EdgeTX 2.5 means it's time to switch away from OpenTX. Here's how.

[@d3c0deFPV]

I appreciate what OpenTX has done, and don't take their work for granted, but I think it may be time to pass the torch if they're burned out or don't have time to work on the project. Thanks for picking up on their work, EdgeTX devs!

[@pfeerick]

Indeed. I have been using OTX for several years now, and still run it on some of my older transmitters. I really do take my hot off to those guys for what they created, but it's time to move on as there is a lot of room for potential and it's just not going anywhere now. It would not be possible for

[@dreyn7780]

90% of people are using smart technology. You're out of date. We don't have time to download programs. Were never going to read computer programs ever again.

[@ownzies100]

@@dreyn7780 what? Read computer programs?

[@SomeTechGuy666]

The beauty of open source software is that the community can drive development however it sees fit. Kudos to the EdgeTX developers.

[@knarftrakiul3881]

Exactly. Also it allows one to customize if one has the knowledge

[@Lifewaytravel]

But it also open doors to vulnarability and abuse in modern unwanted monetization techniques.

[@SomeTechGuy666]

@@Lifewaytravel Open Source software is free, as in free beer. The licenses are set up so that it cannot be monetized unless the buyer sees fit to reward the developers. Developers have to provide the source code to anything that is based on the code.

[@dreyn7780]

42 people out of 5 billion doesn't make a community. We don't know what language you're speaking, at this point in 2021. All those old timers are going to be dead in the next 5 years. RC has always struggled on the outer edges of society. The real world has moved on to smart technology but RC is stuck with the middlemen robbery scams. The RC pilot is obsolete now. Planes can fly themselves.

[@dreyn7780]

Guys spend $10 million each day on beer. They spend $10 each day on RC.

[@crashtest8470]

At 7:52 you were supposed to be backing up your SD Card, except you did it the wrong way around. Instead of sync from SD Card to local folder, you did local folder to SD Card.

[@pauleduard4772]

Want to clarify that doing a "fork" of a project does not require permission from the original developers. The open source license (GNU hopefully) already guarantees any prospective developers to take the source and modify it to their will. This ability to fork code is the REAL tech revolution and boom!

[@kawsper]

I want to clarify that a fork does, in fact, require permission from the developers, but that the permission is granted in the open source license.

[@W1rbel]

Richard Stallman is our father! ... really, there are a lot of debates between gpl and non-virulent licenses, such as mit/apache/lgpl Also, most developers of linux core, for example, are not just guys from the street. They are full-time employers of word-wide companies, including FAANG. I mean, opentx/forks development should be sponsored by rc community and tbs/jumper/radomaster/betafpv/etc companies. This is how real open-source software development nowadays works. Small team of edgetx enthusiasts can bring some nice features, but they will never make this product really nice and solid.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Nevertheless, it is nice when there is not active hostility between the parent project and the fork.

[@SomeTechGuy666]

@@JoshuaBardwell So far. If the parent project isn't hostile to the fork developers and their work, why don't they incorporate the changes back into the mainstream ?

[@pfeerick]

The reason for the request was out of courtesy and respect to the developers who have worked on OTX all this time. Because as was pointed out, it was not *necessary*. And ideally, yes, some stuff may be merged back into OTX, and we do push bugfixes and minor changes back to OTX where we find them in common code.

[@richardjohnson2331]

I switched to EdgeTX for my daily driver TX16S and can't be happier. Readding the widgets was a small price to pay. It has been solid and the new gui makes editing a lot easier.

[@dreyn7780]

Is your smart technology refusing to work?

[@kingjamez80]

Thanks for this. I hadn't seriously considered moving to EdgeTX since OpenTX was working well and still vastly better than anything I'd used before. After watching your video, I put EdgeTX on my TX16S and am SUPER happy. The touch screen alone is worth the ~30 minutes of work. All my models, sounds, and settings transferred seamlessly. Way way better. Thank you for opening my eyes!

[@dreyn7780]

RC used to be cutting edge technology but now its dumb technology. Why isn't your AI installing programs for you? Why can't they read this stuff to you?

[@marlin-fpv]

Module bay support of a power modded Nirvana NV14 was done in two! days after requesting it in discord! 😍

[@johanopperman8039]

Joshua Just want to say thank you. I just flashed the new firmware Edge TX 2.5 and it works great. Got all my images and wedges. I didn't loose anything not even my settings. I really enjoy your video's

[@dreyn7780]

Don't you want smart technology in 2022?

[@SkeezyFPV]

@@dreyn7780 don't you have anything better to do than be a troll that no one likes? Happy Easter.

[@LourieJacobs79]

Jup, daily driver - its solid, really solid and the touch screen is so convenient. Add ELRS and WOW just WOW! Tx16s now feels like a premium model.

[@stevee7029]

As far as the NV14, there is a bug in the Curves section that the dev's are now aware of. No model or setting conversion available with the Nirvana either. That said, I use that radio for SIM's and the difference between Edge and Open TX is very noticeable. Suddenly Liftoff is nearly as responsive as real world. BIG difference. I imagine the 500mhz stick position polling is also a benefit here. My QX-7 is already switched due to the software inverter fix, the TX-16s will likely wait until 2.6, and it looks like the NV14 will finally get back to the field with that release as well. Thanks to the new Companion software, EdgeTX is ALMOST ready for prime time takeover from OpenTX with my radio's. Good work Dev's!!!

[@sylvanlight120]

I use the Nirvana for everything... I'm still on the UndergroundFPV firmware as I understand that that firmware had full stick resolution when used as a game pad on a PC. The stick resolution THAT OpenTX gave you when plugged into PC was something daft like a quarter of what you get when used with a receiver.

[@pfeerick]

@@sylvanlight120 It would be interesting if you can give ETX a try at some point - as ETX has resolved latency issues when used as usb joystick as Steve mentioned, and AFAIK will use the gimbals at full res (if you have high res gimbals hall effect gimbals, why the heck not?). Obviously someone has experienced this is the best person to test it ;) Happy days are ahead for the NV14 though :)

[@ryanokeefe12]

​@@pfeerick I went to ETX 2.4 on my UFPV Nirvana, but ended up going back as the widgets did not work with telemetry from crsf.. all telemetry appeared and was live and functioning correctly in the telemetry discovery screen, but the widgets showed nothing... would be great to see if the 2.5 update fixes this. I've tried A LOT of radios since getting my UFPV nirvana years ago, and nothing comes close to the build quality and in-hand feel... Everything works fine for what I need with the UFPV firmware that Jakub built, but it would be great to open up all of the functions, so I'll try ETX 2.5 and report back.

[@pfeerick]

@@ryanokeefe12 I suspect you meant 2.5 as this is the first release with prelimary NV14 support ;) Please do let us know on discord or via GitHub issues of anything you find. The more people testing different combinations the better, so we can identify and fix any bugs lurking in the code :) I believe there are some issues with telemetry still, so possible little change there.

[@ryanokeefe12]

@@pfeerick Yep, sorry naive assumption I tried 2.5 RC1 and then RC3 👌👌

[@twiggy749]

I am using EdgeTx 2.5 on a TX16S with no issues. I love it!

[@chuqlee3]

I just flashed my TS16s to EdgeTX following this video. Easy as pie, thanks a bunch. I did want to tell everyone, mainly because I'm new to fpv and this may help someone, that the software defaults to mode 1. So you'll probably get the throttle error on startup (like I did). Just go to the settings and set the default to mode 2 and all will be good. (The EdgeTX github actually mentions this towards the bottom of the page)

[@velikijoxotnik]

I'm a line-of-sight, fixed-wing warbird RC pilot. The radio and software are simply tools for me to fly toy airplanes (ie, the radio and software are not hobbies for me themselves). I love the features that OTX provides, compared to Spekky and other TX/RX providers. I have been on a Jumper T16 for several years, and just bought a RadiomasterTX16S. I've already ported everything from my Jumper over to my RMTX16S. I've been debating whether to stay OTX or make the jump to ETX. Honestly, I don't care about touch screen (and actually don't like the idea of fingerprint smudges being all over my screen, if I need to sneak a peak during a flight). The faster response from the gimbals doesn't seem to be important to me as fixed-wing warbird flyer. Long preamble... sorry. So, if you don't need a touch screen and don't see a need for the faster gimbal response, what other key performance improvements should I consider when trading OTX against ETX? BTW, even being a fixed-wing guy, and not a rotory-wing guy, I find your content very informative, and I appreciate it.

[@1Hyetech]

I installed EdgeTx on my Radiomaster last night took 30 minutes. I acid tested the OS with a fresh plane build. Touch screen cut my timer in half. Function tabs are in logical position. I noticed when you bind a receiver it will warn you to install current firmware. Followed your instructions breezed through the install. Only problem was operator error. LOL, had to keep reminding myself to stop using the jog wheel. Never used companion for any of my Opentx. I’m one of those people that doesn’t trust creating a model in one program and prays everything transfers . I like to see my changes in operation in real time. Well for me too, “Bye Bye OpenTx” Keep up the great work Joshua I learned something again.

[@richardamiss7000]

I was only waiting for Companion support. I'm now 100% sold on EdgeTX.

[@kalle123]

BACKUP SD card! 'Only from source to designation' is from computer to radio. I think, it should be vice versa. Even that small point has been changed in EdgeTX. There it is local folder and radio folder.

[@jmckenna2k10]

Being able to select model via touch is a neat feature. Most of the widget and display stuff won't really help me much *during* FPV quad flight, since I'll have goggles stuck to my face. The backend stuff like 500mhz polling is great. There's likely a few other improvements for in flight performance, and touch screen might be useful for fixed wing in flight or even for using the radio settings outside of flight. My biggest concern with touch screen would be accidentally touching it during flight. Granted, highly unlikely.

[@iandavis5329]

I stopped flying a while ago, back around when you made your Tyro 119 guide. I’m trying to catch up on the hobby, and hearing the name “EdgeTX” was unfamiliar to me. Needless to say I started scrolling through your page to find info on it. Thanks a million!

[@KenPiper]

Just switched my daily driver over to EdgeTX as of their 2.5 RCs, and updated to the 2.5 release once it became available, and I don't see myself going back to OpenTX. I was a bit hesitant to try it on the 2.4 release but I feel that it's now almost ready to be the new standard radio OS. I'm hopeful that 2.6 will bring a more complete theming spec as I've already got to work making my own theme for my radio which I might add to the EdgeTX/themes repo once 2.6 drops.

[@dreyn7780]

Well everyone else has AI's and robots who download everything for us.

[@novaracer82]

I've found out if you use the regular backup models function in OpentTX companion, you can drag that OTX file directly to EdgeTX companion and it will populate all your models and model settings. But you will still have to separately back up model images.

[@dreyn7780]

The AI's do all the work for me. I'm using facial recognition and voice commands and robots.

[@jrc8660]

Yet you have been replying by hand to every single comment above.

[@ghershey1]

Thank you for this video. I struggle with updates, firmware and anything computer assisted. This video walked my thru the conversion with ease. Final stage watching the firmware loading bar jog from left to right, I was able to breath again. It went perfect. If I can do this, any young whippershapper can with ease. Joshua, your the best.

[@airdevil21]

I just succesfully converted my jumper t lite to Edgetx! Thank you Josua! Now i will try the sims and feel the diffrence.

[@airdevil21]

It feels a little more direct.

[@Jo-ec4fe]

*Swiftly jumping to update after watching that gripping intro, following step by step, updating* - Joshua at the end - "But will I switch my daily driver..? I'm still not sure."

[@M4TTFPV]

I installed EdgeTX a few weeks ago and it is really really good. Thing I noticed was the trims the sub trims option was missing and also TBS agent lite was not touch screen compatible. Although that is probably a TBS thing more than an EdgeTX thing.

[@dreyn7780]

I've never owned a laptop and never intend to ever. Smart TV's have taken over. 70 % of your audience isn't listening to you.

[@janvyhlidko1490]

I have switched a couple days ago. really enjoying it

[@NaClSandwich]

I was super skeptical because I hadn't noticed any latency in the link with my pc using my qx7. Always bet on Bardwell, I upgraded and the improvement is instantly noticeable!

[@leadslinger5130]

So my thoughts on egde tx was mite as well I'm new to all this I'm about 3 months in to fpv. The way I see it everything is in a constant state of development so I have no complaints. It's easy to use it looks great the touch screen is great. And it gives me the full 500hgz for my ELRS module. I figured since I have to all this from scratch may as well learn the latest and greatest. I found it easier to flash with the radio and ad card. The configurator was a little technical for my current knowledge level. On a side note thank you JB! I'm ordering the last components for my first custom build tomorrow and thanks to you I feal confident to get it setup and in the air fairly quickly! Pateon discord is the best big thanks!

[@SteveHill68K]

Upgraded my QX7 to EdgeTX today, mainly because I've got ELRS gear coming and I want to be able to use it. Great guide, thanks!

[@ibrahimjamal9393]

I am using qx7 acess with edge tx flashed in it and elrs 2.4ghz… it works flawlessly

[@skree_fpv436]

I bought a TX16S a few months ago and put EdgeTX on it right away. I wanted to try the touchscreen but mainly wanted 500mhz for ELRS. I really like it. I've encountered zero problems and encourage anyone to make the switch if they want to. Their Discord is friendly and happy to help if you have questions or a problem.

[@dreyn7780]

Touch screens are SO 2000's. We have smart speakers these days. You talk to the planes. Voice commands.

[@AGILISFPV]

Switched a couple weeks ago and It's working great!

[@kevinm3751]

If its open source they can simply fork it and go for it. They dont need to ask for anyones permission to do it!

[@Diogo-dt1uf]

Wrong!

[@miloszchelminiak7306]

I think if you choose "source to destination" you actually restore the files from HDD location to SD card.

[@aviphysics]

As of 2.5, EdgeTx is my daily driver on TX16S. Still running OpenTx on my T12 and probably won't ever update it unless I really need to.

[@licensetodrive9930]

Touchscreen control! :o I so missed that when I moved on from my old Turnigy TGY-i10. Ah nuts, that means if I want that I'll have to replace my T16... hmm cheaper to live with the clunky interface of the T16.

[@ojkolsrud1]

Honest question: I use the Tango2, and aside from using MyVTX to switch channels when flying with the boys, I never access the the menu (that is, if you don't count selecting to charge or to update firmware). Unless you're flying aircrafts with an advanced Ardupilot interface - why is having that huge screen, with touch capability, so attractive? I struggle to see what people are doing with their TV sized screens. EDIT: I guess that if you could configure your quad through a Betaflight-like interface through your radio, that would be incredibly cool and useful. You'd need a big screen for that!

[@JorgeJimenez2020]

@@ojkolsrud1 i do exactly that, i fly quads, but also fly fixed wing and Ardupilot vehicles. I run the Yaapu telemetry screen, and unless I KNOW that it will work just fine on Edge TX, I'll hold off on switching...

[@toolman9081]

Thanks for this Joshua. Much appreciated. As a new guy to the hobby I've learned something every day I've watched your videos. Would you recommend a guy taking his new unused tx16s and going straight to the edge TX?

[@dbcooper7159]

I found this very helpful! I had problems with my drivers in my pc, i searched and found impulserc driver repair tool. After i ran that everything was soo easy!

[@wnewbury4]

Thank you. Your instructions worked on version 2.7.1. Now to learn how to use it. The touch screen is great.

[@liftmagnet]

I can not think of a better timing for this video, I just got my Radiomaster TX16S Max in the mail today after my Jumper T16 gave up the ghost.

[@JohnRSippy]

Out of curiosity, what failed on the Jumper T16?

[@liftmagnet]

@@JohnRSippy I have been having issues with this radio since I got it, mainly having to rip it apart to re-set the crappy ribbon connectors that they use. The last straw was a few weeks back when I turned it on to go fly and the thing just bricked on me. I know I could probably do a DFU flash and maybe get it working again but at this point I am just tired of fixing this radio and never knowing if it will work or not.

[@JohnRSippy]

@@liftmagnet yeah, sounds like you made the right choice. I've been really lucky with my Jumper T16, but from what I'm reading that's uncommon.

[@mike94560]

Update: Put EdgeTX on new TX16S. Copied over my MODELS and RADIOS from my X7 OpenTX 2.3.14. After radio updated to EdgeTX it converted the models for me in the radio! It tells you when it does it. Now that is cool.

[@imperiusfpv1467]

Hey Joshua! You mentioned 500hz gimbal polling, is that active by default? Thanks

[@foreignbeard]

There's a few more details on It's Bluntys video, can't quite remember the title... But as long as you have an ELRS module and are using 500hz it will be enabled, and/or have NO internal or external modules selected for a model you use specifically for a Sim, along with 400k Baud rate, the latency is drastically reduced to the 4ms which is 500Hz polling. Don't 100% quote me on this as I'm still fiddling with settings myself, but this is what I have understood from a bunch of research and googling... All the information is spread over a few forums a KZbin vids

[@martr]

Could have done with this 3 weeks ago. It has been out for a while JB - where have you been :-). More seriously, this version works very well, no issues which interfere with normal flying that I have come across, apart from the way resetting trim works in comparison to OpenTX. Also you did say that touch screen has been around for some time on the TX16S, not necessarily true, only on the product lines which come with the touch screen. Dont expect that every TX16S's screen will suddenly burst into touch-screen life just because you install Edge TX.

[@pfeerick]

Very true. I purchased my TX16S without the touch screen, and then added it later. However, unlike that Jumper T18, adding touchscreen support was actually an option :-/

[@ReggieRailSystems]

Kemosabe Yes the Edge TX it is worth the upgrade and the very likelihood of continued regular advances is more than likely with Edge TX, while open TX will sputter out with an similar upgrade like Edge TX in order to feed those waiting for years but open Tx will likely go back into hibernation more than anything else. After all that's their M O .

[@RGMGFitness]

Looks like Edge TX v2.6.0 (Santa) is available. I see that Edge Tx teams are also working with TBS which is good to hear. I just picked up the TBS Tango 2 Pro (V4). All steps in the right direction. 👍👍👍

[@brandonwoodford579]

The only thing I noticed is i have a models folder, but no radio folder. Qx7s access, I took the sd card out. What am I missing?

[@OrtexVideos]

This is amazing!!!! I can finally do 500Hz ELRS on my QX7. Thanks for another great video.

[@cpfpv6410]

Well, I got through it and upgraded go edgeTX for the USB latency bug fix. Thank you for the help!!

[@AKFFPV]

i think you have forgotten few details or as might call 'em important things. I believe those might be downloaded from somwhere else but i thought it would be a good to point that out too. Few folders and tools are missing from original opentx tx16se sd card in edgetx sd card folder such as: -crossfire folder with luas -sxr/ sxr calib folders -tools folder with tools lua inside that do work on edgetx too crossfire config frsky gasuite fskybec frsky sxr graupner HoTT Multi chan namer spectrum (INT) -so as the foldere images need to be copied over where u store your custom pics etc. Anyways good to see that video as I was waiting for something like that to come out and hapilly saying im totally joyfull with edgetx the radio works so much better and is so much easier to navigate thru too. Thank You JB!

[@ooOoo.....]

What is the 500mhz for ELRS? Is that on an X9D+ also?

[@Sprinthurdles]

Thank you very much! After 2 weeks of trying with OpenTX, Im finally able to bind my Jumper T16 with my Tinyhawk Freestyle!

[@chrisyoung8062]

I just switched over :) very painless. One thing that wasn't mentioned in the video that might be important to some...there isn't a way to get a build that is noheli lua like in OTX. If you want that you will need to compile your own image. Not in my wheelhouse so I'll just need to live with the heli screens. If you're using logical switches and special functions, they may not work without fixing some things. I have some LSs that warn about low flight batt voltage which sense whether you're flying 4s or 6s so one model works for all quads. I had to do some clean up to get that stuff working again.

[@dreyn7780]

Just keep on going over to Xbox conversion. Smart technology is the future boys. I just say "hey google, start my plane", and it does.

[@gmivisualsjason3729]

I put edge tx on my Jumper T-lite a month or two ago when I sold all my tbs gear for Elrs and I wanted the 500hz goodness without using a nightly

[@sketchpv3080]

I was also hesitant to use a nightly for 500hz support but it’s worked just fine for me. I get that silly warning each time I power up my radio but no biggie.

[@gmivisualsjason3729]

@@sketchpv3080 Agreed and that warning was enough for me to swap to Edge TX.

[@KaizerTest]

@@sketchpv3080 Whats a nightly?

[@JustInTime0525]

Since you can't pick and flash firmware in EdgeTX companion and the devs don't plan to implement it, how do you choose options in your firmware like "noheli", "squartfont", and "elrslua"?

[@NickRO1989]

Where did you get those white thumb stick ends????? I'm a thumber and I think those would really help me out!

[@msky33]

Racedayquads

[@3xpos3gov3rnm3nt5]

Wait, I took a hiatus for 4 years and now we have EdgeTX. I have a Taranis QX7 with OpenTX. Is it worth the upgrade for the QX7?

[@dwpreble]

Thanks for your great videos. You have helped me get back into the hobby. I recently bought a taranis x9lite. I can not find much info on updating to edge tx and how to setup crsf nano module to work with the transmitter. Do you have any suggestions.

[@brightnovastar]

OMG thank you. Radio ordered. I will take it out the box and update to edgetx.

[@taxigalaxi]

I have been flying alot of simulators recently and had issues with getting tight flips. You suggested that it might be something with the OpenTX software. I have now switched and can perfectly hit them even though I am using the same technique. Thanks alot JB!

[@hipser]

O.O

[@KaizerTest]

I run a Tango 2 and might get a new Jumper T-Lite Pro when they have ELRS built in. All I want in a radio to have far range and low latency. The rest I can do without. But it's cool to see the operating system finally moving forward.

[@ChrisLeeX]

besides the touchscreen, categories and theming, is there anything else we’re missing out on? Doesn’t seem like a big deal for me

[@blazechicken6822]

At this point it's probly just the notion that some people are actually doing something now. The touchscreen feature alone is kind of a big deal since it's one of Radiomaster's selling points in the description of the TX16s but has been nearly a couple of years. Kinda reminds me of this BLU phone I had that shipped with Android 9 with the promise from them of getting Android 10 and by the time Android 11 came out it still never got the update. So reality is this isn't a gamechanger...it's just nice.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Tomorrow's video lists six concrete reasons why you might want to switch today if you're on the fence. QX7 inverter mod. 500 Hz gimbal polling. Stuff like that. For now it's still kind of cutting edge stuff or niche stuff, but the list of things that EdgeTX does better seems like it will only grow.

[@SomeTechGuy666]

@@JoshuaBardwell The mere fact the EdgeTX dev team is responsive and going things is enough to make me change. What I'd like to know is how many people on the old dev team had a vested interest in not supporting the touchscreen, in effect handicapping Radio Master.

[@pfeerick]

@@SomeTechGuy666 There are pretty much only three regular contributors/developers left on the OTX team. One is helping out with ETX (Companion), and the other has been working on OTX 2.4 for the last two years, redoing all the UI and touch support stuff. If you can figure out who the third one is, you'll know where the problem lies, and also why ;)

[@vonpwnz0r]

Laziness is a perfectly good reason not to shift OS. If it get's to egrivious I'll make the jump.

[@Alohakoa59]

I’m a newbie with the Radiomaster. I did put Edgetx on my radio a month or so back but panicked and switched back. Why? Because there’s nowhere near the support with EdgeTX yet to help someone like myself when in trouble or just learning, not like there is for OpenTX

[@pfeerick]

As in? As for most things with EdgeTX, you can still use OpenTX tutorials and guides, as the interface and functionality shares a lot from OTX still... in a few more versions you may have some trouble with stuff looking and behaving differently, but shouldn't be *that* different atm.

[@jessjoshwyatt3571]

Not true. Whole different flasher that kinda sucks. And he's probably stating that people know alot more about open TX and alot more videos on KZbin to help him than there is on edge. Just a guess

[@marinehm]

I got EdgeTx on my QX7. I copied the models folder after doing so, my models do not show up. I’ve since copied the folder? Should I just run the bootloader again?

[@timlong7289]

Its time to jump. What finally decided me was when the OpenTX Companion was suddenly no longer able to check for updates or to download firmware. OpenTX is dead, long live EdgeTX.

[@pfeerick]

In all fairness, the OpenTX Companion update/firmware check issue was due to the LetsEncrypt root certificate expiring, and they released a new version of companion with updated openssl libraires within about three hours of the first report from users. So while I may gripe about OTX being stagnant (and put my money where my mouth is as a contributor to the project), OTX is not dead... just slow ;)

Thank You, Josh, i was waiting for this and if you do not alert me, i dont know about... you saved me... again

[@neil9184]

my x9d plus from 2015 now won't boot just after writing the firmware does anybody know how to fix this

[@TheMadmacs]

looks pretty good, the nirvana screen is a bit small and dim but it looks a lot like that.

[@AxionLincs]

Thanks Josh for a smooth transition of my radio. very nicely explained and I am happy to see my radio touch screen working now.

[@MasterBlud]

Just upgraded to EDGE TX. That touch screen ability got me going!

[@ryan39584]

Now if only TBS would unlock their tango 2 bootloader...

[@jmv668]

They are not idiots

[@ojkolsrud1]

What's wrong with the Tango2 firmware? Would EdgeTX give more output power for less power consumption? More range? Faster update rates?

[@jordanbentley]

Why? Tango 2 devs already noticed OTX lack of updates and are developing FreedomTX which has almost all the same functionality of EdgeTX except for touch screen support which the Tango 2 obv doesn't support.

[@pfeerick]

Well, it's strictly not necessary if you don't mind cracking open your transmitter once to unlock it... but it would be good if TBS weren't jerks and locked stuff so you can't do what you want with the hardware you paid for. Why have double the work when you can work on the same common core, and ensure any improvements and features are available for all compatible hardware. Such as minor things like Companion support.

[@michaelmassar4623]

If you have Edge 2.4 on the TX16S and you go to 2.5 running Crossfire will you have to rebind to models if you saved them.

[@Cre8ionz.]

Maybe the "Receiver number changed when updating"... "Model Setup" "External RF" "Receiver" (Number)

[@AJdadamnG]

Please note that the SD sync in the video was from your PC to your radio not the other way round.

[@ChrisBairKeto]

Yep, that's what the screen said happened

[@MadeInChinaCalv]

Followed your instructions and successfully converted my TX16S to EdgeTX, thanks Bardwell! Using the SD card reader is definitely much faster. Losing the widgets after update was quite alarming at first but easily added with my touch screen! I can’t seem to find the theme’s tab that looks like a paint brush I’ve seen else where… maybe I preserved the wrong file?

[@dreyn7780]

I have the smart TX.

[@JLfpv]

@@dreyn7780 are you a bot?

[@johnnytech0309]

@@JLfpv yea its a bot

[@mofpv9524]

Hey my friend Isaiah here from Clarksville TN. I switched over to EdgeTX! I went to use my TX16S on velocidrone with the FrSky XSR-SIM USB Dongle. I got it working on OpenTX but on EdgeTX there is no internal module selection so I can't set the SIM model correctly.

[@dragonwing_88fpv66]

Dose edge tx support the Inav widget, Tbs agent light or Bata flight

[@JoshuaBardwell]

In general, I think any lua script that runs on OpenTX will run on EdgeTX. Agent lite I can 100% confirm.

[@thesingerdenel]

I gave it a try the other day and it looked like the iNav Lua telemetry was running a bit laggy and slow. The font was appearing a bit strange too. Not sure if they have to iron out a few bugs but I decided to revert back to OpenTX for now as I use the iNav Lua script for all my planes!

[@pfeerick]

There is an updated version of the inav widget to fix colors and lag issues on ETX, so make sure you're running the latest version of it. I have had betaflight configurator working on TX16S and T-Lite.

[@thesingerdenel]

@@pfeerick ohh thanks for letting me know man! I’ll make sure to update the iNav widget then!

[@crashtest8470]

Thanks for a great review! I believe it may be time to hop over to Edgetx

[@ChuckRayNorris]

I really really like your channel. Anytime I look up fov or quad stuff. Your always there. Your provide excellent information and have been a huge help getting into this hobby. Thanks for all your time!

[@dreyn7780]

Chuck 's going to pass away soon. Its now time for the 1980's actors to pass away.

[@fly-fpv]

Remembers me of the time of cleanflight and betaflight🤔

[@PowerLoop-media]

I'm sold. Doing update tonight. Thanks JB.

[@loganwinheim7695]

Joshua, thank you for all of the helpful videos. I have a QX7s with the crossfire mod installed. You said that EdgeTX solves the issue for radios that would need the crossfire mod. Would this affect my radio with the mod already installed?

[@niklas950928]

Whould like to now that too. Joshua Bardwell

[@loganwinheim7695]

@@niklas950928 I actually flew the other day and I experienced no issues.

[@gravityfuzz]

I am finally upgrading to edge and just now watch this video. I am struck by how much I missed JB's intro song. Joshua Bardwell: Lay that audio onto top of your intro please!!!

[@PagesFlyingCircus]

Daily radio will continue to be OpenTX but will finally be installing EdgeTX to keep up with developments and get comfortable.

[@qwadimodo1998]

Hello I have a problem I flashed everything but when I put off sd card I cannot launch radio without it there is a message no sd card

[@athefpv4670]

For me the only question is, does it support 500hz packet rate for elrs? If yes, I'll migrate in a heartbeat. Also are we gonna talk about JB's stick ends?

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Yes it supports 500 Hz for ELRS.

[@WX4CB]

nice.. it's great news, but i still wont be flashing my daily driver to it though.... only advantage for me right now is the touch screen.

[@jromdizzle]

This is just massive for simulators coming from opentx on my Taranis 9xd+. The latency shift is so much better I don't know how I used to race before this. Thanks for unlocking the next level in quad life yet again JB!

[@mamoshimiloni9559]

There is no file called horis. It is so frustrating. I wish I had never changed to edgetx man. What the hack it does not work properlly and many mistake s which are not fixed yet!!!!?

[@xiledfpv2273]

i want those gimble stick ends......where did you get them

[@JoshuaBardwell]

www.thumbgrippies.com/shop

[@raffyturc]

thanks for this info JB! now this will be on my todo list on QX7.

[@torbjrnjohnsen4910]

I tried EdgeTx but I have to go back to OpenTx because I can't bind frsky receivers without telemetry

[@fazfarren]

When JB talks, I listen

[@georgemiller5644]

I just switched this week. So far so good

[@rosco4659]

I'm just waiting for my TX16s to be delivered, my first Open TX experience may never happen. Perhaps I go straight to EdgeTX.

[@FreelojoFPV]

I'll be updating from Edeg TX 2.4 to 2.5 today. It's already been a great Daly.

[@iflykostak_fpv_channel]

TBS Agent Lite does not work! After migrating from OTX to ETX 2.5.0, while loading TBS Agent Lite in Tools, XF Micro TX does not load items such as VTX Control, Radio settings, etc. I tried it twice exactly according to the manual instructions here. Edge TX as such runs OK. This seems to be a problem with SD content. TBS Agent Lite and all software are updated to the latest version. Can anyone advise?

[@grizoh]

I just did this by copying the files from the sd card instead of opentx companion. After I finished I realized i didnt have a MODELS folder on the SD card. Not sure why but none of my models work.

[@bassohollic]

What is OpenTX? Is that the windows 3.1 of radio firmware? Time for an upgrade for that 3,750,000 buad rate :P

[@P.G._FPV]

I just did this today on my TX16s. The sound files show up in the sounds file but it doesn't show them when I go to set a PLAY TRACK option for arm, disarm and my flight modes??? Just says No Files On SD Card... but I can see them when I go to SD Card then sound file... I can even listen to them... Any help would be awesome. Thanks

[@MatthiasFrommann]

by the way.. you didn't backup your SD Card. you synced your local folder to your Radio..

[@serhiirudenko6183]

I just flashed my Jumper T12Pro to edgeTX. Mostly because only one reason: gimbals polling rate was 40 hz. Now it shows 500hz. Already tested in a sim a bit- aaaand I'd say the difference is noticeable. Only downside I see so far- disappears my custom startup picture. I guess sometime later will fix it with a companion.

[@apachesmokemachining6487]

great video as always, just installed it with your help an it works great. thanks