board
As you can see the board has 2 buttons : black and blue. Black one is reset and I think it's all that I can say about it.
The blue button has some functions.
- Safe load. When you have some error in your configuration and/or variables and want to load the board in safe mode, without the starting your code, only pure firmware *hold* blue button and reset the board. It will load with disabled configuration.
- Touchscreen enable/disable. By default touchscreen is disabled and main board menu is invisible. Press blue button and board will be switched into interactive mode.
- Back to flight mode. In any interactive screen press blue button and it will return to main mode and disable touchscreen.
Why touchscreen is disabled? There are 2 reasons: to prevent unwanted touches and to save processor time from reading touches if it's not required. Always disable interactive mode when flying.
Also board is equipped by built-in leds. They are located above the screen, under the blue button. The rule is simple: *Green led must be blinking*. If it doesn't - the board stacks.
There are 2 important icons are located in top-right corner. Green USB sign means that your joystick is attached and recognized by system. If you don't see it - the board can't work with your joystick or you forget to connect it.
The "STR" icon is the status of flash storage. It can be:
- Gray. It means that all values are stored in the flash and there were no changes after last save.
- Yellow. It means that there are some changed values and they are still not written into the flash. After your flight wait till icon become gray before disable it.
- Red. Flash write error occurred. Try to wait about 2 minutes till next write try. If it will not help - check troubleshooting section.
Here is main screen in flight mode. You can see model name (Skywalker); current flight mode (Acro) if your model has flight modes; set of the trimmers; last changed variable name and value; throttle cut information (if you see this red line - T/C is enabled).
The model name and mode are always visible. T/C line is visible only if it's active. Last changed variable is shown for 20 seconds and then disappear.
Now press the blue button and switch board into interactive mode.
The main menu appeared at the top:
- Fl - flight screen
- Ml - [#Models_list Model list]
- Vr - [#Variables_list Variables list]
- Bl - [#Blocks_list Blocks list] _(planned)_
- Opt - [#System_options System options] _(planned)_
Click the menu icons to switch the mode you need.
This is full list of models in your configuration. Currently selected mode highlighted by green color. Click on model to select one as active.
List of all variables used in current model (not all, only related to current model). You see the name and value. Variable names can be marked with colors:
- Green. This is flash stored variable. Change it and value will be stored till next change.
- Gray. This is temporal value. If you will change it - the change will be active till board restart.
Clicking at any variable will show you numpad dialog, where you can change the value:
Not enabled in current firmware.
Not enabled in current firmware.