MinimOSD puzzles

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I’m just relearning the MinimOSD after a long hiatus and have encountered a few things I could use some help with:

  1. The altitude reading on MOSD is about 300 hundred feet higher than in my MP telemetry. I am confident the telem. height is accurate.
  2. I am using a 3 position switch for the panel switch BUT two positions result in no OSD shown and the third position shows panel 1.
    Any suggestions appreciated.
    Thank you ,
    Steven
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[quote=“Steven G”]I’m just relearning the MinimOSD after a long hiatus and have encountered a few things I could use some help with:

  1. The altitude reading on MOSD is about 300 hundred feet higher than in my MP telemetry. I am confident the telem. height is accurate.
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I thought I would share the answer to the first question I had. Everything is correct. What I neglected to consider is that I have telemetry to MP set for AGL and the MOSD appear to be hard set for ASL. My flying site is 288 ft ASL. Mystery solved!

I still need help on number 2 above.
Thank you,
Steven

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You should be able to get your AGL altitude displayed by selecting “Home Altitude” in the MinimOSD setup. You get MSL if you select “Altitude”.

As for your number 2 question, the following URL talks about doing screen changes with a three position switch:

code.google.com/p/minimosd-extra … een_Change

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Thanks. I used that page to set up the 3 position switch. My problem is that I only seem to be able to select panel 1 and off. Panel 2 doesn’t show up. I’ve checked radio calibration and the ranges are within the 3 screen actuation criteria.

Yes, I discovered “Home Altitude” after this mornings flight. That one is knocked down. I thought it meant something else until I went through the panel description list. :blush:
Thanks,
Steven

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I used the same page to setup panel “Real switching” and I get the same results as you Steven. I can turn panel 1 on and off, but I can’t get panel 2 to show up. I’m on MinimOSD Extra 2.4 r703, Ardupilot 2.78b, using PPM between FrSky D8R-IIplus receiver and APM. I’m confident my radio is sending the appropriate signals.

I tried using the “Switching by a momentary switch” and that worked fine and I was able to see panel 2.

Bill

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@ Bill,
Thanks for the answer. I was going to try the momentary switch next. I’m also sure my radio is putting out the correct PPM setting as in Radio Cal, all shows up as expected.
Steven