OpenTX updating the easy way!

[@kenspaceman3938]

I “bought you a beer”, to show my gratitude for helping out a newbie. Getting my radio and receivers flashed has been a challenge for me. Thanks for helping out!🙏

[@TweetFPV]

Not a problem. If you need more help please consider joining my discord. It's a lot easier to troubleshoot over there instead of the youtube comments. discord.gg/E5TYbPvP

[@josemhernandez8733]

By far the best explanation I found and the easiest way! I was struggling with this for months and finally made it !!..Thanks a lot! I'm not so good or proficient at 76 years old with computers but you made it possible!! Thanks a lot!

[@dq3666]

I always wondered why this method wasn't recommended over the conventional way of updating. Seems like there's less of a chance to screw stuff up with this method. Good video, keep it up! 👍🏼

[@MANDOXsquid]

been using my newly bought but old version accst taranis with the original frysky for months! this was great help

[@danjensen9425]

Wow finally found something I understand. I broke my usb connection on my Taranis xd9 plus. Now I can update it without using the usb connection on the tx. Thank you.

[@nickvledder]

Big like! Thanks a lot for clear and precise explanation. Time-saver!

[@louamadio7249]

Excellent presentation. Clear and to the point. Thanks for this video. A special request: I have a lot of Frsky D8 Rx and have just purchased a Q-X7 Access Tx. Is it possible to 'go back in time' and install an earlier version of firmware to enable me to use my D8 receivers with the Access radio? Lou

[@TweetFPV]

The d8 accst fw has really never undergone any firmware update. So if you have a accst radio you should be fine to use your old d8 receivers. Access radios will never be able to work using the built in hardware with any d8 receivers. You will need a different radio or a external multiprotocol module.

[@LBJoum]

The best instructions ever! thank you.

[@TweetFPV]

I'm glad it helped you!

[@stevenfollows1205]

Your a genius, tried other videos yours works. Thankyou

[@OtterFire]

love your grips!

[@TweetFPV]

Thank you!

[@OtterFire]

thanks for the grips brotha!

[@JSKCKNIT]

Thanks for the quick and easy tutorial!!

[@user1951-f3s]

So easy to follow and implement!

[@chrisnoren777]

Well done, to the point, perfect. 👍

[@Aarons14bugs]

Wow, that was easy! Thank you!

[@TweetFPV]

Glad it helped you!

[@rhinorc2861]

You nailed this. Thanks bro.

[@andrebullitt7212]

Thanks! Really Helped.

[@LoboUtube]

Outstanding! much easier way to do the flashing. One question: can I use same way to reverse back my Horus X12S to FrOS?

[@TweetFPV]

Sorry, I am unsure about that. I haven't messed with FrOS

[@barnstmer1]

Awesome video!

[@surveychris407]

Awesome video, thank you! After the update I was able to bind with my new quad. After the bind, I am getting no stick/switch response. Nothing on BetaFlight as well. Do you know of anything I can do to fix this?

[@kenspaceman3938]

I cannot get the bootloader started by pushing the trim buttons and tapping the power switch. I have a Taranis x9dpse2019 and the original firmware is OpenTX2.3.00. My Taranis is new, not been used before, and I want to update OpenTX. Already tried via OpenTX Companion and it wouldn’t connect and update my controller, DFU didn’t work and the driver fix neither. How can I access the boot loader on my Taranis controller?

[@TweetFPV]

If your not getting into the bl menu I'd check to make sure your trim switches are working.

[@kenspaceman3938]

@@TweetFPV It was about the timing, pretty demanding to push the trims and power buttons exactly the right time. It worked! So happy! Now I need to learn how to register, bind and update my r-xsr access receiver to newest firmware. Or is that not necessary, I mean updating the receiver firmware? Greetings from Finland🙂

[@TweetFPV]

There isn't much of a point to update the rxsr to access. Personally I'd leave them on accst but you will probably need to update them to accst 2.x and also update your radios isrm to 2.x fw.

[@kenspaceman3938]

I even got the bootloader updated! This was so much easer than the other methods I’ve tried. I don’t know why the other methods didn’t work on my PC running Windows 10 and my Taranis. I must have tried and tried for hours still getting stuck until I found your method. So thanks🙏

[@kenspaceman3938]

@@TweetFPV This one r-xsr came in access mode from the factory.

[@zaxziyou9893]

Thank you 😁

[@TweetFPV]

I'm happy that this helped you.

[@1979zeesh]

awesome video. yesterday i upgraded my radiomaster tx 16s. i backed up my models file that i copied with sd card contents but my models not showing up...how i can fix that

[@minirollsrule]

Super helpful, thank you

[@bonesfpv157]

Followed your video an when I go to write firmware on the radio all it says is directory is missing.

[@metaldirtnskin]

I remember doing it this way with my T16 once upon a time, and this time I thought maybe I should do it the "official" way via the companion... it only complained about not being able to write the firmware so I went back to this instead, much better. 👍

[@focuspixel1102]

Thank you a lot!!!

[@samavella8831]

Great video and definitely the simplest method that I’ve seen so far to flash/update your OpenTX firmware I’m a little confused on how you updated the Bootloader firmware. It’s been a while since I updated the Bootloader, therefore excuse my ignorance. Did you use the same OpenTX firmware file that you used to update the OpenTX on the radio? Thanks.

[@TweetFPV]

Yes same file.

[@samavella8831]

@@TweetFPV Thank you.

[@YouBetterEnjotIt]

so good, thank you

[@jerryzito6840]

Thanks for the video. I downloaded 2.3.13 and 2.3.14. Clicked on download firmware, received messages....firmware update failed or invalid.

[@FPV420.]

That was way easier than I thought. My only issue is a waring about battery voltage.

[@TweetFPV]

Yea that's a "new" sensor. It's your rtc battery that needs to be replaced.

[@stevec2814]

I followed your steps but when I try to write firmware it tells me the directory is missing. Do you have any suggestions Thanks I am not giving up I want to get my taranis x9d up dated so that I use RF evolution and hopefully be flying this spring I like your vid's they are very informative

[@CHDGREATEST]

Hi, I'm newbie to this, want to ask if the QX7 finished updated by the way you show in your video, will all the model and setting wipe out? And also how about the setting of R9M module? And I heard the issue if the QX7 being updated the firmware it will make the XM+ receiver shorter for the range of transmission, is thar true? Thanks

[@TweetFPV]

You shouldn't lose any of your models or settings but it's a good idea to back them up. It won't change any of the fw on the external r9m module. There is no validity to the claim of updating the xm+ resulting in shorter range.

[@nerdCopter]

+1👍 💪 because people ask you 10 times a day :)

[@TweetFPV]

Mostly!

[@xardas-cp3rt]

I tried you method. I downloaded Impulse RC which installed dfu driver in radio so companion could write firmware. I have the same radio and companion 2.3.15. now radio is bricked to the limit after companion and no access to bootloader. after companion I was not able to power on radio just nothing but I could go to bootloader but with opposite trims which was weird so i pick the bootloader from firmware to flash and after flashing complite is dead.

[@Migueldeservantes]

I'm interested in doing an update as well... hoping to don't wipeout current models.. I'm considering to load up a lua script for Elrs so I can use it with an matek receiver... I'm using 2.2.2... Do I have to start doing one update at the time?? or can I jump in the latest available??

[@foreverandadayjoetra]

Trying to get a uruav tmx5 module to work with my Taranis x9d plus 2019 and at wits end trying to get this thing recognized by my radio.... Could you possibly assist?? Thanks in advance!

[@Chillin-fpv]

Seems super easy but for some reason this radio is a headache. I have the taranis x9d plus that will not connect to my Mac. Idk why I did everything you did and it didn't work. Would it be easier to start over with a brand new SD card

[@nicovonholzen9075]

My Sticks have something like a "input Lag". What I can do, to fix it?

[@xardas-cp3rt]

hey do you know hot to fix it when I cannot go to bootloader? trims inside but when power on click nothing happens.

[@TweetFPV]

The radio will always go into dfu mode when you plug it into your pc while the radio is turned off. If you can not go into the bootloader menu it's because you probably flashed the wrong fw to the radio. Just connect it to your pc while the radio is powered off and then flash the correct fw using opentx companion or edgetx flasher.

[@xardas-cp3rt]

@@TweetFPV ok I will try this

[@TweetFPV]

Good luck!

[@TweetFPV]

If your pc (assuming you are on pc) doesn't load the dfu drivers automatically. Plug in as described above then run the impulserc driver fixer and that program should load the dfu drivers needed.

[@cloudburnfpv3626]

Erased the crossfire Lua script from my qx7 while trying to bind a new model. Any idea how to get it back on there? This situation is a nightmare. All my models are unbound now.

[@TweetFPV]

github.com/betaflight/betaflight-tx-lua-scripts/releases The Lua goes in the scripts>tools folder on the radios SD card

[@pepper10santos]

when i try to move my sd card contents to the firmware folder on my tlite it says there is not enough space? what's up with that

[@TweetFPV]

When plug in your radio your pc will see 2 new storage devices. I think the one you are trying to write too is the radios internal eeprom storage (very small). You want to find the SD card storage device and move your files to that drive.

[@dereknantz4847]

Mine just keeps saying Directory Is Empty on the radio no matter what firmware I put on the SD card. I've two different SD cards and several versions of firmware including the most recent and I have tried condensing the name to 8 characters or less and nothing is working for me. So frustrating

[@TweetFPV]

32 gb max card size

[@dereknantz4847]

@@TweetFPV Thank you so much for your assistance My 8gb worked like a charm and I love the straight forward instructions. You are awesome!!!!!

[@blankblank6883]

Thanks alot 👍👍

[@rcdrone1111]

Hi. I have a taranis q x7 and for some reason it stopped communicating with all my receivers from x8r to s8r receivers. I updated the latest firmware via the open TX, flashed receivers and cannot get them to talk to each other. Won't bind. Any advice?

[@TweetFPV]

You will also need to update the internal tx module within your radio. Updating opentx just updates the radios operating system not the actual rf module fw.

[@rcdrone1111]

Thank you for replying so quick! I'm at a loss. How do I do that? It has been very frustrating so far. :(

[@TweetFPV]

😂 Do you have a accst or access radio?

[@rcdrone1111]

@@TweetFPV hi. It's accst

[@TweetFPV]

www.frsky-rc.com/x7s/ From there you can find the xjt fw for your radio. Extract the correct fw file to your SD card (you do need a SD card installed in your radio for this) . Find that file in the radios file viewer. Long hold enter on that file and select flash internal.

[@maxun1]

What about the lua scripts. Because I do not want to losing some of them that are a mess to recover?

[@TweetFPV]

Just copy over your old scripts.

[@tobiasg9579]

thanks

[@_bs5349]

Hello mate ,could you please help me ,I have a radio radiomaster tx8 and I can’t update it ,The fact is that the firmware has flown off…I am new in this hobby,much appreciate for any advice and help

[@xardas-cp3rt]

ok I fixed it. apparently ACCST on your radio does not mean you have accst firmware on your radio and after plug off battery bootloader works again so i was able to flash edge tx for qx7 normal. Good luck.

[@TweetFPV]

Accst on the radio DOES mean that you have accst firmware. But there is a bit of confusion about the fw. Opentx/edgetx think of the as the operating system. The accst or access part of the radio is the internal rf module. That fw is loaded to the module seperate from the operating system. The os be it etx or otx does not carry and rf module fw with it.

[@xardas-cp3rt]

@@TweetFPV maybe you are right, yet I did what tutorial said and problem occur and after changing fw to normal problem fixed. Still I am gratefull cuz it gave me some knowlege.

[@dronepilot260rc]

Does this work same way on tx16

[@TweetFPV]

Yes it should but I haven't tested it. It's on the list of things to do.

[@dronepilot260rc]

I couldn't figure it out so I just used the USB port and it updated easily lol

[@TweetFPV]

Fortunately there a few different ways to get the job done. Glad to hear that you were able with an alternate method.

[@mcemtpockets1775]

What if i dont have an SD card?

[@Chillin-fpv]

So i took a brand new sd card and threw everything on it and its still not working. Please help lol

[@TweetFPV]

You need to use a 32 gb or smaller SD card and format it a fat32

[@afrog2666]

I put the .bin file in the formware folder, but it`s not in the sd card menu on the radio :/ It`s an X-Lite, and I`ve been trying to bind to a tinyhawk freestyle II for about a week, but no matter what I do following guides from start to finish, step by step, I still can`t get my sticks to respond in Betaflight, and I`m not joking, it`s been a week.. Had I known all the troubles headed my way I`d never have bought this stuff, I`m in hell.. What this SHOULD be is: Bind to model, set up controls (on the tx), then fly. Advanced functions could be on pc, but this entire thing is just ridiculous, nothing works.

[@BrandonBeans]

Wow, didn't know you could flash bootloader from within opentx. TIL

[@dauntlessfpv]

Sd card contents are the bane of my existence. I’m a simple man. Carbon fiber background, no wacky power off animations, and no welcome to opentx sound. But I have to do it every time I update!! 😤🤬

[@johnholland3476]

Great video

[@bladeystudio]

I get the message. error unable to extract radio/radio.bin