New Devo8 variant incompatible with Deviation

Hmmm.. I have one sitting in a box downstairs as my back up.. guess I shou;ld break it out and see.
So basically, as I saw in the other thread, the Tx wont go through set up with Deviation if you have the new LCD.. correct?
Question, did his new 8S even boot up on the stock firmware with this new LCD? Or was it bricked when he got it?

OK, spare Tx took Deviation no issues.

My Devo 8s worked just fine when I got it. Naturally...

It was my desire to "extend" the capabilities of the Tx that lead me to attempting the upgrade to Deviation, and then the fun started. As far as I can tell, Deviation is working just fine... thank you very much... The screen just doesn't work.

Of course attempting to go back to the "official" release available at the website doesn't do anything for me either. Same problem. Screen doesn't work.

All in all, I have to say I'm pleased with my purchase... not completely because of Walkera, but because of the active support community dedicated to the Devo products. PhracturedBlue especially. I've been in contact with Walkera support, and although they are helpful, the real interest in pursuing a solution has come primarily from PhracturedBlue.

I'm sure that Walkera will eventually cough up the correct firmware for my model, and that's nice, but the real reason I bought the Devo 8S was for Deviation.

Keep on rockin'.....

Thanks to all,
Paul

Hi Vanwadiver,

As a recent Deviation convert myself, I think I can say you will be pleased with your decision to use Deviation, once the display issue is resolved of course. I've found this firmware truly takes the transmitter to the next level. ...and things continue to evolve with each release!

Seriously, I think this firmware is selling transmitters for Walkera.

Maybe it will be a good idea to UPLOAD (with dfuse-tool) the original firmware first before UPGRADING to deviation for owners of new Devo models? At least as long as Walkera can not offer a firmware image to roll back. Will this work? I never tried it by myself.
Shouldn't such an advice be shown somewhere at a good visible place, e.g. download page?

Does this new screen offer a better backlight or any noticeable differences? Just curious.

This is the ultimate demonstration for the power of open source software.

PhracturedBlue wrote: Thanks to some testing by vanwadiver, Deviation is now fully supported on the devo8 with the new screen. And we got it done before Walkera provided a working (replacement) firware

BRAVO!! Seriously nice work PB!!
I'm just completely floored by the work PB. This community is so far ahead of the game it's scarey.
Nice work all and congrats again PB...

Whaoo... Just whaoo...

I was already impressed by your work PhracturedBlue, but this time, I'm blown away

You managed to support a new hardware without having it at hand, just by guessing and by remote trial and error with the guy that owns it, and in a very short time...

Congratulations Sir ! I don't know where you work, but they're fucking lucky to have you. And we are too, as Deviation users

"Oh la vache!!" as we say in french ... PB is really is a (big) boss. Congratulation.

Very impressive. Thanks again PB.

Does anyone know if the new screen has any advantages over the old one.

This thread should be stickied in the Announcements section, looks like people started to get this new model already.