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by WendoNZ
Thu Dec 31, 2015 7:48 am
Forum: Software
Topic: gruvin9x board no buzzer in opentx
Replies: 24
Views: 16132

Re: gruvin9x board no buzzer in opentx

Having just upgraded from the old 1.x versions to 2.1 I can confirm somewhere between 2.0 and 2.1 the buzzer options on the gruvin9x board stopped working. On the 2.0 branch it works fine as long as you don't specify the voice option, on the 2.1 branch it doesn't work at all even with the voice opti...
by WendoNZ
Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:58 am
Forum: FrSky Taranis radio
Topic: X8R SBUS Signal Lost Bit
Replies: 4
Views: 4488

Re: X8R SBUS Signal Lost Bit

Right, that makes sense, thanks!
by WendoNZ
Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:43 am
Forum: FrSky Taranis radio
Topic: X8R SBUS Signal Lost Bit
Replies: 4
Views: 4488

Re: X8R SBUS Signal Lost Bit

Can't tell that at the moment as we don't have a scope with any storage (it's a really old HP analogue scope) and my logic analyzer won't have enough memory I don't think, however once we get the code a little further along and are actually processing the SBUS packets and decoding them we can likely...
by WendoNZ
Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:42 am
Forum: FrSky Taranis radio
Topic: X8R SBUS Signal Lost Bit
Replies: 4
Views: 4488

X8R SBUS Signal Lost Bit

Hi All I'm hoping someone can confirm what I'm seeing with an X8R receiver using SBUS. With a scope attached to the SBUS with the TX on and bound I'm seeing bit 2 of byte 24 bouncing between 1 and 0. This is supposed to be a Link Lost bit so it should be off when the TX is on. Bit 3 is the failsafe ...
by WendoNZ
Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:14 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: 9x upgrade to ATmega128A3-AU + Reboot With Horiz Trims
Replies: 167
Views: 102190

Re: 9x upgrade to ATmega128A3-AU + Reboot With Horiz Trims

Would it make sense for an admin to sticky this issue and change the subject name to reflect it can happen on any 9X?
by WendoNZ
Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:58 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: 9x upgrade to ATmega128A3-AU + Reboot With Horiz Trims
Replies: 167
Views: 102190

Re: 9x upgrade to ATmega128A3-AU + Reboot With Horiz Trims

I've just performed the same fix. I have a gruivin9x board installed and could get it to reboot about 10-20% of the time I used the left stick and used the right horizontal trim. After the fix I also notice much more solid stick readings on the radio setup menu and from withing the channel setup men...
by WendoNZ
Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:44 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Problem: Models taking off on there own until crashing !
Replies: 9
Views: 5775

Re: Problem: Models taking off on there own until crashing !

One other thing to check is that your transmitters aren't rebooting. There is a nasty design flaw on all 9x's that they can reboot when you're using the horizontal trims. I suspect you would have noticed if that was happening, but it might be rebooting fats enough that you never look down to see wha...
by WendoNZ
Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:39 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Trouble flashing Turnigy 9x
Replies: 10
Views: 6621

Re: Trouble flashing Turnigy 9x

How are you powering the usbasp? Is it possible your USB port just can't supply enough current so you're getting voltage drop as a result?

Is it connected to an unpowered hub by chance?
by WendoNZ
Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:04 am
Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
Topic: RC Controlled Switch suggestions
Replies: 6
Views: 7376

Re: RC Controlled Switch suggestions

After some more reworking we should be able to add two servo outputs on the unit too. This will allow landing gear with doors to be connected as well as driving two FET's for LED's etc. We're also looking to add S.BUS support and we'll likely be able to shrink it a little more too. At least that's t...
by WendoNZ
Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:05 pm
Forum: The FRSKY Forum
Topic: Smart Port protocol
Replies: 35
Views: 36848

Re: Smart Port protocol

So, the Sbus protocol is the same sbus that Futaba use? Tell me they haven't called it the same thing and use a different protocol?
by WendoNZ
Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:49 pm
Forum: The FRSKY Forum
Topic: Smart Port protocol
Replies: 35
Views: 36848

Re: Smart Port protocol

Can someone clarify what can/is actually on the Smart Port bus? My understanding is it has all the telemetry but also all of the channels, is that correct? If so then I also have a project currently that could use the specs. Although I can probably reverse engineer from the opentx source, assuming i...
by WendoNZ
Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:36 pm
Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
Topic: RC Controlled Switch suggestions
Replies: 6
Views: 7376

Re: RC Controlled Switch suggestions

Make it like this one, but smaller... http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__12615__Multi_Remote_Receiver_operated_on_off_Switch_.html Most everything else can be done in mixes ... in the transmitter... :) Oh it's significantly smaller than that, it's smaller then the original one I linked. Mixes w...
by WendoNZ
Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:14 am
Forum: General RC Electronic Projects and Discussion
Topic: RC Controlled Switch suggestions
Replies: 6
Views: 7376

RC Controlled Switch suggestions

A friend and I are building RX Controlled switches similar to these but smaller, and with more features and we're looking for suggstions for more features we can add. Our units have two outputs allowing us to alternate flashing etc The units can be daisy chained so you can run more than one unit on ...
by WendoNZ
Wed Aug 28, 2013 6:29 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: APM 2.6 FC and 9X radio mode switch
Replies: 8
Views: 8507

Re: APM 2.6 FC and 9X radio mode switch

Actually, I think I did that on the radio, but just pulled it out using companion and dropped it into a new file. As I said, it's untested, but I did it based on a couple of other docs and blogs I found on the net so it should be pretty close. You can change the custom switches around so they are as...
by WendoNZ
Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:39 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: APM 2.6 FC and 9X radio mode switch
Replies: 8
Views: 8507

Re: APM 2.6 FC and 9X radio mode switch

Attached is a setup I was playing with a while ago. Haven't actually got an APM to test with and it's not exactly what you're after but it will show you how to setup the switch config. It's also got 6 flight modes/phases setup, although that is dependent on your hardware so may not be an options for...
by WendoNZ
Fri Aug 02, 2013 8:16 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Turnigy 9x Antenna Replacement ?
Replies: 6
Views: 4278

Re: Turnigy 9x Antenna Replacement ?

I did that by putting a rotary encoder where the old antenna was mounted :)
by WendoNZ
Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:27 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: Lua interpreter in openTx
Replies: 109
Views: 55561

Re: Lua interpreter in openTx

Random question. Would this allow the imperial units compile option to be obseleted on platforms that support LUA? Would a simple LUA script be simpler to convert units? it would also mean for vario's (for example) that don't provide an imperial output the LUA script could do the conversion
by WendoNZ
Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:29 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: Is Mavlink data supported?
Replies: 20
Views: 13398

Re: Is Mavlink data supported?

Yes but you're not trying to run a complete ground station on this link (at least I would hope not). The point of getting that into the TX is usually so you can put some alarms on things. a 1sec update rate at that point would be fine for anything other than altitude. Certainly for battery monitorin...
by WendoNZ
Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:23 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: Is Mavlink data supported?
Replies: 20
Views: 13398

Re: Is Mavlink data supported?

That's odd, since apart from actually programming an APM, the telemetry port only puts out the same data as a FrSky hub that's populated with all the sensors, so I don't understand why you would think it's a bandwidth problem. Essentially you're talking about GPS, a couple of voltages, altitude and ...
by WendoNZ
Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:23 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: Is Mavlink data supported?
Replies: 20
Views: 13398

Re: Is Mavlink data supported?

Not directly, APM outputs MAVLINK. To translate you need to use a JD IOBoard or a standard Arduino Pro Mini (if you don't care about the lighting features of the JD board) and load this firmware on it https://code.google.com/p/arducodes/downloads/detail?name=jD_IOBoard_FrSkyMAVLink_tst_2.0.hex&c...
by WendoNZ
Fri Jun 21, 2013 10:24 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: SD Card questions
Replies: 11
Views: 7259

Re: SD Card questions

Doesn't look like it, in fact there are very few free pins at all. All the serial ports are used either as serial ports, or just as data pins as far as I can tell. The USB port is just coming of a couple of data pins and not one of the serial ports. EDIT: Actually, pins 12 (RXD2) and 13 (TXD2) come ...
by WendoNZ
Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:01 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: SD Card questions
Replies: 11
Views: 7259

Re: SD Card questions

Ahh, right, the bootloader does emulate a usbasp for flashing, so it can be done, but that obviously makes it much harder to do in software when the TX is running.

Ahh well, cutting a slot for the SD Card it is then.
by WendoNZ
Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:14 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: SD Card questions
Replies: 11
Views: 7259

Re: SD Card questions

I'd still love to know the answer to this
Is that just a code issue (the no mass storage I mean)? Basically could the chip on the gruvin9x support mass storage (even if it stopped all other functions while connected)
It's not a huge issue, but would allow me to mount the SD card internally

Thanks
by WendoNZ
Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:16 pm
Forum: openTx
Topic: SD Card questions
Replies: 11
Views: 7259

Re: SD Card questions

Ahh, that makes much more sense, thanks!
by WendoNZ
Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:50 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: SD Card questions
Replies: 11
Views: 7259

Re: SD Card questions

Is that just a code issue (the no mass storage I mean)? Basically could the chip on the gruvin9x support mass storage (even if it stopped all other functions while connected) I did find the SD logger not long after I asked, typically, but it's limited to 25 seconds. I'm assuming this is some sort of...
by WendoNZ
Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:27 pm
Forum: openTx
Topic: SD Card questions
Replies: 11
Views: 7259

SD Card questions

Hi I've got some questions about the use of the SD Card (on a gruvin9x board, but it's probably for any board that supports it). Other than storing sounds/voices, is there any other functionality? For example, can I record FrSky GPS/Telemetry logs to the SD Card so I can plot them on Google Maps for...
by WendoNZ
Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:12 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: Compatibilty
Replies: 6
Views: 4093

Re: Compatibilty

Regarding the profiles, in companion you can have profiles setup for multiple radios (under preferences toward the bottom) This way companion can keep track of which TX you're using and flash the right eeprom. Open9x and Opentx are the same, as above, but the eeprom format changes semi regularly as ...
by WendoNZ
Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:39 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: r2129 and possible crash/lockup bug
Replies: 22
Views: 11008

Re: r2129 and possible crash/lockup bug

Apparently I have one of the only good connectors :) Much wiggling and nothing... although a replacement LiFe is on the list of things to get. It may get bumped up that list if I keep getting these issues though. I'm looking at this one http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idprod...
by WendoNZ
Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:00 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: r2129 and possible crash/lockup bug
Replies: 22
Views: 11008

Re: r2129 and possible crash/lockup bug

Different models between the sim and my quad, so not a model specific setting alas. I do still have the standard battery connection running 8 x 2200mAh NiMh batteries. Whilst that connector has never been great, if it was that the whole raio would be dying and the TX module wouldn't still be outputt...
by WendoNZ
Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:43 am
Forum: openTx
Topic: r2129 and possible crash/lockup bug
Replies: 22
Views: 11008

Re: r2129 and possible crash/lockup bug

I've spent many hours with this today (yay for long weekends!) I had the radio apart today looking for any loose connections (as I said above), and while I didn't find anything loose, I haven't been able to repeat the situation again since then. Of particular note was that I gave the connection to t...

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