Fsky Taranis X9D Plus

I'm a little confused? Why do you need to flash the receiver?

Mike, it seems to be an important part of the binding process. According to the website, it needs a special lead, the connection to the Taranis has the +ve and -ve pins reversed. I've assumed that connecting the receiver in this way will ensure that it "talks" to the transmitter. I'm afraid that the more I try to gt the Taranis x9d+ into a usable state, the more it evades being harnessed. A few minutes ago, I got so frustrated with the never ending problems, I formatted the sd card. Now I have a mindless Taranis.
Tomorrow, all that might change.If it doesn't, well I'll chalk one up to lack of experience.

Brian, if the receiver firmware matches the transmitter firmware you will be able to bind them together. The transmitter should have EU-LBT firmware unless it is an old radio running International firmware. Before trying to flash the receiver, I'd see if it will bind to the transmitter. If it binds then you know it has matching firmware.

Not to pile on the agony Brian. I assume you regularly copy the contents of your SD card (especially the two bin files) to a folder on your PC. You also "save as" in Companion the current working otx file to another folder called "my back-up" or similar. This way your TX and PC are synchronised. Whenever I make any significant changes I back up the original file every time first - just in case.

There is a little USB dongle for a few quid which is used to flash the RX. But if you have bought a new receiver you should not need it. Unless the developers make a big firmware change in the future.

Thanks Mike and Phil. I assumed I'd need to flash the receiver as it isn't a new one, and the firmware of the transmitter has been changed to version 2.2.0

Hi Brian,

I think there is still some confusion between Software and Firmware.

Your radio is running OpenTX 2.2 this is the operating system like Windows on your computer.
The Firmware is the bit of code that controls a specific bit of electronics such as the receiver and the transmitter module in your radio (on a computer it's the bit of code that's inside your printer). Usually this doesn't need to be touched, it just works. and you should not have to upgrade the firmware on transmitter module or receivers when upgrading to a different version of OpenTX.

You bought your equipment second hand, and unfortunately there is no way of knowing which version of the firmware is on your equipment, and as FrSky introduced the LBT EU firmware in the not too distant past it makes sense to bring all your equipment up today prior to using it, and therefore not need to worry about any future RX purchases as they will be compatible with your TX module. You said you were 'EU compliant' many many posts back, so there is no need to repeat the procedure.

However two posts back you describe the lead you need to make up to flash the RX, if you have only just discovered you need the lead you cannot have updated your RX's! But quite possibly you did update the transmitter module as this can be done within the radio, if you are confident that you have done this, I would suggest the first thing you do once you get the SD card contents back that you try binding. If it binds then both the transmitter module and RX have to have compatible firmware, therefore no need to do anything more.

I hope this helps, Chris

PhilF51 wrote: Not to pile on the agony Brian. I assume you regularly copy the contents of your SD card (especially the two bin files) to a folder on your PC. You also "save as" in Companion the current working otx file to another folder called "my back-up" or similar. This way your TX and PC are synchronised. Whenever I make any significant changes I back up the original file every time first - just in case.

Phil makes it sound like you have to do this...you don't...I don't! As a user of FrSky for several years now I think it is a great shame that it is made to sound like a difficult system to work with. It is not. All you have to do is switch on the transmitter and program it like you would any other transmitter...then go fly and enjoy yourself. The only time you have to do anything with a computer is if you are forced into a software or firmware change. And even then you could just send your transmitter away to be done for you...like you'd have to do for a software update on most brands of transmitter anyway.

Thanks Chris and Mike. By now it must be obvious that my computer skills are minimal. At the moment, the X9D+ can be switched on, unfortunately it doesn't bind,neither will it look at the SD card. I've looked at videos, I've read downloaded printouts. Not one bit of use, as the problem I have isn't covered. Perhaps it is though, and I just can't see it.
If only a book called "Manage your Taranis X9D+ for Dummies" was available, I'd have sorted it long ago.

Mike, you make it sound like I cannot do anything without the PC. I can and do program the TX using the TX especially for fine tweaking. What I was suggesting to Brian was that when everything is working "back it up". The latter was another good reason for me buying into Open TX/Taranis. In case of a big failure the JR DSX9 does not have that feature.

I don't find it difficult now to program it, although personally I do use Companion to verify what I have done.

PhilF51 wrote: Mike, you make it sound like I cannot do anything without the PC.

That's not what I'm trying to say. Brian has already highlighted that it's the computer side of things that make the Taranis 'difficult' to work with. And if you imply that he should/must be backing up his SD card and making copies so that it automatically syncs Companion with his Transmitter you are only making things worse. Let Brian get his transmitter bound to a receiver first. Then let him set up a model so that he can begin exploring the programming style of OpenTX. Only then should he (or anyone) need to worry about backing up using Companion.