set up your switches for arming etc. in Betaflight or KISS GUI after binding)
Would love to hear your thoughts - please let me know if this worked for you, or if you have any questions at all.
I would also greatly appreciate if you could please hit subscribe, so I can keep making these kind of videos to help out where I can!
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@scottberwick

[@MrStreetboy80]

Thanks, thought I was losing my mind, I forgot about the firmware update confirmation part.

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Too easy! Glad it helped!

[@NickMelissas-ow4yx]

I couldn’t count the amount of times I came back to this video to bind my receivers. You’re a legend

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Haha that is amazing - thanks mate! I come back to it too as I always forget 😂

[@ddfpv660]

@@ScottBerwickCreative I don't even have a taranis but its my go to vid every time I need to bind

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@ddfpv660 legend! Thanks mate

[@xeriamaned]

Brilliant, no nonsense, straight to the point. I got into a bit of a mess recently re binding. All sorted now thanks

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Oh that is great - so glad to hear it worked for you! Thanks so much! 😁🙏

[@spinrc3090]

Thankyou just bound mine up I've been messing around with it for a week, but after watching your video I'm good to go.😊

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

So glad to hear that mate! Glad its still the same after 2 years since I made the video. Cheers!

[@decfpv]

Amazing video had to watch twice this week for two new quads but this video made it dead simple and easy to set up thanks very much 👏❤️

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Oh so good! So glad to hear it helped 👍

[@paulbharper6612]

Very, very good video! You said easiest way to bind your radio to quad, and dude you sure hit it with this one

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Thanks so much mate - really appreciate that - glad it worked for you!

[@29jvskate]

Subbed!! Thanks for the videos! Keep them coming!

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Thanks mate - hope it worked!

[@tadkomas]

This video just simply solved my problem ;) Thank you :)

[@bobjmanchester]

Thanks Scott. I’d forgotten. It’s been a while since I played with my quad. You made it easy!

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

So glad to hear it mate!

[@israelalencastro8438]

your tutorial is even better them the official one... like well diserved

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Haha thanks so much mate - hope it helped!

[@6OTE]

Helped me to bind so quick I was able to fly my new drone I bought after sunset thank you

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Fantastic - glad to hear it helped!!

[@helveticfpv550]

thanks for the TBS crossfire binding instructions!

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

No worries mate - glad it helped!

[@silinalexandr]

Thank you Sir! Very simple usefull video.

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Thanks so much mate 🙏

[@leea4839]

This sorted me out. I was having troubles doing it with LUA scripts etc. Thanks mate

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Great to hear mate! Thanks!

[@Denis_3301]

Hi Man! You saved my day =) Thank you so much!

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Oh man so glad to hear it worked for you! Have a great weekend mate 👍

[@helveticfpv550]

you helped me again! thanks :)))

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Haha great! Really glad to hear it 👍

[@NickFV]

Your video has helped at leadr 10 times now. Thanks again 😂

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

So stoked to hear that mate - thanks!! Hopefully that means you have a least 10 quads you get to fly regularly! 😁🙌

[@BlipzCCG]

Good video bro keep up the good work subbed

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Thanks so much man! New vid coming later this week hopefully. :)

[@titowaps555]

Thanks mate. You save my day

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

So good to hear mate!

[@nappyfpv]

nice video man

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Thanks! Hope it helped 👍

[@nappyfpv]

@@ScottBerwickCreative it did 😀

[@maddercat]

Got me connected thanks a bunch. Lots of videos that dont address this at all.

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Oh fantastic - really glad to hear that mate! Happy flying!

[@paulclement3235]

That was so easy thank you for being so extraordinary explainable is that even some thing? Lol thanks again your friend the drone ranger

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Haha thanks so much! Super glad to hear it worked for you

[@matysdroneflights3540]

Thanks mate!!!

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

No worries mate - hope it helped!

[@milcahreyes5287]

Thanks it worked

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Fantastic! Glad to hear it helped 👍

[@chrisnoren777]

I bought new quad with crossfire and a new module. Receiver was red , I had to tear quad open and hit bind button. My new module never went blue. I guess no up date needed. I'll check agent x later. It bound anyways. Your video helped thanks.

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Great to hear you got it bound! Ep - sounds like no update was needed. Brilliant!

[@t3px149]

thank you for this!!

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

No worries - hope it helped!

[@t3px149]

@@ScottBerwickCreative immensely

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@t3px149 stoked to hear that mate!!

[@xmwxmorris]

Oh my lanta... thank you so much

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Haha no worries mate - hope it worked for you!

[@jfect2]

Perfect! Thank you. Was doing everything right but just could not get the lua scripts up and running. IDK why and now I don't care because I'll be flying.

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Oh fantastic! So glad to hear it worked for you mate. Happy flying!

[@BULLION79317]

Great help , I have a radio master tx 12 and am having all sort of issues , I think I may get a Taranis TX and just plug the TBS micro 2 unit in back of it to see if that gets this going , I have a flywoo Explorer with the TBS , hoping to get in the air soon . Thank you , anyone who knows a TARANIS RX that will accept the TBS like this video let me know .

[@NickFV]

thank you so much

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

No worries! Hope it helped 👍

[@NickFV]

helped me out again on the next drone i bought. sick video man

[@elesbanchavez3304]

Gracias 🤟🏽

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

🙏🙏🙏

[@modoacro6068]

boa tarde, exelente sua explicação! muito obrigado!!!

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Thanks legend!!

[@jfsaraceno9265]

Great tutorial. For this particular rx, it never binds. Both just flash slowly green. Had to bind using tbs agent lite gui

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Hmmm green normally means it’s ready - glad to hear you got it to work though 👍

[@lucrativestance]

Gonna try this on my dji rs3 gimbal hopefully it works

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Haha let me know how it goes! 😁

[@noname-xq5ie]

Nice

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

🙏🙏🙏

[@schorschdieter4247]

compact very nice

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Thanks legend! 🙏

[@Director-M]

Thanks for the video. I'm curious about the small RGB LED square that was outputting purple light. What's it called?

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Oh haha. That is a little RGB light from Weeylite - great little tool for lighting up almost anything, can be connected straight to the camera, can output any colour you want etc - definitely recommend! Heaps of options on ebay for them 👍

[@willpowerfpv3246]

Hey Scott! Great video! I have the full size module and a radiomaster tx16s, I'm assuming this should work in a similar fashion? Any idea? 😁

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Hi Liam! I’m actually not sure I’m sorry - I’ve never used either of those products sorry. Best of luck though!

[@willpowerfpv3246]

Hey man, thanks for the reply. Turns out there isn't actually a button on the full-size module. It went pretty easy though, I'm going to be taking my new hex out for a spin tomorrow. Cheers!

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@willpowerfpv3246 oh that is great! Would love to upgrade to the full size unit one day. Have an awesome flight mate 👍

[@Carlosrv791]

best!

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

😁 thanks!

[@bobthenailer3171]

I have a Taranis qx7s, will I still need to do the crossfire telemetry mod inside the radio or do I just need the external module?

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Hi mate! I haven’t used the QX7, but I believe you’ll need the external RF module, and then in the controller you’ll need to change the RF type from internal to external. I have a video on my channel about setting up the Crossfire module - that might help. :)

[@gregorydahl]

Awesome . Crossfire always ends up being in my quad or drone no matter how many times it try elrs . Elrs just seems to have too many versions of firnware ti try to match up . I bought 9 pieces 3 tx and 6 rx of the 815mhz and 2.4ghz and only 2 oieces matched up . I figure it has to fail from buying the 2 day delivery items over the month wait and i end uo with returned objects that others may have flashed or upgraded and are now useless blinking things . I tried holing the button on the elrs nano rx while powering it up and managed to see a solid blue light . Sort of simulated bind experience . The one successful bind of a nano tx 915Mhz bought with 2 rx's . But it doesn't seem to like one of them. They are supposed to be compatible with all elrs products of any brand no worries if you can keep them all flashed and upgraded to the same firmware version of the week .

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Wow - sounds like quite the journey! I’ve honestly never had a single issue with pairing anything Crossfire, and have also never had a dropout / failsafe. So good!

[@rebeccawaller4436]

👍

[@TINCANSs]

I’m using tbs crossfire nano rx. When I’m in the settings I see crsf on external. but when I go to the internal there is no crsf option, I am using the zorro, would It be under a different name?

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Yeh I dont think there'll be an internal CRSF on it - external means it has the external CRSF module plugged into the transmitter.

[@gmitch3363]

What does it means if the button never turns blue? Mines just flashes green the whole time.. For context, I have a Geprc baby Crocodile and the only button it has is a button for turning off the locator buzzer after its been powered off. I thought it was the bind button as well because there is no other button and I've been treating it as such but it does nothing but what I just stated. Also in betaflight I can never get it to update ( maybe because it's already updated, being that I just bought it a month ago) and I also can't get it to bind on there either. Matter of fact it doesn't let me bind on either betaflight or my radiomaster tx16s transmitter. I'm starting to think my crossfire module is defected because I bought it for a cheaper price on Amazon.

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Hi mate, might be a silly question, but does your Crocodile have a crossfire receiver in it? Can you send me the link of where you bought it? I can check the specs that way 👍

[@BULLION79317]

Just ordered a Taranis qx7 access so I can duplicated this , plus the white one looks awesome. I love the part with the light , oh that's just unnecessary lol

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Hahah cheers mate - it flashes red and blue like an ambulance - was not expecting that 😂

[@BULLION79317]

@@ScottBerwickCreative have you seen the Flywoo explorer analog ? I just got this one , built a few over the last couple years but this one has gps and a buzzer which I desperately need , I heard a rumor that Santa may bring us a Dji FPV drone this year as well.

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@BULLION79317 yeh the Flywoo looks cool! I’m so keen to check out the DJI FPV - think it would be really interesting. I fly DJI digital FPV components now in my builds, and a normal DJI Mavic Air2S drone, so would be so keen to see their combination!

[@BULLION79317]

@@ScottBerwickCreative it will be my first anything DJI , I may update the flywoo with DJI vtx and camera , going to put some videos on my channel as well soon ,other than trading . Cheers man keep up the good work and thanks , this helped and I am sure will help with the TARANIS

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@BULLION79317 awesome stuff! Will be sure to check back on your channel 👍

[@NsXy]

What firmware were you running on the taranis?

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Hi mate, version 2.2.0 - from 2017 apparently, but Ive never changed it. :)

[@outboxfpv4360]

Nice one👍 but I have updated my and tx module now all my binding in all quads have gone. Its solid red and pain to reach the bind button on the rx. Is there anyother way to get the rx into bind mode without pressing bind button?

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Oh no! I think you can put it into bind mode using beta flight. Alternatively you might need to pop the top plate off so you can hit the button. Let me know how you go!

[@outboxfpv4360]

@@ScottBerwickCreative I dont want to press the bind button in each and every quad. Is there any easy way

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@outboxfpv4360 haha dude how many quads do you have!!??? 😂 I’m not sure sorry, but I do think you can put it in bind mind using Betaflight. I’ll have a look into it and see if I can find an answer for you 👍

[@adrianocarlosserra]

Great, Does the Crossfire V2 work with taranis X9d PLUS?

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

I haven’t checked it myself, but can’t see why it wouldn’t! 😁

[@adrianocarlosserra]

Thnks

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@adrianocarlosserra no worries! Let me know how it goes 👍

[@mx5Louis]

I have a taranis qx7 is it the same process or do I need edgetx?

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

I’m not too sure sorry Louis - I’m sure someone on KZbin has solved it though 👍

[@NsXy]

I don't get it, that's all you have to do? I seen other videos on KZbin up to an hour long updating the Taranis to get crossfire to work on it. What's the difference? Why would they not just do it this way if its that much easier? Thanks!

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Well hopefully it keeps helping people find an easier way! Im sure things will change and this will be super outdated shortly, but for now it still works for me. :)

[@413RC]

great video but i wish this talked about setting up a model for crossfire first

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

I can do a video on that for you mate! Might not be for a week or two though.

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Here you go mate - I made that video for you! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmStlmZsd9CdY6c

[@codythompson1900]

Ngl I felt kinda dumb for not trying to press the button again. Thanks

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

😂 that makes two of us mate! 😂

[@mobilly6842]

when i press the button while the light is blinking blue it just starts blinking green again, any solutions?

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Hi mate. What is the drone / RX showing at the time?

[@hunterfiet9858]

Will this work on the x9 lite?

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

I am not too sure sorry mate, I have never used the Lite. I can’t see why not though - please let us know!

[@TINCANSs]

When I plugged mine in it was flashing green the module yellow, I clicked it once then it went solid blue and the receiver went red, the drone was constantly beeping so I unplugged the battery and it kept blinking and beeping it finally went off and stopped but what could be the problem?? I’m very new to this all

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Hmm. Im not 100% sure sorry mate - maybe power them both off and then back on again? Do you have a warning bepper on the drone so it beeps when not connected (in case you lose connection)?

[@TINCANSs]

@@ScottBerwickCreative yes it has a beeper on it, would there be a proper way to unplug the battery

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@TINCANSs If you mean just the LiPO battery, then no - just pull it out. Does your beeper have a backup battery in it? My drones are programmed so that if they lose connection to the transmitter (remote), they beep. That way if you lose connection, you can hopefully hear the drone and still be able to find it. Might be the same scenario for you?

[@TINCANSs]

@@ScottBerwickCreative yeah I figured it out and it is that, now I’m just curious if it’ll stop when I figure out how to bind, rx is solid red

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@TINCANSs it certainly should stop then. Solid red means it’s not bound - maybe try holding down the button on the RX while you connect the battery - this can put it into binding mode too. (A bit fiddly to do though 😂)

[@ebmxrides1423]

When I press bind in the, sd card page, under crossfire, under xf micro tx

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Sorry mate, I don’t understand your question?

[@ebmxrides1423]

@@ScottBerwickCreative so when I do all that the flashes fast orange, the I press it again is flashes fast blue with means update needed I thought, then I press it again and it’s supposed to update but it does nothing

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@ebmxrides1423 Hmm. What colour is the RX on the drone showing at the time?

[@Caysonator007]

Why does my tx go back to flashing green, instead of going solid blue? Can you please help

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Hey mate. Assuming you’ve made a new ‘model’ on the TX for the drone you’re connecting to? What colour is the RX showing?

[@Caysonator007]

@@ScottBerwickCreative blinking red slowly

[@Caysonator007]

@@ScottBerwickCreative My tx is a zorro that came with the crossfire model. And my rx came in my bnf evoque.

[@Caysonator007]

@@ScottBerwickCreative The rx blinks green slowly, until the the tx blinks blue. Then the rx blinks red slowly once. But then when I press the blinking blue tx button, the tx goes back to blinking green. And the rx kinda switches to SLOWLY DOUBLE BLINKING RED.

[@Caysonator007]

@@ScottBerwickCreative is there something I need to flash/download onto it. Because if so, I haven’t.

[@jamiehill9578]

the problem im having is the red light is solid so what does that mean,,, and how are u getting both rx and tx on the screen

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Hi mate! Solid red light on the TX or the RX?

[@jamiehill9578]

@@ScottBerwickCreative RX on the reciever that's on the Quad

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@jamiehill9578 try holding down the bind button on the receiver before and while you plug the battery in - this should put it into bind mode. Let me know if that helps!

[@jamiehill9578]

@@ScottBerwickCreative that's the problem I have no button on the reciever, so I'm thinking it's on the air unit and I bind it like I did with the Goggles

[@jamiehill9578]

is it possable since this quad running the air unit that it only binds with the dji controller

[@johnmcananey]

mine didnt go solid blue, it went to flashing green

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

On the transmitter you mean? What colour is the receiver showing?

[@johnmcananey]

@@ScottBerwickCreative all good, i just updated the receiver in agent x the bound it through that, thanks

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@johnmcananey ok great - glad you got it sorted. 👍

[@ghettogardens1]

Did not work! I can't get passed the blinking red light. Just will not bind!

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Hi mate! Try holding the little button down on the receiver for a while - it can take a while, so try holding it down for up to about 30 seconds. If that doesn’t work, try holding it down before (and while) you connect the battery - ie. power up the drone while holding the button - one of these should then put it into bind mode (flashing green). Let me know if that helps!

[@ghettogardens1]

@@ScottBerwickCreative Thanks for the response. I finally figured it out. I upgrade the TBS crossfire firmware to V6.12 and everything worked like it should. Even though the receiver firmware is V6.10 on the package, the V6.10 firmware did not solve the problem, I still got the same "Reload Crossfire FW In Agent X" warning. The V6.12 firmware solved the problem. The only down side, is that I had to upgrade the firmware and rebind all of my crossfire receivers. Anyway, it is working now.

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@ghettogardens1 oh man how frustrating! I’ve never had to use AgentX - maybe it got lucky with the versions already on there. Glad you got it sorted mate!

[@ghettogardens1]

@@ScottBerwickCreative Crossfire firmware Release Notes V6.12 - fixes update issues with Agent X for full-size TX, TX Lite and MicroTX.

[@keFPV94]

My modul stays blue what to do ?

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Hi mate! What colour is the crossfire receiver on the drone showing?

[@keFPV94]

@@ScottBerwickCreative solid green

[@keFPV94]

@@ScottBerwickCreative everything works i have a solid green on drone exept the module is blue solid

[@keFPV94]

@@ScottBerwickCreative is solid blue oke? Because everything works as it should

[@keFPV94]

@@ScottBerwickCreative i reed now something about race mode when its blue?

[@choppergirl]

If you fly alone like I do, the whole bind thing is just a stooopid PITA unneeded step. Worse, Corssfire uses this 1d10t color LED to talk to you, when obviously your radio can do speach and could tell you every step of the way what was going on during the updating and bind process. Daft as effing hell TBS. None of these dmmmn color codes mean a thing to me... they don't even make sense if you're use to the color code system of US traffic lights.

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Yep I’m a solo flyer too - bind once and I’m good to go 😂 Agreed sometimes things are just made a bit too complicated

[@ZackSaxton]

I will pay you to get on a call with me to set this new drone up please

[@TheMadmacs]

is this like an fpv meme joke?, i've watched at least 5 vids and everybody lights flash and dont flash and update and bind to completely different sets of lights.

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

Oh hahaha well this is what worked for me each time. Was yours different?

[@TheMadmacs]

@@ScottBerwickCreative to be fair, i've only just started with crsf, a tbs nano a couple of weeks ago and everything went fine, if a bit vaguely, i use the flysky nirvana... so, it started vague, was vague in the middle, and then got vaguer hehehe. then i tried to get number 2 quad set up with nano diversity, i tried everything followed at least 5 tutorials, none of which resembled what the diversity did. somebody mentioned if you long press the diversity bind button, it switches to pwm mode, ...... then i found a tbs site saying theres a simple way to bind, but if it doesnt work you need to go oldschool and use the dongle thing they sell, so i'm stuck with a diversity that just flashes green, doesnt interact with micro tx v2 in any way. looks like i'll be flyin the mountains again in a few weeks, with a non gps quad with single immortal T, and i'll only have one working quad, oh and just for laughs, rssi isn't working either, about 20 seconds after i unplug my nirvana says, signal lost, and ten after that it says telemetry lost.....

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@TheMadmacs oh wow. The fun and games of FPV hey!? 😂 I had a commercial shoot today and my Cinewhoop VTX just stopped working, so went to a 5”, and 2xESCs stopped working for no reason. Good thing I had a backup backup on me 😂

[@TheMadmacs]

@@ScottBerwickCreative hehe yeah, that would be a nightmare, i can barely fly when two kids are watching me nevermind a whole crew waiting on me hehe

[@ScottBerwickCreative]

@@TheMadmacs haha I’m the same mate. Was only a couple of us there though so all good 👍