Telemetry - Page 7

ktmraupe · 02:28 AM

Hi Jim,

you could put a small voltage regulator between the box and the transmitter. Should be no problem

Even you can use an existing brick...

http://shop.rc-electronic.com/e-vend...11&c=428&p=428

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Futaba-P...item4d0296d131

Best regards
Martin

JuanRodriguez · Oct 03, 2012, 05:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimDrew

It's a great platform, but I am not starting to look elswhere for a solution.

Did you mean to say "I am NOW starting to look elsewhere for a solution" ??

JimDrew · Oct 03, 2012, 11:21 AM

ooops... yes, that was a typo! Thanks!

testrun234 · Oct 14, 2012, 01:39 AM

Thanks for the info.

flyer2000 · Oct 15, 2012, 09:46 AM

Hi all,
Is there a way to read the telemetry data from the transmitter?
i2c serial interface?

regards
Thomas

jh2rc97 · Oct 16, 2012, 06:31 AM

There is a way but I can't find the info right off. That is the way the Telemetry Display would receive data to be displayed. Here is the dev page:

http://www.xtremepowersystems.net/devinfo.php

Alan

flyer2000 · Oct 22, 2012, 05:04 AM

Yes, I know this page. I see nothing about transmitter telemetry. Data transfer, pin holes etc.
Was it in a planned release?
Thomas

JimDrew · Oct 22, 2012, 06:53 PM

There are two ports available inside of the transmitter, specifically for transmitter mounted telemetry. Initially we were going to do that, but for legal reasons we didn't... we made a computer (laptop) based solution so that people wouldn't be looking at a screen instead of flying their aircraft. We were going to use Graupner's Smart Box, but Graupner is very slow and difficult to work with for things like this. So, I have a new box designed as a handheld unit (not transmitter mounted).

GBR2 · Oct 22, 2012, 11:43 PM

I'd like it mounted on my transmitter.

ChuckA · Oct 23, 2012, 03:19 AM

Have you given up on a computer solution? I hope not becayse I NEVER look at my transmitter until my model is safely on the ground. Else it may soon be stationary on the ground somewhere else.

flyer2000 · Oct 23, 2012, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimDrew:
There are two ports available inside of the transmitter,

This is very interesting!
I want to try to read data from this port to generate acoustic warnings. Not look at the unit and fly into a tree!

Is there an i2c serial interface?
Specifications?

Thanks for any info.
Thomas

JimDrew · Oct 24, 2012, 07:14 PM

There are no published specifications yet, or even data actually available (without a firmware upgrade). We did show the Graupner box connected to a 9303 showing telemetry information at our trade shows. Nobody seemed too excited about it actually.

The handheld unit makes more sense to me. It could be attached to the transmitter if you really wanted to, but having you spotter hold it is a better idea. The handheld unit would give you all of the features of the XDP, and runs all of the same apps that the transmitter does... same CPU. So, you get a high resolution volt meter that measures 1000 times per second showing you the min/max/avg/current voltage, a servo driver, a servo programmer (Hitec), a PWM and PPM pulse decoder, a Castle compatible programmer (like a Castlelink), etc.

The ground based telemetry station is certainly not being abandoned.

Oct 03, 2012, 02:21 AM	#91
ktmraupe Registered User Hanover, Germany Joined Oct 2009 53 Posts	Hi Jim, you could put a small voltage regulator between the box and the transmitter. Should be no problem Even you can use an existing brick... http://shop.rc-electronic.com/e-vend...11&c=428&p=428 http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Futaba-P...item4d0296d131 Best regards Martin
	Last edited by ktmraupe; Oct 03, 2012 at 02:28 AM.

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Oct 03, 2012, 11:21 AM	#93
JimDrew Xtreme Power Systems Lake Havasu, AZ Joined Jun 2005 14,512 Posts	ooops... yes, that was a typo! Thanks!

Oct 14, 2012, 01:39 AM	#94
testrun234 Suspended Account Joined Sep 2012 10 Posts	Thanks for the info.

Oct 15, 2012, 09:46 AM	#95
flyer2000 Registered User Joined Feb 2008 12 Posts	Hi all, Is there a way to read the telemetry data from the transmitter? i2c serial interface? regards Thomas

Oct 16, 2012, 06:31 AM	#96
jh2rc97 Registered User Dallas, TX Joined Jan 2005 2,087 Posts	There is a way but I can't find the info right off. That is the way the Telemetry Display would receive data to be displayed. Here is the dev page: http://www.xtremepowersystems.net/devinfo.php Alan

Oct 22, 2012, 05:04 AM	#97
flyer2000 Registered User Joined Feb 2008 12 Posts	Yes, I know this page. I see nothing about transmitter telemetry. Data transfer, pin holes etc. Was it in a planned release? Thomas

Oct 22, 2012, 06:53 PM	#98
JimDrew Xtreme Power Systems Lake Havasu, AZ Joined Jun 2005 14,512 Posts	There are two ports available inside of the transmitter, specifically for transmitter mounted telemetry. Initially we were going to do that, but for legal reasons we didn't... we made a computer (laptop) based solution so that people wouldn't be looking at a screen instead of flying their aircraft. We were going to use Graupner's Smart Box, but Graupner is very slow and difficult to work with for things like this. So, I have a new box designed as a handheld unit (not transmitter mounted).

Oct 22, 2012, 11:43 PM	#99
GBR2 Stress Be Gone Snohomish, WA Joined May 2000 3,238 Posts	I'd like it mounted on my transmitter.

Oct 23, 2012, 03:19 AM	#100
ChuckA Registered User Tennessee Joined Sep 2003 2,217 Posts	Have you given up on a computer solution? I hope not becayse I NEVER look at my transmitter until my model is safely on the ground. Else it may soon be stationary on the ground somewhere else.

Oct 24, 2012, 07:14 PM	#102
JimDrew Xtreme Power Systems Lake Havasu, AZ Joined Jun 2005 14,512 Posts	There are no published specifications yet, or even data actually available (without a firmware upgrade). We did show the Graupner box connected to a 9303 showing telemetry information at our trade shows. Nobody seemed too excited about it actually. The handheld unit makes more sense to me. It could be attached to the transmitter if you really wanted to, but having you spotter hold it is a better idea. The handheld unit would give you all of the features of the XDP, and runs all of the same apps that the transmitter does... same CPU. So, you get a high resolution volt meter that measures 1000 times per second showing you the min/max/avg/current voltage, a servo driver, a servo programmer (Hitec), a PWM and PPM pulse decoder, a Castle compatible programmer (like a Castlelink), etc. The ground based telemetry station is certainly not being abandoned.