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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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Tom White July 31, 2015 at 9:27pm

First, thanks to all for the amazing work done on this project!

My question, can someone advise if there is a version of the software that provides data on the Armed/Disarmed state of the flight controller to the Taranis?
Jan Johansson July 31, 2015 at 12:41pm

Hello!

Firat, i have read through most of the 100+ pages but I find myself at a bit of a loss on "where to begin". Or rather I got confused when the branches/mods showed up in the thread. :)

I get confused over some of e forks that seem based on Arduino Micro Pro in comparison to the original code.

So, here are my situation.

I have a APM 2.6 with 3DR Radio and Minimosd (Minimosd only has the APM TX connected)
I have a Taranis X9D Plus with opentx-9xdp-v.2.0.9.2
I have an X8R
I have a teensy 3.1 lying about.

Which branch etc is my best be for this? :)
- Andre > Jan Johansson July 31, 2015 at 1:18pm
  
  Hello Jan,
  
  take this code from here!
  
  Works perfect for me!
  
  Or this one but here i got problems with the storm32 bgc.
  
  Both are for the Teensy 3.1 and working out of the box.
  - Jan Johansson > Andre August 1, 2015 at 1:33pm
    
    Hello!I Hope YOUNDO not mind another question.
    
    I grabbed the fmoopdogg package.
    
    Hex is loaded. And I see messages on the serial console.
    
    I have copied the files from ApmPositionDisplaynto to my Sd card. But I get nothing when log pressing menu.
    
    Now, I will assume I need to config something to match my model names or such. I tested a bit but could not find what I needed to do.
    
    Yes, I am a Taranis noob. :)
    
    My model is "01" with name "Storfot". What should I change on the SD?
    
    Thanks!
    - Tom White > Jan Johansson August 1, 2015 at 5:55pm
      
      If you haven't already, you need to go into the SCRIPTS folder on the SD card and change the sub-folder "model_name" to "Storfot".
      - Jan Johansson > Tom White August 2, 2015 at 8:34am
        
        Hello!
        
        I redid "from scratch" and renamed the "model_name" folder.
        
        This time it worked.. .So. obviously i screwed up before :)
      - Jan Johansson > Tom White August 2, 2015 at 2:23am
        
        Tjat is one of the first things I tried. But, I must have messed something up then. Will try again tonight. Thanks for confirming :)
  - Jan Johansson > Andre July 31, 2015 at 2:50pm
    
    Hello!
    
    Thanks and appreciated!
    
    I will investigate that branch in the comin evenings. :)
    
    How could telemetry interfere with a Bgc?
    - Andre > Jan Johansson July 31, 2015 at 3:36pm
      
      Read here, page 87 in these Thread.
      - Jan Johansson > Andre July 31, 2015 at 4:10pm
        
        Thanks!
        
        That will not apply to me. But I do appreciate you making the distinction!

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