20-Mar-2022, 06:04 AM
Hello Everyone,
As the Title states, I am a Linux User.
I recently purchased the BETAFPV LiteRadio 2 SE, because, well. It was recommended to me.
I purchased it, solely to run Liftoff as the Drone Simulator of choice, but I wouldn't mind any simulator for that matter, as long as it works out of install with the BETAFPV LiteRadio 2 SE.
HOWEVER,
I have encountered a plethora of problems in just trying to get this LiteRadio 2 SE to detect.
These are the things I have done that while getting in deep, realize inconsistencies:
Try OpenTX
I download the OpenTX for linux, and attempt to pull up the LiteRadio in OpenTX, but then learn half-way through that OpenTX is NOT designed to work on the LiteRadio 2 SE, and even if it could, I cannot seem to download the new version of the .bin file in order to update the program within Linux. WHy is this? Is this just something which I should not pursue because the LiteRadio 2 SE is supposed to interface only with BETAFPV Configurator?
Try BETAFPV Configurator
Well, I cannot seem to find a compiled version of BETAFPV Configurator. I can find BetaFLIGHT Configurator, but it seems as though this is not the program which I am supposed to use in order for the LiteRadio 2 SE in order to be detected within my Linux System. Before going down the road of compiling BetaFPV configurator, whose SOURCE CODE is available in a tarball, I don't want to do this if It turns out it is another poor path to pursue. IS BETA FPV Configurator the program which I truly need to use out of all of these? And if so, is a Linux compiled version available somewhere? I can't seem to find it through the apt-get searches.
Try BETAFLIGHT Configurator
I'm not sure if this is a suggestion that individuals have made not realizing that they mean BETAFPV Configurator, but supposedly, the aforementioned BETAFLIGHT Configurator has a tab within it that allows me to select the LiteRadio 2 SE directly, not needing BETAFLIGHT Configurator.
If I run Liftoff and go to calibration screen, it simply states that the remote is not detected, and I need to try a different method (paraphrase) to detect it.
Liftoff Documentation is old. THey state, back in 2017, that an old version is necessary in order to detect on Linux; is this still the case? Has there not been a hotfix to the lack of detection?
If I run lsusb, I can see the remote detected as STMicroelectronics LED badge -- mini LED display -- 11x44.
Is this a good sign? Can I use this to point myself in the right direction to finally running this in a sim?
I bought this Radio ONLY to play the drone simulators, and I truly want it only for this. If I can bind it to my drone, then that will be a bonus, as I willl be using the two identically in a beneficial manner, but if this radio is just not designed for linux, I would like to return it now, and just double down and get something more serious like the RadioMaster 16.
Your counsel is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
As the Title states, I am a Linux User.
I recently purchased the BETAFPV LiteRadio 2 SE, because, well. It was recommended to me.
I purchased it, solely to run Liftoff as the Drone Simulator of choice, but I wouldn't mind any simulator for that matter, as long as it works out of install with the BETAFPV LiteRadio 2 SE.
HOWEVER,
I have encountered a plethora of problems in just trying to get this LiteRadio 2 SE to detect.
These are the things I have done that while getting in deep, realize inconsistencies:
Try OpenTX
I download the OpenTX for linux, and attempt to pull up the LiteRadio in OpenTX, but then learn half-way through that OpenTX is NOT designed to work on the LiteRadio 2 SE, and even if it could, I cannot seem to download the new version of the .bin file in order to update the program within Linux. WHy is this? Is this just something which I should not pursue because the LiteRadio 2 SE is supposed to interface only with BETAFPV Configurator?
Try BETAFPV Configurator
Well, I cannot seem to find a compiled version of BETAFPV Configurator. I can find BetaFLIGHT Configurator, but it seems as though this is not the program which I am supposed to use in order for the LiteRadio 2 SE in order to be detected within my Linux System. Before going down the road of compiling BetaFPV configurator, whose SOURCE CODE is available in a tarball, I don't want to do this if It turns out it is another poor path to pursue. IS BETA FPV Configurator the program which I truly need to use out of all of these? And if so, is a Linux compiled version available somewhere? I can't seem to find it through the apt-get searches.
Try BETAFLIGHT Configurator
I'm not sure if this is a suggestion that individuals have made not realizing that they mean BETAFPV Configurator, but supposedly, the aforementioned BETAFLIGHT Configurator has a tab within it that allows me to select the LiteRadio 2 SE directly, not needing BETAFLIGHT Configurator.
If I run Liftoff and go to calibration screen, it simply states that the remote is not detected, and I need to try a different method (paraphrase) to detect it.
Liftoff Documentation is old. THey state, back in 2017, that an old version is necessary in order to detect on Linux; is this still the case? Has there not been a hotfix to the lack of detection?
If I run lsusb, I can see the remote detected as STMicroelectronics LED badge -- mini LED display -- 11x44.
Is this a good sign? Can I use this to point myself in the right direction to finally running this in a sim?
I bought this Radio ONLY to play the drone simulators, and I truly want it only for this. If I can bind it to my drone, then that will be a bonus, as I willl be using the two identically in a beneficial manner, but if this radio is just not designed for linux, I would like to return it now, and just double down and get something more serious like the RadioMaster 16.
Your counsel is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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