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Making some progress with using SAM-BA 2.12. I need to test some more, but I can now read the EEPROM OK with either 2.11 or 2.12. Should get this sorted soon. I look into the update checking. I need to see what mechanism is being used for the check. Mike. Mike, Still not able to get eepskye to dete...

Sounds like progress Mike. Thanks.
Stan.

Mike, Quite right, by default all curves are flat. When a model is set up curves are allocated for various functions, ie Throttle IDO, ID1, and ID2 are assigned curves 1,2 and 3, Whilst CH 11 curves 4,5 and 6. in C9x curve 6 is a graph but in eepskye that same curve 6 is still flat which create conf...

Mike,
Just spotted this, In the check for updates box the spelling is "eePskye" but the application name i "eepskye", is it an error ?, will it be a problem ?.
Stan.

Is there a set of instructions anywhere indicating how to configure the application to communicate with a sky board? I think the latest release of eepe has eepskye embedded in it. just download and install, then go to the folder. Bith eepeskye and eepe should be present, just choose. Hope this helps.

Mike, I have been playing around with eepskye lately, I quite like it, very fast boot time, running on sam-ba_2.11. It would be nice if you could tweak it work with sam-ba_2.12. Also is it possible to port the quick setup wizard from C9x to eepskye ?. There is a couple of small quirks with eepskye. ...

Mike, I've noticed a small difference between Eepskye and C9X. It may be insignificant and/or nothing to worry about but here goes. Curve 6 in C9X mixer menue is a graph ranging from "+100 to -100" but in eepskye it is a flat line "0 to 0". Is that significant ?. Will it affect p...

SkyNorth wrote:Hi Stan,
Replacing the diode , will extend the RTC battery life.
your choice.

The AVR , is set to reset at 1.8V , so a 2.7V battery should be fine I would think.

-Brent

Brent,
I will replace that diode in due course. I am ordering it pronto, thanks.
Stan.

The leakage on the 1A diodes used in Rev B ,have a higher leakage than the one used in Rev 3 , this would most likely account for the battery drain. The diode that provides power to the Attiny , is leaking power through it when the radio is off. it would need to be replaced with a 200mA BAT42W , wh...

MikeB wrote:Indeed, it should last around 2.5 years, unless you had a tinyapp that didn't go into low power mode properly.

Mike.

Will it be OK now I've upgraded the tinyapp to the new v6?.

MikeB wrote:What battery is it?

Mike.

cr2032 3v

Worth checking your backup battery voltage. If you get the co-pro update warning, then it has found the co-processor OK, but with a revision earlier than 06. You can, of course, check this in the "VERSION" screen. I would say yes, re-insatll the tinyapp.bin, don't forget to set the addres...

If you have had the clock running, there should be a bootloader (and TinyApp). Have you had a backup battery connected all the time? If so, the first step is to disconnect the backup battery, then switch the Tx on and see it the co-processor comes up. Mike. Removed backup battery. Switched on. Stra...

It's OK, you just don't have the co-processor running, so no real time clock. You will need to install a bootloader to get the co-processor running. Mike. Mike, This seemed weird to me as I've I always had a time clock running on my RevB board and very accurate it was too. Never had a problem with ...

How old is the Rev B board? Is it one of the first batch of 25? If so, the co-processor didn't have a bootloader in it. That would give the FF00 result. Mike. I am not sure of the age, but I got it fairly early in the postings from Brent. Will it be OK like that ? or do I have to install a bootload...

Just tried STICK only scrolling myself, seems fine. Does it go wrong immediately, or does it still take some time before it goes wrong/mad? Mike. The first time it happened it took me by surprize. I had enabled the feature and was actually using the stick to modify a template when it suddenly went ...

I'll ask, if only to rule it out, are your sticks calibrated? Are the teltale circles in the square boxes on the main screen in the centre of the boxes? Mike. Yes they were. I always re-calibrate after re-flashing. I did try it a few more times. Interestingly I also selected "BOTH" on the...

Miked I just worked up some courage and changed to pot scroll. All seemed OK there. TRN pot scrolled and AUX pot changes values. Brilliant.
Stan.

Check you didn't accidently change the stick mode. This could move the stick scroll to the 'other' stick, and your throttle was probably not in the middle. I had that happen to me, kept scrolling continuously. Mike. I tried it just now. Same as before. Stick mode . Random auto scroll as soon as you...

jhsa wrote:try to control a servo with the radio using that stick.. Just to make sure you didn't have a pot going bad..

You can also look at the output screen. the one with the little moving bars..

Yeah, just done that control as smooth as a silk.
Stan.

Mike, I played around with r166. There seem to be a problem with the stick scroll (if not there is a problem with my TX). I turned on the scroll feature and at first it performed great. About two minutes later it seemed to take over the machine. I could not control it. It self scrolled up and down t...

Follow Clive's link to the TinyApp, on the bottom right, click on "View raw file", and select "Save link Target as", save the file somewhere as TinyApp.bin. To load, run SAM-BA, select the "Co-Processor" tab, click the "Execute" button enable the co-processor...

Clivew wrote:It's here Stan
http://code.google.com/p/ersky9x/source ... n166&r=166

Clive

Thanks Clive. I got r-166 ok but not tinyapp 6 the new one that mike just posted.
Stan.

EDIT: Just flashed r-166 and it updated the co-pro. Thanks.
Stan.

I've committed 'proper' revisions of ersky9x and the TinyApp. Ersky9x now pops up an alarm if the TinyApp is not up to date. This is a 'run time' alarm that does not stop the radio operating. Minor bug fixes included. Mike. Hi Mike, I just downloaded r-166 but I coul not see the new tinyapp. Is it ...

Does that exist?? Everybody I've talked with about that in the past said it was a mechanical nonsense. Never encountered a heli that used that configuration before either... Anyway besides being rare it's so easy it makes little sense including it in the heli page (especially as it would require ma...

Bertrand, Romolo, Is it possible to update the C9x template apps to include a 90 degrees 4 servo swash mix template either in the model config wizard or as a separate entity ?. I have posted earlier in the templates thread also searched the forum but could not find one. I need to set up a heli with ...

Hi All, I am looking for a template for a 4 servo swash mix. Is there one available ?. If so could someone point me in that direction please. I have searched the forum without success. If there is one, I've missed it somehow. I see in companion9x there is a facility for 90 degree servo mix but that ...

I've been testing without a backup battery so I didn't notice that. I'm afraid I think the 'Tiny was not going into power down mode when the Tx is switched off in 06, so this will have drained your backup battery a bit. I tried to give the I2C interface to the ARM priority while it is active. Unfor...

Can't you set the seconds to 00 by going "down" to 00 (via 02 and 01)? Mike. Yes, just managed to do it that way after four tries. I have reset the rtc four times today. It is now 17.38. The rtc is showing:- 23-04-2013 : 19.42. Still no reboot. After setting to "00" clock perman...