Help with Betaflight not keeping PPM when saving and restarting

[fervent sluice]

I have a F450 Flight controller with a flysky IA6B
I am using PPM, i have connected gnd, 5v, R2 and T2
i Have connected the R2 to the Allocated PPM slot(on the reciever but nothing works
Please Help i'm A noob
can provide picture if needed
Thanks 😄

[slender blaze]

Yeah any pictures you can take would be awesome

And what do you mean by "nothing works"? Does the receiver light up when you plug in the drone? If not, you need to fix your power to the receiver. If it does, post a screenshot of your Ports tab in Betaflight

[topaz cloud]

also make sure u have the right (radio)protocol selected in your software(betaflight, Inav etc.).

[fervent sluice]

Thanks, i dont have the cable to connect my controller to betaflight.

Are there any alternatives ?

[fervent sluice]

no like there are lights but i push throttle and nothing happens

[topaz cloud]

Does youe board support wireless connection?

[fervent sluice]

I'm not sure

i don't think so

[topaz cloud]

Becausw if you can't configure your board then what exactly are u expecting to accomoplish

U gotta configure betaflight

[fervent sluice]

oh ok

thanks

[topaz cloud]

Love u bro

[fervent sluice]

ty

[fervent sluice]

one more question, what cable do i use to connect my controller to my computer

ill take a picture now

[slender blaze]

That... looks like maybe a MIDI plug??

No it's not I'm just tired lmao

What controller is it?

That might just be a trainer plug so another controller can be plugged in at the same time to take over

[fervent sluice]

i searched it up and it says its a s video plug for firmware / simulation practicing

i have a usbc plug in my flight controller itselft

maybe should i try that?

omg thanks a lot

[slender blaze]

Did you get it working? If not, do you mind posting what model of controller you have?

[fervent sluice]

nope

fs-i6

i set the reciever to pmm but when i save and reboot it goes back to this

[slender blaze]

Screenshot the Ports tab too

[fervent sluice]

there 😄

[slender blaze]

To connect your controller to your PC, you'll want this cable https://www.amazon.com/Flysky-Airplane-Simulator-Controller-Transmitter/dp/B0943J8WBK

[fervent sluice]

i have a USB-C on my flight controller

its connected

[slender blaze]

Oh okay never mind then 🤷 so it's just the receiver that you're having issues with?

[fervent sluice]

i dunno

[slender blaze]

Wait no I was talking about for you connecting your transmitter to your PC for flight sims

[fervent sluice]

oh

thanks ill see that later

what do i do, i set the protocol to PPM but when i save and rebboot it goes back to the serial protocol

also what protocol are my moters ( they're brushless)

[slender blaze]

That depends on your ESC

[fervent sluice]

what do i do with this as well?

[slender blaze]

https://quadmeup.com/ppm-signal-support-for-fs-i6-radio/
I'm not sure why the setting isn't sticking. Have you set the receiver mode to PPM?

So it's DSHOT 300 or 600. Which one to use will depend on your PID loop rate. https://betaflight.com/docs/wiki/configurator/configuration-tab#pid-loop-frequency

[fervent sluice]

how do i know my PID loop rate?

its shows 8k hz

what do i do with this info

?

[fervent sluice]

yeah its set on the controller

Help with Betaflight not keeping PPM when saving and restarting

[slender blaze]

You set it to DSHOT 600 as suggested by the Betaflight documentation

[fervent sluice]

oh crap

i just did some random thing that said enable boot or somehwta

and now what do i do

i cannot do anything

not open the reicievrer

i fixed it

[fervent sluice]

this

Not the video but the thing before that, the video is just to show all the setting

soomeone pls help

@topaz cloud

[slender blaze]

Did you or did you not fix it?

[visual basalt]

Why are you doing PPM if you have an IA6B?

It has IBUS, which is incomparably better than PPM...

[fervent sluice]

how do i set up ibus with my controller?

A bit later i can send you my BOARD.

[visual basalt]

Your receiver has an IBUS output.
It's one of the two horizontal slots on it (compared to the many vertical ones)

IBUS SERVO

It's a digital output, unlike the analog PWM and (c)PPM

Your radio is i6 or i6x? @fervent sluice

and has it been flashed with modified firmware?

[fervent sluice]

Ig

• i6

[visual basalt]

Yellow -> RX (RX side of a free UART, for example RX2 aka R2)
Red -> 5V
Black -> GND

As for Betaflight and IBUS - you need to select IBUS during the firmware flashing process.

[fervent sluice]

I'm trying to do that currently but it isn't going into boot mode so i have to
use ZIg but the first time it worked butmi had to load local software and the second time it didnt show that it was installing the bootloader or i dunno what software

[visual basalt]

use ImpulseRC Driver Fixer, not zadig..

People tend to screw up unrelated drivers with zadig far too often -_-

[fervent sluice]

it doesn;t work and i have the microsoft coorporation 4.5 thing

do i need to run it when im on an administrator account maybe?

[visual basalt]

define "doesn't work"

[fervent sluice]

i might've allready screwed up, we installes some driver when there was nothing selected

[fervent sluice]

it just does the loading thing on the mouse for like 10 seconds and then doesn;t do anything

[visual basalt]

https://impulserc.blob.core.windows.net/utilities/ImpulseRC_Driver_Fixer.exe

you downloaded this, right?

[fervent sluice]

i think so

[visual basalt]

I'm asking you to check.

[fervent sluice]

ill try again when i get home

[visual basalt]

When you run it, you should get an admin rights request popup

If you're on a user that can't get admin rights, then ig you're outta luck 😄

[fervent sluice]

https://impulserc.com/pages/downloads i downloaded this one

[visual basalt]

There are many things to download on that website

and people often download the wrong thing

[fervent sluice]

thats fine i have admin perms

i downloaded the driver fixer one

ill try your link again when i get home tho

[visual basalt]

aight

tag me then

[fervent sluice]

okie

thanks 😄

[fervent sluice]

@visual basalt i also made the same post on reddit and have been recommended to switch to Ibus, i use a f405 chip which has a specific ibus thing

so would the pinout on the board be gnd 5v and the special ibis pin

[visual basalt]

link the reddit post

[fervent sluice]

?

Okie

[visual basalt]

just curious xD

[fervent sluice]

https://www.reddit.com/r/drones/comments/1hzdw2l/comment/m6pcc3y/?context=3

therr you go

[visual basalt]

Ah, r/drones, that's why I didn't see it xD

[fervent sluice]

Lol

[visual basalt]

So quick note

Since you have an i6, not i6x, and probably don't have the modified firmware on it, you can't switch the receiver to SBUS mode, which would be better than IBUS for an annoying reason.

[fervent sluice]

what reason?

[visual basalt]

Failsafe...

IBUS doesn't tell the FC that the receiver lost signal

[fervent sluice]

does failsafe not work on IBUS, and what even is failsafe?

[visual basalt]

it just doesn't include that information natively, as opposed to SBUS which does

failsafe is what things do when they lose control signal

[fervent sluice]

doesn't he say it the post that IBUS does tell the reiciver and PPM doesn't

?

[visual basalt]

Neither does

[fervent sluice]

oh ok

[visual basalt]

SBUS does
IBUS and PPM don't

I am very intimately familiar with the fact that IBUS doesn't do failsafe by default 🥲

drone go weeee

there is a workaround

we'll explore that later

[fervent sluice]

oh ok

[visual basalt]

first of all, what FC?

[fervent sluice]

so should i re solder my pinout to Ibus?

[fervent sluice]

the chip is a F405, ill take a picture of the fc now

[visual basalt]

Definitely don't use PPM

it sucks so bad

[fervent sluice]

ok

[fervent sluice]

gimme half a sec

here's the whole board

ii connected my fc in dfu bootloader mode to my betaflight

[visual basalt]

where is PPM wired to rn?

[fervent sluice]

how do i flash

its the top left white adapter

it has gnd 5v r2 and t2

[visual basalt]

GND 5V R2 is what you need for IBUS

T2 stays disconnected

[fervent sluice]

there's a specific ibus thing to the left of the white connector

[visual basalt]

?

there's a specific SBUS thing...

[fervent sluice]

oh wait mb thats sbus

ok i anyways leave the t2 out

[visual basalt]

yeah that goes nowhere

[fervent sluice]

ok so how do i flash it?

[visual basalt]

First of all, make a backup of the configuration that's on it rn

[fervent sluice]

i did

[visual basalt]

send it

[fervent sluice]

that

[visual basalt]

the backup

[fervent sluice]

ok

here

[visual basalt]

thx

[fervent sluice]

yw

[visual basalt]

just wanted to have verification that it's the right fw

[fervent sluice]

gimme half a sec need to get chargin cable for mt laptop

[visual basalt]

Then, at the bottom, click Load Firmware [Online]
and once that finishes, Flash Firmware

If you're on windows and have never flashed the firmware to this FC, it will fail, unless the drivers have been fixed.

[fervent sluice]

i have never flashed the firmware

[fervent sluice]

i did use the zig program to lead the bootloader 32 onto the fc

[visual basalt]

Zadig is a tool for switching out drivers on windows

if you used it for the STM32 BOOTLOADER device, then that's correct

and should thus work

[fervent sluice]

yes

do i have to load into bootloader mode on my fc?

[visual basalt]

Betaflight can do that automatically

[fervent sluice]

it gave me this error

[visual basalt]

scroll up

and show screenshot

[visual basalt]

I didn't tell you to turn that on did I 😄

[fervent sluice]

i think it's automatically on

by default lol

im guessing i turn it off?

[visual basalt]

nope

not on

turn it off

[fervent sluice]

oh well

[fervent sluice]

done

[visual basalt]

reboot sequence = firmware flasher asking BF to reboot to bootloader

try flashing again

[fervent sluice]

ok

[fervent sluice]

what about the motor protocol?

[visual basalt]

dshot

[fervent sluice]

ok

[visual basalt]

why are your other options empty?

[fervent sluice]

i thinkits working, it says erasing

[fervent sluice]

im not using anything else

[visual basalt]

??

[fervent sluice]

i deleted them

[visual basalt]

WHY

[fervent sluice]

should i reflash it again?

[visual basalt]

you're not going to be using any form of OSD?

[fervent sluice]

what whats osd?

[visual basalt]

why did you delete it if you don't know

[fervent sluice]

N/A

lol

[visual basalt]

ask before doing random shit

[fervent sluice]

ok

[visual basalt]

pls

[fervent sluice]

srry mb

[visual basalt]

OSD = overlay information in goggle footage

[fervent sluice]

oooooooohhhhhh

ok im actually stupid

[visual basalt]

OSD = on-screen display

[fervent sluice]

frick me

[visual basalt]

also, VTX = VTX control - the ability of BF to control the VTX's settings

just leave the defaults in

[fervent sluice]

what does bf stand for?

[visual basalt]

BF = Betaflight

[fervent sluice]

ok so should i reflas it

[fervent sluice]

oh ok

[visual basalt]

reflash it with the default settings for Other Options

[fervent sluice]

ok

[visual basalt]

It's set up to fit in the F405's firmware space

there's minimal performance penalty to having a feature and not using it

it's mostly there to be able to add unusual features at the cost of other features (to make it fit inside of the firmware space)

[fervent sluice]

just checking

[visual basalt]

looking good

[fervent sluice]

ok im reflashing it now

ok done

[fervent sluice]

just checking this is the correct pinout for the board in ibus, bottom white wire = gnd, and top = rx and middle is 5v

[visual basalt]

yup

[fervent sluice]

ok

is ther anything else i have to configure on betaflight or my controller?

[visual basalt]

BF Ports tab:
Tick "Serial RX" on UART2 (only on UART2)

BF Receiver tab:
Pick IBUS as the protocol

[fervent sluice]

like this right 😄 ?

[visual basalt]

On the radio, somewhere in System settings, you may be able to control whether IBUS works or not

[visual basalt]

yup

[fervent sluice]

And im guessing this would be correct as well?

[visual basalt]

yup

[fervent sluice]

ok just checking my controller

now

[visual basalt]

System -> RX Setup -> Output mode

If you have that

it differs a bit between the i6 and i6x

and I can't recall which is which

[fervent sluice]

i dont have output mode but i have ibus setup

[visual basalt]

yeah no then you just can't configure that

the ibus setup thing is not related

[fervent sluice]

oh ok

[visual basalt]

it should jsut output ibus always then

[fervent sluice]

ok cool

[visual basalt]

check if you see inputs in BF Receiver tab

stick movements and stuff

[fervent sluice]

Omogmogmogmogm

yes

finall

y

[visual basalt]

awesome

do they match up to the correct channels?

is throttle throttle, etc?

[fervent sluice]

on the left joycon is side to side rolll and up and down pitch

?

[visual basalt]

uhh

is your radio mode 1 or mode 2?

[fervent sluice]

how do i know?

[visual basalt]

you know what you bought xD

this hobby is predominantly mode 2..

your radio should have 1 stick that does not center

where is it?

[fervent sluice]

left

yes

[visual basalt]

that should be throttle

[fervent sluice]

on the box it says ta

[fervent sluice]

lef

[fervent sluice]

tmb i meant right , yes left is throttle

[visual basalt]

Left stick:
Throttle, Yaw
Right stick
Pitch, Roll

[fervent sluice]

yes correct

[visual basalt]

and it works that way in BF Receiver too?

[fervent sluice]

thats where im looking rn

[visual basalt]

okok

so let's fix failsafe now

big creativity incomin

[fervent sluice]

ok

lets go

[fervent sluice]

im ready

[visual basalt]

On the radio, go to FUnction menu

and send a photo 😄

[fervent sluice]

ok

[visual basalt]

I can't recall the names of things xD

[fervent sluice]

oh ok

[visual basalt]

Found me a video with what I need

[fervent sluice]

sorry just need to mirir the photos

[visual basalt]

dw

I found it

[fervent sluice]

oh ok

[visual basalt]

so, Menu -> Functions setup -> End Points

[fervent sluice]

done

[visual basalt]

Get to CH3

It should say CH3 100% 100%

you want to change it to CH3 120% 100%

and save by holding cancel

[fervent sluice]

yes

[fervent sluice]

done

[fervent sluice]

done as well

[visual basalt]

Now go to System -> RX Setup -> failsafe

[fervent sluice]

ok

[visual basalt]

get to Channel 3

what is it set to rn?

[fervent sluice]

its only channel to channel 16

[visual basalt]

?

[visual basalt]

yeah so get to Channel3

l and 1 are different letters 😄

[fervent sluice]

wait the L tricked me into thinking that its a 1

ok done

[visual basalt]

click ok

[fervent sluice]

yes

[visual basalt]

move the throttle all the way down

[fervent sluice]

yes thasr what i have 😄

yes

[visual basalt]

click up/down to make it ON

and then press and hold Cancel

[fervent sluice]

for me it goes down below the line

[visual basalt]

ikik

that's intended

that's the -120%

[fervent sluice]

ok

its on now

[visual basalt]

hold cancel to save it

here you should have -120%

[fervent sluice]

yep

[visual basalt]

hold cancel again

to save the failsafe menu

[fervent sluice]

done

[visual basalt]

now the annoying part

you have to rebind the receiver

[fervent sluice]

lol

[visual basalt]

so that its failsafe gets updated

MAYBE you could use the button on the receievr

the set failsafe one

but it never worked for me 😄

[fervent sluice]

ok ill just rebind it

[visual basalt]

this will teach the receiver that when it loses signal, it should set Throttle to -120%
Once the receiver has learned that, you will return End Points back to 100% 100%

This way, during normal operation, the throttle can only go from -100% to 100% (approx 1000 to 2000 in BF)
But when it failsafes, it will drop to -120%

We can teach Betaflight to detect that as failsafe 🙂

[fervent sluice]

gimme 2 minutes

[visual basalt]

np

[fervent sluice]

ok im back, i understand that

i rebinded the reicver

[visual basalt]

Ok, on the radio, return End Points back to 100 100

don't touch Failsafe tho

[fervent sluice]

ok

done

[visual basalt]

Ok cool

now BF

[fervent sluice]

it was the one on ch 3 right?

[visual basalt]

yup yup

the rest should be all 100 100

[fervent sluice]

yep

[fervent sluice]

okie

do i save it?

[visual basalt]

?

save what

[fervent sluice]

the end points

[visual basalt]

yup yup

[fervent sluice]

hold cancel

ok

done

[visual basalt]

Now, in BF Receiver tab

verify that throttle goes from ~1000 to ~2000

[fervent sluice]

yep 1002 to 2000

[visual basalt]

Now what does it go down to if you turn the radio OFF?

[fervent sluice]

902

[visual basalt]

okay, that's the -120%

[fervent sluice]

ok cool!

[visual basalt]

Now, in top right corner, enable Expert mode

if you haven't yet

[fervent sluice]

yep its enabled

[visual basalt]

Now on the left side, open Failsafe

you should see a "Minimum Length" value

set it to 950

actually, that's a bit too close with trims
do 920

[fervent sluice]

ok

[visual basalt]

and click Save & Reboot

[fervent sluice]

ok done

😄
\

[visual basalt]

This means basically
"If any channel is < 920, that's failsafe"

[fervent sluice]

ok cool, i understand

[visual basalt]

now go back to Receiver tab

[fervent sluice]

😄

[visual basalt]

toggle the radio on/off and see how it behaves

[fervent sluice]

it changes from 920 to 1002

[visual basalt]

see if this lights up

when you turn the radio off

[fervent sluice]

nope

[fervent sluice]

it doesn't

[visual basalt]

cuuurious

go to Setup tab

on the right side, you should see Arming Disable Flags

in System Info

see if you get RX_FAILSAFE there

or RXLOSS

or similar

[fervent sluice]

it says rx failsafe msp

[visual basalt]

and when you turn the radio on, RX FAILSAFE goes away?

[fervent sluice]

yip

[visual basalt]

okay so it works, jsut the icon at the top is screwy

weird

[fervent sluice]

lol

[visual basalt]

well, whatever

now that your drone won't randomly fly away into the stratosphere...

[fervent sluice]

lmao

[visual basalt]

like mine did

[fervent sluice]

wait seriously?

[visual basalt]

yuuuuup

[fervent sluice]

lol

[visual basalt]

had the exact same setup btw

flysky i6 and ia6b

that was back in 2018

[fervent sluice]

sheesh

[visual basalt]

idk why you're running it in 2025 but at this point I don't even have the energy to deal with that

[fervent sluice]

i got it from my parents for my bday

its my firwst one and none of us are experts

[visual basalt]

your parents need to learn to ask for help before buying xD

there are A LOT better radios for very similar money nowadays

but whatever

this will fly

[fervent sluice]

again i might eventually chage

[visual basalt]

not very far, but it will

nowww

switches

with the stock firmware you can only do 2 switches unfortunately

[fervent sluice]

at least 💀

[visual basalt]

but that should be sorta enough

does anything on the radio control AUX1/AUX2 in BF Receiver tab?

[fervent sluice]

one of them broke off the second to left one cause my thing fell, i might have to superlglue it later

[visual basalt]

hah

you're one of the rare people who actually know what happened to the switch

for the rest of us, one day the radio had a switch, the next day it didn't

[fervent sluice]

i see aux 1 though to aux 15

[fervent sluice]

lol

i dont know where it is tho

probably our vacum cleaner picked it up

ill need to check

[visual basalt]

Your radio currently only does 6 channels (it can do up to 14 if you modify the firmware)
4 channels for sticks, AUX1, AUX2

[fervent sluice]

ok

understood

[visual basalt]

here you can set which inputs are assigned to AUX1/AUX2 (CH5/CH6)

you ideally want a 2pos and a 3pos switch

[fervent sluice]

Aux one and aux two are binded to the to little knobs up top, is that correct?

[visual basalt]

the knobs are not very useful tbh xD

not for drones

You should be able to change it in Aux. Channels

[fervent sluice]

ok im in the aux channels

what do i do there?

[visual basalt]

I can't find any footage of it 😄

so idk how it looks

[fervent sluice]

so ill set channel 5 to switch c ( 3 possition

and set channel 6 to swd (2 pos.

[visual basalt]

Oh FYI
The standard is to have CH5 (aka AUX1) as the arming switch

which is usually 2pos

[fervent sluice]

ill do that then

channel five is now switch a

(2 Pos')

[visual basalt]

ok cool

save it and verify that it works in BF Receiver tab

[fervent sluice]

what should i set the channel six one to?

the 3 pos one?

[visual basalt]

a 3pos

[fervent sluice]

ok

[visual basalt]

yea

[fervent sluice]

done

ill save and check in betaflight now right

?

[visual basalt]

yup

[fervent sluice]

yes swa goes 1000, 2000
swc goes 1000, 1500, 2000

[visual basalt]

great

now, go to Modes tab

find the ARM mode

click Add Range (if there isn't one already)

[fervent sluice]

done

[visual basalt]

click the SWA switch back and forth

it should automatically change from AUTO to AUX1

and then adjust the range so that it encompasses one of the positions of the switch (usually 2000)

for 2000, you'd adjust the range to be 1900-2100

[fervent sluice]

like this?

[visual basalt]

you have 2 ranges now xD

the top one yes, the 2nd one no

[fervent sluice]

so i delet the second one and what do i do then?

[visual basalt]

then ARM is done

this tells BF
"If AUX1 is between 1900 and 2100, turn ARM mode ON"

[fervent sluice]

oh ok

done

?my fc has started beeping a lot, is that fine

[visual basalt]

btw

what battery have you got?

I just noticed that yo uhave a battery plugged in xD

the faster you give me a simple answer the better it may be for your battery's life

[visual basalt]

oh, lol

you do realise that it won't fly on that, right? 😂

[fervent sluice]

actual battery is a 3s 1500 MA

[visual basalt]

anyway, then the voltage makes sense

[fervent sluice]

MH bat

[visual basalt]

Normally you'd fly a 4S or 6S on this

so the 3S voltage scared me

[fervent sluice]

oh

[visual basalt]

so anyway

arming is done

[fervent sluice]

ok

[visual basalt]

for the 3pos, I would recommend something like
1000 | 1500 | 2000

Nothing | Angle | Beeper

[fervent sluice]

yep

1000 1500 2000

[visual basalt]

Don't put beeper on 1500

😄

that's the default position and it would make your drone beep on powerup xD

[fervent sluice]

where do i find that?

[visual basalt]

find what?

Angle -> Add range -> AUX2 -> 1400 to 1600
Beeper -> Add range -> AUX2 -> 1900 to 2100

[fervent sluice]

in the modes tab right?

[visual basalt]

yes

do you know what Angle mode is?

[fervent sluice]

Tbh nope no clue whatsover

Lol

[visual basalt]

Stabilised mode

[fervent sluice]

oh

so the drone will keep upright? If angle mode is on

[visual basalt]

the default mode is "Acro"
In that mode, the Pitch/Roll controls how fast the drone rotates

In Angle mode, Pitch/Roll control the angle of the drone relative to "level"

levelness is measured by the accelerometer, which needs to be calibrated in Setup tab

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Ok ill calibrate it

oh is it fine ill go have breakfast and then come back

[visual basalt]

yeah just unplug it

you have all the info you need for now xD

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ok

ill w

[visual basalt]

Some points:

• Motors tab: Set protocol to DSHOT300
• Configuration tab: Set PID loop rate to 4khz

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what avout the moters, when i pish throttle they dont start turnimg

[visual basalt]

the drone must be powered up without USB connected

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oh ok

[visual basalt]

then, with throttle all the way down, you click the ARM switch

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Thanks

[visual basalt]

to arm the drone

the moment you arm it, the motors will spin up

they should always spin when armed

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nipe

[visual basalt]

?

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they dont

[visual basalt]

did you go through this?

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yep

coyld it be that the accelerometer isnt calibirated

[visual basalt]

ah

hehee

• Configuration tab: set Maximum Arm Angle to 180

I forgor

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Srry did that

ill also recariblate the accelerometer

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nope still isnt working

@visual basalt nope

[visual basalt]

in BF Configurator Setup tab

what does it say in Arming Disable flags

when you click the arm switch back and forth?

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when down it says msp motor protocol

when up it just says msp

[visual basalt]

?

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yes ive done

that as well

[visual basalt]

send a screenshot of the motors tab

[visual basalt]

it was set to DSHOT300 when you came to this page?

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yes

[visual basalt]

.... strange

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is this setting meant to be one?

• on

*on

[visual basalt]

that's just for motor testing..

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oh

[visual basalt]

do a complete power cycle of the drone

no USB, no battery

then battery first, USB second

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done

@visual basalt

[visual basalt]

does it still say motor protocol when you try to arm

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in the setup tab?

[visual basalt]

yes

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when its down it says motor protocol and when its up it says msp

[visual basalt]

well, that's a first for me..

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but when i turn the whole thing on the motors move a little bit

waititrierfqweiojh

wait

i wonder what acoustic owl set it to three

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isnt it supposed to be set to two?

[visual basalt]

what set to three?

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the serial rx

[visual basalt]

it's on UART2

your receiver input is working correctly

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oh ok thats cprrect

[visual basalt]

ugh

I wonder if it's a broken BF target

let's try some basic debugging

first of all

make a backup of the settings

(Presets tab ->Save backup)

and send the backup here 😄

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thats a video of me goin trhough all the tabs

heres the backup

[visual basalt]

that didn't work xD

try it again

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the backup?

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yeah

the backup file is empty

ish

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do i create another one?

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yeah just try again

something got borked in the FC communication

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ok

now hopefully?

[visual basalt]

yup, this one worked fine

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ok good

[visual basalt]

okay let's start with the simpler stuff

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aha

yes

[visual basalt]

try to reflash the firmware withiout the OSD (Digital) option

I remember that being an issue one time long ago

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wdym by that?

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like this?

[visual basalt]

Oh and actually, untick Full chip erase

you don't need it rn

[visual basalt]

yeah

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ok

[visual basalt]

load, flash

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ok

[visual basalt]

after flashing, connect and check if your settings got wiped
if they did, restore the backup in presets tab
If they didn't, check if you still get the motor proto issue

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doing it

[visual basalt]

btw, don't forget to check your battery voltage

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ok

is it ok if it says that?

[visual basalt]

... depends

idk what you were doing when it happend

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its stuck here rn

[visual basalt]

well

that's not ideal

replug the FC USB and try again?

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okie

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yeah it gave me thatwhen it was saying the initiating reboot to bootloader

[visual basalt]

that is the typical flashing driver issue...

I wonder if your PC forgot the drivers xD

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oh i changed pc

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.... xD

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my other one lagged a bit too omych so it dies

died

should i go back to old pc?

[visual basalt]

idc

fix the drivers

see if IRC Driver Fixer works on this one 😄

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its taking a while, is that normal?

[visual basalt]

what is it stuck on?

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installing dfu driver

[visual basalt]

sometimes windows shows a prompt asking about the driver install

check if that's not stuck somewhere in the background

or in the bottom bar

if it doesn't work then your PCs are cursed then use zadig

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it showed me a admin prompt let sjdjkas chaneg on you device or whatnot, is that the one you're talking about?

wait

hold up

there you go

[visual basalt]

ignore that box

just click ok and get back to flashing

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ok its done then

ok

its in bootloader mode, can i unpluf and put it back to normal?

[visual basalt]

you don't need to

you can just flash

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???

this is what it shows me

[visual basalt]

ok?

set the firmware flasher options

and then do the typical

load, flash

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so the board and the firmware version?

[visual basalt]

everything we talked about

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ok

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so like this?

[visual basalt]

IBUS

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mb

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np

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now do i load and flash?

[visual basalt]

yup

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yeah its working now

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done

it was successfull

yeah it kept all its config and dta

[visual basalt]

so check if it still suffers from the motor_protocol arming disable flag

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yeah it still says that

[visual basalt]

what an annoying little shit

go to CLI tab

send this command:
get dshot

and post the result here

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get dshot

dshot_idle_value = 550
Allowed range: 0 - 2000

dshot_burst = OFF
Allowed values: OFF, ON, AUTO

dshot_bidir = OFF
Allowed values: OFF, ON

dshot_edt = OFF
Allowed values: OFF, ON

dshot_bitbang = OFF
Allowed values: OFF, ON, AUTO

dshot_bitbang_timer = AUTO
Allowed values: AUTO, TIM1, TIM8

beeper_dshot_beacon_tone = 1
Allowed range: 1 - 5

[visual basalt]

set dshot_bitbang = AUTO
save

both are commands

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done

[visual basalt]

see if you still get the arming flag

omfg

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yep

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???

[visual basalt]

go to CLI tab

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ok

[visual basalt]

send this command:

status

with the arming switch clicked to the motor_protocol position

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status

MCU F40X Clock=168MHz (PLLP-HSI), Vref=3.28V, Core temp=53degC
Stack size: 2048, Stack address: 0x1000fff0
Configuration: CONFIGURED, size: 3773, max available: 16384
Devices detected: SPI:2, I2C:0
Gyros detected: gyro 1 locked dma
GYRO=MPU6500, ACC=MPU6500, BARO=BMP280
OSD: MSP (30 x 13)
BUILD KEY: 31d3242d8d43022870e2aa929dcfc528 (4.5.1)
System Uptime: 22 seconds, Current Time: 2025-01-12T21:01:23.154+00:00
CPU:24%, cycle time: 126, GYRO rate: 7936, RX rate: 128, System rate: 9
Voltage: 981 * 0.01V (3S battery - CRITICAL)
I2C Errors: 0
FLASH: JEDEC ID=0x00ef4018 16M
GPS: NOT ENABLED
Arming disable flags: CLI MSP ARMSWITCH

[visual basalt]

btw remember when I told you to check your battery voltage

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yes

i think so

[visual basalt]

it's getting a bit ont he low side

just so yk

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ok

is the problem cause of that?

[visual basalt]

Arming disable flags: CLI MSP ARMSWITCH

[visual basalt]

nah

just reminding

anyway

I have a sneaking suspicion that the UI is broken 😂

the Setup tab may be showing he incorrect arming flag

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ok thanjs, ill run the fc off usbc

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lmao

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so what does that mean for us?

[visual basalt]

that we've been chasing ghosts

ANYWAY

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lol

[visual basalt]

unplug usb, unplug battery

plug in just battery

throttle all the way down

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ok

[visual basalt]

try to click the arm switch from off to on

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yes

it beeps

but the motors don't move

[visual basalt]

ughhhh

can you record the beeps?

we'll have to continue this some other time, I gtg...
maybe if @karmic zodiac is bored enough 😄

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ok

qsdjiasiodhasiljhfas

4

w

dasioduioasjhdqw

@visual basalt

@visual basalt

@visual basalt

[visual basalt]

I stg if it just armed

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i flipped it back down and the motors started movinf

its the other way around

it works now

[visual basalt]

https://tenor.com/view/finished-elijah-wood-lord-of-the-rings-lava-fire-gif-5894611

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thanks for all youve done bor

*bro

[visual basalt]

glad I could help

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ty a lot

anyways

bye

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yo when you have time, im not sure whats happpining but when i push throttle at one point there's only one motor left working and i am doin nothing else

[visual basalt]

battery?

or do you mean that the motors stop listening to your inputs?

That's kinda normal.

The drone behaves weirdly when it doesn't have props and isn't in the air

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oh ok

thanks

[visual basalt]

idk what you mean by "only one motor left working"

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ill have the batterry connectors tommorow and ill test it out for a flight tommorow

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all the ther mototrs stop rotating at all

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yeah practically

[visual basalt]

well, I would attribute that to the battery

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ok

[visual basalt]

nah I meant something else

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oh

[visual basalt]

there is a thing where if you pass 20% throttle

the motors start spinning up faster on their own

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anyways thanks ill take it out on a test tommorow when i get the batterry connectors and then ill ping you if everything works

thanks

[visual basalt]

btw, you still need to check the motor order, motor directions and board alignment

but that's once it's all assembled..

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yep

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ill do that

😄

[visual basalt]

For vitroid: ignore the ping, it got resolved 5s after I pinged you 😂

[karmic zodiac]

my mere presence strikes fear into uncooperative electronics

[visual basalt]

cursed BF Configurator UI bug (Arming disable flags showing incorrectly in 10.10)

followed by slight case of user error

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lmao

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Yo @karmic zodiac or @visual basalt

you online?

i need some help with the rotation

[slender blaze]

So make a new post lol