Using crossfire as a means to connect to your GCS is not smooth. The TBS instructions over simplify it.
Some key things:
- It only seems to work when the TBS Wifi is connected to a hotspot. I use my phone when I’m in the field. I connect my laptop to the TBS wifi, then use the wifi menu to make sure that the TBS is also connected to my phone’s hotspot. (Yeah, real pain in the …)
- You must turn on Mavlink data on the TBS Wifi menu EVERY TIME you power up the radio. It’s a known fault in the TBS wifi firmware. That same menu will have the port setting. It should default to 8888.
- The latest TBS update (4.11) makes things better, but it’s still not great. The refresh rate on the GCS with TBS isn’t anything to get excited about. It takes a few minutes to download the parameters and I’ve had trouble getting waypoints and missions to load.
If you really need a functional GCS then you’re better off with proper telemetry radios like SIK or RDF900.