User guide 1.6

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To access the inbuilt OSD menu, with the FC DISARMED:

THROTTLE MIDDLE

YAW RIGHT

PITCH FULL

To navigate the OSD:

PITCH/ROLL sticks are used to navigate

YAW stick is used to adjust / change values

How to - [video guide to the OSD menu from DEET] (http://youtu.be/pd_PXnG_PkI)

How to - [connecting to CLEANFLIGHT FC from Tr3TopFlyer] (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2MInRUrbpWxUjdmdXJIWkRZY0k/view?usp=sharing)

How to - [flash the MW OSD firmware to your OSD] (https://github.com/ShikOfTheRa/scarab-osd/blob/master/OTHER/DOCUMENTATION/FirmwareFlashing.md)

How to - [alternative way to access frsky via telemtry from Jindalee10368] (http://vk4ghz.com/mwosd-display-rssi-via-spare-radio-channel/)

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MW OSD GUI quick reference guide

Controls and communication

Comm settings

Toggle between com ports and baud rates. Selected values Are indicated above.

Baud Rate

Hidden option. Click "Comm settings" to access and change

DISK

Load

Loads previously saved configuration file from disk

Save

Saves current configuration to disk

Font Tools

Edit Font

Editor for currently loaded font file

Upload

Uploads fontfile from the GUI into the OSD

Browse

Browse for an alternative font file to load into the GUI

OSD Controls

Read

Reads values from OSD into the GUI

Write

Updates the OSD with values set in the GUI

Reset

Resets the board to OSD default settings

Restart

Restarts the OSD - recommended after saving changes

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Configuration

Voltage

Display Voltage - select if you wish to display voltage on OSD

Use FC main voltage - select this if you wish to use the Flight controllers voltage. If not selected, it will use the OSD voltage from the hardware pins connection (default).

Voltage adjust - use this to adjust the displayed voltage to match the actual battery voltage. Note if voltage is taken from the flight controller this adjustment is not applicable.

Battery cells - set this to the correct number of battery cells. It is only used for the battery capacity status icon.

Voltage alarm - set this to the voltage at which you require the battery voltage to start to flash.

Amperage

Display Amps - select this if you wish to display the instantaneous Amps draw

Display mAh - select this if you wish to display the cumulative mAh consumed during flight

If neither FC or Virtual are selected, the OSD will use analogue input on OSD

Use virtual sensor - select this instead of default hardware sensor to use a software estimation of calibrated current draw against throttle position.

Use FC Amperage - select this instead of deafault hardware sensor to Amerage values from Flight Controller .

Amps adjust - use this to adjust the Amps drawn value. It is recommended to adjust for accuracy against an Ampmeter around 50%

Zero adjust - use this to adjust the Amps drawn when the copter is idle
throttle with a Multicopter

x100 mAh Alarm - use this to set alarm warning for bat capacity. 10 = 1000mah

Amp Alarm - use this to set alarm warning for Current draw

CAL Button - use this if you have a HW current sensor to set correct values

!!NOTE !! - remeber to select 5v reference whn using OSD hardware sensor

RSSI

Display RSSI - select this if you wish to display RSSI on the OSD.

If neither FC or PWM are selected, the OSD will use ANALOGUE RSSI from a RX directly connected to the OSD

Use FC - select this if you wish to to use the RSSI value from the Flight Controller instead of the OSD. The FC must configured to support this

Use PWM - select this if you wish to use the PWM RSSI value from a RX connected directly to the OSD

Use PWM - (with RCRSSI configured in config.h) select this if you want to use a RC channel 0-7 for RSSI

RSSI alarm - set this to the value at which you require the RSSI value to start to flash

SET (Min) - click this to calibrate RSSI minimum value with TX turned off

SET (Max) - click this to calibrate RSSI maximum value with TX turned on

!! NOTE !! See guide for how to calibrate

Reference Voltage

You must select this if you wish to use > 4s

You must select this if you wish to use HW current sensor or Analogue RSSI

!!NOTE!! This requires a smooth power supply to the OSD when enabled

Display Callsign

You must select this if you wish to use callsign display

Enter the callsign in the Box. Use UPPER CASE and NUMERIC only

Other

Select Metric or Imperial units for display and measurements

Select NTSC or PAL to match your Camera

Display Throttle position - shows throttle as a percentage value

Display Battery Status - shows battery icon as a fuel guage

Reset stats after arm - enable this only if you want to show measurements over a single flight instead of whilst battery connected

Display

Display Flight mode - shows ACRO/HORIZON/RTH/HOLD icon

- FM sensors - shows if acc/baro/mag are enabled

Display Gimbal - shows icon when gimbal is activated

Display Vario - shows climb / descend rate

Display BARO ALT - shows the altitude from Barometer

Display Timer - displays flight / on timer

HUD

Display Horizon Bar - shows horizon indicator

- HB - shows additional horizon elevation indicators

Display Sidebars - shows vertical HUD sidebars

- SB scrolling - sidebars scroll in direction of change for altitude and speed

- SB direction - indicator arrows for alternative indicator of direction of change for altitude and speed


GPS settings

Display GPS - enables sats / direction to home arrow,/ Distance / Speed

- GPS co-ords - displays GPS co-ords

- GPS altitude - display GPS altitude

- MAPMode 0 - disabled

- MAPMode 1 - map center = aircraft, relative home position displayed on map

- MAPMode 2 - map center = home, relative aircraft position displayed on map

- MAPMode 3 - advanced hybrid combination of mapmodes 2 and 3

Compass

Display Compass - displays compass / heading indicator

Display Heading - displays heading in -180 +180 degrees

- Heading 360 - displays heading in alternative 0-360 degrees

Display angle to home - displays angle to home in degrees relative to direction heading

Time Settings

Display GPS time - displays the UTC time from satellite

Time zone offset - corrects UTC time to local time in hours

Timezone +/- determines if offset is forward or back

DST Minutes - corrects for daylight time

!! NOTE !! Support MultiWii only - and requires specific load

Alarms

Distance Alarm - use this to set alarm warning for max altitude. Value is 100

Altitude Alarm - use this to set alarm warning for max altitude. Value is 10

Speed Alarm - use this to set alarm warning for max speed

Timer Alarm - use this to set alarm warning for timer (in minutes)

LAYOUT

Using OSD - choose to use FC OSD switch - or RC channel to switch screens

OSD ch - in RC channel mode specifies channel used to switch screen

HUD - LOW/MID/HIGH - layouts selected for RC switch option

HUD - Default / OSD SW - layouts selected for FC OSD_SWITCH option

Debug

Debug - displays debug values for FC/OSD developers

Diagnostic - turns diagnostic values off / on

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Simulator

Use this to simulate Multiwii controller connected to your OSD

View real time the impact of changes on your OSD

View a simulated OSD screen on the computer - no cam / rx / screen needed

Simulator control

Enables the OSD simulator

Simulate the following

Multiwii sensors - mag / baro / gps

Multiwii flight modes - acro / horizon / angle / RTH / HOLD

Multiwii status - arm /camstab / home / OSD SW

Clear flight screen using OSD SW

Vario

Main battery voltages (simulated from multiwii FC)

RSSI (simulated from multiwii FC)

GPS data - distance / altitude / speed / satellites / heading home

Heading

RC command input

Pitch and Roll

Individual lipo cell status (requires FRSKY sensor / MWC patch)

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Layout Editor

Understanding the concept of how it works

Any 3 can be uploaded to OSD

Use the layout editor to create a layout that is available to the OSD to use.

Fields can be enabled or disabled.

Fields can be moved around.

Note that if a feature is disabled by the switches on the GUI or OSD menu, this overrides all screen layouts on the OSD.

Up to 256 individual HUD layouts can be created within the GUI

The layout defines the fields available to view

GUI switches or OSD menu can be used to optionally turn on/off fields available. Turning off disables field on OSD irrespective of the layout settings.

Buttons and what they do

+/- HUD:0

Shows the current HUD selected for edit

Click buttons to select the HUD you wish to edit

+/- "field" e.g. "Sat Indicator"

Shows the current HUD field selected to edit

Click buttons to select the HUD field you wish to edit

Enabled/Disabled

Shows if the field is available to display

Click buttons to enable or disable

UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT

Click buttons to move the selected field

SWITCHES

Click this to set all display switches on - useful when OSD disconnected and to assist in planning layouts

NOTE - when complete, select EXIT to avoid saving switch settings

ADD

Click this to add an extra hud if you want to leave the existing ones unmodified.

A fresh permanent HUD will be created identical to HUD0

WRITE

Click this to save any edits made to HUD layouts

ALSO updates the OSD

NOTE - not needed for ADD unless changes are made to teh added layout

CANCEL

Click this to reload last saved HUD layouts

Cancel any current edits.

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Further settings

Further settings are available in config.h due to : memory constraints to leave enabled permanently rarely used not yet moved to the GUI

Advanced settings

Advanced settings are available in def.h. Primarily for developers