godox v860ii to control a 600ex and visa versa? <-- not working?

has anyone successfully used a v860ii to control a 600ex or visa versa with radio (not optical, heck optical doesnt work either)? Cant seem to get this to work.

kaitanium wrote in post #18098761
has anyone successfully used a v860ii to control a 600ex or visa versa with radio (not optical, heck optical doesnt work either)? Cant seem to get this to work.

The v860II and the Canon 600EX-RT have completely different radio control protocols.
There is no way they will communicate without a compatible receiver on one or the other speedlite.

kaitanium wrote in post #18098761
has anyone successfully used a v860ii to control a 600ex or visa versa with radio (not optical, heck optical doesnt work either)? Cant seem to get this to work.

I have tested the Optical Wireless system using a Canon 600EX-RT and a Godox V860IIc and it works as it should with either as a Master or a Slave. As David said they each have their own proprietary radio systems which are not compatible with the other. You can integrate the Canon 600EX-RT into the Godox 2.4G X system using an X1Rc receiver or you can integrate the V860IIc into the Canon Wireless RT system using a Phottix Laso receiver.

dang it. misleading info when they say "speedlite signals":

I dont suppose there is a trigger that can be attached to the v860ii to receive "speedlite signals" (2.4ghz) and be able to control power from the master? Or better yet, a li-ion flash that is natively and totally controllable by a canon flash via radio like a YN600ex.

I think my dreams of having a li-ion OCF controllable by a 430exiii or 600ex is still a pipe dream.

i may have to just throw on a CP-E4 to my 600ex to get more recycle out of them if i cant do li-ion

kaitanium wrote in post #18099113
dang it. misleading info when they say "speedlite signals":

V860II-C as a master unit to control Canon camera speedlites e.g. 600EX-RT,580EX II; as slave flash to receive Canon pop-up flash or speedlite signals.

I dont suppose there is a trigger that can be attached to the v860ii to receive "speedlite signals" (2.4ghz) and be able to control power from the master? Or better yet, a li-ion flash that is natively and totally controllable by a canon flash via radio like a YN600ex.

I think my dreams of having a li-ion OCF controllable by a 430exiii or 600ex is still a pipe dream.

kaitanium wrote in post #18099122
i may have to just throw on a CP-E4 to my 600ex to get more recycle out of them if i cant do li-ion

If you want to use the v860II with the Canon Wireless RT system just add a Phottix Laso receiver to the v860II which is what I have done with the AD360IIc's. Works great. Not sure why you're trying to reinvent the wheel.

I have never seen any thing misleading in any advertising that would give you the impression that the Canon Wireless RT system and the Godox 2.4G X system are compatible.

There is very little difference between the recycle time of the Canon 600EX-RT with Eneloop batteries and the v860II at the various power settings. If you add the CP-E4 battery pack to the 600EX-RT you'll cycle faster than the v860II.

"as slave flash to receive Canon pop-up flash or speedlite signals." doesnt mislead you? "speedlite signals" is pretty ambiguous if you ask me. Confused as to why they didnt stop at "as slave flash to receive Canon pop-up flash" instead adding the "or"

anyways thanks for the additional info and clarification, these are for sale now.

kaitanium wrote in post #18099562
"as slave flash to receive Canon pop-up flash or speedlite signals." doesnt mislead you? "speedlite signals" is pretty ambiguous if you ask me. Confused as to why they didnt stop at "as slave flash to receive Canon pop-up flash" instead adding the "or"

anyways thanks for the additional info and clarification, these are for sale now.

The "... pop-up flash or speedlite signals ..." is clear to me. The "or" conjunction connects the "pop-up" and "speedlite" relative to "signals". That means a signal that both can deliver. That signal is only the light messaging there is no radio messaging with a pop-up flash.

If we want to argue semantics then I can add to this but alas who cares, bye bye flashes.

kaitanium wrote in post #18099562
"as slave flash to receive Canon pop-up flash or speedlite signals." doesnt mislead you? "speedlite signals" is pretty ambiguous if you ask me. Confused as to why they didnt stop at "as slave flash to receive Canon pop-up flash" instead adding the "or"

anyways thanks for the additional info and clarification, these are for sale now.

Mmmm... nope. That's pretty clear. They're talking about the optical signals communicated from the pop-up flash OR the optical signals from the speedlight. There's nothing ambiguous about that if you understand how these lights work.

kaitanium wrote in post #18101098
If we want to argue semantics then I can add to this but alas who cares, bye bye flashes.

But that's just it. There are no semantics involved here. You simply misunderstood what they clearly communicated.

There's no shame in that. There are plenty here who can help out, which is one reason the group is so great.

*yawn

kaitanium wrote in post #18104749
*yawn

Maybe that sleepy approach is the reason you misunderstood the info to begin with. LOL

yup