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You adjust the flaps in the Flaps Mixer (balancing the flaps should be done by matching your midpoint and endpoints in the Outputs menu, or the new Balance function which should be in ETHOS 1.5.16)

The VAR is assigned to CH14 because CH14 is Stabilizer Mode for FrSky stabilized receivers running in Quick Mode. I used a VAR mix in the past for this.

Glad it helped!

Definitely best I've found also

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THat is on my to-do list. I need to do a deep dive on them (full setup with the new features) first

Bladescraper Designs is doing some work to address that, he's a serious heli guy and ETHOS user.

That's on my long term project list. I've not used ADV stabilization yet as I find the RBMixer program pretty tough to use

That is on my to-do list once I get an aircraft suitable for such a video. I'm hoping to do this later this year. Note there's no real attitude hold modes on the SR10 plus, just a somewhat gimmicky Hover and Knife edge modes.

The videos with the Bluetooth menu are on older (1.4 and earlier) firmware. Things got moved around in 1.5 Lua scripts must be installed before they become available, they are all user-added capability. There's no software limitations by model in ETHOS, the only limiter is what hardware is available.

There's multiple ways to do this on ETHOS, the simplest is to use a VAR as the source for the gain channel.

I do! There's a Ko-Fi link in my About section ko-fi.com/adammaas

@@adam_mawz_maas $20 thanks

That will work too

Make sure your values are in the right order. The 'Panic' mode has to be the highest non-default value or it will not engage reliably

IIRC it sets the voltage differential at which the unit switches between batteries.

They didn't put slow in the flaps->ele mix because if setup correctly, it would actually break things out. NB - Use the Active Condition of the mix or a 3 point curve to zero out the mixer output at half/takeoff flaps.

@@adam_mawz_maas not sure what you mean by "break things out". slow should be an option in these mixes. it pretty much makes these predefined mixes useless for me without it. this is why i use freemix because the option is there. not sure why they chose to leave this option out doesnt make any sense. using the predefined mixes as they are now is no different than using freemix takes the same amount of time but with more options. it would be ideal to have flaps=>ele be the flaps and ele mix on one mix that would make things much more simple and is the reason it should have slow up and slow down. i thought ethos was supposed to be easier than openttx but in reality it is not.

Glad you like them!

You're welcome!

The RTC battery being low will only cause a loss of time, that will affect logfile names and timestamps. The main battery being low MIGHT cause an EM, but if it does do so, it's already so low it's about to shut down the whole radio.

I think you're misunderstanding what the Wizard does and doesn't do. The Wizard configures the mixers for the model. It does NOT affect anything in RF System,. including protocol selection. The S6R and Archer SR6 use the same channel layout (Gain on ch9, Flight modes on CH10 & 11, Panic on Ch12) so if you pick S6R, you will get correctly configured mixers for an Archer SR6. You will still have to configure your RF System menu to bind to the receiver you are using, regardless of what receiver you pick in the Wizard.

It does not work they my archer sr6 I had to go a whole other direction to get it to work lua script work much better and easy

The Lua script has nothing to do with setting up the mixers for the receiver. The Wizard sets up the mixers on model creation, that's it. The Lua script is used to configure the stabilization system in the receiver, for an Archer Plus, TD or TW stabilized receiver. The Archr SR6 is setup using Device Config->SxR, not the Lua script. The Lua is for the newer receivers only.

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Not sure what would be causing that, unless you have not updated your ISRM module at the same time. YOu need to be on the latest ISRM firmware if you've updated your receivers to new firmware.

@@adam_mawz_maas Firmware is updated on both including rx so sensor loss never happen anymore :) Ty

You are confusing Receiver Flight Modes (which I usually call Stabilizer Modes) with Transmitter Flight Modes. I am using transmitter flight modes to get multiple independent elevator trim settings, each tied to one flap position.

@@adam_mawz_maas thank you for replying. I am using the term used by Spektrum. Anyways at the end the same results are achieved. I do the same directly through flap’s system menu by assigning a 3 position switch for (flaps up, takeoff flaps, and landing flaps) with an offset by elevator depending on the aircraft characteristics. Thanks a lot for the videos on Frsky. I own both spektrum and Futaba , and I am interested to know more about Frsky to replace my radio master. 👍

Somebody in the BLHeli32 community would need to write such a Lua.

I tend to prefer the TD R6 for glow aircraft I've converted, and the TD R10 for new builds. The only reason I pick the TD R10 for new builds is that it allows you to have SBus or FBus on each port, which is perfect for teh FrSKy XAct and Futaba Sbus servos I prefer.

Thanks Adam I appreciate it

Hi Adam another question for you,when you flip a switch between low rat,mid rate,high rate,the call out get a bit behind the switches,is there anyway to speed the call outs up on ethos thanks again.

Set your switch detect delay to 0.1s in System->Hardware->Switch settings, so it will skip any callouts for positions that you didn't leave the switch in

If you pick Offset+Default instead of Normal when setting up the High Idle Trim, you will get exactly that behaviour. That makes the High Idle trim adjustable relative to the regular idle, instead of independent.

@@adam_mawz_maas awesome thank you for the reply. I’ll look into this. The way you describe in your video, if you have a curve set up the curve changes relative to the where the trim is set. So when I hit high idle. My whole curve moves upward. I instead I used vars and repurpose my throttle trim. Now only the point between where the trim is set (high or low) and the next point on your curve moves. The rest of your curve stays the same. It’s wonderful! Lol can you make a video about that. I think people will appreciate it. I certainly appreciate you🤙

Yes, the solution I describe is just for High Idle, your solution is the way to go if you also use throttle curves

Glad you enjoyed it. I'm not currently planning any ELRS content, but that may change in the future. I do use ELRS for cars and have been keeping an eye on it in general (I have some of the new Gemini gear from BetaFPV as well)

Thanks Adam 😊

Glad it was helpful!

Yes

IN 1.5.3 the Var mix has been replaced by the more powerful VAR system. Use a VAR as a source to a Free mix to replace a Var mix.

Yes, I wouldn't recommend use of the OG Neurons with the FB receivers, and waiting for more NeuronII's for that combo.

@@adam_mawz_maas thnx

A Var is a set of selectable, persistently adjustable values that can be used as a source. These replace VAR Mixers and OpenTX GVAR's, but can also do things like create multi-position switches with arbitrary values

Thank You@@adam_mawz_maas

A Var is a set of selectable, persistently adjustable values that can be used as a source. These replace VAR Mixers and OpenTX GVAR's, but can also do things like create multi-position switches with arbitrary values

Sorry about that, I was rushing to get this one out and forgot to fix the audio channels. Most of my videos have that fixed, it's an artifact of the Mic I use (dual mic setup, one unit per channel) which I normally fix in post.

Glad it helped

It would work fine, although you'll want a NeuronII, not a Neuron. The NeuronII's are FBus capable and you need that to work properly with XAct servos. The only thing you would be lacking is any redundancy. If you need that, you'd want an R10+ instead with a serial receiver as the redundant one

Thanks!

There is a better way with ETHOS 1.5 My next video will address this. Should be up later today or tomorrow.

Glad you got it sorted

Check out tis video: th-cam.com/video/7pVJ9lnIub0/w-d-xo.html

No, the hardware is slightly different. The FB versions have all the signal pins on a common rail with the Fbus/S.port pin on the 6-pin header.

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Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad to hear the Audio is improved. I tweaked my settings as it turns out I wasn't optimizing right for TH-cam

Glad you're enjoying it.

Yeah, that will work too. I tend to re-use the curve elsewhere, which is why I use it.

You can replicate the old Var mix behaviour with weights and a source of Max, but by using the Free Mix with a VAR as a source, you gain access to all the new VAR functionality (notably persistent adjusters, which is great if using this for selectable gains or camber presets)

thnx