I need help binding to elrs. | Drone Community | Page 1

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 12:45 AM

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I'm not sure what this means. I have setup a new profile using the internal module. For some reason it's giving a lot of a lot of different protocols besides this.

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:00 AM

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Do you have the ELRS or 4-in-1 version of the TX16S?

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:02 AM

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I was curious why this is happening.

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But the box says....

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:03 AM

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Set your Internal RF mode to CRSF

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:03 AM

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Ok

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Just a sec

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:04 AM

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EdgeTX supports everything; it will let you set it wrong and not tell you it's wrong lol

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:05 AM

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peak sail Set your Internal RF mode to CRSF

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:06 AM

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Are you in the RF Protocol or the Mode selector? CRSF is in Mode

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:07 AM

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Yea, it just says multi or none

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peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:07 AM

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Hold on, googling

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:07 AM

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Did radio master fuck me???

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KEKw

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:15 AM

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Go to your SYS menu

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Page over to the Hardware tab

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And look at the Internal RF > Type selector

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:16 AM

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Ok, one second

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There is good Ole crsf

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:18 AM

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Set that to CRSF, then go back into your Model settings and set the Internal RF > Mode to CRSF

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:19 AM

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Ok, just another sec.

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Ok

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peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:19 AM

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Noice

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Do you have the ELRS Lua script already loaded on your radio?

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:19 AM

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Um, it has one on here.

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:20 AM

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Alright if you go in there and everything loads, then you're in working order

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:20 AM

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?

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Ok, so I go to bind

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And press the button on the quad too?

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:22 AM

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I think you have to do it through Betaflight Configurator

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What v of Betaflight is on the quad?

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:23 AM

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4.4.2

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:24 AM

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Alright, so the Mobeetle is an SPI ELRS receiver. On Betaflight 4.4.2, you're running ELRS 3.x on the quad, so you'll need to update your radio's internal module to 3.whatever before you can bind

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In the ELRS tool on your radio, go to WiFi Connectivity

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And select Enable Wifi

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Is your PC connected to the internet via LAN or wifi?

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:28 AM

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wwifi

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wifi

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:28 AM

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Alright

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Here's what you gonna do

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https://expresslrs.github.io/web-flasher/
Go through the selections on the ELRS Web Configurator, and when you get to the Flashing Method, select local download. It will give you a .hex file. After that, go to your wifi and select the ExpressLRS TX network, password is expresslrs. Once it's connected open a browser window to http://10.0.0.1/, and you should be able to find the box to upload that hex file

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If something doesn't work, take a screenshot and come back here

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:30 AM

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are you kidding me?

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:30 AM

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You can do it by plugging the radio in I guess

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EdgeTX has passthrough

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I forget about that sometimes

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I get so used to the wifi lol

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:31 AM

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so i plug my tx into my pc

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:31 AM

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Ah yea that'd be the easier way to go for you

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:32 AM

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so, plug tx into pc

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then pluig in quad. then...?

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:32 AM

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Don't need to plug in the quad yet

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You do need to update the TX firmware

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:32 AM

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ok, nevermind

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lol

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i thought all that was a joke

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you were serious i see

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:33 AM

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So go to this website here: https://expresslrs.github.io/web-flasher/
Pick your device, then for the Flashing Method you'll use EdgeTX Passthrough

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Oh, now I'm remembering

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You can enter a binding phrase in here, and then use the same binding phrase in Betaflight and they will bind automatically

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It's been a while since I've done the SPI receivers

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:37 AM

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im, sorry. i am very confused

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i dont need that website then?

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:38 AM

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You do need the website

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:38 AM

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im not sure what the device is

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i just see RX's

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:39 AM

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warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:40 AM

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wow is that website frustrating

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it keeps going blank

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:41 AM

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What browser are you using?

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You could always try to download+install the stand-alone Configurator tool

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:42 AM

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ok, i have evcerything input as you have it in the last pic

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edge

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ok

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ok, im on the options screen

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i will put in the binding phrase and click next

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:44 AM

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Aight

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:45 AM

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i didnt have my tx plugged in

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i'll start over

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heh

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withg usb, am i clicking on serial?

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"Failed to connect to device, restart device and try again"

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hmm

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:47 AM

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Yes

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:48 AM

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it just says failed to connect over and over

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should i use the usb C port on the botrtom?

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:50 AM

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Oh yea

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One of them is for charging the other is for data

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:51 AM

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its the top one that has trhe serial option

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esptool.js v0.1-dev

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is all that shows up

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im not sure what i am doing wrong

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peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:58 AM

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Might be a driver problem

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:58 AM

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"elrs is so easy to setup" imma be giving some people the bird in the future KEKw

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:59 AM

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It's great but the first setup is a bit of a hassle lol

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Imma help you tho

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 1:59 AM

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just a bit enouigh to have me walk away for a bit and conetemplate selling it here at a loss. Harold

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i'll come back later to this

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 1:59 AM

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Ok

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 2:09 AM

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I will update the transmitter then come back 😀

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I get frustrated far to fastly

slim iris Dec 5, 2023, 5:18 AM

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warm sierra "elrs is so easy to setup" imma be giving some people the bird in the future <...

Tbf most of these issues aren't even ELRS related

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 5:19 AM

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I see it's me and my TX

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But I was hoping to just press button

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I don't see how anyone could say this is easier than crossfire.

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Frsky was easier. And I needed 3 hands 🤣

slim iris Dec 5, 2023, 5:28 AM

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My first experience was with prerelease 1.0, and DIY hardware (incorrectly assembled at that)... And still got it working within like 10-15 minutes. It's gotten a lot better since too

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It is a bit of a process, without all of the magic that Crossfire offers, but then again you do have a real chance of figuring out what actually happened if something goes wrong, with Crossfire the troubleshooting is more vague.

And it's not even remotely close to the frsky mess that is ACCST/ACCESS, LBT/FCC, firmware and protocol versions, and all of that you have to get from their website that purposely hides it away and is either slow or completely down most of the time KEKw

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 5:32 AM

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I used frsky before that mess started. Was using crossfire by the time they switched to access

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Had a x9d+. So no need for a physical mod as well.

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I dunno. I'll sleep on this.

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Troubleshooting with crossfire is hard at times.

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I have a rather large grudge against Mike chin cause of that.

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I won't email tbs anymore for help because of the way he (doesn't) help people.

slim iris Dec 5, 2023, 5:41 AM

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Out of:

not being able to select CRSF at first
Website being a bit jumpy and going blank
Not having the TX plugged in correctly

Only one issue is really ELRS related and it's not even with the firmware itself

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Would be a shame to sell it because of just that

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 5:44 AM

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I always had the tx plugged in on top and selected serial option. I just asked if I should move it to the other one.

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I mean...I use it for Sims too.

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Anyways though, it's probably not worth putting a nano rx on it. Wake up tomorrow and try again.

cloud mauve Dec 5, 2023, 8:07 AM

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@warm sierra Your "not being able to select CRSF" issue happened because of the corrupted radio configuration...

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 8:08 AM

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Lovely

cloud mauve Dec 5, 2023, 8:09 AM

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tag me when you have time for this

warm sierra Dec 5, 2023, 3:29 PM

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I appreciate the help guys. Im just not interested in this. Can you guys help me put a nano rx on it?

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Has to have an open uart.

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No need to berate me.

cloud mauve Dec 5, 2023, 4:08 PM

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Well, tag me when you decide to stop being stupid and want to actually get this working. @warm sierra

north swan Dec 5, 2023, 6:38 PM

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warm sierra "elrs is so easy to setup" imma be giving some people the bird in the future <...

It obv aint easy to setup if you manage to mess it up yourself.

In my experience ELRS took a few hours to setup, even when it was just flashing the RX and TX. But I helped a few people by now who just got into using elrs and honestly it all went very smooth with them. None of them seemed to have issues and within 15-30 minutes it was all done.

cloud mauve Dec 5, 2023, 7:33 PM

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The thing is.. often you don't even need to flash nowadays, as most hardware comes with v3 firmware. Sure, it's recommended, just like with Crossfire, but if the major version matches, it will work.

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All I needed @warm sierra to do, was to check the firmware versions on both the transmitter and receiver, and then I'd explain the shortest possible route to getting them talking.

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Because I know their issues with patience, I wanted to make it as straightforward as possible, but I guess I won't get that opportunity.

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It can be made straightforward, most people make it complicated in order to get all of the latest features, which isn't strictly necessary.

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 7:43 PM

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cloud mauve All I needed <@619575991710253066> to do, was to check the firmware versions on ...

3.x on the receiver (Betaflight 4.4.2), 2.4.0 on the transmitter

cloud mauve Dec 5, 2023, 7:47 PM

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That isn't the simplest situation to get out of, but it's plenty easy to deal with, since the TX update process is documented to hell and back.

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 7:47 PM

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I was going to walk him through EdgeTX Passthrough with the web configurator

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If he decides to come back to it, we can help him. If not, that's OK too

cloud mauve Dec 5, 2023, 7:48 PM

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Drivers are the only tricky part to that.

peak sail Dec 5, 2023, 7:48 PM

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Yea that's where we got stuck. He only had wifi on the laptop though, I figured it might be easier than a local hex download then swapping networks

cloud mauve Dec 5, 2023, 7:48 PM

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Elrs docs have the correct drivers listed

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