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APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter

Posted by Rolf Blomgren on January 24, 2014 at 8:03am

Hi all,

I just bought an FrSky Taranis for my quad copter and needed to get the Mavlink data up on the Taranis LCD telemetry display. So here is my solution using a Teensy3.1 as a converter between MavLink and the S.Port on FrSky X8R.

See attached file below...

MavLink_FrSkySPort_1.3.zip

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- - - - Andrew Scerbina > Rolf Blomgren March 17, 2014 at 12:38pm
        
        mine is 2940
        
        Rolf Blomgren > Andrew Scerbina March 17, 2014 at 12:44pm
        
        Press and hold menu on your Taranis and then Page until you see the sreen Version
        
        There it should be something like this:
        
        opentx-x9d-v1.1.02
        
        Andrew Scerbina > Rolf Blomgren March 17, 2014 at 3:29pm
        
        Re-flashing did not help. Keep getting the -255 degrees. Flew today in a different park.
        
        That may be an OpenTx problem of the new firmware. Maybe I should open an issue there
        
        Rolf Blomgren > Andrew Scerbina March 17, 2014 at 4:32pm
        
        Try with my:
        
        MyTaranis.bin
        
        Andrew Scerbina > Rolf Blomgren March 17, 2014 at 1:01pm
        
        please see the attached picture. I am in Toronto Canada
        
        20140316_190621.jpg
        
        Rolf Blomgren > Andrew Scerbina March 17, 2014 at 1:17pm
        
        Hi,
        
        I simulated your coordinates Lat 43.39,7740N Long 79.27.2286E on the Teensy and the Taranis shows these coordinates without a problem on my Tx.
        
        I guess we have to see if it's works on your's after you have reflashed.
        
        Andrew Scerbina > Rolf Blomgren March 17, 2014 at 12:55pm
        
        That is the newest FW that Companion downloaded for the Taranis. Build on February 2, 2014. To my knowledge there is no newer stable FW out there as of yet. I will reflash it and see if it fixes the problem
        
        thanks
        
        Andrew Scerbina > Rolf Blomgren March 17, 2014 at 12:47pm
        
        SVN: opentx-r2940
        
        Rolf Blomgren > Andrew Scerbina March 17, 2014 at 12:59pm
        
        Can you give me an example of GPS coordinates from your part of the world..
micropet March 17, 2014 at 8:10am

Hello Rolf,

can you tell me how to retrieve RCin of channel 3 from the MAVLINK Data?

Peter

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