OpenTx Companion Tutorial • Weight Diff Offset Expo • Every Mixer Option Explained • [Intermediate]
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- This OpenTx Companion Tutorial shows you how to use every single mixer input option in OpenTx. This is a not a mix video showing how to create throttle/elevator or aileron/rudder mixes. Instead, it walks through all of the options available for input on mixer lines in OpenTx.
Everything shown in this video will work on the Radiomaster TX16s and the Jumper T18 (all variants).
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Holly heck...I recently preorderd the radiomaster TX16S based on all the good reviews and the fact that it can bind to almost anything... 10yrs with spektrum this radio is very overwhelming haha...im spending hrs watching this channel learning...thank you👍
Glad to help!
Great videos ...... clearly explained and also showing companion. Got a jumper T16 around 17 months ago and spent some time learning OpenTX. Your videos are great and easily understood.... just subscribed. Great work on your part ... much appreciated.
Awesome! Glad to help.
Kudos on the hard work and great explanation. I decided to splurge on an opentx radio for my RC car and channel like yours are a godsend.
Glad I could help
Im new to Open Tx and would like to thank you for taking the time to produce top quality tuts for us newbs...
Very welcome!
It took me a while to do a full glider setup with crow and thermal on opentx. I Did all of it never using the ugly companion. i think that radiomaster is a great radio and very powerful. I was able to do most of these watching your tutorials. I wish that you would teach your subscribers to do everything straight from the radio. The companion in my humble opinion is an extremely annoying tool, and the way it is designed it can deter many enthusiasts from this hobby forever. Of course, it is an excellent practice for anyone wishing to become a computer programmer . Thank you again for all the great work that you do.
I like Companion because of the ease of navigation and the speed at which I can configure and test. I'm aware it's not for everybody though. Thanks for the kind comment.
I beg to differ, I find the Companion software much better as I can carry out a 'what if' scenario based on my fooling around with the commands without effecting the existing settings. Only when I am really satisfied with what I have done will I write it to the TX
As a newly to all of this computer based stuff, but not to modelling, been flying quite a while and built my own RC equipment in 1967, this has been quite a steep learning curve but my computer experience has helped. These videos are great, thanks.
Locking this video in when I finally connect up to Companion with my TX16S, so far I've managed to do what I need via the radio interface. Glad the audience base is growing too cause those not on the train are missing out on great content here.
Very kind of you to say. Go get Companion and jump in. The water is fine! Thanks for the comment.
@@RCVideoReviews I've loaded Companion on my PC, just not gone the next step as yet and I think its worthwhile cause I can watch videos about it before jumping in ;-)
Fantastic. I've been using opened for years and learned a few things! Thank you for such a well presented and articulated video.
Great tutorial. I couldn’t work out why when changing my Rudder weight at the Input screen wasn’t adjusting the output throw. I had the mix set to use Stick by mistake where I should have used Input.
Yup, that one has gotten me before.
Great tutorials, thanks. Your right it can be confusing, especially for those of us with ground based vehicles, no flaps, ailerons and elevators, just hydraulics and many many functions!
I'm glad they've been helpful for you. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I got like #600 🎉 great series. Thanks for the hard work
Awesome! Thank you!
Used offset to adjust my switch settings for my gyro, it was so simple but I felt like a programming God.
Nice! It's fun to see it all start to come together isn't it? Good job.
@@RCVideoReviews Wax on, wax off; still learning.
Wow, what an amazingly thorough and easy to understand job you did on this video explaining swtiches!!! DEFINITE SUBSCRIBE!!
Awesome, thank you!
Snap! I have been hunting high and low for information, and I too have subscribed. Thanks dude :D
Sheesh! I can actually read the screen! Usually these screen demo are blurred over. Nice!
Yeah, I learned that one real fast. I think one of the early vids in this series it was hard to read. Thanks for noticing.
J
Been waiting for a detailed explanation of this... Another Great Tutorial.... Bookmarked.
This is better than a manual... ;-)
They're all organized into playlists if that helps:
ruclips.net/p/PLy3TC1ILJYThzwReZComrM-LFTa2wfiUW
ruclips.net/p/PLy3TC1ILJYTjqDXFB84oXVWZG14zyMYYt
Thanks for the comment,
J
@@RCVideoReviews Oh Yeah... That definitely helps. Thanks and keep up the great work.
Thanks for explaining these features definitely learned something today.
I’m hearing that 2.4 is about halfway to completion 👍
Hopefully they wrap that one up soon. I want to try the touch screen :)
Understandable explained. Thank you! Subscribed.
Welcome to the channel.
Excellent video, thank you for all your hard work
Appreciate the comment. Thanks for watching. 👍🏻
Another great video John, Nice work!!👍
Thank you...appreciate the comment.
Super super super i think the best explanation about open tx !!
Thank you very much. Glad you liked it!
thank you for another great lesson. This is awesome! 😎👍
Rock on!
This is awesome! Thanks!
You bet!
Great video, although I still have to watch 2-3 times for it to sink in. Starting the hobby a couple years back with a Taranis qx7 and a drone, to now a Jumper t16pro and a few airplanes thrown in, I'm still trying to grasp opentx. The Jumper makes it easier to navigate and program and these videos are really helpful, even though it's a radiomaster. Was wondering if you could tell me where to look to get my flaps to go in 2 stages. When I made a 3 point curve --100-0-+100, it works in the mixer page I set it up in, but when I back out to fly, it reverts to only going halfway. Thanks, I'll just keep watching these videos, and maybe the light will come on:-)
Put your flaps on a 3 pos switch. To keep it very simple, move the switch to the closed position, adjust the mechanical linkage to the flaps so they are closed with no pressure on the servo. Move them to the open position and adjust your output to the desired fully deployed position. A curve will also do the trick, just play with the 3 points on the curve.
Possibly a little late but here is how i set my flaps up. Nothing to do on Input page. I chose a 3 pos switch then On the Mixer page I have my flaps on Ch6 (this needs to match your receiver ch#). So, in Mixer I put this: CH6 100MAX SC↓ Flp Ful Next line (still under CH6) := 50MAX SC- FLP Half Last line := 0MAX SC↑ Flp Off. The := means to replace what ever is above this line. The number is how far the flap are to extend… 0 meaning Off, 50 meaning 1/2 extended and 100 meaning fulling extended. and the name of each setting at the end of the line.
Why do they call it weights instead of rates in the mixer like they do in older futaba manuals
I don’t know the history behind the naming convention. Maybe they were trying to stake their own ground.
Great content. Definitely sub👍
Awesome, thank you! Welcome to the channel.
Thanks, That was very clear!
I came to Open TX and mixing because I want to get my sticks to operate in bump or nudge mode. Basically like big trim switches.
That is, I want to nudge and release the rudder stick left or right and have it hold that course until I nudge left or right again.
Is mixing the way to achieve this? Or is there some other secret sauce?
This is for a big RC boat which responds very slowly and I don't want to hold my thumbs on the sticks all the time.
Thanks in advance!
You can do something like that with logic and global variables.
I would do something like this:
When Rudder is > 95 for 2 seconds, increase GVAR1 by 10
When Rudder is < -95 for 2 seconds, decrease GVAR1 by 10
Then mix GVAR1 with your rudder in the mixer. It would actually be pretty easy to do that. This video is pretty close to what you're trying to do: ruclips.net/video/6XKwEHxX03c/видео.html
@@RCVideoReviews cool! Thanks! I'll give it a go. Love your work 👍
Hi, thanks for your explanation…
A question: I use Quadcopter and like to add more resolution to throttle… may I use “weight” (setting for exemple to 90) to increase the resolution??
Thanks
I would use the max weight. You can limit the output range if you need to for a FC, but definitely use the max weight.
Thanks man, very well versed
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the comment.
Question:
The “D” Switch on my TX16S is a 3 position switch (I wish it was 2 position switch.) I only want the “Up” and “Down” position to work and the middle position to be disabled. How do I tell the radio to ignore the “Middle” position and do nothing when I move the “D” switch from Up to Down?
Switches only do something on Edge when they're programmed to do something. So by default, all switch positions are ignored. If you want to use a 3 pos switch like a 2 pos switch, the easiest option is to use the logical not option. i.e.
SD Up = Do something [A]
SD Not Up = Do something else [B]
This means when SD is up, the radio will do one thing [A] or it will do [B] if it's not doing [A].
The logical not uses the ! in front of the switch letter. So:
SD up is up.
!SDup means anything but SD up.
Great series, thank you. Is it possible to activate a servo using logical switches when mixed with the throttle stick? Thanks
You're welcome. Thanks for the comment. You can activate a mix with logical switches, yes.
IS THERE A WAY TO TRANSFER MY PLANES (200PLUS) FROM MY DX18 TO THE JUMPER TX16.
Not that I'm aware of.
This would be a great tool for jumper or radio master to provide if they want more people to change like me.
What do you think about radioking tx18?
That radio seems sketchy on the surface. I will be watching to see if they actually ship equipment, and engage with the community. I also want to know more about who they are and how they came about. As of today, Radiomaster and Jumper are real. Radioking is a website.