(solved, yay) expresslrs not working on a tx16s, tried everything - nothing helped. | ExpressLRS Community | Page 1

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 12:35 AM

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Ive tried 3 edgetx versions, elrs 2.5.1, 3.0.1, 3.1.2 and 2 receivers. nothing has worked. Help is appreciated

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Ive tried all baudrates too

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And yes ive tried restarting it

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The receiver binds to my diy radio but not my tx16s

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wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 1:14 AM

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What's the "Err" count under the RF settings in Model settings?
Do you have any LUA scripts running that might be polling for data? Yaapu & iNav LUA both call crossfireTelemetryPop() and cause problems in tandem with the ELRS LUA.

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 1:21 AM

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wanton sorrel * What's the "Err" count under the RF settings in Model settings? * Do you have...

0 errors
No other lua scripts, fresh edgetx install

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(unsolved) expresslrs not working on a tx16s, tried everything - nothing helped.

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 1:34 AM

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Very odd. Okay, this is a stock internal module?

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 1:35 AM

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Yes

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 5:47 AM

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Hmm, I gotta be honest I'm not certain where to go from there. Think you can flash the ELRS module?

torn kindle Jan 1, 2023, 9:23 AM

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I have the exact same issue. Incidental, I can bind to my matek pwm receivers but not any of my diy 2.4 nano’s. I have been using elrs since before it even got to v1. My quads are still on 900mhz and only just using 2.4 for some FD planes I am 3d printing.

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 9:43 AM

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Are you seeing the issue where the LUA is unbearably slow to load, or only binding issues?

final urchin Jan 1, 2023, 11:36 AM

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daring perch 1. 0 errors 2. No other lua scripts, fresh edgetx install

Can you try to rename your microSD card WIDGETS subfolder to smth. else, such as WIDGETS_BCK and retry to run the ELRS v3 LUA script to see if it it is snappy then?

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 12:28 PM

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wanton sorrel Hmm, I gotta be honest I'm not certain where to go from there. Think you can fla...

I tried 3 different versions

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Ir only flashes via usb

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 12:37 PM

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final urchin Can you try to rename your microSD card WIDGETS subfolder to smth. else, such as...

Give me a min

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That did not fix it. No

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 12:46 PM

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torn kindle I have the exact same issue. Incidental, I can bind to my matek pwm receivers bu...

I can't bind to any

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Thats my diy radio

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It binds to everything just fine

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But not my tx16s

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 1:07 PM

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If i try to change switch mode it shows this

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It saves the settings if i flip my arm switch while changing them

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:27 PM

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daring perch If i try to change switch mode it shows this

That's expected if you're connected to a receiver, so it does appear to be bound.

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:27 PM

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I'm not

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No receiver is even turned on

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Should i just replace it?

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I still have warranty

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:31 PM

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That's really really weird.

The only other thing I can think to suggest is to erase the ESP32 flash completely and rewrite it, but an RMA might be necessary anyway.

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:32 PM

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wanton sorrel That's really really weird. The only other thing I can think to suggest is to ...

How do i do that

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Driving for 2 hours with busses is really annoying so id rather have it fixed

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:33 PM

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With the internal, that's a good question. You'd need to start the EdgeTX passthrough using the python script for that, then use esptool to run erase_flash

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I'm not on my workstation right now, but there's a python script called something like InitETXpassthrough.py

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:34 PM

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There's no tutorial, right?

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:34 PM

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daring perch There's no tutorial, right?

It's easy to do with a regular USB connected module but less so with the internal.

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:35 PM

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Ouch

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:35 PM

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So run that python script that does ETX passthrough, then we can do an erase_flash

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:35 PM

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What are the chances of it working after a complete erase?

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:35 PM

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wanton sorrel So run that python script that does ETX passthrough, then we can do an erase_fla...

You're gonna need to explain this step a bit more to me :)

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:35 PM

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Well, given we have no other sensible reason it'd act that way, idk, 60%?

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:36 PM

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wanton sorrel Well, given we have no other sensible reason it'd act that way, idk, 60%?

That pretty good, I'd like to try it

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:36 PM

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Hmm, okay, what OS are you running?

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:36 PM

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Windows 11

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:37 PM

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Okay, there's a python.exe embedded somewhere in the ELRS files. Think you can find it? Windows search is famously ass.

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:37 PM

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Where do i look?

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:37 PM

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Uhhhh

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:37 PM

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Elrs configurator files?

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:37 PM

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That's why I'm suggesting search, it's in a weird spot. Hold on.

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Try putting this into Explorer: %appdata%\..\local\programs\ExpressLRS Configurator\

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:39 PM

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im there

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wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:40 PM

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Ayyy okay open a new cmd.exe window, you know how to do that?

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:40 PM

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in the folder or just cmd?

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wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:41 PM

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Okay nice

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Okay, under dependencies/windows_64/python

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:42 PM

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yea

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:42 PM

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Run python.exe and you should get a python prompt, yeah?

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:42 PM

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wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:43 PM

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Okay cool hit Ctrl+D to exit

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Now run python.exe C:\.expresslrs-configurator\firmwares\github\ExpressLRS\src\python\ETXinitPassthrough.py

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:44 PM

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i dont see ETXinitPassthrough.py

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:44 PM

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That line includes the whole path so it should be good

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Unless you installed configurator somewhere weird.

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:44 PM

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no i mean theres no ETXinitPassthrough.py file in the python folder

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:45 PM

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It's in a different folder: C:\.expresslrs-configurator\firmwares\github\ExpressLRS\src\python\ETXinitPassthrough.py

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Since we're passing the fully-qualified path, it'll work

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:45 PM

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python decided that it doesnt exist

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:46 PM

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Neat.

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:46 PM

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wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:46 PM

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Okayokay

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:46 PM

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i think its trying to run python from my apps and not the one in the elrs folder?

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:47 PM

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Yeah, try adding .\ before the line

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:47 PM

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wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:47 PM

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Ugh okay hold on

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Try this:

& "C:\Users\Barbaras\.platformio\penv\Scripts\python.exe" C:\.expresslrs-configurator\firmwares\github\ExpressLRS\src\python\external\esptool\esptool.py -b 921000 erase_flash

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Include the & sign 🙂

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:48 PM

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its trying on port 1

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but my tx is on 7

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:49 PM

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Yeah it'll fall through

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:49 PM

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what mode should my tx be in

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:49 PM

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USB Debug (Serial) if memory serves

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It's worded something like that

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:50 PM

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doesnt seem to work

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wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:50 PM

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Oh wait sorry I got scripts mixed up

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:50 PM

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alr

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:51 PM

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& "C:\Users\Barbaras\.platformio\penv\Scripts\python.exe" C:\.expresslrs-configurator\firmwares\github\ExpressLRS\src\python\ETXinitPassthrough.py

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:51 PM

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wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:52 PM

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It's like your TX16S itself is running super slow, not the module wtf

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Try this on a fresh boot of the TX16S

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:52 PM

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wdym fresh boot

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:52 PM

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Like, turn it off, turn it on, plug in USB, select debug, run command

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:53 PM

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wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:54 PM

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Okay great!

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& "C:\Users\Barbaras\.platformio\penv\Scripts\python.exe" C:\.expresslrs-configurator\firmwares\github\ExpressLRS\src\python\external\esptool\esptool.py -b 921000 erase_flash

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:55 PM

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seems like its working

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:55 PM

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Siiiiick

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:55 PM

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wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:55 PM

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Okay so now you'll have a completely blank TX module including the whole settings area

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Try reflashing from the Configurator

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:56 PM

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with edgetx passtrough??

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 4:56 PM

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Yeah

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 4:59 PM

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failed

📎 message.txt

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 5:00 PM

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Okay, reboot the TX and try again

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 5:00 PM

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that cant be a good sign can it

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 5:00 PM

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nbd

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 5:02 PM

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oh my god it works

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i love you

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 5:02 PM

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elrs_heart

daring perch Jan 1, 2023, 5:02 PM

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thank you so so so much

wanton sorrel Jan 1, 2023, 5:02 PM

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No worries man, super glad to have helped! 😄

#(solved, yay) expresslrs not working on a tx16s, tried everything - nothing helped.