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installing_on_f_series [2016/05/30 17:38]
PhracturedBlue
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 The Walkera F-series transmitters have a very small Flash space. ​ Too small for the traditional FAT fielsystem used by Deviation for other Walkera transmitters. ​ Instead a custom filesystem was designed for these cases called '​DevoFS' ​ The filesystem installation is different because of this. The Walkera F-series transmitters have a very small Flash space. ​ Too small for the traditional FAT fielsystem used by Deviation for other Walkera transmitters. ​ Instead a custom filesystem was designed for these cases called '​DevoFS' ​ The filesystem installation is different because of this.
  
-After following the typical installation (using the DfuSe tool, or <​del>​Deviation Uploader</​del>//​-Note that only a custom build of the deviation-uploader works with the F4, the recomendation ​is to stick with the Walkera DfuSe tool-// to install the dfu file), rebooting the transmitter should result in a screen that says '​Deviation USB'+After following the typical installation (using the DfuSe tool, or <​del>​Deviation Uploader</​del>//​-Note that only a custom build of the deviation-uploader works with the F4/F7, the recommendation ​is to stick with the Walkera DfuSe tool-// to install the dfu file), rebooting the transmitter should result in a screen that says '​Deviation USB'
  
 At this point, if you plug the transmitter into the PC via USB it should be detected as an external drive with a single file '​devo.fs' ​ This is a trick used in Deviation to provide a mechanism to directly access the filesystem. ​ Do not attempt to delete this file or to format the filesystem. ​ These tasks will not damage your transmitter,​ but they also will have no affect. At this point, if you plug the transmitter into the PC via USB it should be detected as an external drive with a single file '​devo.fs' ​ This is a trick used in Deviation to provide a mechanism to directly access the filesystem. ​ Do not attempt to delete this file or to format the filesystem. ​ These tasks will not damage your transmitter,​ but they also will have no affect.
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 First you will need the buildfs program. ​ If you use Windows, you can download the compiled version here: First you will need the buildfs program. ​ If you use Windows, you can download the compiled version here:
  
-https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52854517/buildfs.exe+[[https://www.deviationtx.com/downloads-new/category/3-miscellaneous?​download=5092:​buildfs-exe|Download BuildFS]]
  
 Or you can use the python script (you need to have python2.7 installed) here:  Or you can use the python script (you need to have python2.7 installed) here: 
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