herelink HX4-06210 HD Video Transmission System User Manual
- June 3, 2024
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Table of Contents
- herelink HX4-06210 HD Video Transmission System
- Hardware Parameter
- HERELINK Air Unit
- Air Unit Connections
- HERELINK Controller Unit
- Controller LEDs/ Buttons/ Interfaces Controller Buttons
- Pairing Air Unit and Controller
- D2d Info Settings
- Important Notes
- FCC
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herelink HX4-06210 HD Video Transmission System
Hardware Parameter
Technical Specifications
Air Unit and Controller Hardware Information:
- Processor: SoC- Pinecone S1
- AP:
- 4 x large core, Cortex A53, 2.2GHz
- 4x small core, Cortex A53, 1.4GHz
- GPU: 4 core, Mali-T860
- SDR: A7 + DSP
- Storage: Air Unit LPDDR3 1GB, Controller LPDDR3 2GB
- Air Unit/Controller: EMMC 4GB
- Transmission Range: FCC20km, CE/SRRC 12km
- Latency: Min 110ms
- Resolution: 720p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps
- Frequency Band: 2.4GHz ISM
- Receive sensitivity: -99dBm@20MHz BW
- Interference recovery: <ls
HERELINK Air Unit
- Model: HX4-06210
- Brand: HERELINK
Interfaces
- OHDMI 2: Micro HDMI, for video input
- HDMI 1: Micro HDMI, for video input (preferred)
- Power: 7V-12V max (3s Lipo supported) power input
- Micro USB: For debugging or upgrading, support OTG
- Pair/Reset: For pairing and reset
- LED 1, 2: To indicate pairing status and transmission status
- UART: 3.3V/5V UART
- S.bus: Two 3.3V RC output
- ANT 1, 2: MMCX, for signal transmission and communication
- JST Connector
- Micro SD card slot
- Housing: Aluminum
- Weight: 95g (w. antennas)
- Dimension: 78.5x30x15mm (w/o antennas)
- Antenna: 2xomni-directional antennas (2dBi)
- Signal Bandwidth: 20MHz/10MHz
- Power Consumption: <4W
Air Unit Status Indication and Buttons
LED 1 (left)
- Steady Green Light: Receiving HDMI1 signal
- Steady Red Light: Receiving HDMI2 signal
- Steady Yellow Light: Receiving flight control data signal
- Changing Green-Red Light: Receiving two video signals
- Changing Green-Yellow-Red Light:
- Receiving two video signals and a flight controller signal
- No Light: Receiving no valid video signal or flight controller signal
LED 2 (right)
- Flashing Green Light: Pairing
- Steady Green Ligh: Receiving valid controller signal, and power is normal
- Steady Yellow Light: Unpaired/no valid signal received
- Flashing Red Light: Unstable power
- No Light: The air unit is not powered
HERELINK Air Unit Set V1.1 Interfaces Definition
Air Unit Connections
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Mount the air unit securely to the drone.
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Choose the best position to attach the air unit antennas.
Connect the antennas to 9 ANT 1, and ANT 2 (MMCX) on the air unit. (There shall be no metal parts or any conductor attached to antennas. Air unit antennas should be vertical. Diversity can be improved by placing antennas at15 a degree angle as pictured on P6 Please note that carbon fiber is conductive. -
Connect S.bus on the air unit to RCIN on the flight controller.
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Connect OUART on the air unit to TELEM 1 or TELEM 2 on the flight controller.
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Connect 7v-12v max (3s Lipo supported) battery to the 3 power supply on the air unit.
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Connect the camera to HDMI 1 (preferred) on the air unit. If you use two cameras, connect the other to HDMI 2. You ay switch from Stream 1 and Stream 2 on the controller to display the corresponding video stream.
HERELINK Controller Unit
- Model: HX4-06211
- Brand: HERELINK
Frequency
- SRD for 10MHz: 2409MHz-2459MHz @8.86 dBm EIRP
- SRD for 20MHz: 2412MHz- 2462MHz @8.23 dBm EIRP
- 5180-5320MHZ @9.29 dBm EIRP
- 5500-5700MHZ @8.48 dBm EIRP
- 5745-5825MHZ @808 dBm EIRP
- Housing: Plastic
- Weight: 516g (w. antennas)
- Dimensions: 217×106.5x31mm (w/o antennas, joysticks)
- Screen: 5.46 inch, 1080P, 16 million colors, capacitive touchscreen
- Audio: 1 x built-in speaker, 2 x built-in microphone
- Remote control: 2 joystick, lx wheel 6x button (w. blacklight), 1 x upper right button
- Communication: WIFI/GPS 2.4GHz on the controller side
- LED: 2 x tricolor LED (left, right)
- Interface: 1 x MicroUSB, 1 x Micro SD card slot (extendable to max. 64GB)
- Antenna: 1 detachable directional (5dBi), 1x detachable Omni-directional (2dBi), built-in WIFl antenna, built-in GPS antenna, external GPS antenna interface
- Power: 4950mAh built-in Lipo Battery
- Charging: Support micro USB 5V 2A charging
- Power consumption: <4W average (With transmission on, medium screen brightness, WIFI off, GPS off)
Controller LEDs/ Buttons/ Interfaces Controller Buttons
- Upper Left Wheel: Control gimbal
- Upper Right Botton: Take a photo (configurable)
- Button A: N/A (configurable)
- Button B: Return to the previous page (configurable)
- Power Button: Power on/off and unlock the screen
- Home Button: Return to the ground control station
- Button C: N/A (configurable)
- Button D: N/A (configurable)
Controller LED (Left)
- Flashing Red Light: Critical battery power
- Steady Red Light: Low battery power
- Steady Yellow Light: Medium battery power
- Steady Green Light: Sufficient battery power
Controller Interface
Default interface for the controller is QGC
To disconnect the drone, slide down the system menu and turn on airplane mode.
To connect the drone, slide down the system menu and turn off airplane mode.
To restart OGC, please click “Settings – Application -QGC” to stop the app.
Then press the Home button to complete the restart.
Controller Antenna Assembly and Disassembly
- To assemble the antenna, plug the Omni-directional antenna into the top left hole of the controller and rotate it to align. Then press and rotate the clockwise lock.
- Plug the directional antenna into the top right hole of the controller and rotate to align. Then press and rotate clockwise to lock.
Disassemble antennas by pressing and rotating COunter-clockwise. Then they can be pulled out. (Left is for the Omnidirectional antenna; the right is for the directional antenna).
Pairing Air Unit and Controller
Controller and Air Unit Pairing Instruction
Initial Pairing:
- Power on and unlock the controller. A warning will be shown below:
- At the same time within 30s, long press the [Pair/Reset button tor 3s on the air unit to make the air unit ente pairing mode (air unit Pair/Reset is as shown below):
- Wait and observe QGC on the controller side. If pairing is successful, it will pop up calibrate succeed. Click [OK] to complete the code-matching process. If calibrate tailed pops up, please restart the process.
Re-pairing:
- Click on the [Q] icon on the controller
- Click [D2D Info] to enter the pairing UI
- Click [Calibrate] to start pairing
Then repeat Step2 and Step3 of “Initial Pairing”
Getting Video Stream to Work
- After pairing is completed, the air unit and the controller are connected successfully. Connect the air unit HDMI, and turn on the 1080P video input source in “Video Stream Settings” (refers to P12). The video will be displayed in the lower left corner of QGC. Click the video frame to display in full Screen.
- Problems that may arise during transmission
Q1: Why is there no video transmission after the camera is connected to Herelink via HDMI? Meanwhile, the controller Screen shows “WAITING FOR VIDEO” and the video stream a the upper right corner is changing around a few kbps?
Solution:
Check if HDMI output resolution is 1080P (QGC resolution setting must be
consistent with camera resolution setting). Please also check the HDMI
connection, or replace the HDMI cable with a new one.
Q2: The link rate in the upper right corner display 0kbps
Solution:
Repair or restart the machine.
Video Stream Settings
Click on the airplane icon at the upper left corner and select Video Stream]
from the drop-down menu on the right.
- (Rate: Configure link rate (related to environment and current working mode ).
- Stream1: HDMI 1 (closer to power supply interface)
- Stream 2: HDMI 2
- Enable Stream: Turn on/off the video display
- 1080P Video: Choose between video resolution. When the radio button is on: 1080P; off 720P.
- Grid Lines: Grids on video display
- Record Stream: Recording switch
Video storage directory:
- PC: This PC\Optimus\nternal shared storageQGroundControl|Video
- Herelink Controller: Storage\ ExplorelOptimus 0GroundControllVide0
Screenshot:
Press Power button +D button at the same time.
Screenshot storage directory:
- PC: This PC\Optimus\Internal shared storage\ Pictures Screenshots
- Herelink Controller: Storage\Explore\ Optimus\ Pictures|Screenshots
D2d Info Settings
Click on the Q icon in the upper left corner and select D2d Info
- X-axis: Frequency. The red line represents the current working frequency
- Y-axis: SNR (signal-to-noise ratio). The larger the value is, the smaller the interterence is.
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Upstream working bandwidth:
UL_14M/UL_1OM/UL_20M- 20M for fewer interference scenarios and long distances.
- 1.4M for multiple interference scenarios.
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Downstream working bandwidth:
DL_10M/DL_20M- 20M for fewer interference scenarios and long distances.
- 10M for multiple interference scenarios.
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Current working frequency
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Current working bandwidth SNR value
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Confirm current setting
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Manual Mode (Frequency Configurable Mode):
Users select working frequency according to the current environment.- Click Manual Mode, it will pop up “succeed”. Then enter the target frequency manually in the red box as shown below, or touch the graph to select. Click OK to confirm.
The manual input frequency range is as follows:
- Upstream working bandwidth 10M corresponds to 47050-47785
- Downstream working bandwidth 20M corresponds to 47100-47735
After setting, Ul will pop up “succeed”. This means target frequency value, which is 47751, has been set. This value is for reterence only, the actual working frequency should be set according to the environment of its own use)
Auto Mode (Frequency Hopping Mode):
It is recommended to work in this mode to automatically select the best
working frequency.
Important Notes
- If you connected a GoPro 6 Black and disconnect I before the video is connected to the air unit, the hot swap may result in no video output from GoPro. It is suggested to restart your GoPro or place the GoPro upside down to have the image back.
- Air unit power input: 5V – 12.6V max (3s Lipo supported). Any power range above that will burn the device.
- The temperature will rise when the air unit is connected to the controller. The temperature of the air unit can be checked on the controller side and should be lower than 70 degrees.
(If the temperature rose over 70 degrees, installing a fan should be considered.)
FAQS
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Can the language on the controller be switched?
The system language can be switched in the slide-down menu, but QGC is defaulted as English and cannot be switched. -
Why aren’t the LEDs lit, even though the air unit are properly Correctly connected?
Check the power input. It should be 5V – 12.6V max (3s Lipo supported) and the battery should have been charged. -
Why can’t connect to 2.4GHz WIFI?
Currently, Herelink only enables 5.8GHz WIFI for internet connection. Therefore, to load maps, you will need to Connect to a 5.8GHz WIFI network.
FCC
Caution:
The user is cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by
the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to
operate the equipment.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules and Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
- This device may not cause harmful interference.
- This device must accept any interference received, including interterence that may cause undesired operation.
NOTE:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class
B digital device, pursuant to Par 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
- Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
FCC &IC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with FCC and Canada radiation exposure limits set
forth for an uncontrolled environment. This transmitter must not be co-located
or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
For Air Unit
This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of
20cm between the radiator and your body.
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