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Here is a manual for ersky9x. I have not personally used global variables or set up a student radio using the trainer pages in ersky9x so my explanations for the operation of these pages may be somewhat weak. I used Erazz's Er9x manual for some of the text for which I am most grateful but I felt it ...

I have recently uploaded r178 of ErSky9x to both my transmitters. One has a Rev1B board and the other a Rev3 board. I wrote some notes and with reference to existing descriptions and some pure plagiarism I have produced this document. I had my 85 year old barely computer literate colleague in mind w...

I am so delighted with eepSKYe that I should put on record my amazement and gratitude to Mike B and anyone else involved in the development of eepSKYe. Having flashed r178 of ErSky9x into my Ver 3 board Transmitter (Tx2), the three models therein disappeared together with the Tx settings. Yes; I di ...

Mike. The latest eepSKYe loaded and ran successfully today using version 2.11 of SAM-BA and latest tc.lib files on my ErSky 9x Version B1 board under Windows XP. The upper case use for the port name fixed the problem allowing SAM-BA to do it's job. I loaded the eeprom from my transmitter and perused...

Regarding my request above: I tried eepskye with SAM-BA 2.11 also. I get the same error message saying it can not find COM5 yet when I use SAM-BA 2.11 it connects and I can download the firmware and eeprom from the Tx. New questions related to the above using SAM-BA instead of eepskye: All this rela...

Using Windows XP I have been unsuccessful running eepskye, both r381 which Kaos kindly sent me, and r384 which is the latest one downloaded from here:http://openrcforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=2835&start=150. I get the following error message from r384: ==============================...

Hi LTMNO Sorry. I didn't mean to be so patronising to you or anyone who is familiar with FPV and OSD. The OSD I am learning to use is the Cyclops Storm. There must be lots of different capabilities in OSD's of which I am also ignorant. I have occasionally considered building a CNC router (and also 3...

OSD is the acronym for On Screen Display and it consists of an electronic box which superimposes written and graphical information onto video which is being recorded real time by a camera on the aircraft. Some aeroplane control surface servo commands are sent from the receiver through the OSD unit a...

I have an Ersky 9x transmitter with the FrSky DHT internal transmitter module. I would like to use 9 channels for my FPV OSD electric glider to have control of camera tilt. I presently have: CH1 OSD mode CH2 OSD Screen toggle CH3 Throttle CH4 Aileron CH5 Elevator CH6 Spoiler left CH7 Spoiler right C...

I loaded Companion Version 1.41 on my new Macbook Pro under OSx 10.8.4 but it does not work. I loaded Version 0.97 and then updated it with Version 1.41.I downloaded the latest Ersky9x firmware. I then connected my Sky9x board and powered it up. In preferences I set the firmware to Ersky9x. In 'conf...

Hi Romolo. I can not find Version 0.97 either. It was at this page http://code.google.com/p/companion9x/ this morning but has since disappeared probably at the same time as Version 1.41 for Mac OSx was uploaded. I have uploaded Version 1.41 and it appears to be all OK. I will try using it to update ...

I can not see any version of Companion 9x version OS x 1.39 which is labelled "Beta". I downloaded the linked software from your post above which was posted 14 hours ago. It loaded perfectly well though I still have not used it to reflash my erSky 9x firmware. Under the "Downloads&quo...

Thanks Romolo.
This version downloads and installs perfectly well. I have not used it to update my ErSky9x firmware due to lack of time this morning but I will do so later today and report. So far so good.
Steve

Version 1.36(1.37) did not work for me either. I am running Mac OS x 10.8.4.also.
Version 1.34 loaded perfectly.
Steve

Mutchy.... you goto get yourself an openxvario. I have sold all my wingedshadow units. The delay you experience used to wind me up with the winged shadow. Openxvario is super fast, repsonsive and indicates things pretty much instantly! (Assuming you set full sensitivity) Mike.. from my point. Annou...

Hello All By way of explanation for my request to decrease the order of accuracy of the altimeter readout, I should clarify some things relating to the use of variometers and altimeters. I have the Tx announce the altitude every 20 seconds so that as I am thermalling I know by comparing successive a...

Thanks Mike. I am a little busy at the moment with Mother's day here in Oz, but I will upload the new revision and try it later today or tomorrow morning. Steve Loaded R167 just now and tested the altitude telemetry for the Winged Shadow How High Altimeter. At 4 feet altitude it now displays 4.0 fe...

Thanks Mike.
I am a little busy at the moment with Mother's day here in Oz, but I will upload the new revision and try it later today or tomorrow morning.
Steve

Winged Shadow How High altimeter calibration, display and annunciation in ErSky9x R166. I have yesterday installed r166 of ErSky9x onto my Ver 3 Sky9x board with 06 coprocessor TinyApp. I have a Winged Shadow How High Altimeter installed in a sailplane with the appropriate telemetry and voice annunc...

kaos wrote:hmm, I think pair up S_mack and Brent may be an excellent solution. Win Win. S_mach will have a full line of product for T9X for people to choose from and Brent can keep the Sky9X going. Possible?

I'd say this was a "marriage" of convenience..... OUR convenience!
Mutchy

Mismatch of voice announcement and screen display. I have a Rev B Sky9x board and use FrSky telemetry with Voice announcements of the telemetry readings. I want to know, in particular, the capacity of the main battery which has been used. Other telemetry announcements include two temperature reading...

I finished installing a sky9x v3.0 yesterday. Her it is with my new shirt as the background. I just need to figure out why this board makes an annoying static noise at the start and end of the sounds... and it will be as good as it gets for me. Took forever to shave down the iinside of the case whe...

Ahhhhh,yes! FrSky's new vapourware.
Steve

Duh!
Of course! I was thinking of the wrong timer. I will test it later today.
Thanks
Steve

PS. Yes! It works perfectly. Thanks again.

Romolo wrote:Also companion9x allows read eeprom to file and write eeprom to file
SNIP
but with X9DA coming I will run short of time too.

I googled X9DA but that was useless . What is X9DA please?

Mutchy

Mutchy: Do you use the timers? Suppose you set a timer to count up, and start from zero. You could force your CH9 to be -100 by adding an extra mix line: R -100% FULL switch(!SW16) and set switch 16 to be: CS16: v>ofs Tim1 0 Switch 16 is then OFF until the timer starts counting, then it is ON. So a...

Well, I tried a few things and have an acceptable "solution", though its not really a solution but a "work around". I tried an extra AND switch at the end of the custom switch line. Sure enough the announcement of climbs corresponding to negative values of "slow up" did...

A note on what happens when switching on my Tx which is somewhat annoying but with which I can live if necessary: the advantage of having voice greatly outweigh the disadvantage of this "feature". When switching the Tx "on" I get the model name announced, then it announces the fi...

Yes it uses most of the custom switches for 15 announcements but the application is unusual. Not many pilots want so many in a sequence. The principle of indexing using the "slow up" feature is universally useful though and can be used in the standard radio too. I have sent Mike another fo...

And BTW here is the sheet where I worked out the values to use for the custom switches and the corresponding voice switches. I know, it's common sense......
Sorry it's in pencil and did not scan well.
Steve