Universal ACCST Firmware is coming.

[John in Boston]

The FrSky D8R-II Plus receiver: I own two of them.
Are they relevant to the UNI discussion?
Should I send them to Aloft for a UNI flash?

Thanks in advance for any guidance.
John in Boston,
showing his lack of knowledge, about most things in life, general and specific.

 

[GVT]

The FrSky D8R-II Plus receiver: I own two of them.
Are they relevant to the UNI discussion?
Should I send them to Aloft for a UNI flash?

Thanks in advance for any guidance.
John in Boston,
showing his lack of knowledge, about most things in life, general and specific.

Not UNI, but here you can find Mike's D16 firmware for D8 at RCG:
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?3391195-FrSky-D16-firmware-for-D8-receivers

 

[rob3dd]

Can Archer receivers be flashed to Accst D16 using the UNI-RX firmware or is Archer working better than all the older FrSky protocols?

 

[Wayne]

Archer is pretty good stuff, so no need.

There is no Uni for the Archer line. We are still adapting to the rest of the ACCST receivers.

 

[Wayne]

Sorry, I have not updated this posting.

We now have beta testing for UNI on the RX4R, RX6R and GRX6.

We also have a new method of delivering UNI that does not require you to send in your receiver. If you are able to do your own firmware update and install and run a script on your FrSky radio, then we can validate your receiver via a custom code we send you. We are calling this option a Sub Master. Think this is ready to be released... More details soon.

 

[nhedler]

To clarify - G-RX6 means that G-RX8 is likely to be possible in the near term? Exciting news, and the ability to upgrade locally is huge! Thanks so much to the team working on this!

 

[Wayne]

Yes, I think we will see a lot of receivers go live with UNI all at the same time.

Currently working out some issues related to the different architecture, but issues are identified and getting addressed.

 

[nhedler]

Please let me know if there's anything I might be able to do to help!

 

[Wayne]

Pretty much a sit back and relax for the beta testing to do its job. If you have some technical background in digital RF, then you might want to join in on the Beta fun, but for now the beta testing is at a high technical level. Soon we will open up a more public beta just to get some hours and wider range of real world feedback. This usually pulls up some scenarios we had not thought to test.

 

[nhedler]

I don't have any particular digital RF knowledge, but I do have a General ham license and plenty of RF noise in my flying area.

 

[pfeerick]

Just a quick question on how to get this... so it was/is said that it is available from "four FrSky SERVICE dealers only, Aloft Hobbies in the USA and the others are in UK, CZ and Germany" and then there was mention of the possibility of emailable customised firmware. I have some X4R and X8R RXs (and some D4R-II although I don't think they're supported) and am in Australia. Am I basically up the creek without a paddle (as it would be cheaper to buy a new radio and receivers than send these over to the US to be reflashed) or did something eventuate from the email firmware thing? Is this still a work in progress, and likely to happen?

And then reads post #185 So, any updates on how far away soon is? Even just a little hint?

 

[Wayne]

We have UNI-RX available now fore the following receivers:

• X8R
• X6R
• X4R
• RX8R-Pro

We have the remote instal version available and I'll upload that here along with the authorization script you will need to active the firmware for each of your receivers. I'll attach version 54 to this thread.

In this zip file you will find the following files:

Activate,lua is a script that you will install into your transmitter (will go in the script folder on the SD card). The FRK files are the different versions of the UNI-RX firmware for the named receivers.

1. Find the correct firmware for your receiver and burn it onto your receiver with the same method used for FrSky firmware. (any method can be used.)(X6R uses the X8R file)
2. Then bind the receiver to your transmitter like normal. But the receiver will not output anything until activated.
3. Now run the activate,lua script on your transmitter while that receiver is bound to the radio. This script will give you a code, this code is then emailed to one of the FrSky dealers working with UNI and they will convert your code to an activation key that will be entered into the script on your radio.
4. You now have Uni up and running.

Once the activation is completed you should never need to repeat it. Updates will work automatically.

Hopefully we can get a video up that shows the dirty little steps in finer detail. Writing it all would wear out my little fingers.

 

[Teamdavey]

We have UNI-RX available now fore the following receivers:

• X8R
• X6R
• X4R
• RX8R-Pro

We have the remote instal version available and I'll upload that here along with the authorization script you will need to active the firmware for each of your receivers. I'll attach version 54 to this thread.

In this zip file you will find the following files:
View attachment 12740
Activate,lua is a script that you will install into your transmitter (will go in the script folder on the SD card). The FRK files are the different versions of the UNI-RX firmware for the named receivers.

1. Find the correct firmware for your receiver and burn it onto your receiver in the same methods used for FrSky firmware. (any method can be used.)
2. Then bind the receiver to your transmitter like normal. But the receiver will not output anything until activated.
3. Now run the activate,lua script on your transmitter while that receiver is bound to the radio. This script will give you a code, this code is then emailed to one of the FrSky dealers working with UNI and they will convert your code to an activation key that will be entered into the script on your radio.
4. You now have Uni up and running.

Once the activation is completed you should never need to repeat it. Updates will work automatically.

Hopefully we can get a video up that shows the dirty little steps in finer detail. Writing it all would wear out my little fingers.

Great news!

If this route is followed, how is payment executed?

Jim Davey

 

[alm_nl]

Does the activation get lost when you reflash FrSky firmware to a receiver and does it require reactivation when UNI is flashed again?

 

[MikeB]

It should not get lost, but the code you need to enter to re-activate will be the same as you originally used, so re-activation is straightforward, if needed
The RX8R receiver is also included in the files above, the X6R uses the X8R file.

Mike

 

[Wayne]

Great news!

If this route is followed, how is payment executed?

Jim Davey

No payment needed. We only charged if we were getting the receiver mailed to us to cover shop time expenses. Self install is FREE!!

 

[Wayne]

Woohoo, had a couple of people use this new method last night. Great to see people using it.

 

[alm_nl]

Yes, flashing and activation works very nicely. I also tested going back to original FrSky firmware (with rebinding also) and that worked as well. Then flashed it back to UNI again (including bind) and indeed it kept the activation. Did not have to activate it again after doing so.

 

[Miami Mike]

Activate,lua is a script that you will install into your transmitter (will go in the script folder on the SD card).

I believe the best place to put Activate.lua is in the SCRIPTS/TOOLS folder. It will then appear in the TOOLS menu where it can be highlighted and selected. See the two attached Taranis X9D+ screen images.

 

[Wayne]

Works for me.

We are going to try and shoot a little video tomorrow. Will probably add your feedback. Thanks