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14 Jun 2019 08:11 #74529
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I raised this question some time ago on the general thread. Currently the Flysky protocol supports a Variometer/Altimeter. This sensor is discovered perfectly on the Flysky i10 and works great but I would really like to use it on my Devo 10. The last time I asked if support for this telemetry could be included the answer came back as yes but unfortunately it still does not appear to be there. Is there still any possibility of adding this support ?
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14 Jun 2019 15:25 #74534
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Please try the test build (
63c8836) here
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17 Jun 2019 19:39 #74557
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Hi Hexfet
Ok I tried the build and indeed it does see that the sensor is there now but reports it as being a temperature sensor. Bizarrely enough if I hold the sensor in my hand the reported temperature goes up so Flysky must be sharing circuitry between the altitude and temperature sensors but how I have no idea. Is there any way of getting it to detect it correctly as an altitude variometer.
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Ok I tried the build and indeed it does see that the sensor is there now but reports it as being a temperature sensor. Bizarrely enough if I hold the sensor in my hand the reported temperature goes up so Flysky must be sharing circuitry between the altitude and temperature sensors but how I have no idea. Is there any way of getting it to detect it correctly as an altitude variometer.
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18 Jun 2019 00:21 #74561
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The sensor only reports temperature and pressure. The altitude is calculated from that, but hadn't added that code.
Test build is updated ( c0b217e ).
Was the displayed temperature anywhere close to the actual temp?
Test build is updated ( c0b217e ).
Was the displayed temperature anywhere close to the actual temp?
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18 Jun 2019 09:05 #74564
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The temperature is pretty much perfect. The new build is now identifying that there is an altitude sensor there on row 6 of the telemetry page but the value stays at 0m.
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19 Jun 2019 00:25 #74570
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Test build is updated (
34ea590
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The altitude is displayed AGL. Long press on UP at the top of the telemetry test page will reset it to 0.
The altitude is displayed AGL. Long press on UP at the top of the telemetry test page will reset it to 0.
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20 Jun 2019 19:37 #74578
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Unfortunately the receiver will no longer bind to the radio. When I press bind I get a flash in the receiver suggesting that a bind has occurred but then the receiver just starts a slow blink. I get voltage telemetry but no activity out of any of the channels.
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21 Jun 2019 16:31 #74584
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Test build is updated (
4598caf
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21 Jun 2019 19:33 #74585
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Unfortunately still no bind and now no telemetry is being shown. When I revert back to build c0b217e bind works again.
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21 Jun 2019 21:20 #74586
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Thanks for noting the last working version. Made it easy to compare and spot the issue. Test build is updated (
218342d
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22 Jun 2019 13:49 #74589
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Hey..good news. Bind working perfectly AND I am now getting altitude. Only thing is the multiplier is out. So when it is at 1m it is saying 0.01m and 2m = 0.02m so that figure or factor needs to be multiplied by 100. Also when I turn off the receiver the RSSI and Battery telemetry fields go black but the temperature and alt stay non-inverted.
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24 Jun 2019 20:45 #74601
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That's good news. Test build is updated (
9603540
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The A7105 radio chip does not provide a software means for detecting that a new receive packet has arrived. Deviation reads the receive buffer on every protocol cycle. Likely the temp and alt telemetry stays active because the last telemetry packet contained that data, and it continues to be read after the receiver is turned off.
The A7105 radio chip does not provide a software means for detecting that a new receive packet has arrived. Deviation reads the receive buffer on every protocol cycle. Likely the temp and alt telemetry stays active because the last telemetry packet contained that data, and it continues to be read after the receiver is turned off.
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11 Jul 2019 14:56 - 11 Jul 2019 15:42 #74729
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Apologies for the delay in getting back on this build. Work got in the way of my hobby.
So the accuracy seems to have gone out of both the temperature (by 2 degrees more than actual) and the altitude, which is now recording less than actual and keeps flopping about. Before the scale factor was out it was very accurate i.e. 0.01 was very close to 1m 0.02 was very close to 2m.
The good news is that now when I switch off the receiver all the fields go black whereas previously temp and alt were staying non-inverted.
I really appreciate your work on this and hope my feedback is helpful.
Just in way of some further experimentation, I went back to the previous build and in fact the temp and ALT fields do go inverted (black) they just take a bit longer. Actually I can live with the multiplication factor being out.
So the accuracy seems to have gone out of both the temperature (by 2 degrees more than actual) and the altitude, which is now recording less than actual and keeps flopping about. Before the scale factor was out it was very accurate i.e. 0.01 was very close to 1m 0.02 was very close to 2m.
The good news is that now when I switch off the receiver all the fields go black whereas previously temp and alt were staying non-inverted.
I really appreciate your work on this and hope my feedback is helpful.
Just in way of some further experimentation, I went back to the previous build and in fact the temp and ALT fields do go inverted (black) they just take a bit longer. Actually I can live with the multiplication factor being out.
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12 Jul 2019 16:15 #74733
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That's a little strange since the temperature calculation has not changed. I did find a possible issue in the altitude calculation. Keep in mind the altitude is relative. Long press the UP button on the telemetry test screen to reset it to 0.
Test build is updated ( 5284cc1 ).
Test build is updated ( 5284cc1 ).
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16 Jul 2019 17:57 #74749
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Man, that's perfect. Thank you so much for the time and effort. I am really grateful.
Just a note, a long press on the UP in the Telemetry screen does not seem to reset to 0 it just exits the telemetry screen.
Now I just need to do the Devo 10 voice mod
Just a note, a long press on the UP in the Telemetry screen does not seem to reset to 0 it just exits the telemetry screen.
Now I just need to do the Devo 10 voice mod
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16 Jul 2019 22:44 #74750
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Thanks for testing! Holding UP on the telemetry test screen will cause it to scroll up to the top if not already there. Once row 1 becomes visible, continue pressing UP for another couple seconds to reset the ground level value.
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19 Jul 2019 20:40 #74773
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Just to confirm, the hold down up button does not work. I have tried as you describe and if I hold it anymore than a second it just exits back to the main screen. Also I have noticed that a model that was working fine randomly starts displaying the ALT as 64m. It doesn't matter whether I switch RX and TX off and back on again it comes back to this value. However if I either create a new model or reset that model and rebind then it goes back to zero ?
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21 Jul 2019 00:53 #74777
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The ground level setting is recorded in the model file. If the UP button reset doesn't work for you it can be deleted from the model file. Then it will just be set to the first received telemetry value next time the model is used.
But the reset works on my 10. If this procedure doesn't work for you please post a video of your tx.
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But the reset works on my 10. If this procedure doesn't work for you please post a video of your tx.
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21 Jul 2019 16:19 #74779
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Duh !!! Sorry, watching your video made me realise where I was going wrong. I was accessing the telemetry screen from the main flight screen using a long up press. From there it does not work. However when I go to the Telemetry from the Transmitter Config sub menu then it works fine.
Thanks again
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