hunorcoder

Anyone feel like this about the Radiomaster AX12?

Hello fellow GX12 pilots!

Did you ever look at your customizable RGB switches and said, "Damn, they are boring!" ? I might have a solution for you! It is not a LUA script, but rather EdgeTX programming in the "Logical switches" and "Special functions" tab. Here is a step by step guide on how to blink the RGB switches in sequence on your GX12, or any radio that has customizable switches:

1. How does this work?

Before you start messing with logical switches and special functions, it is important to learn how this works.

First of all, you must know that you lose the ability to use the customizable switches once you apply this "mod", if you will.

This simple program relies on the switches' ability to be pressed by a special function, so it changes color, which can be paired with cleverly timed logical switches to press the first, then the second, the third switch and so on. The switches can be configured to be all in one group, so only one can be active at a time, and their color can be set to whatever you like.

The logical switches start with a "Tim" logical switch, which is a timer that turns on and off over and over again. This logical switch turns on 7 other logical switches, the first 6 cycle the RGB switches, and the 7th one turns off the last RGB switch.

2. Make it!

After you chose some good colors for the switches in the "Model setup" tab and set them all to 2POS and group 1, go to the "Logical switches" tab in the model menu. Here create a "Tim" (timer) type logical switch, and set V1 to 1.4, and V2 to 0.2. Next, create 7 type "AND" logical switches, and set V1 for each one to the timer logical switch, and "Duration" to 0.2, except for the last 2, where "Duration" is 0.1. Starting with the second "AND" logical switch, set "Delay" to 0.2, incrementing as you go by 0.2, so the third one is 0.4, the fourth one is 0.6 and so on. If you did this correctly, you will see the "AND" logical functions cycle over and over again. Next, go to the "Special functions" tab, and make 7 special functions, each one having the corresponding "AND" logical switch as the first parameter, but do not check the box at the end! Set the second parameter for the special functions "Push CS", and the third one the corresponding customizable switch, the seventh special function just having the last customizable switch again. Leave the third parameter 0.0s, then go over all of them and check the checkbox at the end.

If you did all the steps above correctly, your RGB switches should cycle from start to end over and over again. This is a simple example, so I am sure some people will come up with more complicated patterns.

I made this post because I wanted to have a simple animation on my RGB switches without a LUA script, and I wanted to see if it is possible. Please point out if something isn't right with the guide, and comment if you also got it working!

Happy Easter for everyone!