ExpressLRS line doesn't work inside CLI and how come I can't switch from Serial to SPI x ELRS?

[stark magnet]

can you go into the CLI and execute version please

post the output here

[neon heath]

I'm working with a Mobula6 V2

[stark magnet]

your flight controller do not have spi elrs..

[neon heath]

wait it doesn't?

[stark magnet]

per the board name.. it doesn't

[neon heath]

I had thought I bricked it so I figured out how to flash it to bring it back

[stark magnet]

it's got uart-based elrs

unless of course you flashed it with the wrong board target

[neon heath]

I think that's my mistake lol

can you help me flash with correct software

[stark magnet]

did you saved a factory config BEFORE you flashed it?

if you did, post it here

[neon heath]

no I made the mistake of messing with the USB in ports

yeahhhh

[stark magnet]

post a photo of both sides of the fc

[neon heath]

alright

should I disassemble

the canopy is probably in the way

[stark magnet]

if you think I can identify your FC properly without disassembly...

with great emphasis on properly

[neon heath]

is that good enough quality

I'll take off the canopy for the top

[stark magnet]

board target: CRAZYBEEF4SX1280

https://www.happymodel.cn/index.php/2022/02/23/elrsf4-2g4-v3-1-flight-controller-firmware-and-default-factory-diff/

[neon heath]

got it

I'll try to flash that on there

ok I think things are working fine

I was tricked into flashing with CRAZYBEEF4DX because of betaflight's recommendation

thanks for your help deadbyte

[stark magnet]

apply the factory diff all, or take sections off it

[neon heath]

how can I apply factory diff all

[stark magnet]

e.g. board orientation, vtx table, the pid tune

on the link I posted above is a repo of the firmware hex and diff all files

[neon heath]

ok I have done that

when I tilt the drone forwards it becomes roll in betaflight

[stark magnet]

you applied the correct diff all ?

the one for v3.3?

[neon heath]

yep

[stark magnet]

http://www.happymodel.cn/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Mobula6-ELRS-2G4-Diff-for-Betaflight_4.3.0_CRAZYBEEF4SX1280-official-release-support-ELRS-V2.0-.txt

how did you applied it?

copy the content of the text file, paste in the cli, type in save?

[neon heath]

yeah save was already typed in so I just pasted and hit enter

ctrl-A and then copy and paste into cli

[stark magnet]

could you got into the cli and execute get gyro

post output here

[stark magnet]

go back into the setup tab
hold the drone with camera facing away from you, upright and almost flat

then on the corner, click Reset Z and then move the drone in your hands side to side (roll), front to back(pitch) and yaw

[neon heath]

yeah it's still a little funky

[stark magnet]

go into the configuration tab.. set yaw angle to 180

[neon heath]

what command does that

oh wait

[stark magnet]

you're in the configuration tab.. no commands.. you set it in the top right section for board alignment

[neon heath]

it's not cli lol

ok

I think I got it

[stark magnet]

Yaw Degrees - 180
First Gyro, CW90 (fir the first setting didn't do it)

[neon heath]

I set 180 and it was a little wonky but I was able to do 270 and I think that works

sweet should I test it

[stark magnet]

sure..

one reason to save your factory diff all as soon as you got the drone

[neon heath]

oh shit

my roll is my throattle

throttle

[stark magnet]

go into receiver tab and make sure the Channel Map is correct for your Mixes page order

[neon heath]

ok one long moment

[neon heath]

alright sorry for taking a while to respond I was turning in a homework assignment

I'm going to try to do what you just typed up

is it normal for my throttle to be at that level when it's all the way down?

[stark magnet]

yes

[neon heath]

alright then I think I may have fixed it

I set the thingy to aetr which was what it was previously before I messed everything up

I'll set my arming switches and try to do everything

my vtx for some reason doesn't change output power tho so it's a little weird

be back in a second

[stark magnet]

how are you changing it? does it appear "ready" in the vtx tab when lipo is connected?

[neon heath]

I think so

for whatever reason I'm only getting video when i point my goggles at the quad now

[stark magnet]

it could be in pit mode..

could you post a screenshot of the vtx tab?

[neon heath]

ok one sec

I think it didn't let me go in there because I didn't have ports configured

but I didn't mind it since things were working anyways

[stark magnet]

if you applied the diff all config properly, then it should be basically back to factory config

[stark magnet]

could you go into the CLI tab and paste these lines

vtxtable bands 6
vtxtable channels 8
vtxtable band 1 BOSCAM_A A FACTORY 5865 5845 5825 5805 5785 5765 5745 5725
vtxtable band 2 BOSCAM_B B FACTORY 5733 5752 5771 5790 5809 5828 5847 5866
vtxtable band 3 BOSCAM_E E FACTORY 5705 5685 5665 0 5885 5905 0 0
vtxtable band 4 FATSHARK F FACTORY 5740 5760 5780 5800 5820 5840 5860 5880
vtxtable band 5 RACEBAND R FACTORY 5658 5695 5732 5769 5806 5843 5880 5917
vtxtable band 6 IMD6 I CUSTOM 5732 5765 5828 5840 5866 5740 0 0
vtxtable powerlevels 3
vtxtable powervalues 0 1 2
vtxtable powerlabels 25 100 200
type save
and press enter

[neon heath]

ok

this is the same tab after I've pasted and saved

[stark magnet]

and is it working now?

[neon heath]

one sec lemme check

[stark magnet]

make sure goggles is on Raceband channel 1

i.e. R1

[neon heath]

still the same thing

I have dvr of what's going on if discord will let it send

volume warning

could it be that I cooked the vtx

[stark magnet]

which exact whoop do you have?

you've set ports tab so that uart 2 is set to TBS smartaudio?

(diff all from factory should've done that for you)

reapply this vtx table via the CLI tab

vtxtable

vtxtable bands 6
vtxtable channels 8
vtxtable band 1 BOSCAM_A A FACTORY 5865 5845 5825 5805 5785 5765 5745 5725
vtxtable band 2 BOSCAM_B B FACTORY 5733 5752 5771 5790 5809 5828 5847 5866
vtxtable band 3 BOSCAM_E E FACTORY 5705 5685 5665 5645 5885 5905 5925 5945
vtxtable band 4 FATSHARK F FACTORY 5740 5760 5780 5800 5820 5840 5860 5880
vtxtable band 5 RACEBAND R FACTORY 5658 5695 5732 5769 5806 5843 5880 5917
vtxtable band 6 LOWRACE L FACTORY 5333 5373 5413 5453 5493 5533 5573 5613
vtxtable powerlevels 5
vtxtable powervalues 10 2 14 20 26
vtxtable powerlabels 0 RCE 25 100 400
set vtx_power = 5
save

[neon heath]

ok deadbyte it's definitely not because I cooked it

but something weird is happen8ing

I only get good connection through vtx when I go into my radiomaster boxer and set it from 200mw to 25mw and back to 200mw

[stark magnet]

have you reapplied that vtx table I posted above?

on your boxer, enable dynamic power

and then, on VTX admin, make sure power is set to --

https://www.expresslrs.org/assets/images/lua/vtx-bw.png

or set Band to Off
PWR level to -
pitmode to off

[neon heath]

woah this thing goes to 400mw?

just a few seconds ago there were three options 25 100 and 200

[stark magnet]

per vtx table, it does

[neon heath]

sweet

just applied the vtx table

[stark magnet]

that's because of the other vtx table, from the old mob6 diff all that I have

[stark magnet]

if you're going to use this setting, set your goggles to R8, then tap Send VTX

see if your vtx has changed to R8.. if it doesn't then this setting doesn't really matter because it doesn't work.. at least at the moment

[neon heath]

everything seems to work

how much doees 400mw really burn

will I have like 1 minute of flight time

[stark magnet]

no..

test it in flight.. land when pack reads ~3.3v

[neon heath]

dang

your help has knocked like a handful of birds with like one stone

I'm able to go into places I couldn't before without making sure I'm looking in that direction

I'll load up a full pack and test it right now

[stark magnet]

save a diff all of your current "working" config

so you have a point to go back to incase something messed up again

[neon heath]

ok just finished

that was a good amount of time

definitely noticed the warning though

the temperature was getting up there

[stark magnet]

how did you tested?

in flight, the temps should be okay.. tolerable

[neon heath]

the osd told me the core was at like 70 celcius

but it went away after it got cooled down while flying

[stark magnet]

ah, that's a non-issue and mostly can be ignore because it wasn't that accurate

(that's the main fc mcu core temp)

[neon heath]

ok I see

so I should save diff all and store it somewhere safe

[stark magnet]

yes

[neon heath]

hell yeah dude

I've scoured all over youtube for help but couldn't find anything

and you basically responded to my question in like 1 minute

got you a coffee cause it's the least I could do

where you from anyways?

[stark magnet]

thank you!

I'm from the Philippines

[neon heath]

oh yeah I think I see it now

the view is great in your test of the gemini and dvda

alright I'm going to head out

thanks for all your help

I'll probably be back the next time I mess up again lol

[stark magnet]

happy flying!

[neon heath]

I flew earlier today and I puffed up one of my batteries

sad

sometimes my vtx bugs out and the drone drops dead. do you possibly know why this could be happening?

I'll send dvr footage

https://youtu.be/MLUZBJzixfk?si=h08P_AmVrMrgkoUL

it usually happens when I arm and then try to put throttle

sometimes it does it when I arm and don't add any throttle

I usually fix it by unplugging the quad and plugging it back in

[stark magnet]

could be brown outs.. redo your main battery lead wiring

[neon heath]

I think you may be right

it was my first time soldering and I think I messed up because it wasn't happening before

I got a new antenna though

do you think this one will perform better than my old one

[stark magnet]

I've used the scout with its default antenna setup with great success..

only swapped it out when I started flying to 3km and above..

[neon heath]

oh dang

do you think penetration might be better

the penetration after your help getting it to 400mw is pretty great

I can fly behind an entire house without blacking out

[stark magnet]

that shorter one should be enough for a front-only flights.. once you go behind you, your water-ful head will block any signals.. so a longer stalk omni should help

[neon heath]

got you

my range is still subpar with about 400 feet but I think it's because of my mobula6 receiver antenna

it's super far compared to when I first flew it

I'm basically trying to fly it outdoors like it's a 5 inch lol

[stark magnet]

compared to a 5" that can carry a much larger battery, these whoops could maybe get to a kilometer or so.. one way

[neon heath]

totally fine by me

I tried flying in a walmart and there was a lot of interference with the screen

lots of flickers

[stark magnet]

use R8 as that's far away from wifi signals

(though most flyers would use that for that same reason)

[neon heath]

ok sweet

i'm still running the vtx settings you sent me through your radio last time and it's been doing me pretty well

[neon heath]

I have a question about vtx mw. My mobula6 goes to 400mw and I think the range and penetration could definitely better. Will the penetration and range be worse if I have 300mw on a 5inch with this vtx? https://www.racedayquads.com/products/happymodel-ovx303-25-300mw-5-8ghz-u-fl-vtx-w-openvtx?variant=39542221602929&aff=58

I'm thinking about a future 5 inch build and I value range and penetration tons

[stark magnet]

the power rating is one thing..
the quality of the vtx is another, and then the antennas..

and then we have the other side.. the VRX and its antennas

[neon heath]

I see

what's an amazing vtx that you'd recommend

I won't want to cheap out on that + the antennas

[stark magnet]

I haven't used a lot.. but had great success with rush' offerings

[neon heath]

https://www.racedayquads.com/products/rushfpv-tank-plus-25-800mw-5-8ghz-37ch-vtx-mmcx?keyword=rush vtx

I could spend a little more on something like this