A few days ago I upgraded from 2.5 to 2.6 and one thing I noticed is that my screen brightness no longer went all the way down to black. I enquired about this on the ETX discord and found out that this was an intentional change to prevent someone from getting locked-out of their radio because you couldn't see the screen. Just thought I'd share.

@simonwallace699

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for posting that. I am in the middle of making this change and noticed I couldn't go to 0 brightness and it was driving me nuts!

@stevenedwards408

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Thankyou for sharing this I've been pulling my hair out wondering why my brightness wouldn't turn sll the way down on edgetx with this method. At least now I know it's not something I've done wrong or an issue with my radio. Nice one 👍🏻

@FlashFPV

2 жыл бұрын

ohhhhhh So that's why. I was getting mad here trying to figure out what was I doing wrong. Thank you for sharing this information.

@kaptkrunchfpv

Жыл бұрын

Pretty smart idea on the Devs side I think.

@YogeshPatel-zc1ne

Жыл бұрын

anyone know a work around to this? i still want to be able to do this LOL

This is why OpenTX/EdgeTX is the best! Tell me I'm wrong!

@anomoly40

2 жыл бұрын

You're wrong. I don't know what about but I'm really bad about not following advice on the Internet.

@aakashjana6225

2 жыл бұрын

You are perfectly right! I switched to EdgeTX after you made the video and I am loving it!

@CyclingMikey

2 жыл бұрын

This volume/brightness tutorial isn't working on my TX16S. But yes, EdgeTx is awesome and I'm so glad you posted about moving to 2.5.

@anomoly40

2 жыл бұрын

Mine dims but doesn't turn off.

@CyclingMikey

2 жыл бұрын

@@valentin.kompatscher Thank you very much - that was the reason. :)

When I dipped my toes in fpv back in the day, none of this content existed, parts were all DIY. Coming back to the hobby after many years I am finding it much easier to get information on these types of things. I have watched many of your videos, in fact the one about phantom spinning motors due to airmode, saved me a LOT of panic and searching! Thanks for this type of content as well. Have a great flight!

You can implement a special function using a logical function (XOR SF DOWN) in a model to achieve turning screen off if you have the arm down and disarm up - you posed this question in your video. Hope this helps others. Thanks for vid

I am a long-time fixed wing rc aircraft that is "trying " to switch from a Spektrum DX8 gen 2 to a Radiomaster TX16S. Wow, long and steep learning curve. I really appreciate your TX16S videos. Well done 👏! Background I am/was a USMC NFO for the A6Es Intruders. Aaaaarrrrhh!

@VellaTek

2 жыл бұрын

May I ask why ? I was thinking of doing the same but not sure if it worth the trouble. Thanks.

@jlester42

2 жыл бұрын

Moving a lot of my planes from my SX20 to my TX-16S Max. Yeah, there's quite a learning curve, but once you get used to it, it seems a lot more intuitive than the DX20. And the touch screen sure speeds things up.

@TheAdkFlyer10

2 жыл бұрын

The NATOPS for the A6 is almost as complicated! 😉

@hammer5848

Жыл бұрын

But very ROBUST!!

Volume and screen brightness on a knob had been possible on opentx/edgetx radios for some time now. They are great functions.

Last comment is probably in needs moderation limbo so I'll just omit the link. Just a heads up, I'm using Edge TX 2.6.0 on the Radiomaster TX16s and it all works except for turning the screen backlighting completely off. They made a change in 2.6.0 so that radios with a color LCD will only go to a certain minimum brightness and not completely off. Even the OFF option in the Mode options has been removed. Thanks again for the great work and content.

@LicardoFPV

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I thought my radio was broken and then I found out that screen in edgetx 2.6 can't be set completely off

@SmudgeFPV

2 жыл бұрын

omg same like me. I think my radio was broken too.. thx bro

@jasonhurdlow6607

5 ай бұрын

Has anyone reported this as a bug?

I have a TX16S. I am still learning all the cool things it can do. Thank you for this cool video.

Well, I think the momentary switch is a good idea. Because, if in any weird situation you need to look at your screen while armed... You have that.

You could just use the first global function and turn down the brightness all the way down in radio setup. This will have the desired effect of "turning off" the screen while armed. It also works with 3 position switches.

Thanks! This helped me assign backlight and volume to those two knobs. Important functions and I'd yet to find a use for those knobs.

@JoshuaBardwell

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

This was the first thing I did, I put the brightness on a pot and then setup the screen so it’s locked from touch and goes dim while armed. I also have an override switch so I can use the screen while armed if needed. It’s easy to overdo it with all the functions.

Elrs devs will probably come up with eye tracking somehow with the tx modual to just turn the screen on when you look at it. I'm only like 50% joking.

@HighVoltageMadness

2 жыл бұрын

It might be possible actually. It could be done by measuring the change in DbM when you are near the transmitter. Sorta like those RF body proximity detectors.

Oh ho ok today is my first day of my vacation so im watching a lots of videos that will help me with the edgetx radios and so far is been great thank you JB.😊

I never thought of setting up it this way that's why I love watching your videos

This is a underrated trick! Everyone should do this

Yup, one of the first things I set up on my new TX16s with EdgeTX. It's great to be able to tweak the brightness with a knob depending on the light conditions, and to turn it off completely when flying.

That's actually suuuuuper handy and I don't have any other use for the wheel switch! 👍

for the boxer: u need 2 lines ON________Backlight_____S2 SA(Down)_Backlight_____ (no select) this - - - lines set the standart backlight brightness to 0 and the auto shutoff to a value what u want or set the backlight Mode to ON

You literally read my mind...was trying to set that up last night. Thanks for all you do! Im going to join the patron tonight.

Even though I don't have a Radiomaster tx16s, this video helped me set up the backlight function for my x-lite radio. Thanks a lot. You're the man

To use something more "static" than a momentary switch. In Harware, we can set an additional switch, e.g. SI as a toggle, and then we will no longer have a physical switch. Only set the SI which will always have a constant value. Well, unless someone modified the radio by adding additional buttons.

Great video, thank you for this manual!

Oh, that's pretty sweet! 😃 Thanks a lot, Joshua!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Thanks Bardwell! Haven't made the switch but plan to soon

I'm using the SA arm switch and it's all working fine using the momentary switch accept, it's not turning right off when armed? Still turning all the way down though so a big upgrade for this guy. I did the volume too, who knew setting up two nobs could be so satisfying, lol.

This is one of those special videos, love it!!

This will be a really nice use of the trim switch.

cool. Thanks

Thanks for this. T-lite has no momentary switch so set it to my turtle mode switch off. Also had to make 2 globals since I use a 3 way for disarm/angle arm/acro arm

So far no problems running out of battery. Using a 1W module I get 2-3 days. With the 4 in 1 more like 2 weeks. But I could see this being useful for siming in a dark room.

thank you again

Love these videos. There are so many possibilities to these radios. Very good watch!

2 Problems solved right away! Thank you!

Just got done packing all my stuff for a trip this weekend and you make me pull my controller back out to set this up. FR tho great video

Oooooo you found another little easter egg for us to have a go at ;) 💚 thankyou JB 😊👊

Brilliant joshua, works perfectly.

I just got tx16s recently. You rock!

I've always thought those big screens benefit fixed wing but not really anything else. Helicopters and fpv their isn't much looking at the transmitter while your flying. Black and white 2d text lcd is good enough for me. Even on a heli with telemetry I would use a vibrating alarm to let me know when the voltage was low and it was time to land before I dropped out of the sky.

Thanks Joshua I immediately did this on my New Zorro and it's a great feature. Awesome video. More freestyle!!

7:30 you can put Slider Right

Super simple I went ahead and put my volume on a left slide as well so I don’t bug wifey programming in the bed😂😂😂😂

ok, that was easy, thanks JB!

while watching Mr.bardwell was waiting for Cut to "this is Joshua from future, there was update in EdgeTX 2.6 etc" as soon as I saw his TX16s screen missing Themes's setting .... :)

dont' forget to lock your touch screen with a switch, and put volume on a nob as well. But unfortunately the brightness doesn't go completely off to 0 anymore with the newest EdgeTX update. So that makes me sad.

@Brownsy67

2 жыл бұрын

than you for posting this, I was starting to think I lost my mind.

More reason for me to upgrade from my QX7 to a RM TX16 and load Edge TX. Thanks!!!

Through trial and error i THINK i have a solution for where you pull to arm and push to disarm. Did this on my FrSky XLite. I have the radio backlight setting set to ON. Reading from left to right as I dont know what the field names are off the top of my head. In Global Functions: I have the first field set to my arm switch down (disarm positon), second field backlight. The third field is set to a knob/pot, in my case S2 (right shoulder dial). Checkbox enabled. Now. In the disarm mode. Backlight is ON. Dial does nothing. When armed, dial controls brightness. I just keep the knob at zero but it lets me dial up the brightness to peek at the screen if need be while armed.

I did learn something, thank you

Love my TX16S hate you need 17 degrees to operate it I've been trying to turn up my volume since I owned it lol guess it will stay on low volume cause I'm not smart enough to figure it out much less the brightness lol

T5 and T6 can be used as switches

Worked out where in edge TX you can set trims to sub trims? I haven't found it yet....

Edge Tx gang. The days have just been a little sunnier since I switched

Yay 1st like , comment and view!!!!

Subed josh very good video thanks

Brilliant! Now can you do a video showing how to do this on the Commando 8 (915 mhz)?

@JoshuaBardwell

2 жыл бұрын

Really, it's the same. All edgetx radios have almost the same functionality.

My biggest gripe with the TX16S is that the screen goes dark when you wear polarized sunglasses as it's a polarized screen. If they'd just rotate the screen 90 degrees that problem would go away. Sadly, I have been unable to find sunglasses (particularly ones that fit over prescription glasses) that have a compatible (or no) polarization, and almost all good sunglasses these days are polarized. It's really annoying. Do I want to be able to see my airplane? or see my screen? It shouldn't be a dilemma like that.

Joshua, can you help me how to program a 3 position switch to work as On and Off for wheel retracts that will disregard the middle postion of the switch?

Hello, I have the version of Edge TX 2.7.1 and there is no mode off and the selection Backlight (radio setup), using the Poti S1 in the GF menu is functional but the screen cannot be completely darkened. In order to save as much power as possible, I can only select the option (Both) in the menu (Radio Setup / Backlight) and force the backlight to turn off, but as soon as even one stick or other component is moved, the screen switches on again with the preset potentiometer value . It would sometimes be really helpful to know which firmware is requirement in case of any problems, I only read after a while that with the version 2.6.1 the complete darkening is no longer possible. A reference to this should actually be given along with a current video like this one.

@EniokiFPV

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for confirming the inability to completely darken screen as well as stating the reason WHY :D Your comment helped clear my confusion as to why I couldn't achieve the same results as the video.

What's your favorite EdgeTX feature that you wish more people knew about?

@Dragon129Slayer

2 жыл бұрын

for me, it did seem to make a difference in the simulator, more responsive.

@JoeMommaFPV

2 жыл бұрын

Lock your touchscreen on EdgeTX with a switch.

@afterburnerrc6333

2 жыл бұрын

This one, pretty awesome JB!

Followed your video, I'm on edgeTX 2.6 on the TX16S. Strange thing in my case can't alter the timeout of the screen in on mode and in other modes can't get it to 0. Also when setting up the knob It's kinda working but can't get the screen turned down completely to black

@MeTwoFive

2 жыл бұрын

I commented directly but after your comment, they made a change in 2.6 so that the screen can't go bellow a minimum brightness only for controllers with a color LCD.

@pink_kaju

2 жыл бұрын

On edgeTX 2.6 it will go down to only 5s. The lowest brightness is just min brightness but not OFF.

@jlarson42

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I just found out the same thing. Thought I screwed something up. 🤓

@julienl4473

2 жыл бұрын

Same for me with edgetx 2.6. The tips working fine finally , because the goal is to reduce the discharge of the battery…

@RaynerGS

2 жыл бұрын

@@pink_kaju Like mine! Do you find out how to turn brightness OFF? Thanks

Hmm, in EdgeTX 2.6.0 screen no longer goes to completely dark like 2.5.0.

@SmudgeFPV

2 жыл бұрын

if wanna go to dark I have to 2.5.0? I try in 2.6.0 my screen goes not completely dark, just reduce until 10% I though

@afterburnerrc6333

2 жыл бұрын

@@SmudgeFPV I am on 2.6 with a TX16S and it goes 100% dark???

@SmudgeFPV

2 жыл бұрын

@@afterburnerrc6333 how to set? many people can't do it

@afterburnerrc6333

2 жыл бұрын

@@SmudgeFPV You know I stand corrected, it looks to be 100% dark but your right, I can see (only in bright light) a few of the white menus. When on the home screen I see nothing. I would say it's not 10% but much lower than that, maybe 3% if that. I wonder if this can be fixed in future releases although for me, I can't even see it so looks good to me LOL.

Sorry mate this is not working on my new Radiomaster Boxer.... I did everything you mentioned to no avail.

@moe_mcflight

6 ай бұрын

it works u need 2 lines ON________Backlight_____S2 SA(Down)_Backlight_____ (no select) this - - - lines Set the normal backlight to 0 And the auto shutoff to a value what u want or set the backlight Mode to ON

How can I implement yellow collor in functions on the screen? like flight control bars.

Charles you mad man

Full brightness off does not not work with EdgeTX 2.6.0 on the TX16s as other have mention in the comments.

On my Boxer the knob has that potentiometer jittering so the screen starts flashing randomly if the knob is between the potentiometer positions. When I tried to use it for volume control every time I restart - the knob has different range of adjustment.

@JoshuaBardwell

11 ай бұрын

My guess is that when you calibrated the sticks, you didn't calibrate the pots. You have to calibrate all analog inputs including the 6-position button.

Nice..... BUT...... Mine dims but doesn't turn off....... WHY????..... I use TX16S open TX.

Doesn't value parameter has same 'on' and 'off' values in list like swith parameter has?

what can be the reason for s1 and s2 knobs not working even though I did exactly the same things ?

I found that if I temporarily set Logical Switch 64 to be active and assign the global function to turn off the backlight.... then delete the L64 switch from my model it will then behave properly..... it's a bit of a hack but it doesn't tie any additional physical switches and I don't think I will be using all 64 logical switches.

The sound on knob 2 is configured the same way - is it?

This is all great. But where do i get the replacement touch screen/ parts for my jumper t18 to take full advantage of edge tx?🤪

Joshua, thanks for all your great work, I have a Jumper T18 and it does not give me the option to add in a special function as you have shown. I can not add a switch to the Backlight function. I have the latest firmware, any idea's would be greatly appreciated.

I have edgeTX 2.6.0 but cant turn off completly screen off like u can, do I need latest?

theres a problem with the knob thing heres why it makes the volume on turn on super loud...then it quiets down once the screen loads.

Very nice (though I'm wondering about the situation where a programming goof disables the backlight, preventing viewing the display to fix it - maybe it's still legible with the backlight off?)

@MrAlekoy

2 жыл бұрын

It is barely visible, but if you have a flashlight, you can shine the light into the screen, and this helps enough to be able to fix your blunder :)

@malte9999

2 жыл бұрын

With 2.6 you can not switch the display on brightness to be off and the timeout for automatic off is at least 5 seconds to prevent this from happening.

@PkwyDrive13

2 жыл бұрын

@@malte9999 is this why I can't get the screen to turn off when I arm like this video? I mean, it works but it doesn't turn off completely.. Just dims when I arm. Not really useful if I can't turn the screen off completely. I did notice once I updated to 2.6 it didn't turn off completely with the S2 knob anymore

so weird for the life of me i can't get my screen to shut off it dims all the way down after setting it up with the exact settings but not off unless i set the setting to BOTH with a 5s timeout. I did notice that i can't make that 0s no matter how hard i try it only goes from 5s - 600s. but as soon as I touch a switch it turns back on

You could also use the 6 position switch for the second global function the first one is also '0' and selected on startup. Who uses these ugly things anyways, right ;-)

My tx16s controller doesn't turn on when connected to the pc for sim practice. I have to disconnect it and turn in on then reconnected again, can any body give me a hand or point me in the right direction. PLEASE...??

👍👍👍👍👍

Hey Joshua. I think I may send my TX16s to the TV show Unsolved Mysteries. For several months after going from Opentx to Edge TX, I have had a touch screen. Suddenly it's gone. Special functions has a choice "no touch". I never selected it. Why is it even a choice? I upgraded to Edgetx 2.9.3 (providence) hoping it would restore touch screen, but it didn't. Is there a way you know of to restore touch screen ?

you can use a logical switch that you drive with your arm switch

@JoshuaBardwell

2 жыл бұрын

That is model specific. You'd need to set it up on every single model.

@tektkite7255

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaBardwell true. thats not good. but while you have bleeding fingers from setting up the fucking widgets for each model you may as well throw this one in. that you can copy widgets and cant make them with the configurator is the most idiotic thing about edge. who comes up with that?

I have a 2 month old TX16S... my Global Functions page looks different than yours... after ON and Backlight actions, it looked like you pressed the Roller switch while your cursor was on "Trainer" ?? I can't figure out the step of assigning a Value? Thanks again for your videos; they really help us FPV newbies !

@JoshuaBardwell

2 жыл бұрын

After clicking the jog dial, simply flip the switch in question to auto-fill that switch as the value.

This does not work on mine?

My tx16s won’t turn the screen off. It’ll dim to the lowest ‘dimmerM setting but won’t go completely dark 😕

@JoshuaBardwell

2 жыл бұрын

They made this change in Edgetx 2.6 to prevent you locking yourself out of your radio.

My commands work great and then stop working, any ideas?

My screen does not turn off completely with knob or arm. It dimms, but still on. Why is that?

@ZicmuMr

2 жыл бұрын

@@valentin.kompatscher Positive

@malte9999

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZicmuMr then this is intentional.

@ZicmuMr

2 жыл бұрын

@@malte9999 Is there any workaround?

@malte9999

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZicmuMr set the display to another mode and use the timer. The display off brightness can still be set to off

Ok so just set mine up and it only works for half the switch if you get what I mean brightness won't go all way down to screen off will go so far then if you turn it back up again it uses half the switch to full brightness other half is dead 🥴

For some reason I can’t get it to change the switch to On. It won’t scroll down there. I’m on Edge 2.6, is there a bug?

@JoshuaBardwell

2 жыл бұрын

It definitely works on 2.6. But I don't know why yours witn change to ON.

Does it work on the latest opentx firmware?

I just set this up on edge tx 2.6.0. I used S1 as you showed, but turning the knob all the way down doesn't turn the screen all the way off. I calibrated all the knobs as well as the sticks after flashing 2.6.0. Just in case I tried it with S2 and also the left slider. All give the same results, all the way down makes the screen dim but not off. Do you have any suggestions on where I may be going wrong? I'm new to FPV and your channel has been so helpful, thank you!

@JoshuaBardwell

2 жыл бұрын

EdgeTX 2.6 doesn't go all the way to 0% because they don't want to risk you not being able to see the screen if you screw up the programming.

I have made sure to follow the steps exactly(edge tx 2.7.1).. issue# 1 my radio wont allow me to select 0s for the backlight timer and issue#2 is that my radio does what yours is doing except it just dims the screen instead of shutting off. Is there anything I'm missing here?

@Newyokas

Жыл бұрын

My new tx16s does the same

My screen only goes dim, it doesn't go black. I am on edgetx. Any suggestions?

@JoshuaBardwell

2 жыл бұрын

This is a change in Edgetx 2.6 to keep you from locking yourself out of your radio.

Hello Joshua, is there as way to do this Globally if using a sticky arming switch. I place sw SD- and toggle the momentary SHup for .5sec and It activates Aux1 and moving SD to either other up or dn will disarm for quads.I use the SDdn sw as a throttle cut for my planes. Is there away to Globally work with a logical sticky ARMING for this or will this have to go into the functions for all my quads.

@JoshuaBardwell

2 жыл бұрын

This has to be on a per model basis.

Hi I followed everything on here. However my screen doesn't go completely off or to maximum brightness. I am using s1 rotary control. Edgetx 2.10.2. Is there a way to increase the amount of s1.

@JoshuaBardwell

Ай бұрын

They no longer let the screen go 100% off, because it would be possible to lock yourself out of the radio by accident.

@peterbarrow1271

Ай бұрын

Thank you

Is the x9 lite a good beginner transmitter?

This is awesome. For some reason, when I set this up, my brightness does not turn all the way off when the knob is in its low setting. Is there a reason for this? I was in EDGETX 2.6

@JoshuaBardwell

Жыл бұрын

Edgetx 2.6 won't let it go full dark to prevent accidentally setting up the logic to lock out the screen.

@ryankanefitzgerald

Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaBardwell Thanks for the reply. What's your take on upgrading to 2.8?

@JoshuaBardwell

Жыл бұрын

I'm about to do it.

I did something similar to this but on the last EdgeTX upgrade I did, the backlight stopped going to off on the lowest value. That and some other issues made me switch back to OpenTX.

@umop3plsdn

Жыл бұрын

ya i have the same issue did you ever fix it? it seems like the newest upgrade doesnt let you

Having followed this tutorial, I'm at a loss as to why my screen is still on when the dimmer knob is turned all the way down. I've calibrated. I've made sure the range of brightness is correct... Ideas anyone...?

@JoshuaBardwell

3 ай бұрын

Edgetx won't completely turn off the screen, to prevent you from accidentally locking yourself out of the radio.

@notice_fpv

3 ай бұрын

Wow, I'd have sworn I could turn it all the way off on my boxer... Obviously wasn't paying attention! When left to its own devices the screen timeout allows the screen to go black... Your video makes it appear to go black too... Maybe I need to get my eyes checked !

@JoshuaBardwell

3 ай бұрын

The screen timeout always resets itself when you move a control. In theory, the special function could completely lockout the screen.

Why does mine only dim all the way when I arm instead of turning off completely?! I been trying to figure it out for like... An hour. I have it setup just like you, except the SH as value. Trying to get the screen off completely when I arm, but it only dims.

@JoshuaBardwell

2 жыл бұрын

EdgeTX 2.6 and newer won't go full dark to keep you from accidentally disabling your radio screen if you mess up the settings.

@PkwyDrive13

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaBardwell well that kinda stinks!