EdgeTX Bootloader Masterclass • Learn How to Flash Your Radio Like the Pros 

Glad the video helped you out.

Awesome, thank you!

Glad to help.

Glad to help :)

oh hey fancy meeting you here

Glad to hear it

You're welcome. Glad to help.

I didn't really forget. This wasn't really meant to be a Companion training video. I wanted to stay focused on the bootloader. It's a fair point, but on a fresh install of Companion, it will force you to create a profile.

You're very welcome.

Glad it was helpful!

Always glad to help.

Exactly the same happened to me! Thanks so much for this video 🙂

Glad you got it.

Excellent! Way to stick with it. Now that you have Edge, it should be much easier to update going forward.

Thanks Bill. I hope it does. Even for those leaving thumbs down.

Use different cards. That’s the best thing you can do to avoid having your models changed in a way that can’t be changed back.

Glad you found a reference you can use. Thanks for the comment.

Enjoy the new firmware. It's awesome.

Very nice!

Thank you for the kind comment. I’m glad to have helped.

Welcome!

This method just works 100% of the time.

This is the way I do it..always just put the file in \FIRMWARE and flash from bootloader. It is fast and always works.

@@RCVideoReviews so the tools part that didn't show up is it the same process to add that

You might need to refresh or something. As you saw in the video, main is the branch you want.

@@RCVideoReviews Re-installed the firmware and the Merge copy is at the top of the list. Here are time stamps on my screen for the Merge and Main versions as of this comment. Merge -2021-08-08 T06:44:04Z Main --- 2021-08-07 T06:52:09Z The Merge looks newer to me. Am I wrong or does it not matter that Merge is at the top of the list and is a newer file?

Good job! Edge is excellent. Best Radio firmware available IMHO.

Glad you got squared away. With this info under your belt you're in the driver's seat with the radio.

You're very welcome. I'm glad it helped you.

EdgeTX is definitely blazing the trail with development. OpenTX remains a solid platform for those familiar with it and who don't need/care about what EdgeTX offers.

Funny right? That really made me laugh.

Great to hear!

Reading the comments below, someone had the EXACT same issue I did. You totally solved it with that the card was bigger than 32GB and formatted as NTFS. Reformatted the card, added everything back onto a smaller card and bam, done. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU DO CREATING CLEAR AND USEABLE CONTENT!

Thanks for the comments, very glad to know the videos have helped.

Thanks, will do!

You're very welcome!

You're welcome. Glad to help.

You're welcome. Thanks for hitting the tip jar.

You're most welcome.

Welcome aboard and thank you.

You're very welcome.

Glad to help. You're very welcome.

On the TX16s, does it read/store models and radio setup information?

Glad I could help

@@RCVideoReviews very interested in getting personal screenshots uploaded to the radio and do you have a suggestion for a better sd card

@@RCVideoReviews love the touch screen capabilities

Not much of a chance.

Good deal.

Nice work!

There are a lot of people unsure of what to do about the OpenTX bootloader. Now they at least have a video showing them 100% of the options available.

@@RCVideoReviews Yes John, it’s a good way of teaching them all those other options. Believe me, at the flying field I go to most of the people I fly with flying helicopters has Vcontrol Radio, and whenever they see me out there with my RadioMaster the fist question all the time is if it’s hard to use as far as programming. Most of them really can’t deal with programming and updating the radio when they need to, some of them rely on others for setup and updating the radio. I told them how great RadioMaster is, that there’s is plenty of tutorials out on RU-vid now a days. One guy at the field has Vtouch a $1300 radio, he was having a hard time updating it at one time and ended up messing it up but it’s fixable, he end up getting another vtouch 😂

You're welcome.

That was the first thing I noticed, that part was left out of the video. I'm guessing he assumed people already know about this but it could throw some people off if they do not have some experience with opentx. Select your firmware preferences before downloading the firmware.

@@HDTube101 Another idea its possible that lua is checked by default with the later versions on Companion. As far upgrading to 2.3 recently, I see options have changed a bit. Still don't understand what anyone wouldn't want lua (luac) enabled by default. Must have been older radios not having the resources.

Upgrade Firmware and Companion to 2.7. Then the radio and companion will both use modelXX.yml files. Do not use Firmware 2.6+ with Companion < 2.6 as the radio will be using yaml and Companion will be using the old .bin format.

@@RCVideoReviews it’s not clear what role the “MODELS” folder serves. in fact the same is true for the SD card contents in general. Some folders or at least one folder (the sounds) are read directly that’s the only place that the read from far as I understand. But then the folder like models you would think it reads the models in there but it doesn’t and that’s what’s really confusing so I don’t even know what role that folder plays but it’s a distraction and this is what confuses people is the ambiguity. I appreciate that your videos give a more broad understanding about what’s really happening. I’d really appreciate more elaboration on this issue with the models

Sorry, I don't have FrSky gear.

Nice!

After the flashing done, I found my models did not appear in my tx. so I have to redo the sdcard files copy one more time and restart and make sure the sdcard conversion and models conversion is done. After this steps, it's really done, I now can find my models and have to setup their widgets 1 by 1. Overall good. Thx!!

Thanks!

Visual improvements on non-touch radios won't be very visible, but they are modernizing every aspect of the firmware. There's a new FRTOS now, Crsfshot is enabled, internal crossfire, YAML for radio settings and model storage, etc... It's hard to tell when desktop OSs make any meaningful updates anymore either, but they use a technique referred to as Agile development which means small and continuous improvements. At the end of the day, your money, your hobby. Do what makes you happy, but EdgeTX is the future.

You can get module firmware here: downloads.multi-module.org

@@RCVideoReviews Ok I got it down v1.3.4.0 and Flashed in Radio. Serial AETR Latest Stable for STM? Tried ppm and got a Down Warning For Testing Only. It Tried to Bind. Fast Flashing Heli lights, but bind Times out and no Bind. Snd Yet it partially works. Sticks cause much Delayed correct movements. Like a Slow Robot. I don’t get it. Why My new radio? I’ve been programming Spectrum radios for 15 years. This is only different on the First Radio Settings page by using the Internal 4in1 to Select and Bind. Don’t know what else to do. This is Day 3 on this one Protocol. Important to me because the Stock Radios are terrible Controllers!

Thank you for the kind comment. I'm glad the video helped.

my pc will not let me download edge tx . Can you help?

Got it working great stuff

How-To Convert from OpenTX to EdgeTX MASTER CLASS • 100% Works ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0WnpfE78-KU.html

I'm not aware of anything that can be done in OpenTx that cannot be done in EdgeTX. Here's a video showing what to expect when migrating: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Jlkzm5RG2L4.html

Check your baud rate. Set it to 115,200.

Fun little easter egg. I don't even know where that came from.

Old folders do not get overwritten in a firmware update. If you use the EdgeTX flasher or buddy to setup your SD card they will, but not just for flashing.

@@RCVideoReviews thank you!

It supports LUA now. In fact, they're working on incorporating LUA screen presses, and button capture to extend the functionality of LUA. As to Yapu and Imports--I don't know the answer to those two.

@@RCVideoReviews Thank you for your reply. Having an established relationship with the developers, would you be so kind as to ask the developers about the Model imports and the Yapu Horus scripts.

I just checked both links and they both work correctly. On the Edge page you need to download the flasher. It's right on the page linked in the description. Thank you for the kind words on the video, I'm glad it helped you out.

Firmware and SD card contents do not share the same memory. Firmware is flashed onto radio memory. So #1 Backup your sd card contents so if you need to go back, your models and radio settings are preserved. #2 If you flash Edge and want to revert to Opentx, I've posted the entire video process on how to do it. You can use the flashing technique shown in this video in lieu of techniques shown in the other video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PhpDf-j_3_Q.html

@@RCVideoReviews Thanks John. Yes I just copied it onto my SD card and not into my firmware folder. Will try it today. Thank for helping. Appreciate it 😊

Same process.

Thank you!

I have four of these radios that I flash and update regularly. I have one radio that received firmware updates sometimes twenty a day during development. Cards remained in the radios for every single event. Why are you trying to take the card out of the radio?

@@RCVideoReviews the method of updating here was to take the card out. Update the firmware on the card then put it back. It's a known issue with the radiomaster tx16s of not aligning the SD card slot with the plastic shell making it difficult to remove the SD card. I know some of the radios have poor sdcard io performance. I still think the companion software would have a option to make all the changes required to an sdcard as I'm updated procedure. Place the firmware and update any other contents required and backup all files that require replacing up changes.

You 100% do not need to take the SD card out of the radio to do anything. SD card can be left in the radio to update firmware and change the SD card contents. SD card io performance is limited to the STM chip in use and yes it's slow, but unless you're regularly copying a huge amount of data to the radio it doesn't matter in any meaningful practical sense. Even if I am completely swapping out the contents of an SD card, it takes a minute. Radiomaster doesn't control or own Companion. The firmware (EdgeTX and OpenTX) are developed by the Opensource community. If you want to make a feature request on the EdgeTX github you can. The only thing I've found common ground with you on is the interface between the radio and SD card slot. I agree it could be improved. That said, it makes *zero* meaningful impact and I probably flash/mod/update my radios (all 4 of them) more than most people outside the development community. Just leave the card in the slot and this entire thread becomes moot. PS I use a #11 blade or a paperclip to push my SD card in. I've yet to drop one inside the case in the rare number of times I've moved them.

@@RCVideoReviews yeah I should download the companion source and see about adding a one step sdcard install. I can push the sdcard with a small tool. The problem is the plastic shell catches the edge and won't allow the card out.

I haven't had any alignment issues like that on any of mine, but certainly that would be frustrating if you need to get the card out. When you say, "one step sd card install" I'm not sure what you mean, but you don't need Companion to change things on your SD card. When you plug the radio in (top connector near antenna) you should be presented with an option to use SD card storage or joystick. Pick SD card storage and you can read/write anything you want to the card. You only need Companion if you want to make changes to model or radio settings on your PC and push those changes to the radio.

Appreciate that Randy. Thank you.

Alan, Sorry I can't be of help on that one. I kind of stopped following FrSky after the switch to ACCESS. I'm sure the radio mainboard supports it. I don't really know what happens with regard to the transmitter itself as ACCESS is an encrypted (proprietary) protocol. All I can say is try to flash it and see if it works. If it doesn't, you *should* be able to flash back, but I have no way of knowing for sure.

@@RCVideoReviews okay John,thank again and keep up the good work

@@RCVideoReviews I've had a bit of a fiddle and loads ok,will spend more time with it later

If you can see them on your pc but not on the radio I’m going to guess that you have either: Larger than 32gb card and/or you formatted it with something other than fat32. Use your stock card and try again. You said your boot loader shows Edgetx.bin folder. There is no option to “load bootloader”

@@RCVideoReviews You're right, SD card was too large. All set up now! Thank you!

Awesome! Good job!

Check the baud rate and make sure it's set to 115k or lower.

As long as you can write to FAT based SD cards from your iPad, I don't see why not.