Fsky Taranis X9D Plus

Well done, Brian. When you select a new model do you get the 'wizard' popping up like I showed you at the weekend?

Hello Mike, yes it's there, asking questions, just as you showed me last Sunday. Must admit, when the mouse pointer vanished when downloading the Betaflight Zadig program, I thought I'd never get to the point where I could program the Taranis . Now it's up to date, I'm beginning to feel confident that I'll be able to load in my first model.
Thank you for the help and encouragement.

You're welcome, Brian. One final thought...since the transmitter is second-hand you should make sure that it is running EU-LBT firmware. This is not the same as the OpenTX software used to program models, it's the protocol used for transmitting. The reason to make sure it is EU-LBT is that (1) it is the 'legal' protocol in the UK and (2) when you buy new receivers they will be EU-LBT and it is going to be much easier to convert the firmware once in the transmitter rather than every time you get a new receiver.

Brian wrote: Must admit, when the mouse pointer vanished when downloading the Betaflight Zadig program.

Zadig? I thought Zadig (USB driver library) was not needed for later stuff. I did not need it with Win10 and OpenTX2. My TX refused to talk back to my PC until I installed the later OpenTX 2.1.9. . Ver 2.1.7 was faulty apprarently.

Glad your sorted now.... Welcome to the newbies club

Phil, I must admit that "Zadig" sounded more like a character from Flash Gordon, than a driver program. However, that obstacle has been overcome. I shall sleep easy tonight, especially since I saw that the mode on my X9D shows a comforting "D16". So my second hand bargain is EU compliant, crikey!
Thanks for the heads up Mike.

Getting to grips with the Taranis X9D+ isn't exactly what I thought. As bought, the transmitter had a model set up "Wizard". Since I upgraded the Tx to version 2.2, the Wizard has gone somewhere. Do I need to download a "fix" from OpenTx? Bit nervous about plugging in since I spent a day getting my mouse and keyboard working after the business with the "Zadig" download for a USB driver wiped them.