Control OpenTX via BT / USB
Control OpenTX via BT / USB
Hi all,
is it possible, to control some / all functions of OpenTX by some external device e.g. via USB/serial from PC or via BT/serial from smartphone?
Thanks for all hints,
Wilhelm
is it possible, to control some / all functions of OpenTX by some external device e.g. via USB/serial from PC or via BT/serial from smartphone?
Thanks for all hints,
Wilhelm
Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
No. Only thing you can do is pass control data using the trainer inputs.
Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
A bit off topic, but it is possible to control ersky9x from the PC using Eepskye and a serial connection, either via USB and an arduino, or via Bluetooth directly to the radio. That is how I program most of my models. I do the programming on the PC and see the control surfaces moving live on the model.
Eepskye can also display the radio display live, and actually control and navigate the radio's menus using the mouse. But these are two separate features..
As i said this is off topic because it is on Ersky9x, not openTX, but I thought I'd post anyway..
João
Eepskye can also display the radio display live, and actually control and navigate the radio's menus using the mouse. But these are two separate features..
As i said this is off topic because it is on Ersky9x, not openTX, but I thought I'd post anyway..
João
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Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
Just discovered an old thread on SBUS-trainer input for the ersky9x. I read that the opentx also implemented this possibility.
If so, it must be possible to use the trainer jack with SBUS-Input to all 16 channels. And that would be all I'm looking for.
Well, to use Bluetooth, I have to code some BT/Uart protocol transformer on an µC (AVR) to use the RoboRemo App on my smartphone.
If so, it must be possible to use the trainer jack with SBUS-Input to all 16 channels. And that would be all I'm looking for.
Well, to use Bluetooth, I have to code some BT/Uart protocol transformer on an µC (AVR) to use the RoboRemo App on my smartphone.
Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
Yes OpenTX supports SBUS in some configurations as well, but I had understood you did not want to go through the trainer port input/logic.
Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
Thank you very much!
Just for curiosity:
the SBUS stream is defined to 100000Bd and 7ms intervals.
Is the another serial input interface where on can specify the Baud-Rate and disable the constant rate of 7ms? This would be an ideal interface for e.g. BT connections receiving values from an smartphone app. Really cool if some scripting on the TX could define this sort of interface to e.g. parse the incoming data.
Thanks,
Wilhelm
Just for curiosity:
the SBUS stream is defined to 100000Bd and 7ms intervals.
Is the another serial input interface where on can specify the Baud-Rate and disable the constant rate of 7ms? This would be an ideal interface for e.g. BT connections receiving values from an smartphone app. Really cool if some scripting on the TX could define this sort of interface to e.g. parse the incoming data.
Thanks,
Wilhelm
Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
Not at this point, no. But that is in the works:
https://github.com/opentx/opentx/pull/6008
The 7ms rate should not be critical.
https://github.com/opentx/opentx/pull/6008
The 7ms rate should not be critical.
Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
I have to come back to this postKilrah wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:46 am Not at this point, no. But that is in the works:
https://github.com/opentx/opentx/pull/6008
The 7ms rate should not be critical.
I want to use some digital/serial input to the opentx (on jumper T12). As I now understand, that would be possible via SBUS. Correct?
How do I use the incoming values? As Trainer-input?
How do I supply that? Via USB-serial?
Thanks!
Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
SBUS can be fed on pin 2 of the module slot and appears as trainer channels. But that is unavailable if the external module is used, and since the T12 does not have an internal one you basically cannot use it.
Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
I suppose the situation will be better for der RadioMaster T16, since this TX has two USB-serial ports?
Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
ErskyTX can be controlled by Bluetooth. I do it all the time when setting up a new model using Eepskye on the computer.
The video shows Bidirectional Trainer between 2 radios. But it is also possible between a computer sending BT to a radio.
Just thought this might be interesting for you..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyaeRxGq5NY
João
The video shows Bidirectional Trainer between 2 radios. But it is also possible between a computer sending BT to a radio.
Just thought this might be interesting for you..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyaeRxGq5NY
João
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Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
The T12 doesn't have BT nor a serial port to connect a module to.
Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
I am sure Mike would find one
But that makes me like my radios even more
João
But that makes me like my radios even more
João
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Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
I I'm willing to modifify the Hardware of the T12, is it then possible to use e.g. a free serial port of the MCU on the main-board of the T12? I would assume, that the T12 and T16 boards are mostly the same ...
Re: Control OpenTX via BT / USB
Nope, completely different architecture