Naze32 Quick Tip - Another choice for MinimOSD firmware (MultiWii-OSD)

[@JohnOCFII]

Great stuff. There is a lot out there on the Naze32 and friends, such as MinimOSD, but yours is so wonderfully current and well produced.

[@thesoundtree]

Thanx for taking time to go into such great detail in your vids very well done.

[@SYNFPVPILOT]

Great vid. Minim is quite a capable little unit. Nice to see it being used with Naze and the minis.

[@NilsRohwer]

Another great video, Thank you painless. It would be nice to have a video on diy or off the shelf current sensors for the naze32. I'm finding it difficult to find info on it. Cheers!

[@Painless360]

Me too - I've looked and looked. If you find one let me know.. Happy flying!

[@NilsRohwer]

I think I will try and make one, I'll let you know if I come up with anything. Cheers!

[@AlwaysTinkering]

How do you change the number values in the GUI? Click and drag seems to sort-of work, but not very well. Is that how it is supposed to be?

[@hiwayM9]

You might want to do a supplement on rssi for the OSD- I know it can be tough with all the rx options- but if anyone can make a summary with succinct info it would be you.

[@Painless360]

Hi Hiway, I'd love to but don't have any kit that provides an RSSI output that I can use in the video. Happy flying!

[@christianw3858]

Painless360 yes, would appreciate itas well ...

[@Painless360]

Still don't have any kit to use to show this ;)

[@uhlbadmonkey]

Hi .. first I want to say your videos are great and I have learned a lot from watching them. In the confiuration of the MWOSD once your done with your setting do you hit save and then load to save the setting onto your OSD or do you use the "write" button under the OSD controls section?

[@MrRockq]

halo Plainless,need help, , my minimosd only showing NO MAV DATA.. can you tell me how to fix it.. picture cam its fine,, but not showing osd only text NO MAV DATA.. when i flash with mwosd, i can not find mwosd gui.. ( only MWOSD GUI R1.6.crx file).. ) thank you

[@jeffdeakin4507]

Great video again ! , I like this more than the other one looks more like the one on my naza v2 osd ! and looks like a new version out MW OSD R1.3 is the new one !

[@peterwebster3076]

hi there buddy sorry to bother you but im trying to instal the osd on my naze32 however when I have downloaded the version 2.3 or latest I opened the kv osd folder and there isn't an ino file in there is it named differently or have I done something wrong cheers peter

[@Painless360]

Peter Webster What exact URL are you using?

[@peterwebster3076]

I used the link on your video

[@tonyhodgson6744]

Nice one Lee, that's definitely better than the other display. Do you know if the GUI works on a 64 bit machine.. My OSD board should be here tomorrow...

[@ciruplas123]

Please how can I flash the minimosd to its factory settings? I've tried with Arduino the KVteam OSD 2.3.3 but always got an error message , so uploaded the Muitiwii osd which uploaded with a memory limit message. When I go to the GUI everything seems OK but when connecting to my FPV system there are no horizon and vertical lines but caracters ?? Tried several times in the GUI uploading fonts ( default and all alternatives ) but always get the same image . No lines : fonts … Thank you for your help .

[@Painless360]

Ciruplas No such thing as 'factory default' some don't come with anything on, some with code that works with APM and CC3D (MAVLink style) and others come with KV team and MW_OSD code that understands and talks to Naze32, Multiwii and others. You need to download the code for the board you're using and go through the upload process again. Always check power to both sides of the board, always make sure the fonts are loaded and always check that eh Rx and Tx lines are the right way round. Best of luck.

[@MrHandsomejackuk]

great insight into minimosd... i been thinking of getting one to just play about with before i get transmitter and goggles etc...i presume i can run the video out into a TV jsut to view the paramaeters ?

[@Painless360]

The statistics are overlaid onto the video signal that is sent from the video transmitted on the model so anything that will show the video signal on the ground will work.

[@MrHandsomejackuk]

Painless360 thanks i have ordered mine today. so looking forward to setting it up thanks for the video... have downloaded the firmware in readiness great video...

[@kevinsalisbury6618]

Please help. your videos are well set out and easy to follow but i have a problem. i have flashed my minimosd just as you have but when you see mine on the screen the artificial horizon is in letter not a line. what i am doing wrong. please help thanks Kevin

[@Painless360]

Read through the readme and have a look at the sketch and the settings in the GUI. There will be a setting for changing how it works. Best of luck!

[@ArchieFPV]

+Kevin Salisbury I'm have the same issue. where you able to get it resolved?

[@Painless360]

Follow the video instructions for setting it up. Normally it's due to the font file not being updated.. Best of luck.

[@eliemachaalany6793]

hey friend, am i able to add a crosshair in the screen display ? i need to programme a mooving crosshair depending on osd parameters (for my project, like depending on altitude and speed) so is that possible ? and how ?

[@Painless360]

+elie machaalany It is, you need to start getting into the code for the OSD and rewrite a chunk or two! Best of luck..

[@eliemachaalany6793]

okey mate thanks !

[@eliemachaalany6793]

one more thing.. does this code works with apm2.8 ? or only with naze32 ?

[@eliemachaalany6793]

Painless360 does this code works with apm2.8 ? or only with naze32 ?

[@Painless360]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoXHZomfedh7Z7M ;)

[@juergenstremmler2286]

Pls be aware that the Rush-OSD firmeware version 2.3 can no longer be flashed with the latest Arduino version into the MinimOSD without editing some files. The compilation will show some errors. After having corrected the files with a simple editor everything worked. The compilation shows the error: variable 'item_table' must be const in order to be put into read-only section by means of attribute__((progmem))' PROGMEM const char *item_table[] = One can use Arduino version 1.01 for solving the problem or change the files: in KV_Team_OSD.h: change this: 'extern PROGMEM const char *item_table[];' to this: 'extern PROGMEM const char * const item_table[];' in KV_Team_OSD.cpp: change this: 'PROGMEM const char *item_table[] =' to this: 'PROGMEM const char * const item_table[] =' and everything will compile, good luck!

[@OleJohanKippenbroeck]

I'm testing MV OSD v1.5 with cleanflight v1.10, and it doesn't show when the quad is armed. It blinks with DISARMED all the time even when the quad is armed. Everything else work ok. Any idea what the probem might be?

[@Painless360]

+Ole-Johan Kippenbroeck Usually points to the board not getting the MSP telemetry. Could be cables (rx/Tx wrong), comms (baud rate) or setup (ports in CF). Best of luck!

[@OleJohanKippenbroeck]

+Painless360 I will have a look again, but whats strange is that everything else like battery voltage, number of sats, direction nose up and down as well as sideways angle is working ok.

[@Painless360]

That does sound like the main connections are ok then.. Maybe the version of flight control software the MinimOSD is set for then?

[@OleJohanKippenbroeck]

+Painless360 I have tested Baseflight as well as Cleanflight. Same result. Have to check further though. Will post it here if I manage to get it sorted.

[@ChrisFredriksson]

Did you get it sorted? =)

[@RudeboysRC]

Thanks for the video's very helpful, my minim OSD should be arriving tomorrow and I will be setting it up on my homemde 400 quad with Naze32 Acro, can you do a quick tip or do you know how to change Naze PID's using the OSD, seen a few video's of this being done but nothing on how they actually manage this, thanks again.

[@Painless360]

Rudeboys FPV Try kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmnYZ5Zjqbihq8k Let me know if this doesn't answer the question. Best of luck with the new OSD..

[@RudeboysRC]

Painless360 Thats perfect mate thanks, not sure how I missed that one.

[@RCandFPVJonathanNL]

Hello Painless360! I've just ordered a OSDoge OSD board for the naze32. maybe something interesting for the naze32 series? Jonathan

[@Painless360]

Hi, thanks for the suggestion. Looks like a nice piece of kit but seems expensive. Thanks for the idea. Happy flying!

[@vincenttassone3815]

Having nothing but problems getting this minum OSD to work.I can't get the firmware loaded.

[@MrHandsomejackuk]

just received minimosd... and flashed version 1.2 seems to flash ok will test on my tb tonite... what i was going to ask the 12v on the osd board some seem to use it and some not is it better to connect the digital 5v on the arduino side to the analogue on the video side and not use the 12v input...

[@Painless360]

bing crosby I suggest you watch the other MinimOSD videos as they explain what I do, and more importantly, why I do it that way - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJXOmmyifttmZ6s Best of luck

[@MrHandsomejackuk]

yeah seen it now thanks....just so much to read... working well... just need to figure out how to alter the resolution thanks for all the help on the other videos i have watched them loads... great resource

[@Painless360]

You can drop the top line down slightly and change the size of the font (with some firmwares) but that's it. Best of luck.

[@sickvic3909]

SOLVED/To flash mavlink board use a BFH :) or use the clear eeprom sketch from Arduino. I used Aruino 1.0.5 and Mwosd r1.6 (flashed twice/worked) only took 3 days.

[@rcfly_ch]

Nice! Thanks!

[@efarrugia1]

Thanks for all the great videos, very useful and very clear! I am having difficulty passing data to MWOSD v1.5 from a Naze 32 running Cleanflight 1.9.0. I managed to get it to work with Rush OSD but not with MWOSD which I prefer. Any chance of some tips? Thanks anyway!

[@Painless360]

What exactly are you seeing?

[@efarrugia1]

+Painless360 I can see the camera and the osd text but the values are all zeroed and the horizon does not move when I move the FC as it used to with the KV version. I have a GPS connected to UART 2. I used the Cleanflight option in config.h when compiling with Arduino (since it was available).

[@Painless360]

Sounds like you don't have telemetry configured or the wrong baud rate for the port you have the OSD plugged into.. Best of luck.

[@oliverg.4501]

Pretty nice video...I got only ONE problem: I will hopefully receive my MinimOSD tomorrow and wanted to download and install all the stuff (FTDI-drivers, arduino-program, FW for MinimOSD). All stuff downloaded and installed BUT i can't open the multiWii-GUI. Neither the Rush-OSD nor the MultiWii-OSD. There is always message been shown that there's obviously a problem with JAVA (it's updated). Any suggestions? Thanks for helping and keep on making great videos! :)

[@Painless360]

Hard to help without the specific error message. If you Google the error you will find suggestions on the cause and things to try.. Best of luck.

[@oliverg.4501]

Painless360 It just says: "unknown failure" (i can't add a pic of the message...can I?) PLUS an additional error message: Processing error - Error calling shellExecuteEx ()

[@oliverg.4501]

Oliver G. Solution: De-Installing Java and re-installing it did work. Maybe this helps anyone :)

[@Painless360]

Great news - best of luck with the build..

[@Sam-gr8pl]

can any1 help me with this mavlink-osd v2.0 waiting for MAVLink heartbeat.. my desktop is full with all the version of osd...what version mwosd i need to make it run..please help thanks..

[@Painless360]

You're using the wrong firmware on the MinimOSD. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoXHZomfedh7Z7M for more detail. Use the search functions on the channel or add 'Painless360' to your Google searches to find our content. Best of luck!

[@johncarr123]

quick tip. I had to run the erase eeprom_clear file first then load the OSD firmware followed by the fonts in order to get the fonts to display correctly. It was driving me nuts.

[@peterwebster3076]

hi there buddy just a thank you for your amazing videos tbh I would be lost without them however have you done a video on how to instal an osd kv or minim for the apm 2.6 as ive just purchased a new osd board and want to instal it on my apm 2.6 for use when flying fpv if you haven't done a video covering this please please could you do it thanks in advance

[@Painless360]

Hi Peter, good idea. I'll add it to the list.. Happy flying!

[@oxVirtuexo]

hi once again mate, doing a new build with a new minimosd, it's a crius MAVlink one off of ebay. First problem I am getting is that the KV osd and the Multiwii osd programmes will not execute, getting that same java problem everyone is talking about, I am on win 7 32 bit, tried installing and re-installing things with no luck. secondly I connect the board via FTDI get the lights all up and running choose cleanflight on the Arduino software and select the board type as in your video andtry to upload. it starts to then stops with the following errors Arduino: 1.6.6 Hourly Build 2015/07/16 04:42 (Windows 7), Board: "Arduino Pro or Pro Mini, ATmega328 (5V, 16 MHz)" Sketch uses 24,848 bytes (80%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30,720 bytes. Global variables use 1,838 bytes (89%) of dynamic memory, leaving 210 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2,048 bytes. Low memory available, stability problems may occur. avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "\\.\COM1": The system cannot find the file specified. Problem uploading to board. See www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions. WARNING: Category 'USB' in library Keyboard is not valid. Setting to 'Uncategorized' WARNING: Category 'USB' in library Mouse is not valid. Setting to 'Uncategorized' WARNING: Category 'USB' in library Keyboard is not valid. Setting to 'Uncategorized' WARNING: Category 'USB' in library Mouse is not valid. Setting to 'Uncategorized' This report would have more information with "Show verbose output during compilation" enabled in File > Preferences. very very new to this, tried to find videos to solve the problem but with no luck :( please help!!!!!

[@Painless360]

PlatinuM MGO Use an older version of the Arduino code. 1.6.6 can cause some odd effects with more mature sketches..Best of luck

[@oxVirtuexo]

Ok will try, but what about the multiwii gui??

[@bharris3]

Do you know about or have you heard anything about the Micro MinimOSD?

[@Painless360]

bharris3 yes I have, not actually tried one though. The pins are I a different place but should work the same (from what I can see)..

[@bharris3]

Painless360 Thought I'd give you an update. I just installed the MICRO Minim OSD. It works great. Runs on 5V and no soldering plates together or modding from 12V. Only need to solder on pins. Used your video for firmware and setup guidance. Less than half the size of the Minim OSD. You might want to give it a try.

[@Painless360]

Thanks for letting me know - I'll have to get one and try it out!

[@vincenttassone3815]

Anybody know what this means? Arduino: 1.6.7 (Windows 7), Board: "Arduino Pro or Pro Mini, ATmega328 (5V, 16 MHz)" Sketch uses 25,854 bytes (84%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30,720 bytes. Global variables use 1,899 bytes (92%) of dynamic memory, leaving 149 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2,048 bytes. Low memory available, stability problems may occur. avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2d avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2d avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2d avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2d avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2d avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2d avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2d avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2d avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2d avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x2d Problem uploading to board. See www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions. This report would have more information with "Show verbose output during compilation" enabled in File > Preferences.

[@Painless360]

+vincent tassone kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXuUfKCqoNB_rtk and kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3a6dmeGj7Fniqc may help.. Best of luck.

[@vincenttassone3815]

+Painless360 Lee, You sir are a genius and a real credit to our hobby. I was using Arduino 1.6.7 and then downloaded 1.0 after 3 weeks of pulling my hair out on this thing I finally have it working. I almost took the BFH to the thing. Next time I won't wait so long to ask for help. A million times THANK YOU.

[@Painless360]

You're welcome - most of the common answers are on here somewhere ;) Happy flying!

[@Pozzix65]

1.3 version is just out ;-) Max

[@johncarr123]

Did you know that the new minosd 1.4 you can configure the setting now on the screen using your sticks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppXCgYukfMSDoas Mark this as a new video to make. pretty cool!

[@TheBeastFPV]

thanks for the no help cant get it 2 work need help please some one

[@Painless360]

Delbert williams delbert williams What troubleshooting have you already done? (no need to leave lots of messages Delbert - I do reply ;)

[@johncarr123]

Make sure you guys purchase a FTDI adapter that has a genuine FTDI chip. It will save you hours of frustration. Lots of cheap clones on Ebay.

[@Painless360]

Good point Jon, I've had loads of subscribers with issues and I'd bet that some of those are due to the boards. (Also FYI - GPS setup is exactly as described in the Naze32 GPS setup video. Also, you can see the GPS working in this video on the display and I cover it at 11:08). Happy flying!

[@johncarr123]

Painless360 Yes they are! It was driving me nuts!

[@johncarr123]

Painless360 The way you know you have a non FTDI chip is when you install the adapter and under windows device manager under ports you see prolific adapter instead of FTDI. This is when the issues begin. The only certified one I found is at this company www.adafruit.com/products/284 Here is a link to the real FTDI data sheet www.adafruit.com/datasheets/DS_FT232R.pdf github.com/adafruit/FTDI-Friend/blob/master/ftdifriendsch.png

[@johncarr123]

you won't believe this one. Using the prolific chip adapter on configuring the Crius GPS using ucenter 8.13 I had to connect TXD TO TXD and RXD to RXD in order for data to flow. If I crossed them no data to the program. LOL

[@Painless360]

Typical - Nice of them to name the ports like everyone else ;) Happy flying!

[@johncarr123]

Ok its June now and they are up to 1.4 on net version with support for Clean flight. www.mwosd.com/