OpenTX Companion Step #1 (BACKUP EVERYTHING!)

[@TMacFPV]

When's the last time you saved a backup copy of all your hard work so you don't lose it? 🤔 Isn't it better than having to re-create everything from scratch if something goes wrong? 👍 That would never happen, right?!?🙄 Fly fearlessly, Journey to Better, & check out the TMac FPV site at tmacfpv.com ! 😀

[@igeekw2u]

that video is a real rare gem. one of the most simple, tidy, crystal clear and methodic ways to fully backup yout radio explained step by step. Well done TMac and big thanks for the informative video.

[@TMacFPV]

Sure thing igeekw2u👍Thank you for your kind words🙏

[@AngryPepper1964]

TMac 👍👍. Two thumbs up sir, I know this may sound ridiculous but I’ve been loosing sleep at night because of the confusion I was going through trying to understand the plethora of OpenTX video tutorials I have watched. I watched and followed along with you on this very short but very detailed and easily understood video and had absolutely NO issues whatsoever. I won’t disrespect anyone but the last video on the exact same subject lasted over an hour and at the end, all I got was a big ERROR command, and I was thoroughly and ready to sell everything I’ve invested in. I figured if I can’t even do the basics, how the hell am I going to learn and understand the more detailed and complicated things. But after your outstanding videos I’ve gotten my second wind, I was able to bind my first quad, setup all the switches, and back everything up because of your way of teaching and explaining. All I can say is THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.🙏👍😂

[@TMacFPV]

Hey AngryPepper! What's funny to me is that doesn't sound ridiculous at all (lying awake at night thinking of things)! Sort of sounds like my "normal!" I'm vey happy you've found some of my content useful, however, it was your perseverance that enabled you to "crack the code." Thank you, my friend, for making the time to share your success and kind words. Fly fearlessly and always . . . Journey to Better! 💪 🤩

[@AngryPepper1964]

@@TMacFPV Thats a great compliment TMac, thank you, and you also👊

[@sillysmoothfpv3666]

As always, your videos are always educational and to the point. There way I like it with no fluff. Thanks for all you do for the hobby. Stay healthy.

[@TMacFPV]

Much appreciated Darrell 🙏You do the same my friend!

[@ThrunRC]

Great tutorial , it was very helpful. Thanks a lot.

[@ModyKhan]

Thank you so much. Really informative and to the point for a technology guy who got back into the hobby after 5 years from Hitec Aurora 9 to RadioMaster TX16x Max.

[@TMacFPV]

Sure thing👍RM TX16S Max! Sweet!💪

[@ModyKhan]

@@TMacFPV I hope I will enjoy it and it won't let me down.

[@keitharoo1962]

So helpful! Such peace-of-mind knowing I have everything backed up. Thank you so much!

[@TMacFPV]

Sure thing keitharoo1962!👍😁

[@Mike-01234]

The channel order depends on what your flying what your used to if you came from a spektum or Futaba flying airplanes channel 1 is usually the throttle.

[@TMacFPV]

Yes, I understand, you are correct

[@ror-ys3qp]

Yes but most FC use AETR so you are better to use that even for Spektrum. You can easily program out the difference in the radio

[@andrewgarrett4782]

Excellent video thank you very much. You have helped me several times with Crossfire and Gps installs YOU ROCK!!

[@TMacFPV]

I appreciate your kind words, Andrew🙏Happy to help😁

[@Sackenstein]

Thanks TMac for the video. I really need to start backing my models. I like the new effects in your videos.

[@TMacFPV]

Thanks Lawrence!😁

[@pofotiouzois]

Very helpful! Thank you

[@RubyS.1]

Where was this 2 months ago when I bricked my jumper with x9d firmware :). Actually sent it to jumper in Santa Ana and they sent it back fixed and for free. Again I like the layout of these tutorials they are super easy to follow.

[@TMacFPV]

Happy to hear you got it working (for free!). Jumper in Santa Ana? Do you have a link for that Ruby? Thanks 🙏

[@RubyS.1]

@@TMacFPV Jumper repair center. Make an account let them know it's coming and that's it 1701 E Edinger Ave suite# a5, Santa Ana, CA 92705 949-939-7141

[@TMacFPV]

Nice! Thank you!

[@staydown.normal5323]

thank you for another great video .

[@Migueldeservantes]

Thank you so very much SIR!!

[@TomColontonio]

Best video period to explain this! Thanks!

[@TMacFPV]

Sure thing Tom!👍

[@trumpone4443]

Youre solid. Your gps vid is amazing. I got elrs and now my taranis wont execute lua's. Im seeing if a restore of the profiles will open up the crsf external radio option.

[@h2o-fpv623]

Hey great thank u Tmac sounds great 👍. And im going to get the Radio master TX16-s in a few weeks ooh yes.

[@TMacFPV]

Sweet! 🤩Great timing then right? 😁

[@derecktaitt8457]

Good video as always can you do a video on creating a quadcopter model along with setting up the arming switch and whatever switches you'll need along with betaflight programming

[@TMacFPV]

Thanks Dereck! Here's one that has Betaflight setup in it for you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ-zo6KiqZusjNk You may find the Fast Track FPV Course useful to you where I go through step-by-step everything (in detail) including checklists for setting up your transmitter and quadcopter. I designed it for anyone to get started in FPV the right way (even if they've never flown a quadcopter before). I created it because of the struggles I went through getting started a few years ago. I had never flown a quadcopter before. Didn't even know what gear (quad, goggles, transmitter, etc.) to get. Went the "hit or miss" route watching various YT videos, buying different things, etc. just like most folks are still doing today. Wasted a lot of time and money doing it that way. I thought "There has got to be a better way than this to get started." There was not,. So I created this course to make it easier for others than I had it. I'm also able to provide my students with personal & individualized support. The way I figure it is, if someone's willing to make a commitment to get better more quickly through this course, I'm going to prioritize my time to do absolutely everything I can to help them out. To see if its a good fit for you, check out the curriculum and course reviews here: tmacfpv.thinkific.com/courses/fast-track-fpv

[@modquad18]

Great tutorial, thank you. One thing, your Models and Settings backup was only 1k in size, as shown in the directory window on your PC - that seems kinda light for all of the models you had. I just did a backup on my own radio with only 2 models and it was also 1k. I'm going to assume this is ok, but if you have any comment on that, it would be appreciated.

[@DronoTron]

Time for backup!. thanx!

[@TMacFPV]

I'm just about with you again Don-o-Tron. Might be this weekend for me👌

[@highwaymen1237]

Thank you for this video I wish there were more videos on open TX companion. I have a fear of using this software because I might mess up my TX.

[@TMacFPV]

Hey Highwaymen! You're not alone my friend. That's exactly one of the reasons I made it. Nothin to be fearful of, just start with small steps like in this video. Do it a couple times. You'll get use to it and get comfortable with it. It's just a useful tool for you to make managing your firmware easier. It's your "companion!"👌😀I know if I can do it, you can too!💪👍

[@h2o-fpv623]

Hey don't worry follow Tmac videos he explain everything in a very easy steps and what i do when i don't get it the first time i watch the video again until i get it.

[@xlskins]

Thank you :-)

[@terrymunn1224]

I realize this is an old video but i do have a question.What do we backup the firmware (as you have shown and I have done ).seperatly from the contents of our sd card which clearly has a firmware folder in it.Thanks a lot

[@alvarodiaz9442]

hello tmack I bought a taranis x9e for a project other than drones I am building a tamiya scania but I have no experience in these controls or in computing I would like to know if you could help me in any way I would appreciate it very much, thanks

[@pofotiouzois]

I plugged my radio and backed up sd card contents and radio firmware sucessfully, but when i select read models the ''No radio found' screen is appeared. I'm running windows 10.

[@ERadicator49]

Thank you! Btw for a Russian speaker you sounds a little bit like a American army Major or Sgt. I like it))

[@quadthingcopter5984]

Hi. i know this is an old video but could you give me any advice, my trouble is the usb connector is broken on my old x-lite pro so cannot connect radio to companion, i dupplictated the sd card content to the computer thinking i could transfer the models bin files to the radio master zorro on edgedtx, as i purchased it as a replacement, this radio uses ymal models files and cannot find a way to convert the bin files, cannot do it through the radio as like i said i have no way of connecting it through usb. thanks any advice welcome, would be a chore setting all the models up from scratch.

[@stephenharker6097]

i am trying to use a irange irx4 and i know i need to have the "multi" checked in open tx when i create my radio profile but since running open tx 2.3.15, i no longer see the option to check multi. It has been a while since i updated it since i am running 2.2.2. Am I missing something?

[@jlauby7777]

TMac: ive been trying to bind this radio to my nicro quads and blade helis. Struggles for 2 months. Today i tried to do your three steps and the first went fine, the second said somewhere i ha$ files that were taer not aetr and did i want to convert? This is probably why ive been struggling. I cant find where the taer files are labeled or stored so im at a loss as where to go. Maybe forma5 sd card, erase all files and restart with firmware and sd downloads? Any ideas? J

[@athirfpv9310]

Nice video like usual

[@TMacFPV]

Thank you Athir FPV!🙏

[@timcable]

add - how to see which version is on the Radio

[@user-dl2vz5pm9m]

Hi friend, I'm from Russia, bought a review of radiomaster t16s, this is my first serious equipment(before using the flysky i6) yesterday after tuning the receiver when I turned it off, the inscription emergency mode lit up, tell me what to do?

[@RubyS.1]

Smart audio only works with telemetry receiver correct I mean using jumper Lua

[@TMacFPV]

Hey Ruby! Not sure what exactly you're asking. If you're talking about using LUA scripts to change VTX values, here's the Betaflight info on it (talks about either Crossfire receiver or FrSky RX with SmartPort - i.e. telemetry): github.com/betaflight/betaflight-tx-lua-scripts

[@RubyS.1]

@@TMacFPV thanks for the link thats what I was asking.

[@TMacFPV]

@@RubyS.1 Sure!👍 Happy I understood correctly 😊

[@nvembrace]

👍

[@OtterFire]

let it be know to all mature members of the internet that i was the 420th like.

[@ERadicator49]

Sorry for my English. I mean I'm a Russian speaker. And for my Russian ears you sounds like a American army sgt))

[@tvz857]

Are the SD card i use for drone videos compatible with radiomaster TX12? If not why, and what SD card should I be using? I'm asking because apparently I I am not seeing the subfiles on the SD card page of the radio and when I connect it to Opentx I'm getting a message that I cannot write files to that card. I'm using a sandisk extreme 128GB V30 A2 3(inside the U) SD card.

[@TMacFPV]

Hey Brian. 128GB? I've never tried one that large in a transmitter before. Try one at 32Gb or below (8-16 is even more than enough) formatted with Fat32. Something like this www.amazon.com/dp/B01J5RHBQ4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_F1NS51NYBC85F75WHECH

[@tvz857]

@@TMacFPV I used that size card because It was what I was using on my mavic drones. by chance do you have a step by step tutorial (or recommend one)that I can follow on setting up my radio via Open TX? I've tried it thru another youtube page and it appears I am having problems. I don't know if it's because I am using a mac computer and not everything is the same.. Thanks!

[@TMacFPV]

@@tvz857 Brian, going to give you 3 links. The first one is to my OpenTX playlist here OpenTX: kzbin.info/aero/PLKAiYAaTdvmqxtSKfP-2_QQlS_fd6h2YU . The next one is to my RadioMaster TX16S setup here RADIOMASTER TX16S: kzbin.info/aero/PLKAiYAaTdvmrEDFS4el4MjDOrY_Et2QnG . However, it sounds like what you're really looking for is a structured, easy-to-follow, step-by-step setup of your transmitter with OpenTX (including checklist), and perhaps the de for your quadcopter with Betaflight. I offer those and much more in my Fast Track FPV Course. You might want to check out it's curriculum to see if it's a good fit for you. Click on drop-down menus in Course Curriculum tmacfpv.thinkific.com/courses/fast-track-fpv . Im able to give my Fast Track FPV students individualized help

[@tvz857]

@@TMacFPV is there a difference between Fat32 and EXfat which is what my pc will allow me to format the sd card to???? I am trying to get this working. using a PC based laptop that I have that still works. I am not getting this SD card to do what it is supposed to do!

[@TMacFPV]

@@tvz857 Fat32 format is for 32GB and below SD cards I believe. Exfat is for >32 GB. Think you need one 32Gb or less and formatted to Fat32 as I mentioned previously

[@M-H433]

Sure do miss your topics