Posts by Tadango

Then you should send it to powerbox for investigation. They cannot see the problem without having it.....

The powerbox GPS works with my adapter trough the Mercury. Frsky GPS is very bad.

You cannot use both receivers for telemetry unless Powerbox support S.Port telemetry and the switching function that FrSky has built in. Maybe in the future the new ACCESS firmware will allow this. For now you must connect the telemetry adapter (and all other sensors) to one receiver (the one with telemetry enabled) only.

I don't think Powerbox will ever support FrSky. They can make an Update for the GPS sensor but i think they have to much work with all other products. Those few users using FrSky are not enough.

Yes, but you need an adapter. You can build one yourself using my code at https://github.com/RealTadango/FrSky. You get all data from the GPS module on your FrSky TX. The adapter and code for the powerbox and the GPS2 is the same.

You can use my telemetry adapter to get full telemetry from the mercury also. https://github.com/RealTadango/FrSky

Can't this be changed in the Jeti? It should be able to convert the units itself. The sensor does it job just fine

Be VERY carefull with this TX. Me and my friend both owned a DSX 11 once and it had low output power compared to other systems. I lost a plane due to it. After a lot of pressure JR exchanged them and the new one was much better, but still less then a Spektrum transmitter in range. I never used it afterwards and bought a Spektrum TX.

We normally see VERY low values on frameloss and antenna fades using DSM2. DSMX is a bit higher normally. Antenna fades above 50 was rare, lost frames (with 3 receivers) less then 5 normally. These low values are not uncommon. I have seen many flights when one or more receivers had 0 fades and 0 lost frames was normal

Ok, i missed the last part

Then it must be a software issue in the converter i think.....

Richard Deutsch I tested the converter with the GPS II directly and i got GPS coordinates and all other data. I cannot test with a mercury and GPS II since i have not one available. It should be the same format / data right?

Use 2 receivers. You can combine a 2.4Ghz RX with a 900Mhz RX to have dual band redundancy.

But why would it not work? If the Mercury gets power, it should work right? This just puzzles me.

Btw, the mercury does not have a current sensor so no mAh values in the telemetry.....

Does the led turn on on the arduino when you connect it to the powerbox? Powerbox is set to sbus?

Which lua script? There is no lua for powerbox.

Did you use both .ino files? Looks like you did not download the SPort.ino Both must be in the same project folder (PowerboxSensor)

gboxwood wrote:

BTW, I just noticed they are due early Feb 2019?

There have carbon receivers for a while, maybe these are a new type?

https://www.spektrumrc.com/Pro…fault.aspx?ProdId=SPM9646

Yes, those are designed for carbon fuselages. You should make sure the active part of the antenna is fully outside of the fuselage. I would add at least 10mm of the shielded part also. Maybe there is better info on how to mount the antenna's because flat against the fuselage does not work either. If you can hide them in scale antenna's it would be great. Also think about mounting them in the tip of a tail or something if there is no carbon there. You can extend the sat cable to make it work without a problem (as long as you keep the cable away from high current sources like batteries of turbines ect).

Richard Deutsch wrote:

@ Tadango, I think there would be some interested producers, but how is that with the rights? Who made this adapter?

The hardware is a standard Arduino but any chip with serial capabilities will do. I wrote the code myself so feel free to use it. Maybe you can adapt the Futaba adapter for this? It should be identical for the hardware part. You can adapt the code for the chip in the Futaba adapter. If you need help explaining part of the code of the SPort protocol contact me and i am happy to help.

Yes you can! You need an adapter to convert the telemetry data to FrSky SPort. Sadly nobody sells them but you can build one yourself very easily. See here: https://github.com/RealTadango/FrSky/tree/master/Powerbox. With this adapeter you get all data that is available including all GPS data if you connect a GPS adapter.

ruthib4 wrote:

And the telemetry information is sent via the telecoverter?

Thanks

Yes, the powerbox will relay all telemetry from the GPS through the teleconverter.