Pan servo, passthrough

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Hi. I am using an APM 2.6, rangelink 12 channel UHF receiver. APM is running 3.1.1

I am using all 8 inputs to control my full house plane/flight mode. I would like to use the 9th channel, but cannot figure it out. In the parameters, there are no RC9 parameters. There are 1-8, 10, and 11.

RC9 does not exist. When I change RC10_function to 1 (passthough), and plug into pin A1 or A2, there is no servo input.

I cannot run a cable from the rangelink to the pan servo as the receiver is way out on the wing (running ppm input to keep weight down).

How do I get either RC9 or RC10 working for passthough onto the analog pins?
Thanks

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Here is my channel layout:
1Aileron (L)
2Elevator
3Throttle
4Rudder
5Flap®
6Flap(L)
7Aileron (L)
8-Flight mode
9-pan.

I would also like to move channels around so I have an osd switch on channel 8 (minim extra osd requires channel 8 for osd switch). Can flight mode be moved to a different one?

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It’s true that APM 2.6 doesn’t accept more than 8 input channels? What a waste! If there is a workaround please let me know.

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I have decided to try to condense the flaps onto 1 input channel. I have been reading the documentation and other people doing it. I do not need APM to give me automatic flaps, just manual flaps.
Is it capable to taking input 5, and splitting into output 5 and output 6, with one of the outputs being reversed. RC#_function doesn’t seem to allow remapping like that.

I think Flap_in_channel and flaperon_output are how I could do it.

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Hi. CH9 is not available on APM2. The CH9 pin is used for some other hardware functionality.

I’ll write an FAQ on this as the question has come up a couple of times.

The page below has some information on using CH10 and CH11 on an APM2.
copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-camera-gimbal/

Thanks, Grant.