Releases, Documentation ??

[Patman]

Hello!

I am new to openXsensor. Till v2.5 I can find some releases for download (https://github.com/openXsensor/openXsen ... _Downloads).
In the news I can find that a version 7 is available.

Where can I download the releases? Is the master always the stable and latest release?

Regards,
Patrick

[mstrens]

Master is normally the latest stable release.
Some time when I plan to make quite big changes I create a new branch and I add the new functionalities in this new branch. When I expect that this new branch is OK, I merge it to master and I usally remove the other branch. At this time, it could be that there are still some bugs in the master branch because I can't test all functionalities.

Currently, I did not created a release for version 7 because I am still making minor changes based on the feedbacks and requests I get.
You can easily download it from the home screen
https://github.com/openXsensor/openXsensor
Select the master branch (left in the menu bar) and then click on "Download Zip" (right in the menu bar).
There is a file named version.oxs that contains the version number.
Still this version number does not reflect all minor changes. I upgrade the number only when there are significant changes.

[hageha]

Hi,
yesterday I built an openXsensor with GPS.
Altitude, VSPD, and VFAs are o.k.
Gps Lon, Lat also o.k.
Galt shows either about 30m or jumps to about -30m. The real height is about 155m.
Other GPS values are not shown.
I use a Taranis Plus FW 2.17 with a D-receiver
I have tried two different Ublox Neo6M (9600 baud 1Hz)
The results were absolutely identical.
I tried to fault finding but unfortunately are not my skills enough.
Are there any new insights already?

[mstrens]

Hi,
yesterday I built an openXsensor with GPS.
Altitude, VSPD, and VFAs are o.k.
Gps Lon, Lat also o.k.
Galt shows either about 30m or jumps to about -30m. The real height is about 155m.
Other GPS values are not shown.
I use a Taranis Plus FW 2.17 with a D-receiver
I have tried two different Ublox Neo6M (9600 baud 1Hz)
The results were absolutely identical.
I tried to fault finding but unfortunately are not my skills enough.
Are there any new insights already?

Are you using the latest version in master branch?
I just checked the code and it seems OK for GPSAlt. Still I did not test it.
Another member is currently making tests (also with a D receiver) and he did not report an error about this. Still he is using openTx 2.0 (instead of 2.1)

[hageha]

I now flashed the 5 hours old FW.
Galt is still about 29 m (-29 m), but now Hdg appears.
Despite km h setting in config.h, kts displayed.

[mstrens]

I just made a minor change for GpsAlt. The new version is on github.
Still, I am not sure that it will solve the issue.
Can you test it?

About km/h, this setup in oXs is discarded for Hub protocol because this protocol expects that the GPS speed is in knot/h.
I think that openTx converts it to km/h if you ask for (using metric units in your setup).
Still, as far I remember, this conversion by openTx occurs only for the values being displayed on the screen and not for the log.

[hageha]

Looks good ! 166 m but at the time no good fix

[mstrens]

So I expect it is now OK (other member also said me that it seems ok)

Thanks for you help fixing it.

[hageha]

After I did some experiments with the OpenXsensor-GPS and my antennas Tracker today, I noticed that SAT's and Fix is not displayed.
Did I do something wrong?

[mstrens]

Number of sat and type of fix are transmitted only in Hott (Graupner) protocol.
I think that other protocols do not have telemetry fields to transmit those data.

Note: as far I remember, GPS data are transmitted only when there is a 3D fix

[hageha]

In order to assess the quality of the GPS signal, it may be important to indicate the number of the satellite.
Somewhere that was taken over Tmp1 or Tmp2.
e.g. See 8 satellites and Fix 3 for "83".
It can be seen earlier if everything is in order.
That was here: https://github.com/SamuelBrucksch/diy-frsky-gps