Possible voice alert feature in the future?

Hi everybody,

I've been doing a lot of reading on here so far and am truly amazed at the comprehensiveness of all the info.

It's a little overwhelming for a newbie to the Deviation FW...but I am working my way through it

Anyway, I have two questions actually where i didn't find much information through searches on here...

Are there plans to add custom voice alerts like the FrSky Taranis is equipped with through their own opensource FW TX project?

My second question is in regards to different protocols, such as DSMX, DSM2 and Devo. I got four planes, two electric-powered gliders, a Cessna 182 and a FW-190.

I plan on installing the Devo RX801 in the Cessna, two DSM2 Orange RXs in the gliders and a Spektrum AR6210 DSMX in the FW-190. Can I assign and save all these different protocols to each compatible receiver and model set-up without having to manually change the protocols each time I select a model to fly? I didn't find any detailed information hence me asking.

Thanks for your help.

Mike

Hi Mike!

I don't know about any plans to add voice alerts but guess PB will answer this one.

The one with having different protocols to different models is very easy to do. Just select the protocol you need when setting up the config, and it will change when you change your model.

I'm currently using DSMX on my Warp 360 and DSM2 on my glider.

-Drexz

Drexz wrote: Hi Mike!

I don't know about any plans to add voice alerts but guess PB will answer this one.

The one with having different protocols to different models is very easy to do. Just select the protocol you need when setting up the config, and it will change when you change your model.

I'm currently using DSMX on my Warp 360 and DSM2 on my glider.

-Drexz

Hi Drexz...

Thanks for the info. So the protocol stays with the model once it has been chosen and saved, correct? And it changes when I select a different model. Very, very cool

What brand of DSM2 RX are you using in your glider?

Mike

That is correct.

I'm using a OrangeRX R410 in mine. Getting a Elf mini DLG tomorrow, and going to use it in that one as well. Mostly used spektrum/OrangeRX rx's with my devo, and really happy with the results.

I've got two Orange Rx R610 (w/Sat port) on order from Hobbyking.

It's good to know that others use the ORXs since it'll be my first experience with them. I have so far only used the FlySky TH9X compatible RXs.

Thanks for the feedback.

Actually I make some testing with a module (WTV020-SD-20S) which can play music files and is controlled via a micro processor. You can select 512 files which are played on command. My goal is to transmit the sound via bluetooth to a headset (or you can use a loudspeaker directly connected to the module).
If this works, 512 speech files can be recorded and played.
The next step will be to see how it can be added to my Devo8 and Devo12 in a way that needs no expert skills in soldering...
And the last one will be to look into the code to see where those commands can be given (could be the sound playing methods and the dialogs)...

I have not too much time to work on this project but it's fun.

rbe2012 wrote: Actually I make some testing with a module (WTV020-SD-20S) which can play music files and is controlled via a micro processor. You can select 512 files which are played on command. My goal is to transmit the sound via bluetooth to a headset (or you can use a loudspeaker directly connected to the module).
If this works, 512 speech files can be recorded and played.
The next step will be to see how it can be added to my Devo8 and Devo12 in a way that needs no expert skills in soldering...
And the last one will be to look into the code to see where those commands can be given (could be the sound playing methods and the dialogs)...

I have not too much time to work on this project but it's fun.

Hi rbe2012,

That's great news! I hope you can get this to work.

It might help to look at the Taranis code to see how they implemented this. I guess it was FrSky themselves who did it first before improvements were made by the community.

At least that's what I read on RCG in that huge thread. Boy, this will, and already is, one great line of Devo TXs!

But you should have some patience. I work on this if no more important task keeps me away (and it has a quite low priority for me).
It is also unlikely that such a hardware add-on will ever be supported by the main deviation line.
Let me put the hardware together (I will receive the bluetooth sending module this week). After that I will look how to bind this to the tx. It might be necessary to put some kind of adapter in between (mcu-based, serial interface towards the tx, control interface to sound module).
Thank you for your offer to look into the Taranis code, but I think this will not help here. The interface to the sound module is still open and on the other side it is clear, which information has to be send when an event occurs.

rbe2012,

I know patience is a virtue and I didn't mean to push or rush anyone

I'm glad, though, that someone is looking into the possibilities to see what else can be accomplished with this FW!

I had a feeling that the Taranis is running on a different code or maybe platform...not sure, though, since I'm far from being a programmer. I'm really just a happy camper with the Deviation FW.

Mike