You are my absolute favorite when it come to how-to vids. No BS, no 20-minute tangents, just straight-to-the-point and easy-to-follow instructions. Thanks!!
After over 5 years in this hobby I needed this because I hate messing with my Taranis and each time I have to find a walk through and yours is awesome. Keep it up bro and happy ripping.
I subbed at the beginning of my FPV journey when I wanted to change the splash screen. Just followed these steps as I now have Ghost and wanted to make sure everything was up to date. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your videos are invaluable, especially to a noob like myself. Top man!
bro... this might not be the first video on youtube that explains how to do these things, BUT its definately the MOST explaining and easy to anderstand. Great job there bro, hope you make more videos. Thubs up.
I just want to say a huge thank you! I could not have done this with out this video. This was by far the best and most well explained video that I have ever watched. Thank you so much!
I'm not sure what happened here but I am new to this and I started watching your videos for their concise and easy to understand lessons. I was frustrated by what Taranis did on my QX7 ACCESS with no D8 Mode and was about to return it as I was having too much difficulty binding it. I finally got it binded in D16 mode after watching several of your vids, not specifically on the binding the transmitter to my TinyHawk 2, but just from the knowledge gained from your vids I was finally able to get something that works inside, but it's rainy so can't try it outside. Thanks
Drainman, thankyou so so much for this easy to follow video,I've been trying to update my taranis X9d+ all day and stuffed it all up...ha ha,thanks to you I now have a fully functional TX again,you have no idea how happy I am now........God bless you.......Mark..Ps I have suscribed. ..
Helped me big time. Even on my Mac where everything is not so easy. Much appreciated. I was on a really old version. At least 3 years old. I updated to try and improve running high FF values in betaflight. Much appreciated
Hey DrainMan FPV your dedication and service to RC learning is invaluable!! Just got this Taranis DX9 Plus from eBAY (USED) and in great condition and with the hard alu case. But the firmware was 2016 and boot was 2.1 something and no voice. So I followed your (this) video with OTXC235 and did the download and flash procedures. Also saved the files in an orderly manor per your suggestion, but in my style of course (been doing computer stuff since 1980’s lol). Now am operating the kick-ass xmitter with the ‘latest/greatest’ 235 firm and boot!!! It even talks now! Friggin’ awsome!! Much thanks and keep those learning vids coming.
My apologies for breezing past your videos in the past... Seems you've a great grasp of the tech and that earned a SUB from me. Thanks for all your help and hard work! And folks "Drainman" is legit. 🎯 ✌🏼
Holy crap! A video on this stuff that I can follow and understand. I am going to install OpenTX 2.3.9 on my X9 Lite. This should get me through it. With the way all of this Chinese stuff is made, I'm afraid of bricking everything if I'm not positive I fully understand all of the steps involved in updating things.
love your work man.. followed this video in 2020 for 2.2.4 with NFI but got through thanks to your help then and the vid was my go to today for update 2.3.11 again in 2021. Hopefully on 2.3.11 I can get back in the sim
FYI i tried to make it on mac at first but even available options at 4:23 are different, i had less options on mac. i eventually installed windows on my tv's pc and was able to install newest firmware 2.3.9 & bootloader 2.3.9 :) thanks for great videos
That’s braw Drainman - good tae listen tae a man wae his heid screwed on properly 👍 Yer well organised and very structured in yer thinking. Many Thanks - Dins
Thanks god,... or thank you I should say... I´ve spent months trying to figure it out and now I finally did it thanks to you.. And now Im going to try to bind it to receiver I guess :D
Nice, Well Done!! (What Michael and Fortycade said) Keep up the good work... mark me Subscribed!! Hey Sports Fans, OPENTX JUMPER T16 new owners...... this guys does it best, taranis has OPEN TX, sooo similar, and this guy rocks the instructionals!
Did you speed up the tansfer SD card contents ? the reason i ask my laptop takes about 10 mins.. its a fairly decent laptop 16 gig memory etc just slow as hell at transferring those files..
Very easy to follow and teaching great techniques for good organizational methods. Obviously two years later the update is a little further along, unfortunately following every step I’ve lost the bind function to pair my new build
What do all those boxes mean? Build options. I'm basically new to this hobby, im waiting on delivery for Iflight chimera 7inch, with Dji air unit and Tbs crossfire nano rx, ive got the Jumper T18 Pro and the Tbs crossfire micro tx v2. At some point i'll be getting the Dji hd fpv goggles too. Amazing videos, I will be watching this series alot as I need to learn as much as i can. Ur videos are perfect for me for learning, so i thanku.
it won't let me download the firmware, says it doesn't recognize a radio is hooked up or that I am missing a driver. I tried following some other tips going into device manager and installing new drivers i got for windows suggested by open tx, but still doesn't work.
great playlist i have been watching only bardwell but found these very well done and helpful anywho instead of downloading via usb can i doing these procedures onto an exsternel sd card then move the sd to my x7 and flash that way with bootloader??
I have the Frsky Taranis QX7. I was following you step by step until I got to copy the files to SDcontents. something happen and it got stopped. I tried to do it but it kept giving me the same error. I took the SD card and connected directly to the computer abd transfered the file but the contents will not show up in the radio. its an empty page....... please help
My firmware update file won't save as a .bin file. It just saves as "All files" file type. When I try to flash it to my Qx7S, it says "new firmware is not compatible with the one currently installed!" Is there some file or program that I am missing or something?
For anyone that has this problem, I found the solution. You need to uncheck the box that says "check hardware compatibility" if it's the 1st time you are removing the FrSky stock firmware (this will be true if you have a new radio).
Hey man I love the videos! I am trying to update my taranis x9d+ and it is saying the new firmware isnt compatible with the one installed. And the one installed is 2.3.12. I am trying to install 2.3.15 Thanks!
Hey man I been following the videos I just did the update but now i have no models and I try to restore them but it says it incapable can you help me please?
After updating my X9D+ from fw 2.0.9 to the latest firmware all models doesn't work anymore, all custom functions and other settings are lost and had to be recreated again, even simple thing like the RX module is not the right one. Restoring them from backup doesn't help because the eeprom updates them as soon the tarains is powered on.
The radio type bit doesn't seem to have my radio, its the Jumper T18 Pro, ita has T12-T16 Pro but no T18pro. And how do I find what my Channel order is?
Hello DrainMan , first of all I would like to thank for sharing your knowledge ,,,, My friend I'm a beginner !! I do have a Taranis QX7 radio - firmware 7access-2.3.5 (4fbe....) The reason that I need to update and change my firmware is the fact that there in missing mode at my Taranis , Mode D8 is missing ! The Taranis can be connected to the DRL Simulator and also to the Betaflight program without any problem, , put when I connect it to the OpenTX program it's not possible to Read/Wright & not possible to download the firmware. Please ur advice ?
I have xd9 and followed to the T and I lost all my models settings. The names of the crafts are there but when I go to inputs there is nothing! And other things like u cant edit switch positions in model setup.
That's a good question Stuart, i would imagine it cant be much different, it's the same firmware. I am working on a T16 playlist at the moment. But im sure you want to do it now. Just be careful, good luck
Hey Drain man, I have a problem. My R9MM receiver now will not bind. Not an iisue before. I did get the green and red light during the bind process, but when repowering the quad, it will go back to blinking red. Any ideas? Thanks to you and anyone who can direct me cirrectly.
I did everything like you said all the way to click download to download firmware and I get a message saying "No firmware release candidates are currently being served for this version, please switch release channel. "
Very informative and helpful video. I'll be updating my QX7 next day off. Will you be going over how to properly back up the radio? I'd hate to loose my models if something went wrong. Thanks 😊
Is there a way to get D8 mode on qx7 ACCESS with r9m 2019?? It’s for a Emax that uses D8 mode only, or should I just send this receiver back (and get the ACCST) before it’s too late??
DrainMan FPV Yeah that’s a little known problem with this new ACCESS, thought I was getting cutting edge which in some ways it maybe but some of us new bees (and others with Emax products) don’t realize what we’re losing (D8 mode) if we but this mode of QX7... but thanks for the response (I’m now a sub) and I’ve just ordered the QX7S ACCST US model that has D8 (according to Amazon 🤞🏽)
So I don't need the sd card contents from frsky page just get it from open tx instead? And would I still need to do the updates from frsky if I'm gonna use opentx
After updating my Taranis X9D 2019 ACCESS radio to OTX bootloader - 2.3.0, the RADIO setup menu is missing and in its place is a TOOLS menu. Can anyone assist please?
Updated to Vers: 2.2.4 FW: opentx-x7 Everything went great on up date, only problem now is, I can't turn off my transmitter . It flashes off and on when i try to turn it off. Please HELP!!!
So can I pull the sd card out of my radio and plug it in my computer with an sd card reader and update everything that way? My mac will not recognize my transmitter at all. I know my cord supports data and even tried a usb 2.0 adapter. Im about to trash this thing. By trash i mean sell it lol
You are my absolute favorite when it come to how-to vids. No BS, no 20-minute tangents, just straight-to-the-point and easy-to-follow instructions. Thanks!!
I got totally lost on other videos covering this topic. This is the most clear, concise, and accurate of any of them. Thanks DrainMan FPV. Excellent.
One of the best instructional videos I've seen on TH-cam in a long time, you really kept it at beginner level.....spot on mate!
After over 5 years in this hobby I needed this because I hate messing with my Taranis and each time I have to find a walk through and yours is awesome. Keep it up bro and happy ripping.
I subbed at the beginning of my FPV journey when I wanted to change the splash screen. Just followed these steps as I now have Ghost and wanted to make sure everything was up to date. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your videos are invaluable, especially to a noob like myself. Top man!
bro... this might not be the first video on youtube that explains how to do these things, BUT its definately the MOST explaining and easy to anderstand.
Great job there bro, hope you make more videos. Thubs up.
Bro! Thanks! I appreciate that!
Does updating firmware erase models and radio configuration?
@@j.r.0420 nope.
@@kayemdronestuff3597 sweet...thanks man!
Nicely done, this is the best video I've seen on updating the FW. Thanks, worked perfectly.
I just want to say a huge thank you! I could not have done this with out this video. This was by far the best and most well explained video that I have ever watched. Thank you so much!
I'm not sure what happened here but I am new to this and I started watching your videos for their concise and easy to understand lessons. I was frustrated by what Taranis did on my QX7 ACCESS with no D8 Mode and was about to return it as I was having too much difficulty binding it. I finally got it binded in D16 mode after watching several of your vids, not specifically on the binding the transmitter to my TinyHawk 2, but just from the knowledge gained from your vids I was finally able to get something that works inside, but it's rainy so can't try it outside. Thanks
Drainman, thankyou so so much for this easy to follow video,I've been trying to update my taranis X9d+ all day and stuffed it all up...ha ha,thanks to you I now have a fully functional TX again,you have no idea how happy I am now........God bless you.......Mark..Ps I have suscribed. ..
DUDE YEAAAH! finally a step by step video including every little step!
Still helping people. Thanks man! I don’t know why it’s so complicated for me to update my radio with opentx
Thanks dude for the quality tutorial! I loved how everything just fell together with all the folders at the end! Keep it up!
Thanks a lot, DrainMan. You are terrific. Saved my Taranis stuff! Cheers from Brazil! Come here to visit us!
This is one of the best "How-To" videos i have followed. Everything worked at first attemt. Great job. You got a new (and happy) subscriber today. :)
Thank God for you Drainman!!! I was so stuck but this video showed me "Da way"!
Clear, no BS, easy to follow. Thumbs up for sure.
The best video of all TH-cam mi taranis is working perfectly
Helped me big time. Even on my Mac where everything is not so easy. Much appreciated. I was on a really old version. At least 3 years old. I updated to try and improve running high FF values in betaflight. Much appreciated
Hey DrainMan FPV your dedication and service to RC learning is invaluable!!
Just got this Taranis DX9 Plus from eBAY (USED) and in great condition and with the hard alu case. But the firmware was 2016 and boot was 2.1 something and no voice. So I followed your (this) video with OTXC235 and did the download and flash procedures. Also saved the files in an orderly manor per your suggestion, but in my style of course (been doing computer stuff since 1980’s lol).
Now am operating the kick-ass xmitter with the ‘latest/greatest’ 235 firm and boot!!! It even talks now! Friggin’ awsome!!
Much thanks and keep those learning vids coming.
Dude that is so awesome! So glad I could help!!
excellent tutorial!! long time since I setup this x9D plus...now rocking 2.3.14! thanks!
My apologies for breezing past your videos in the past...
Seems you've a great grasp of the tech and that earned a SUB from me.
Thanks for all your help and hard work! And folks "Drainman" is legit. 🎯
✌🏼
Still the best info video for openTX in the world
Holy crap! A video on this stuff that I can follow and understand. I am going to install OpenTX 2.3.9 on my X9 Lite. This should get me through it. With the way all of this Chinese stuff is made, I'm afraid of bricking everything if I'm not positive I fully understand all of the steps involved in updating things.
love your work man.. followed this video in 2020 for 2.2.4 with NFI but got through thanks to your help then and the vid was my go to today for update 2.3.11 again in 2021. Hopefully on 2.3.11 I can get back in the sim
Thanks so easy to follow with your tutorials, you explain very well and straight to the point brilliant 👍
Thanks DrainMan FPV ! Best explain in YT !
Thanks D.M made perfect sense, now all I need to do is try it myself 👍
Damn, I wish I would have watched this one first, before screwin things up xD .. You made it seem so simple!!
Your a star, doing this in 2022 as just dusted the TX7 off and trying to get back into this drone stuff.
You just saved me a headache my man....subscribed 🙏🏻
Perfect,you are number one,
and thank you very much....
FYI i tried to make it on mac at first but even available options at 4:23 are different, i had less options on mac. i eventually installed windows on my tv's pc and was able to install newest firmware 2.3.9 & bootloader 2.3.9 :) thanks for great videos
Thank you this was a great help!
That’s braw Drainman - good tae listen tae a man wae his heid screwed on properly 👍
Yer well organised and very structured in yer thinking.
Many Thanks - Dins
Awesome tutorial man
Hey, Very thanks for ur tuto. It works perfect. I'm french and follow u now. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks BlackFly!! Glad to have you aboard!
Thanks bro this helped alot...
Thanks god,... or thank you I should say... I´ve spent months trying to figure it out and now I finally did it thanks to you.. And now Im going to try to bind it to receiver I guess :D
This is a great series thanks brother!
BIG thank you
Nice, Well Done!! (What Michael and Fortycade said) Keep up the good work... mark me Subscribed!! Hey Sports Fans, OPENTX JUMPER T16 new owners...... this guys does it best, taranis has OPEN TX, sooo similar, and this guy rocks the instructionals!
Thanks Scott! My jumper is here, I'm debating a playlist haha
Will this erease current models? I also have a R9m long range module.
Did you speed up the tansfer SD card contents ? the reason i ask my laptop takes about 10 mins.. its a fairly decent laptop 16 gig memory etc just slow as hell at transferring those files..
Very easy to follow and teaching great techniques for good organizational methods. Obviously two years later the update is a little further along, unfortunately following every step I’ve lost the bind function to pair my new build
Drainman is here!Aight pilots!...lets 😁😎
u're rocking budddy!
Got it all good. Thank you.
Awesome, thanks man!
I downloaded the sd card contents but it didn't include crossfire labeled stuff?
are these video in order ?
Great Video!
Thanks for video
Do you know how to get old opentx firmware ?
Companion give only new firmware.
What do all those boxes mean? Build options. I'm basically new to this hobby, im waiting on delivery for Iflight chimera 7inch, with Dji air unit and Tbs crossfire nano rx, ive got the Jumper T18 Pro and the Tbs crossfire micro tx v2. At some point i'll be getting the Dji hd fpv goggles too. Amazing videos, I will be watching this series alot as I need to learn as much as i can. Ur videos are perfect for me for learning, so i thanku.
is opentx for heli also on the "NOHELi" checklist?
Thanks for update. Is it Non EU update...?
All receivers FR, X type are ok...???
Whats the difference between the firmware and the bootloader??
I wanted to know if i can get the spectrum analyzer on the taranis qx 7 radio
you have a video on getting companion?
th-cam.com/video/_m4czYh49RE/w-d-xo.html
Can I do this to my Tango 2 ? If so how do I do this ? Can you do a video please?
thank you for the good video!!!!!!!!
Should this change my drone from eu lbt to fcc because I need the fcc.
So I followed all the instructions and I can no longer open in Boot loader mode!! What do I do now?
im good up until 14:35 then im not given the flash bootloader option please help
What do you mean, you have to start it up in the bootloader
What will do if the bootloader not working?
if your trasmitter is run 2.2 version should i update over into the 2.3
it won't let me download the firmware, says it doesn't recognize a radio is hooked up or that I am missing a driver. I tried following some other tips going into device manager and installing new drivers i got for windows suggested by open tx, but still doesn't work.
great playlist i have been watching only bardwell but found these very well done and helpful anywho instead of downloading via usb can i doing these procedures onto an exsternel sd card then move the sd to my x7 and flash that way with bootloader??
i dont have the cord at moment
Yes you can absolutely do that.
@@DrainManFPV thanks alot for the reply
I have the Frsky Taranis QX7. I was following you step by step until I got to copy the files to SDcontents. something happen and it got stopped. I tried to do it but it kept giving me the same error. I took the SD card and connected directly to the computer abd transfered the file but the contents will not show up in the radio. its an empty page....... please help
My firmware update file won't save as a .bin file. It just saves as "All files" file type. When I try to flash it to my Qx7S, it says "new firmware is not compatible with the one currently installed!" Is there some file or program that I am missing or something?
For anyone that has this problem, I found the solution. You need to uncheck the box that says "check hardware compatibility" if it's the 1st time you are removing the FrSky stock firmware (this will be true if you have a new radio).
So the firmware that you upgrade your TX with is the same file you put in the EEPROM folder to update the bootloader?
OMG Thank You!!!
You have a bootloader and the author one. What is what? Why is there a 2 software?
The bootloader is what starts up every time your radio runs, it's what runs the operating system which is OpenTX with out it your radio would not run.
Not showing on page 5/9..??
when I long hold on the button to flash boot loader it doesn't give me the option to flash it just says copy, rename and delete please help.
Hey man I love the videos! I am trying to update my taranis x9d+ and it is saying the new firmware isnt compatible with the one installed. And the one installed is 2.3.12. I am trying to install 2.3.15 Thanks!
Hey man I been following the videos I just did the update but now i have no models and I try to restore them but it says it incapable can you help me please?
At 8:00 I get "Cannot write firmware.bin reason: Unknown error"
After updating my X9D+ from fw 2.0.9 to the latest firmware all models doesn't work anymore, all custom functions and other settings are lost and had to be recreated again, even simple thing like the RX module is not the right one. Restoring them from backup doesn't help because the eeprom updates them as soon the tarains is powered on.
The radio type bit doesn't seem to have my radio, its the Jumper T18 Pro, ita has T12-T16 Pro but no T18pro. And how do I find what my Channel order is?
Hello DrainMan ,
first of all I would like to thank for sharing your knowledge ,,,,
My friend I'm a beginner !! I do have a Taranis QX7 radio - firmware 7access-2.3.5 (4fbe....)
The reason that I need to update and change my firmware is the fact that there in missing mode at my Taranis , Mode D8 is missing !
The Taranis can be connected to the DRL Simulator and also to the Betaflight program without any problem, , put when I connect it to the OpenTX program it's not possible to Read/Wright & not possible to download the firmware.
Please ur advice ?
2.2.4 Firmware and bootloader worked perfectly and so did sd contents but no crsf in menu why? just ppm,xjt,dsm2,r9m,sbus
I am stuck. I cannot get the new firmware to my radio., I am getting a USB connection error. I have a new radio but i want to update my X9Lite
SD CARD WARNING! Expected ver: 2.3V0039 When I turn on my radio. Where'd I go wrong? Which file? Where? Thanks!
Great video
I have xd9 and followed to the T and I lost all my models settings. The names of the crafts are there but when I go to inputs there is nothing! And other things like u cant edit switch positions in model setup.
Today they released the official firmware for the T16. Would this be essentially the same procedure to update from Jumper tx to open tx?
That's a good question Stuart, i would imagine it cant be much different, it's the same firmware. I am working on a T16 playlist at the moment. But im sure you want to do it now. Just be careful, good luck
Im going nuts trying to make this work
Hey Drain man, I have a problem. My R9MM receiver now will not bind. Not an iisue before. I did get the green and red light during the bind process, but when repowering the quad, it will go back to blinking red. Any ideas? Thanks to you and anyone who can direct me cirrectly.
I did everything like you said all the way to click download to download firmware and I get a message saying
"No firmware release candidates are currently being served for this version, please switch release channel. "
thanks man
If i upgrade to 2.2.4 firmware on my X-lite will i have CrossFire option in external module menu ?
I have 2.2.2 now and no crsf option
Very informative and helpful video. I'll be updating my QX7 next day off.
Will you be going over how to properly back up the radio? I'd hate to loose my models if something went wrong.
Thanks 😊
Man! Good call, I'm thinking of the beginner who doesn't have anything on the Taranis to lose. Glad to have you as a viewer!
@@DrainManFPV 😊
Is there a way to get D8 mode on qx7 ACCESS with r9m 2019?? It’s for a Emax that uses D8 mode only, or should I just send this receiver back (and get the ACCST) before it’s too late??
I'm pretty sure you won't be able to, but don't hold me to it. I would just change the receiver in that quad.
DrainMan FPV Yeah that’s a little known problem with this new ACCESS, thought I was getting cutting edge which in some ways it maybe but some of us new bees (and others with Emax products) don’t realize what we’re losing (D8 mode) if we but this mode of QX7... but thanks for the response (I’m now a sub) and I’ve just ordered the QX7S ACCST US model that has D8 (according to Amazon 🤞🏽)
So I don't need the sd card contents from frsky page just get it from open tx instead? And would I still need to do the updates from frsky if I'm gonna use opentx
Frsky uses opentx. If you follow this play list you should be okay.
I got it thanks man. About to check out your vids on the extra stuff. I already watched the first 2 vids.
Hey there. I tried to change tada to mmmm you turn me on but it want load on to my x9d plus. Why? Got any ideas? Thanks.
It's been a while but depending which one you have you will have to follow the video description to fix that.
@@DrainManFPV ok cool, I hope it works. Thanks.
After updating my Taranis X9D 2019 ACCESS radio to OTX bootloader - 2.3.0, the RADIO setup menu is missing and in its place is a TOOLS menu. Can anyone assist please?
when saving when you have to shorten mine doesnt have .bin on the end what did i do wrong
down in the bottom of the window there will be a selection to change the file type, change it to **ALL FILES
The bottom of what page sorry
Ok I got it but my boot loader is still 2.2.3
@@chazecramer5997 did you complete the entire process? you have to flash it inside the radio after you put it on there.
Updated to Vers: 2.2.4 FW: opentx-x7 Everything went great on up date, only problem now is, I can't turn off my transmitter . It flashes off and on when i try to turn it off. Please HELP!!!
So can I pull the sd card out of my radio and plug it in my computer with an sd card reader and update everything that way? My mac will not recognize my transmitter at all. I know my cord supports data and even tried a usb 2.0 adapter. Im about to trash this thing. By trash i mean sell it lol