Troubleshooting Connectivity
ShikOfTheRa edited this page Oct 1, 2019
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This is a guide to help troubleshoot connectivity issues with Flight Controllers.
Step 0 - check the wiring (Device = PC, FC or GPS)
- OSD TX > Device RX (usually)
- OSD RX > Device TX (usually)
Step 1 - flash OSD with
- device = utilities
- Variant = debug
- Type = 115kMSP (for FC with serial MSP Betaflight/iNAV etc.)
Step 2a - test from PC GUI (MSP based flight controllers)
- select correct PC com port
- select 115k speed
- click connect
- if values for RX and PKT are not zero, this indicates OSD is working
Step 2b - test from PC GUI (MAVLINK based flight controllers)
- select correct PC com port
- select 56k speed
- click connect
- click LOG Player
- Load a Telemetry log and play - available at https://github.com/ShikOfTheRa/scarab-osd-gui/tree/master/MW_OSD_GUI/Telemetry%20player
- if values for RX and PKT are not zero, this indicates OSD is working
Step 3 - test with FC or GPS connected
- if BOTH values for BOTH RX and PKT are not zero, this indicates OSD is receiving valid data
- if either values for RX or PKT are displaying zero, this indicates OSD is not receiving valid data.
Troubleshooting : RX - count of RX data receive per second.
- A non zero value here means data is being received from connected device such as Flight Controller or GPS.
- This usually means the cabling is correct although watch for two things connected at same time.
- Only one tx line can be connected to one or more rx lines at same time.
- For MAVLINK based FC, ensure FC port is configured correctly for OSD
- Some clones have incorrect labelling. RX/TX labelling is reversed.
- It does not mean it is the correct baud rate or that data is valid.
- Use this value simply to verify that it is connected and receiving data.
Troubleshooting : PKT - count of valid packets of data received per second.
- A non zero value means that the OSD is receiving valid data packets.
- This usually means everything is working correctly.
- It does not mean it is receiving all the information required for all features.
DEBUG display parameters
- RC - RC channels PPM Value. 1500 means probably not receiving any data.
- ANAL - Analog input values in order of BAT1/BAT2/AMPS/RSSI/TEMP.
- PWM - PWM input values in order of RSSI / AEROMAX OSD PPM input.
- D0-D4 - Developer value - test values.
- SAT - Number of satellites received.
- ARM - Armed status.
- Loop - Number of times the OSD runs its routines per second.
- RX - Number of bytes received on serial port per second.
- PKT - Number of valid data packets of data received per second.
- MEM - Developer value - amount of free volatile memory available. Not Program memory.
