I've been away from the diydrones scene for a while, but I'm still around. Here is something that I can contribute to the community.
This is my tutorial on how I configure my FrSky Taranis to allow flight mode changes to be displayed on the Taranis screen as well as spoken out loud.
- SB+ Manual Mode
- SB FBWA
- SB- AUTO MODES Selected by SA
- SA+ LOITER
- SA AUTO TUNE
- SA- AUTO
Setup as listed
L1
AND Switch: FM3
L7
L8
Special functions
autotune (Auto Tune)
loiter (Loiter)
fbw (Fly By Wire)
armlo (Arm Loiter)
armauto (Arm Auto)
armat (Arm Auto Tune)
When using the OpenTX Speaker app, make sure the file names are under 8 characters, and with out spaces. The phrases can be spaced out how ever you like it to speak.
SF1
Function: Play Track
Value: normal
Repeat 1x
SF2
Switch: L2
Function: Play Track
Value: fbw
Repeat 1x
Function: Play Track
Value: loiter
Repeat 1x
Function: Play Track
Value: autotune
Repeat 1x
Function: Play Track
Value: auto
Repeat 1x
Switch: L6
Function: Play Track
Value: armlo
Repeat 1x
Function: Play Track
Value: armat
Repeat 1x
Function: Play Track
Value: armauto
Repeat 1x
Your FrSky Taranis should now be talking and displaying flight modes on its display. Next it's time to setup the MIXER, which will control the output of your Flight Mode channel (I use CH5, but this could be any CH)
Mixer settings
The setup for the mixer takes the current Flight Mode and uses it to drive CH5 to a specific PWM value.
First start out with CH5 MIX. Edit this and use the following:
CH5 (FM1 MIX)
Yes the names are all "nor", this is why COPY is dangerous |
Source: MAX
Weight: 100
Modes: 1 (MAKE SURE ONLY FM1)
Then add one for FM2
CH5 (FM2 MIX)
Name: FM2 Mix
Source: MAX
Weight: 40
Modes: 2
and FM3
CH5 (FM3 MIX)
Name: FM3 Mix
Source: Max
Weight: 10
Modes: 3
FM4
CH5 (FM4 MIX)
Name: FM4 Mix
Source: MAX
Weight: -20
Modes: 4
FM5
CH5 (FM5 MIX)
Name: FM5 Mix
Source: MAX
Weight: -40
Modes: 5
Final Steps are to open APM Mission Planner and setup each flight mode, if you use a different mode, dont forget to change the names in used in this guide, as well as the OpenTX Speaker files.
Comments
You can download OpenTX Companion for installing the epee file from here http://www.open-tx.org/downloads.html
I have added the settings to the posting
It is always a great idea to post your programming file.
@Bill shhhh!! thats going to be coming up in a future post!! :D the real secret sauce is to mix volume with your throttle channel.. :)
Also you can set one of the pots for control volume in the Special Functions View ie.
SF9 Switch = ON Action = Volume Parameter=S2 Enable=ON
@Brian, Since the mixes are FM specific, both ways seem to work.. I do like the replace function better, if you had CH5 used somewhere else (Maybe RTL Switch?)..
@Bill I noticed that. Ill fix those so all FM's use FM1 trim settings.. good catch.. My latest planes have been setup for "zero" trim. So I never touch them.. ;D
I was referring to your last picture, last section entitled "Mixer settings." Your picture shows you set up CH5 to switch depending on flight mode. Each of those weights is added to any other that happens to be active. It looks like it works in this case, but it would be better to use "replace" (denoted by ":=") rather than "add" (denoted by "+="). This is a good opportunity to teach people the difference, that's all.
A word of caution. Each FlightMode is setup as default with it own trim values. This means if you trim stabilize or manual and then switch to another mode, the trims will be set at 0. It better to make sure FM1 to FM5 are set to use FM0 values.
I didn't use any mixer, but instead in the special functions used Override for each of the logic switches. Just one more way to skin a cat.
Excellent !