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We are pleased to offer EdgeTX "Providence" v2.9.0. It is an important milestone for us as it marks the completion of the color screen UI changes started with 2.8.

Migration Information

Warning

Support is removed for direct "on radio" migration from versions before v2.6!

This version of EdgeTX removes the ability to upgrade on-radio directly from OpenTX 2.3.15 or EdgeTX versions prior to 2.6 (which used the BIN format for storage of model and radio settings). It will however still be possible to migrate settings from older versions of OpenTX and EdgeTX via EdgeTX Companion. In some instances, particularly with some older OpenTX configurations, this is the more reliable mechanism for upgrading.

Highlights of this release include:

  • LVGL re-write for the color screen interface is now complete. In doing so, there have been numerous improvements to the curves, special functions, logical switches and telemetry screens. Many thanks to @philmoz for doing a lot of the heavy lifting here.
  • Various tabs can be turned on or off globally or on a per-model basis on both colorlcd and B&W radios. Have a helicopter that needs the heli tab, but don't want it showing on all your models? Or don't want to see it at all? The new "Enabled Features" button in the radio setup and model setup screens has got you covered! It looked like this during development.
  • Numerous improvements to USB joystick support (allowing for greater control of how your radio controls are presented to the computer), as well as the ability to use your radio in conjunction to the radio simulator that is part of EdgeTX Companion.
  • Support added for the Flysky FRM303 AFHDS3 RF module for some radios (NV14/EL18 native, TX16S with a mod, others to be documented). More information about the FRM303 here.
  • Support added for the Multiplex MLink JR type module. See #3352 for more information.
  • Numerous DSM telemetry fixes thanks to @frankiearzu via #3615, #3366, #3126 and #3690
  • B&W screen radios: The time is now shown on the main screen between the horizontal trim sliders.
  • B&W screen radios: Some of the longer and less commonly used sections in the model settings are now collapsed by default - i.e. timers, throttle settings, pre-flight checks, greatly reducing the amount of scrolling necessary.
  • Support for Hebrew was added to radio firmware for color LCD radios and a voice pack is also available.
  • If you have noise or buzzing when using high RF power outputs and no audio is playing, there is now a mute option for most radios - see #3703, #3710
  • For those using the FrSky R9M 2019 in ACCESS mode in conjunction with the hardware mod, a separate firmware is no longer required. Simply choose the "External Module" option in Radio Settings -> Hardware against the relevant Serial / AUX port. #2562

More information with regards to changes, which is broken down into by screen type (Color LCD and B&W), is available in the user manual here.

Full Changelog: v2.8.5...v2.9.0

UI/UX behavioral changes and/or new capabilities:

  • Prior to 2.9, when you connected the radio to the computer, two drives would be shown - a firmware drive, and the SD card. As of 2.9, only the SD card drive is shown, since updating the firmware via the firmware drive is extremely unreliable on Windows systems, and only leads to confusion.
  • B&W screen radios with haptic vibration motors gave a momentary buzz when the power-on delay has completed. Color LCD radios now also do the same.
  • Another layout was added for color radios - 4+2B right side 3QRT+1QRT by @daniel-snowsurf in #3315
  • colorlcd: MDL and SYS buttons now have long press actions... a long press (more than one second) now takes you into the Manage Models aka. "Model Select" or Radio Settings => Radio Setup. A short press takes you to the Model Settings => Model Setup or Radio Settings => Tools.
  • Prior to 2.9, certain radios would mute the audio when it was not in use. This would however add approx 250ms lag which impacts on functionality such as variometer tones, so it is now a configurable option, and generally off by default. If you experience noise - i.e. due to high power RF modules, noisy backlight circuitry, etc. - you may wish to re-enable the audio muting behaviour. c.f. #3703

Known Limitations and Issues

  • Frsky X10 with external MPM appears to have an issue whereby after a random period of time communication with the module stops responding (and thus the control link is lost) and appears to be limited to Spektrum DSMX (see #4411)
  • Telemetry issue with FlySky FS-IA6B receivers: #3543
  • External modules driven by PPM or S.BUS: incoming S.PORT telemetry is not processed anymore, as was the case with previous releases (see #3877).
  • Wireless Model Trainer and CRSF/ELRS - if using the Multi Protocol Module (MPM) as a wireless trainer in conjunction with CRSF/ELRS, do not go above 250 Hz, otherwise the MPM wireless trainer will be dropped. 250 Hz or below is stable.
  • To our knowledge, no Jumper T-Lite / T-Lite V2 with F4 MCU (running in F4 mode) have been released, so do not use the T-Lite (F4) option in Buddy. This option will be removed in the next release/patch. If you do flash it by mistake, your radio will not boot, but you should be able to still flash it with the correct T-Lite firmware via DFU/Buddy.

Supported radios

The full list of supported radios and their support status can be viewed here on the EdgeTX website.

Installation Guide

https://github.com/EdgeTX/edgetx.github.io/wiki/EdgeTX-Installation-Guide

Flash firmware via Chrome based browser

https://buddy.edgetx.org/#/flash?version=v2.9.0

Unofficial builds

Multilingual and custom builds for v2.9.0 are available here. In the meantime, you can still build your own firmware online following this guide, request a specific build at #4000 or ask on Discord for someone to build one for you.

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