Servo's go crazy when saving unit

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ZeXx86
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Thank you very much!

I've did some more changes, hopefully it will help.
http://spirit-system.com/dl/fw/test/spi ... test12.bin
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Hello again,
Sorry mixed news.

While it was much harder than with test12 I was able to reproduce the tail glitching.
It took about 8 attempts, but it did happen when checking the logs.
It looked like the failsafe settings were being displayed.

Let see what JMann comes up with in his testing.
Does this happen with Futuba SBUS RX/TX's as well?
It's 10:00pm here now, so I might have limited chances to test tonight & tomorrow.

Cheers,
Yak.
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Thanks, at least it is closer.
Is possible to reproduce the issue only with Saving the settings?

No it does not happen with original Futaba TX/RX at all. I've tested it even with FrSky RX.
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If it does not happen with Save button now, then this firmware should fix Log too.
http://spirit-system.com/dl/fw/test/spi ... test13.bin
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I've maybe found a reason, why servos start to behave crazy.
But to check whether it is true, I need to retest it again without servos plugged in.

If the issue will occur again (you should see weird values in the diagnostics tab), then it is not such case.
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Here is FW that is fixing the root of the issue, if my theory was really true :)
http://spirit-system.com/dl/fw/test/spi ... test14.bin
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Sorry for the lack of response today, was a very busy day!

I will test now! Let's hope it works!
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Ok,

Good news and bad news.

Bad news first: Test 14 did not work. I got large servo twitching movements when saving settings. It did not happen every time but on the 3rd saved change the servos did large movements very fast.

When I disconnect the Tx I get very short fast movements.

The good news: I figured out if I save the changes and it causes the large twitches, If I turn off the Tx it goes back to the small fast twitches, and when I turn the Tx back on it is back to normal with no issues.

Also, I did not get twitching when opening the log. I only tried once though.

Not sure if that helps but loosing the Tx signal then regaining it seems to solve the issue no matter what caused it or what type of twitching is happening.
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Ok,

I tested again and It did go crazy when I opened the log.

I took some pics of the diagnostic screen when the Tx is turned off and when it went crazy when I opened the log.

What is weird is if the heli is not connected to the computer the failsafe works perfect. I turn off the Tx and nothing changes, it keeps everything where I had it when the Tx went off.
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The pic in the last post is when I opened the log and it went crazy. The pic on this post is when I turned the Tx off
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