Can one trigger control a Yongnuo YN968EX-RT and YN560 IV together off-camera?
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I’m new to off-camera flash and I’m confused by Yongnuo’s trigger systems. I have a Yongnuo YN968EX-RT speedlight, a YN560 IV, and a YN560-TX trigger. I expected the YN560-TX to control both flashes remotely, but it would not connect to the YN968EX-RT.
Why can’t the YN560-TX control both flashes? Is there any Yongnuo trigger that can remotely control both the YN968EX-RT and the YN560 IV in one setup? If I buy a YN-E3-RT, will it control both flashes, or only the YN968EX-RT while the YN560 IV would need to be used as an optical slave with manual power changes?
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Yongnuo has three separate mostly incompatible triggering systems:
- The manual-only 560 / 60x system [YN-560-TX, YN-560IV]
- The TTL/HSS capable 622 system [YN-622-TX, YN-685]
- The Canon RT system (cloned) [YN-E3-RT, YN-968EX-RT]
As you found out, these three systems are not directly compatible with each other. But the 622 system gear can be put into "603" mode, and used in the 560 triggering system. But the RT gear cannot. For the most part, you want to only use gear in one system together.
There is a completely different system where you can control both a $65 manual-only speedlight with a $110 TTL/HSS speedlight, and that's the Godox X (2.4 GHz) system. A Godox XPro can control both a TT600 and a TT685, and you'll have HSS and remote power control with both flashes, and TTL with the TT685, as well as expansion options that include larger lights, and compatibility with other camera brands.
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The issue is that Yongnuo made several separate radio systems that are mostly incompatible.
Your gear belongs to two different systems:
- YN560 IV and YN560-TX: Yongnuo 560/60x manual radio system
- YN968EX-RT: Canon RT-compatible radio system
So the YN560-TX cannot control the YN968EX-RT, because the flash does not speak that protocol.
Based on the answers, there is not a single Yongnuo trigger here that will fully radio-control both of these flashes together as one integrated system. A YN-E3-RT would control the YN968EX-RT, but not the YN560 IV over the same radio system. In that case, the YN560 IV would need to be used separately, such as in optical slave mode, and adjusted manually.
General rule: with Yongnuo, it’s usually best to stay within one flash ecosystem when building an off-camera setup.
If you want one trigger system that can control both a manual flash and a TTL/HSS flash together, the community answer points to the Godox X system as a more unified alternative.
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