The XPS-3216 specs from page 1 states:
"Audio Out": 3 w speaker with sound, music, and speech capabilities"

I know it is capable of speech. I just wanted to know that we don't have to DO anything other than select the speech output option to hear our telemetry data.

You can select pre-defined speech phrases from a list, and you will be able to change those with the PC software.

Thats perfect, Thank you Jim.

Originally Posted by JimDrew

You can select pre-defined speech phrases from a list, and you will be able to change those with the PC software.

Jim,

Why did you delete my post ? It was about the transmitter's capability and to clarify what Grich was asking......

The question was, will the transmitter utter the telemetry data "on the fly" ??

Don't know what is so offensive about asking that !!!

Juan, your last post was Feb. 1st. I didn't delete any posts from you.

Yes, any and all 'events', whether they are from real time telemetry or from local changes (switches, timers, etc.) can all invoke speech and/or tones.

Jim,have you seen the new A9? Looks like module is on the inside now. Do you have a swap over kit for those yet or had time to look at them?

Originally Posted by JimDrew

Juan, your last post was Feb. 1st. I didn't delete any posts from you.

Yes, any and all 'events', whether they are from real time telemetry or from local changes (switches, timers, etc.) can all invoke speech and/or tones.

Hummmm...... I'm in Roatan at the moment with a "dodgy" Internet connection but I could have sworn that my post got onto the thread......

Anyway, thanx for answering the question..... It was not clear (at least to me) till now......

Originally Posted by Manta1

Jim,have you seen the new A9? Looks like module is on the inside now. Do you have a swap over kit for those yet or had time to look at them?

No, I have not see the new A9. I knew about it being in the works last year. I will have to take a look at one. I am not surprised that they put the module inside of the radio.

The hitec 9x has dual processors and no module they " blamed the module for " all" of the latency". I am waiting for xps

Originally Posted by xsubsailor

The hitec 9x has dual processors and no module they " blamed the module for " all" of the latency". I am waiting for xps

oh ok,so they put in an extra controller to handle the telemetry then? This makes sense. i'm happy where i'm at too so the xps radio will be a nice addition to my hobby.
But nothin wrong with the optima rx's,just i could tell the difference in latency when i tested out the xps module and nano's. I had a plate of crow that day because I had always said that the latency was bologna. But side by side comparison on the same plane told the truth.

Well, obviously the module is NOT the only source of the latency, or our system would be even faster - remember, our A9 upgrade is a module.

7ms is good, but that is fully saturating the bandwidth for their system. I don't think any manufacturer cares about that, but I can tell you that this was the AMA's biggest concern back in 2007 when I demo'd our system to them. If you have a bunch of devices turned on that leave absolutely no 'space' between transmissions then at some point you are going to have collisions. With a very narrow band system using the CC2500 and simliar chipsets (Hitec/Futaba/Hott/FrSky/etc.) you can easily lose data when other systems are also being used. Using a wide band transmission system is virtually immune to interference from other signals. This is the advantage that JR has been touting in their new DMSS system - which is the exact same system that we have been using for over 6 years.

Jim, how is Spektrum comparing to this? Apart from not hopping, I understand that they use wide band transmission as well. Some "experts" (compared to me anyway) criticized them about that.

Spektrum uses a narrow band (1MHz) tranmission. Hitec, Hott, FrSky, etc. all use an even narrower band transmission.

XtremeLink, JETI Duplex, and now JR DMSS all use 802.15.4 protocol. This has a 2.45MHz to 3.2MHz bandwidth, depending on the exact frequency. Because the bandwidth is wider it greatly increases the speed of which the entire packet can be sent, and also rejects spurious emissions and other valid signals.

I decided not to challenge them on the full source of the latency, your upgrade makes a noticable difference and when not using the timer the system seems slightly faster. Although their 9x is on par with the other companies tx's now, they still are not very smart and I think they missed the mark again with the 9x