Horus on FrOs

[David Holland 2]

I have a Horus X10 Express using FrOs and, try as I may, I cannot get the vario function to work on a GR6X receiver. I’ve had the tx for a while and tried many times with no luck. Any ideas?

 

TIA

[Tim Kearsley]

12 minutes ago, David Holland 2 said:

I have a Horus X10 Express using FrOs and, try as I may, I cannot get the vario function to work on a GR6X receiver. I’ve had the tx for a while and tried many times with no luck. Any ideas?

 

TIA

David, as we discussed last week, I presume you've run the "Discover new sensors" routine, assuming FrOs is similar to OpenTx in that regard?  Also, is the S-Port connection OK?

[David Holland 2]

Don't seem to have  a "discover new sensors" menu in FrOs, Tim. The rx has 6 three pin connectors but no S-Port. It has an uninhabited land on the PC board for a 6 pin socket. I have very limited knowledge of electronics so I may give Richard a ring at T9.

Cheers, Mate.

[Tim Kearsley]

David, the S-Port connection is one of the pins on the 6-pin socket.  From memory, I thought the Rx came with a cable to connect S-Port but I have a spare if you don't have one.

[Tim Kearsley]

This is what you need I believe David:

 

[David Holland 2]

Wow, that was a race! Lost a bit of respect for McLaren though, that was Lando's win. Anyway, I do have that cable, Tim, but I can't work out where the 6 pin plug goes. I have a S-Port Airlink and a S-Port Tool Kit. The Airlink has a 6 pin socket and a mini usb socket but I have no idea where to go from there.

[Tim Kearsley]

Sorry David, I'm talking rubbish here.  The vario is built in to the Rx isn't it?  Forget what I said about cables, you don't need one of course!  I'm not sure why it's not working then.  As I said, OpenTx requires you to "discover new sensors" which is a menu item on the Telemetry page but it sounds like FrOs doesn't have that.  Sorry, bit stumped, like you!

[Brian Dorricott 1]

Not much help to you but have you considered Ethos on the X10 Express ? Nice OS once your used to it and I run mine as of last week with Multi 4in1 module making it a " do everything Radio " . Fairly easy to install and Ethos Suite is very useful for updates etc.

[Mike Blandford]

From the manual:

"How to Disable/Enable altimeter function
a) The factory default setting is “enabled”.
b) In case you want to disable altimeter functionality bring the receiver into normal operational mode, hold the F/S button > 5 s, the BLUE LED will flash 3 times,
indicating the switch was successful and the function will be disabled. (If you want to enable the function, just repeat steps)."

So worth checking the vario is enabled.

 

If the 6-way socket is not present, then the Rx should have come with a loose socket for you to fit yourself. I remember one of my FrSky receivers arriving like that, I just soldered the socket on. Only needed if you need one, or more, of the functions available on the socket (SPort, Analog voltage in, SBUS in and SBUS out).

 

Mike

[David Holland 2]

Mike, sorry to be a pain, your above advice worked to get me a height read-out on the Horus but no Vario tone and only the aileron channel is working. I'm guessing the rx is faulty so I  think a call to Richard at T9 and order one compatible with my X20 is the plan.

Thanks for your help.

[Mike Blandford]

The FrSky X20 supports ACCST (V2) so will bind to a G-RX6 provided the Rx is flashed either with V2 firmware or with UNI firmware.

The G-RX6 also has ACCESS firmware available so may be flashed with that and then be compatible with the X20 using ACCESS.

 

Mike

[David Holland 2]

Thanks, Mike.