including custom-switch support in Deviation

Your pictures, as always, are very nice and instructive. Do you have a post on your site?

No. Not yet. It's like Developers and getting around to documenting. Not the fondest job.

Then add in a heathy dose of family life with three little kids...and written step by step instructions gets push to the back burner. One day though. I get pinged about it often.

I have modded 4 Devo 7e in the last few days.

And we had a Fly Nite yesterday. Came back home with two more.

Hi everyone. I'm going to do the 1x3 switch mod on my devo 7e, but I'm very noobish at the coding side, so I have a few questions;
1, does this mod need extra coding for it?
2, if so is it possible to download it?
3, how do i code it myself? as in where is the code i am changing?

Thank you so much for any help

Install the latest nightly and you won't have to do any extra "coding", just add the switch option in the hardware.ini.


But speaking of which, I recently installed a 3-position switch on the "fmode-side" of the TX (7E). When setting the switch option to 3x1, the switch is recognized as "SW A", but the third position (SW A2) never changes. If I set it up to 3x2, "SW A" becomes "SW B" and suddenly all three positions work. There seems to be some sort of bug. I already filed in in the bug tracker, but maybe someone else had this issue and can confirm it?

im about to install the nightly built into my devo 7e and already have 2x3way switch ans diode according to this topic, after the switch installation and the nightly build installed, do i have to activate it in the hardware.ini file? and if yes wich what do i write ? plus do i have to reactivate my nrf24l01 mod and range mod after installing the build?

and by the way, can i install a 7.4v 2s lipo pack in it, im confuse with all the topics here.

Arakon wrote: But speaking of which, I recently installed a 3-position switch on the "fmode-side" of the TX (7E). When setting the switch option to 3x1, the switch is recognized as "SW A", but the third position (SW A2) never changes. If I set it up to 3x2, "SW A" becomes "SW B" and suddenly all three positions work. There seems to be some sort of bug. I already filed in in the bug tracker, but maybe someone else had this issue and can confirm it?

Hello,

I can confirm your findings, using the nightly f5f04d4.

Greets

Horst

Okay, it gets even weirder. I now added the second switch (so proper 3x2 wiring with 2 switches).
I set them up like this: www.deviationtx.com/forum/7-development/...ation?start=80#19199

Channel 6 with SW B, channel 7 with SW A

The left switch now controls BOTH channels (in channel monitor and in actual fact), despite one being set as A, one as B. The right switch has no function.

I just checked the model ini and for some reason, channel 6 got entries for channel 7 too.. it looks like it may be saving them wrong?
[channel6]
template=expo_dr
[mixer]
src=!SW B0
dest=Ch6
[mixer]
src=!SW B0
dest=Ch6
switch=SW B1
scalar=0
[mixer]
src=!SW B0
dest=Ch6
switch=SW B2
[mixer]
src=!SW A0
dest=Ch6
[mixer]
src=!SW A0
dest=Ch6
switch=SW A1
scalar=0

[channel7]
template=expo_dr
[mixer]
src=!SW A0
dest=Ch7
[mixer]
src=!SW A0
dest=Ch7
switch=SW A1
scalar=0
[mixer]
src=!SW A0
dest=Ch7
switch=SW A2


Edit: Manually deleted the SW A channel 6 entries in notepad++ and now it works as intended.

I just posted to the original 2-switch add thread before I saw this thread. Anyway, I noticed that PC12 (GPIOC 12) pin 53 seems to be unused in the Devo 7E. This could be used for a 5th row or column for 4 more IO ports. In addition, couldn't the FMODE0 and HOLD0 switch IOs be turned into 2 more rows and/or columns?

The best would be to make it so the PC12, FMODE0, and HOLD0 IOs were added to the 4x4 row/column button matrix. This would result in 5 rows and 6 columns for the button matrix. That would give 16 more IOs. That would give the 7e everything it needs to compete. Of course... that is if it can be done.

I'm very interested in the result you suggest. Meanwhile, I'm not sure to understand the meaning of the row / column matrix.
As a hardware mod, would IT be possible to add 1 (rather 2) knobs ?

dear daryoon, I write from Italy.
# 22231but diode?

Look closely at the picture. There are diodes there on the switches.

sorry, I do not understand English well.
there are no diodes, but because many posts talking about putting diodes on switches

Take 1N4148....diodes are a must have for this mod.

thank you, thank you very much
I could not see the diodes,
I read the post put the diodes here... put them there... but I could not see them.
And if the direction of the diodes is not just nothing works.
Thanks again,Have a nice day from Roma

I have some problem with two 3-way switches

1. Sometimes right horizontal trim moves left with left vertical trim moves up side without pushing the buttons.
2. When I keep pushing the right horizontal tirm button to the left side. Sometimes left vertical trim moves up side


I use four 1n4005g diodes
And wire is lan wire...it was very hard to find some wire use..
How do i solve this problem? Please help me!

You are using the wrong diode type. Use something like the 1N4148.. the smaller, "glass" type.

Nah the diode is fine as long as the blocking voltage and the forward voltage drop is sane i dont see how any diode would be better than any other for this application. I use a 10A01 power diode.. because thats what was on my desk at the time.