Show pot ranges mapping to Strings

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AlexF
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Show pot ranges mapping to Strings

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I'm looking for a possibility to visualize position of one potentiometer in special way. I like to map ranges of the pot to specific strings, than i like to show the strings instead of the current pod value.

like this:

1000-1200 string1
1201-1400 string2
1401-1600 string3
1601-1700 string4
1801-2000 string5

Is there a possibility to realize this type of mapping and display the current string in openTX?

Thanks,

Alex.

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Re: Show pot ranges mapping to Strings

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You could either use the flight modes, or a lua script.
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Re: Show pot ranges mapping to Strings

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I had a look to "flight modes" for realizing a mapping between pot values and user defined strings. As far as i get it, this way I am limited to the total numbers of flight modes supported by my TX, which is 4 for my 9x. Right?

I'm afraid that Lua Scripting is NOT supported by the 9x, so this is not a solution for me. Right?

Is there another way to visualize the value of a pot by displaying a user defined String for it? I'd like to map 12 Values to pot positions.
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Well, it works better with all details.
Not knowing which radio you had made lua a possibility in case it was a Taranis, and you mentioning 5 strings as an example was OK on the 9X (4 flight modes + the default that can also have a name).

So no, no way to get 12 strings on a 9x.
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Okay, so i have to dive in the code base to realize this feature for my own. If someone have suggestions for adding an additional view , i would be happy. :)

I did already some research by browsing the git repo, hopefully it takes not too much time.

Or is there another software project that runs on a 9x that support this feature?

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Do you need to see the strings, or would adding voice output so the Tx speaks the position work?

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Re: Show pot ranges mapping to Strings

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Yeah, i was thinking about to solve this issue by your voice mod, but before i do the voice mod, i guess i will buy a taranis. for now i remember the numbers and the strings and do the mapping in the head ;) Not so nice, but it works greate ;).

On the other hand, why is there no feature like this in openTX for the 9x? In my mind ist is very basic thing if you control a lot of parameters like while doing in flight adjustments.
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The original 9X (ATMEGA64 processor) has very limited flash, RAM and EEPROM. Adding a feature like this would need quite a bit of all three of these.

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