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26 Oct 2013 16:35 #15014 by rbe2012
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Hexperience wrote: Often what looks like duplicate files and folders is for the compile process. The target variables need to be there or you might not be able to compile for that particular target.

Yes, but only a few files are needed (the content of the modelico and the media folder). Most files are created by the make process.
I am sure we could reduce the files, but they don't harm and they have no influence on building (except you forget some intermediate files somewhere when you build zips :whistle: ).
When I have some time I will check this, but very likely I will keep the files anyway.
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27 Oct 2013 18:18 #15049 by rbe2012
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I removed the files (filesystem/devo10/layout/*.ini) from the repository after testing that they are really created newly.
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27 Oct 2013 18:31 - 27 Oct 2013 18:32 #15051 by rbe2012
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I published a new beta-04 which has only an improvement in the boundary checking in Devo10 and Devo7e.
I have no way to test it out so I ask for your support. Please download the dfu at the usual location in my bitbucket-repo). Please use the attached lang.ger.txt file (save as lang.ger) as language file for German because it contains strings that seem to crash deviation on a real tx.
Go to tx menu, change language to German ("Deutsch"), go to model menu ("Modell Menü") and scroll down. If you get around and the tx does not reset the fix I made was good.
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28 Oct 2013 15:43 - 28 Oct 2013 15:44 #15080 by WheresWaldo
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rbe2012 wrote: I removed the files (filesystem/devo10/layout/*.ini) from the repository after testing that they are really created newly.

Thanks rbe2012, these are just little things that bug me. That is why when I made my pull request I set status to Trivial. I also hate editing things more than once so the redundant files were bothersome.

I spend most of my time looking at the .ini files since I plan on expanding the documentation starting there. I think it will be the most useful to deviation "power" users. I am of very little value looking at C code since I never took any programming classes, I only know html and php reasonably well.
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29 Oct 2013 03:32 - 29 Oct 2013 05:40 #15106 by vlad_vy
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RBE, can you add option to DSM2 protocol? 'Resolution' = 1024 (2048), by default '1024', unactive (grayed out), and activated if number of channels > 7. Also, have sense automatically switch resolution to 2048, and make unactive (grayed out), if number of channels > 12.

It will be necessary for future support X-Plus protocol, also some users ask 2048 resolution for DSM2 protocol.

If you will add this option, I can modify dsm2.c for switching 1024/2048 for DSM2 protocol.
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29 Oct 2013 05:20 - 29 Oct 2013 05:20 #15108 by victzh
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May be someone more knowledgeable than me can answer a question in PB's absense:

If you look at the protocol code, every protocol has empty deinitialization code. It leaves the chip on even if you switch model to one that uses another chip, so it takes power and can possibly interfere with other chips.

Do you think it would be useful to equip the protocol code with such a turn off, or handle it for the protocol at the level of chip driver?
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29 Oct 2013 06:54 #15109 by rbe2012
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vlad_vy wrote: RBE, can you add option to DSM2 protocol? 'Resolution' = 1024 (2048), by default '1024', unactive (grayed out), and activated if number of channels > 7. Also, have sense automatically switch resolution to 2048, and make unactive (grayed out), if number of channels > 12.


Yes I can, but didn't we want to implement only bugfixes?
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29 Oct 2013 06:55 #15110 by rbe2012
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victzh wrote: Do you think it would be useful to equip the protocol code with such a turn off, or handle it for the protocol at the level of chip driver?

Yes, of course. I have it somewhere on my list to examine what happens. If there is no shutdown it should be implemented, at least to avoid rf conflicts.
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29 Oct 2013 07:00 - 29 Oct 2013 07:02 #15111 by victzh
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OK, I can cover all the nRF24L01 based protocols, namely V202 ;-) and can look into how to turn off other chips. Usually it is just reset the configuration to zero, or reset chip with a special signal, like CYRF_Reset() does.

It is a minor issue, people turn off their TXs often, but nevertheless for the purpose of cleanliness we better do this.
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29 Oct 2013 07:17 #15112 by vlad_vy
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rbe2012 wrote:

vlad_vy wrote: RBE, can you add option to DSM2 protocol? 'Resolution' = 1024 (2048), by default '1024', unactive (grayed out), and activated if number of channels > 7. Also, have sense automatically switch resolution to 2048, and make unactive (grayed out), if number of channels > 12.


Yes I can, but didn't we want to implement only bugfixes?


Ok, it can wait, in any case X-Plus protocol is at raw state now.
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31 Oct 2013 16:20 #15170 by victzh
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@rbe2012 I have a fix for V202 protocol in your pull request queue. It is very minimal, can you take a look at it, please?
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31 Oct 2013 17:03 #15173 by rbe2012
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Sorry for letting you wait for so long...

I merged your changes and uploaded a new beta-07.
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31 Oct 2013 20:41 #15176 by victzh
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No problem, I will have some more - proper de-initializing of V202, take a look at other protocols as well.
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01 Nov 2013 14:47 #15196 by rbe2012
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Yesterday I have uploaded the beta-08 to my repo. I am curious if there are still problems with reboots on Devo10.
I don't own one so I can't test and ask if somebody is willing to do.
Just install the beta-08 and the attached German language file (rename to lang.ger of course)

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File Name: lang.ger_2...1-01.txt
File Size:5 KB


Switch language to German, walk through all pages and sub-pages and post the result (please even if everything is fine). There will be some strings shortened - don't worry about that, this will be fixed later when I have the results.
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01 Nov 2013 15:30 #15197 by richardclli
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Just tried beta-8 on my Devo8S, and found the Button Monitor screen is just a mess. PB's nightly build do not have this problem.
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01 Nov 2013 16:40 #15200 by rbe2012
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This is no problem. It is an improvement.
All buttons are positioned where they are at the real tx. So it is much easier to get an overview.
As often it's a question of taste and personal preferences.
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03 Nov 2013 03:21 - 03 Nov 2013 03:26 #15272 by lasakro
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rbe2012 wrote: I have fixed some issues. Here is the actual list of open issues from PB:
Here is the list of bugs reported in PBs repo:

#387devo10 hangs at bootupprobably defective hardware - won't fix


I just installed Beta 08 tonight on my Devo 10 and it works fine. I downloaded 3.0 when it was first released and the 12Aug nightly about a month ago. I never found any bugs with those either.
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03 Nov 2013 08:13 #15289 by rbe2012
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Lasakro, thank you for testing.
Would you do me an additional favor: use the German language file I have uploaded above and walk through the menus? You can do that blindly without knowing the German words, just start with a empty model and don't use it for flying because it is possible that the tx resets. It it crashes somewhere it is very likely that this will happen in the tx config or the main menu of model config.
Simply change back to English, there are those issues not reported.
I have only one report that an issue I try hard to fix is not gone, and I would highly appreciate to get a confirmation with a second tx.
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03 Nov 2013 14:45 - 03 Nov 2013 15:08 #15301 by WheresWaldo
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rbe, I will do the same test this morning.

1. In Telemetrieeinstellung when changing Temperatur from Fahrenheit to Celcius the last 't' of Farenheit stays on screen until you scroll down. I believe this is the same in all languages. Would it make more sense to change the option to read C° / F°. As these symbols are universal there would never be a need to translate them. The degree symbol is 0176 in many ascii fonts.

2. When you select long ENT to get to the screen layout, is MOVE in the top right corner really Move in German? I cannot read German.

I did not have any unexpected crashes.
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04 Nov 2013 03:09 #15306 by lasakro
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Using Beta 08 on the Devo 10 German was not available as a menu option. I overwrote that file with the lang.ger file above and still not listed as an option. Copied the file from 3.0 and same thing.
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