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I say sometimes, since it depends on your fuse. Full carbon or 2.4 friendly for instance.
No matter what, turning up the BT power will result in a connection occurring sooner so by the time you have caught the wing tip, it has read out. Turning BT off on launch and then back on actually makes the reconnect more reliable. Would you get a voice readout of launch height with Taranis? If you need to look at the Taranis or any other screen to see the height, you cannot do QT's ![]() |
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My in 2.4 friendly nose (polaris DLG) connects at around 5 feet away from me. Usually i get a read out on a QT, but some times it misses too. I thing it just depends in how fast you come in to you......
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Yes, it can depend on how fast you approach. Turning up the power one step may make it connect the times it did not before. If you increase the BT power, it will connect sooner.
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Yeah, try that but...... the app won't let me modify the setting, it gives an error if try to do. So since everything is working on the normal setup I just use it like that
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Carlos, did you try just closing the settings screen and re-opening it? If I get strange values, I do that and it usually works the second time. If you cannot get it to work at all, I would like to take a look at it on your computer. If it's a laptop, perhaps bring it on Monday?
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So it is a good solution and I expect it will become very popular for Dlg. But I already own a 12FG ![]() |
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I meant the android version. Is a rooted device running some modified android.
Today I got few vario alarms, so i decided to re-flash the BTOA, here is the log, i always get an error, no matter i power cycle and reconnect from start it always tells: Error verifying altimeter settings. Please try saving again. Code:
Graph hints: drag over area to zoom in, drag up and left to zoom out, click to annotate height, shift-click to annotate vario. Annotations can be cleared from analysis menu. Connecting to serial port /dev/tty.usbserial-AD020FTF (please wait) ... BTOA: V4.4 Build: Thu Aug 1 21:40:12 2013 Data: V1 Settings: V6 Interval: 21570 Battery: LIPO LVA: 3.80 Also Log: Vario Starting...LIPO cells: 3s ovfv................... $$$V SY,FFFC S-,BTOA SD,020C SA,1 ST,255 S~,0 SX,1 SM,0 SI,0100 SJ,0100 G& K, R,1 CMD Ver 6.15 04/26/2013 (c) Roving Networks AOK AOK AOK AOK AOK AOK AOK AOK AOK AOK 00 ERR Reboot! Connected. Getting log information ... BTOA: V4.4 Build: Thu Aug 1 21:40:12 2013 Data: V1 Settings: V6 Interval: 21570 Battery: LIPO LVA: 3.80 Also Log: Vario Done. Loading settings from altimeter ... Done. Writing settings to altimeter ... Done. Rebooting altimeter with new settings ... Connecting to serial port /dev/tty.usbserial-AD020FTF (please wait) ... BTOA: V4.4 Build: Thu Aug 1 21:40:12 2013 Data: V1 Settings: V6 Interval: 21570 Battery: LIPO LVA: 3.80 Also Log: Vario Starting...LIPO cells: 3s ovfv................... $$$V SY,0001 S-,BTOA SD,020C SA,1 ST,255 S~,0 SX,1 SM,0 SI,0100 SJ,0100 G& K, R,1 CMD Ver 6.15 04/26/2013 (c) Roving Networks AOK AOK AOK AOK AOK AOK AOK AOK AOK AOK 20 ERR Reboot! Reboot finished. Verifying settings ... Loading settings from altimeter ... Done. Error verifying altimeter settings. Please try saving again. |
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That error verifying settings can happen and I need to find out why. If you open the settings screen, does it come up correctly? Also, if it has strange values, never press save, rather close and re-open the settings dialog.
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Settings appear to save. I have changed the Txpwr and disabled all vario related log&alarms.
So I tried today, the alarm only jumped once after coming down from a big thermal that provided a 6.6min flight.. I think that it could be the battery alarm, even though on the receiver i get 4.0 volts it might have dropped below 3.8 (where the alarm limit is set). I had just changed the setting to 3.7 and hope that next time is not there anymore.. at least this session it jumped only once. Now I have a question, on the settings I have that the switch, when in the mid position, will query for max launch. I can hear the beeps in ft. i guess thats the default or is there a chance to have them in meters? (Under height units, in the settings I have 1.0). I'm very curious cause I could hear 1 beep, 3 beeps, 8 beeps, that will correspond to 42mts, but my DLG flight analysis shows a 37.4 mts max. Indeed, is related more to my launch technique than about on screen info or beeps.. but it will be nice to know both in the flied reports and data viz correspond. Will have another go tomorrow. |
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I will look at the beeps and make sure they are sending the units you expect.
I have also made a small change that seems to have improved the settings screen bug and will include this change in the next release. |
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hi again, i'm now looking for advice regarding my batteries and the battery alarm threshold.
Today I switched the BTOA to NiMH and followed the suggestion to use 4.7V. While fine tuning the flight phases the alarm jumped a couple of times when the flaps were being deployed. Looking at the transmitter battery reading the volt varies from 4.9 to 4.6 when all the servos are in use hence the alarm jumping. I decided to fully charge the battery (please see attached image) and lower the alarm to 4.5 volts. While flying I got the alarm jumping again 2 times. The batteries i'm using now are 4.8V 400mAh packs custom made by "KAN" for DKG use. A full 400mAh should have operation times of at least 1.5 hours for 4 servos according to the builder/designer. If the servos are to operate between 4.6 and 6v and the receiver has a range of 3.5 V 9.0 V with a current drain of approx. 44 mA (excl. servos). What will be a safe alarm threshold to use? TIA for any advice. |
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My suggestion would be to lower the alarm a bit as necessary to prevent it going off during the "normal" operation of the battery. Take into consideration that the batteries would usually be dead at 4V so you want to be at an absolute minimum of 4.3 to 4.4 and perhaps test the amount of time after the alarm goes off before the battery is completely dead.
Note: Although the designer specified the battery would last around 1.5 hours, this may not be the case and could vary according to the tension in pushrods, pull springs or how much flaps are deployed as well as other factors like digital vs analog servo's. You may get more or less run time according to these factors. Also, if the alarm is triggered and then stops soon after, I would not consider that a problem if it only does it every now and then, since that would tell you something in itself about the battery state. When the alarm is sounding continuously, then the alarm would cause you to stop flying. |
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Many thanks for your advice, will lower the alarm to 4.4, since the receiver is supposed to be operation from 3.7v up. I guess servos responsiveness will also serve as a sign of "time to land". |
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