RSSI With FrSky XM & XM Plus

Although the FrSky XM and XM Plus does not have telemetry, you can still place your RSSI value into an on screen display (OSD). Then the OSD can take care of the rest like voltage and other sensors. The RSSI value is automatically placed on channel 16, here is how to set it up in Betaflight.
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[@hacim5888]

R.I.P helping people from beyond the grave

[@jrc6193]

Just so everyone is on the same page in Ch16(from the receiver) is Aux12(in betaflight). Also, if it's still not working, update the firmware using the rss8 or rssi16 firmware. In the case of rssi8 firmware, it's Ch8 or Aux4.

[@VSUPARHAM]

Awesome video. Walked me through getting RSSI perfectly . I'm really gonna miss this dude.

[@planetpower6686]

Still Helping me out with all my tech issues. You will be missed JC

[@michaelbengtsson6416]

I really miss your vids, so much knowledge. You made it simple so everyone could get in to the hoby. And i learned something new today because of you. And i will continue to watch your channel to learn. So unfair you were taken away from us 😭 I hope youtube never will close your account, so much info for everyone to learn from

[@RealKushrage]

What happened to him :/ ?

[@towers3372]

@@RealKushrage He passed away

[@RealKushrage]

@@towers3372 Ohh no :(

[@masterpdj2623]

Thank you after 3 years this video is still good to go. R.I.P

[@Mohawk1984]

thanks for all your work JC. We are still learning and you are still helping even now your gone.

[@jwkilltimefpv6918]

Honestly what a loss I've watch & used his videos so so many times. This one in using again & I've been doing this for nearly 2 years. But I've got a mad memory. Honestly an honest to God massive loss JC is was 1 of a kind. Loved life. Loved RC drones & helping people & he's still doing an AMAZING job from Beyond this life & that in its self is just totally awesome. RIP JC Project Blue Falcon. Respect. Love. Appreciation. 👊👌🙌😒

[@LongWindFPV]

RIP Brotha. Very much appreciated all the info you shared on the XM+ among all the other things you shared.

[@houstooon]

Rest In Peace bro.. :(

[@edisonpilot]

Thank you so much! And keep your humidity! That’s beautiful to see! Congratulations

[@kentboehm1981]

Still helping me out JC, with your legacy of videos. Thanks mate.

[@sulphurcrestfpv1061]

Thanks for all the work you did JC. Still helping me out in July 2018

[@thomase5943]

thanks mate! i was looking for that info!!! so now there is nothing stopping me from a 2.5inch runcam split build

[@lldanll]

Nice, so happy it works since I just got my xm+ in the mail about 5min ago, lol! I think it may have been me you were talking about in the video (unless someone else pointed it out as well). I pasted the part about rssi being on channel 16 in the product specs and I saw a preview of your reply telling me no it wouldn't work. Every time I tried clicking on the comment notification to read your full comment it was telling me the video was deleted and I was confused why it was taken down. I was about to be real sad that rssi wouldn't work but then I noticed this new video in my subscription box lol. Thanks for putting in the work to figure it out so I don't have to when I install mine later tonight! :D

[@ProjectBlueFalcon]

Yep it was you. Thanks for sharing that. I was about to solder a wire between the receiver and FC until you said that and I checked it out.

[@lldanll]

Project Blue Falcon No problem man. After the countless tips you have given me from your videos I'm glad I could give a little information back. :)

[@simonwallace699]

Still helping us even though you've been gone quite a while. Rest In Peace brother.

[@keanu_lowe]

I miss him so much, watched only his videos on setting up my QX7 and QX7S 😭

[@noelcruz7447]

Precious info up to this day. Still learning from JC.

[@hlieb4601]

Thanks for the help JC we miss you.

[@blackforestfpv3046]

RIP my friend. Thanks for all!

[@derecktaitt8457]

R.I.P. Jesse was really such a cool down to earth person I sense this from his voice and he seemed to have such a nice personality

[@johnstenborg3461]

Thank You, Blue Falcon, the help I needed, RIP.

[@Ozem_Israel]

All the way from the other side, helping me set up new reciever/flight controller in 2018.

[@jeffbrewster4024]

still learning lots from you. RIP brother

[@AlissonFPV]

You're awesome JC, miss you!

[@bebel25a]

Worked perfectly, thanks for the video tutorial.

[@timbell8208]

Absolutely awesome!!!! thanks for the info and another great video.

[@bephep7357]

You helped me from there. Thank you. R.I.P. bro!

[@RC-Flight]

Man this is a great video with very helpful info!

[@jonnyphenomenon]

Man, I really miss this guy.

[@palnilsson3269]

Thanks buddy! I miss your videos.

[@cdavisrun]

Going to miss this guys :(

[@zeebeefpv2273]

Just wanted to say May God rest your soul Blue Falcon!

[@adamfletcher3739]

RIP buddy, still helping me out.

[@pukki34]

Wish they would make these setups easier for beginners, but thats where the youtube videos come in :D Thx a lot btw.

[@Iconoclast55]

Great video..I do this and only 14 channels what am I doing wrong.. Thanks

[@53roger]

A heads up for those who are using Butterflight: (from github/Butterflight pages) on the receivers page of Butterflight, the rssi channel will be 12 and the aux channel will be 12 also. For some reason the XM+ only shows 14 channels in Butterflight??? I followed the the rest of the checks and changes in JC's video and I am up and runing. Like many of you I gained a lot of information and help the videos from JC. He is missed by us and of course his family.

[@AlexDaviesXD]

Thanks again my dude 💜

[@adroc9841]

Thanks so much for sharing this info!!!

[@hughhemington9559]

Wow, that's outstanding! I'm getting ready to build a micro with an XM+, so this will definitely be something I'll do. Unfortunately, the FliteTest kit comes with a controller without OSD, not that I could use it anyway because I intend to use an Eachine TX03 all-in-one FPV cam/tx/antenna, and unless I become a lot more daring, I'm not going to interrupt the video signal to route it through the controller and back into the transmitter. It would be great if these AIO cams had that feature.

[@headfog7621]

nice i have a ac800 that claimes to have rssi and now watching this i might be able to get it up and going. thanks for the video and thanks to the one who side something.

[@ProjectBlueFalcon]

Hopefully it works. Would be interesting. I've never seen this before.

[@thebikeracer]

are there any change in 2019? I can't get RSSI to show up in Betaflight and set alarms on my Taranis X7

[@wiccanfpv]

R.I.P. we miss you so much.You were the top rated kwad guy in my eyes,Bardwell even had to learn from you.You started it all and our hobbie is where its at because of you.Your missed by millions.

[@rotovicious1156]

Your still teaching me bro...

[@vrle933]

and still to this day

[@blowsmoke7218]

@@vrle933 Today too!

[@leviathannfpv1282]

@@vrle933 even today. rip

[@OliFPV]

Mutch Thxxx 🤘🍀 in 2019 😘 RIP 😢

[@inoc805]

Thanks bro. Worked with Xlite. RIP.

[@MCsCreations]

Hey, man... Can you tell me which would be the cheaper receiver the has telemetry? Thanks a lot! :)

[@user-bv2kv8hx5d]

XM+ has pin on bottom side with rssi (left-up side). You can wire this pin to FC. And you will see rssi streight in betaflight.

[@MABdrone]

Nice tips! Thank you!

[@blaz1925]

For everyone who only has 14 aux. Flash the XM + to the 8 channel firmware not the 16 chnnel and then it will show as aux 4 select aux 4 from pull down save. Works for me.

[@sloanv2610]

How do you flash

[@blaz1925]

@@sloanv2610 I could try to explain it but he has a video of flashing it. Pretty simple so do a few others. Hope it helps

[@sloanv2610]

@@blaz1925 Can you flash it while its still on the quad? Someone told me you have to take it off in order to connect it to the transmitter

[@blaz1925]

@@sloanv2610 it would be better to take it out because you have to solder on a connector and that connector connects to the back of your taranis.

[@005okoska]

Thank you the helpful video! I use this receiver with my old CC3D Atom at now. The micro minim OSD worked on main port (UART1) previously, but now the receiver use it. The minim osd isn't work on flexi port (UART2) for me. Could you suggest any solution for this problem?

[@jimcasebere4718]

Thanks for the play list

[@edgaraskal7716]

You just saved some money for me 😀

[@DOJIELDIENVE]

thank you thank you thank you for this channel

[@CgitEinsteins]

Tengkyu sir

[@VictorSeedorsky]

Whats happened to him?

[@SkyPilotFPV]

Great job mate ✔🍻👍😉

[@MikevomMars]

So I don't have to use that RSSI pin on my Omnibus F3 at all? Just connect the XM+ as usual and setup RSSI in BetaFlight?

[@hquiroz113064]

I have this receiver installed on my quad and I have noticed that with my other quads that have frsky receivers when I unplug my battery from the quad the Taranis would say telemetry lost , and with this receiver it's silent. Did I not connect something right?

[@lemi601]

thank you it works

[@TorbanDallas]

Thank you so much for that Video! I've had set RSSI on my OSD with the help of your Video! But there's on thing thats is very annoying. If i switch off my taranis the Rssi Percentage stays always between 20 - 30 %. So i wouldn't notice a failsafe. The reason is the failsafe setting on channel 16 ( even on Failsafe = drop ). The Channel 16 stays on "hold" and so it holds the last value. But i want it to be 0, so "set" it on 1000. Now i will notice a failsafe by the value 0 on my OSD. I'm not sure if someone else mentioned this tip - there are too much comments. But i think that would be a nice update for your video description. Best regards!

[@alexanderdrabenstedt6575]

Where set the failsafe value? In the Taranis or in betaflight that is, the flight controller?

[@offswitch1]

Torban Dallas mine osd I’m goggles read 17 to 20. But on taranis it says 80 to 90s

[@lekruxfpv9035]

Hi PBF, got my XM+ to show the RSSI on channel 16. However, is it possible to display the C16 readouts on my taranis X9D plus? (Other than using OSD?)

[@dimitrisalexiadis5832]

So isn't there a way to wire up the RSSI from the receiver to on of the FC UARTS? I do not use an OSD. and I use Cleanflight.

[@micahbauer8058]

what protocol do you use for the rx sbus or pwm and i cant get anything to show on the radio or betaflight

[@rubenvaneupen7327]

Is there no problem with using 16 channels on a limited bandwidth? Once saw a video that the rx might mess up your signals because the time between on off cycles becomes so small it misinterprets the signal. Therefore, it not better to set it to channel e.g. 9?

[@donaldheon]

Hi Jc I have an SP3 Flight controller with an XMR-P receiver and HUBOSD. could you explain how to transmit Rssi to the HUBOSD.

[@SweetBlu]

So I cannot seem to get the rssi value to show up on channel 16 (aux 12) for some reason. Does this not work in BF 3.1.7? I have a Tango Tx, and a 16channel module in it as well as a XM+ rx plugged into my Colibre FC, but I just cannot get rssi to show up there. Do I need to make any other changes? What about the rssi slider on the configuration tab?

[@szczery_fpv]

great solution, thx man :)

[@Freedom__-xd5bx]

alright. if ya get a chance. i did everything here. im not getting any action i got 50% showing up in the setup tab now but its not showing up in the receiver tab... any thoughts. thanks!

[@cdm040971]

Thanks for sharing.... Awesome Txs

[@zoobydooby2302]

Whats the rssi dot pad for on the xm+? is that where i could solder the s.port wire for regular rssi down to taranis?

[@samalamas12345]

Hey, I'm running an XM+ with the Betaflight F3 board on 3.1.7 and can't get RSSI to show up. I'm doing exactly as shown in your video. Are there any taranis input/mixer changes that need to be removed for this to work? Thanks so much for all your videos PBF

[@quad_alex]

Спасибо тебе! Я очень долго мучился как же сделать RSSI! RESPECT!

[@timhookfpv]

К сожалению он погиб в автокатострофе три года назад, но мы будем чтить его и информацию, которую он до нас до нес.

[@madebyandre_]

Can this output RSSI to the Arrow v2 built in OSD?

[@cbj223]

Hey Falcon I know this might be off track but I hope you do not mind me asking. Currently I do not have a FCB that displays OSD nor do I have the "norm" OSD, however I do have a RROSD V2 as well as the FrSky XM with the single antenna. I reached out to the guys at RROSD and proposed this question...Since the RROSD v2 has a hookup for RSSI and the XM has the pad for RSSI would it be possible to make the XM produce the RSSI signal to the RROSD v2 OSD. They said it is possible but have not tried it. Do you have any thoughts on this?

[@nhanduy7479]

hello my reciever allow range 0-6 when i set max aux. why? thanks

[@ekimlebenk4183]

Thank you!

[@egtreadway4232]

I have new frysky r xsr and new radiomaster tx 16s I flashed reciever with 2.1.0fcc and no problem binding, but now no stick inputs in inav 2.5 but inav shows reception in osd. Any ideas Thanks

[@pukki34]

@project blue falcon how can i calibrate the RSSI to show 0% when the RSSI signal is lost.

[@zafosinferno888]

dont you have to calibrate the RSSI? like how does it know when it is losing signal?

[@danknee]

Hi PBF, I got it to work and it shows up in betafligt, but I get nothing showing on my taranis

[@gavachkin]

Hi, I correctly understand that if the receiver and the transmitter do not support rssi, then this parameter will not be enabled in betaflight and nothing will be displayed on the osd connected by spi.

[@papamidnightfpv]

Outstanding

[@lfrecords3970]

hey man just some minutes ago a quad i was flying with an Xm+..never had updated or anything...flew normaly 2 batteries..when i plugged a new one to fly....it didnt bind the reciever..i came back home checked everything wiring etc...all is good...i tried to rebind but nothing..also i flashed it just now hoping it will help but nothing....it dont bind.....means its dead i guess? when i turn on on binding mode the xm+ i have the red-green light normaly ...but no....pffffff

[@tracythomasvision]

Nice!

[@abidikar]

Thanks. XM+ receiver needs flashing of firmware...??? Binding with telemetry on 1-8 or 1-8....??? Thanks

[@MrPlogibear]

Hey man am stuck trying to do this on INAV. Maybe you can help or make a video how to.

[@spinymonk1590]

Hi ,great video, after tying in cli ,set max_aux_channels = 12 ,is says invalid value ,allowed range 0-6, I'm using the latest stable version sp f3 beataflight 3.1.5. Trying to get rssi on taranis. As I have no osd. Using xm receiver.., I have a xm+ on its way ,so probably switch to that when it arrives, awesome videos I've learnt so much from your channel ,keep up the great work

[@glytch5]

what if you have rssi but its always stuck at 22%, and on OSD always stuck at 35%. I'm on Sbus flysky receiver with no wire.

[@Madisonsemien9857]

hey JC I have a question my battery voltage was displayed on my taranis and x4r sbus bit now I have no voltage on controller just the battery indicator and voltage is displayed on betaflight any idea what this could be

[@ProjectBlueFalcon]

This receiver has no telemetry at all. So you wont see anything on your transmitter. Thats the only reason they could make it so small, by removing all the telemetry stuff.

[@johncgibson4720]

Excellent

[@T3chDad]

****FIX FOR LATER BETAFLIGHT VERSIONS**** I was having the same trouble as everyone else trying this and RSSI only read 50% all the time. In order to fix this for the XM+ you must update the receiver firmware. Go to the FrSky firmware download page: www.frsky-rc.com/download/index.php?sort=Firmware and download the latested firmware for either your XM or XM+. MAKE SURE YOU READ THE "NOTE" on the FrSky XM+ download page as it has descriptions of the files contained in the ZIP file and their purpose. I can only confirm this for XM+ as I don't have an XM. Follow Blue Falcon's video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4q5nGWijLV9rrc) and flash the downloaded firmware to the XM+. Plug the XM+ back into you quad and bingo...RSSI to your FC will now work in the latest version of Betaflight.

[@Juicy-J-FPV]

T3chDad man solder a wire to the Rssi pad almost seems easier. Sighs Thx tho. I was wondering what happened

[@matthewmcgann2931]

Thank you for leaving this comment! Easy breezy.

[@matthewmcgann2931]

alfonxoduff right.

[@dagobb]

T3chDad, I was struggling to make it work on channel 16, but didn't get it to work. Upraded the firmware and voilá!!! Works like a charm now!!! Many thanks!

[@zigzaggin2424]

This is exactly what I needed to do, thank you for your comment!

[@ze2004]

could you help me please with Omnibus F4 SD board and SBUS?

[@SKIDOOSH]

One word...WOW!!!!...only as big as my thumb nail and so simple? WOW!

[@ProjectBlueFalcon]

Yea I'm liking it so far. The XM Plus will be here soon so I'll have some videos on that soon. If you dont care for telemetry in the transmitter then these are great receivers.

[@andreas.charalambides]

thank you

[@jowiel314]

I only have max 14 channels on betaflight 4.2 Is there a way to fix that?

[@MuLoO123]

Hi, thanks for this tip. I followed your instructions and all works fine on LBT version 2.2.0.The only problem I have is that I do not have OSD so I would like to have a warning on the taranis.... I tried several logic switches and special functions but I can not get it to work. anybody an idea?

[@MrYelijun]

Thanks

[@VlaDiker84]

Спасибо Бро!

[@gokulg7539]

Will this work with the x4r?

[@Surronation]

do you know why my rssi is just at 10-11%? an not ar 100%??