Here's my startup and install process. Let me know if I've lefty anything out. I could include pics if needed.
Taranis Radio Startup procedure
- Turn on radio and press & hold menu button for a long time. Then go to page 7 and do radio calibration screen. Important to remember that all of your calibration settings are now on that eeprom. If you download a model and simply write that to your radio, you will write over your calibration settings with someone else’s. You must add a model to your eeprom doing the following!
- Download and install companion9x.
- Go to file, preferences and under there change the firmware setting to opentx for frsky taranis
- Now you can download, save and open models in companion9x. Remember to read your eeprom to keep calibrations and drag and drop other models into your eeprom.
- Also, go into the removable drive that pops up on your pc and copy all directories and files to a known location. This includes sound files. Now go into preferences and point the “SD Structure Path” to that directory
- I’m not gonna go into programming but feel free to have fun wit that! Lot's of videos from Scott on that.
X8R install Process
- Open up Phantom and remove existing receiver board. It’s where the 2 cables, X1 and X2 connect from the Naza. There are 4 screws that hold this board in place and it weighs 8 grams so worth it.
- Find a proper place for mounting x8r. I used double sided tape where the old receiver was sitting but offset back a bit for antenna’s to exit body from middle. I drilled a hole and mounted one antenna down and one at right angles to that.
- Connect Naza X2 cable to x8r Sbus. And if you use trintcole’s model, X1 can go to channel 5 for variable gain adjustment. Otherwise, not needed.
- That’s it except for some minor cautionary measures. Go into Naza assistant and make sure your radio setting is on Dbus. Also calibrate sticks in Naza assistant. If you don’t calibrate your sticks in Naza, it’s likely one of them won’t center correctly. This happened to me and my phantom went into rapid blinking red halfway through a battery. Calibration in Naza fix it.
- Also, don’t keep your radio close to receiver while on, you’ll get constant alerts about telemetry lost and found.