Jumper and Frsky! Good day! A couple weeks ago I posted a public service
announcement on my YouTube community tab which went out to all my subscribers who
have clicked on the notification bell to get notified of all TMac FPV videos and
community posts. For those who received it, you became aware of the fact the
latest FrSky firmware update version 2 for ACCST D16 protocol receivers is not
compatible with the Jumper T 16 multi-protocol module. Also, if you have a non- ACCESS
protocol FrSky transmitter and you updated as FrSky recommends with
the new transmitter firmware to make it compatible with their new receiver
firmware, your transmitter will no longer bind to any of the non-FrSky built-in
receivers on any of your bind-and-fly quads. Make sure to let me know in the
comments below how you feel about FrSky's latest firmware updates. Today I'm
going to give you solutions to this incompatibility issue by providing you
with alternative options other than using FrSky receivers with version 2
firmware. If this sounds good to you, give it a "thumbs up" below. hit that
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"Journey to Better" FPV fun, flights, and racing stuff! The first option as a solution
to this issue is simply not to update your FrSky receiver firmware, your ACCST
transmitter firmware, or any FrSky compatible receiver with the ACCST D16
firmware version 2.0.1 or later. FrSky's reason for updating the ACCST
D16 firmware was to fix an issue it was having with uncontrolled servo
movements under certain conditions which could have bad effects with things like
fixed-wing models. For folks who only fly FPV quads however, it may not be
noticeable at all. FrSky also took the opportunity to "strengthen correction and
verification capability" and I'll interpret that as to make it
incompatible with non-FrSky transmitters. So, if you're not concerned
about uncontrolled servo movements on your FPV quad, maybe there's no need to
update your ACCST firmware on your receiver or your non-ACCESS protocol
transmitter. If you're fortunate enough to have a Jumper T16 with a
multi-protocol module, you're still able to fly your bind and fly quads, including
whoops, with built-in ACCST compatible receivers without doing the update. If
you've already updated your receiver whether it's a FrSky or FrSky
compatible one with version 2.0.1ACCST
firmware or later, you should be able to go back to a previous version of the ACCST
firmware. At the time of this video's posting, previous ACCST firmware
versions were still on the FrSky site for download. This is the previous
version of the R-XSR, previous versions of the XM+ and also the R9 MM. You
might want to download them to your computer for safekeeping while they're
still available. A third option is to use non-FrSky branded receivers with the
previous version of the ACCST D16 firmware. I've previously done a video on
the Jumper R1 receiver which you can check out through a link below. In
addition to that one, Jumpers come out with their Jumper R1F which has F-port
capability and I found at least 11 other ACCST firmware compatible receivers
which you can check out at the links in the video description below. A fourth
option is to use Crossfire. Yes, that means you're going to need a Crossfire
module. You can get the Crossfire Lite for about 150 US dollars which has a max
power output of two watts or you can get the Crossfire Micro module for about 70
US dollars with a max power output of 100 milliwatts, which is more than enough
for all but extreme long-range flights. Remember these operate at 900 megahertz
instead of 2.4 gigahertz so, inherently they're going to have much better range
and penetration through objects than transmitting and receiving at 2.4 gigs.
I've done a video on the Crossfire module with the Jumper T16 as well as
the Crossfire nano receiver you can check out through a link in the video
description below. Of course, my favorite option is option 5 which doesn't exist
yet - a true open source firmware for receivers which we could call "OpenRX."
That would solve a lot of these issues and one can only dream, but who knows it
may come out sometime in the not-too-distant future. Of course, if you
have a Jumper T16, or any transmitter with a multi-protocol module, you can
go to multi module.org and take a look at the various other protocols
which are available for your use. Here we see FrSkyD and FrSkyX
are supported as well as FlySky and all these other ones. If you want more
details about a specific protocol on the same site you can go down to protocol
details and, as an example, let's take a look at
FrSkyX. The details underneath FrSkyX D16 mode is that "frequency
tuning is required for this protocol" and "due to the changes in the protocol
receivers running ACCST V2 firmware (version 2 firmware) are not supported
only v1 is supported." So, this multi-module.org site is a
valuable resource for you when determining which protocol you could be
using with your Jumper T16 and which protocol to use for various receivers. So
those are some of the different solutions to the FrSky firmware
issues many pilots are having to deal with today. You do have alternative
options. Make sure to share this video with your friends to help them out and
let me know in the comments below what you think of FrSky's firmarwe update
and how you plan on dealing with it. Thanks for your time. I'll see you next
video. Clear skies friend!