User Manual

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Displays: These items can be text-boxes containing input, channel, telemetry, or timer data; bar graphs
displaying channel data; or icons / toggles displaying specific states (ex. gear, flaps,...).
Quick Menus: Quick menus can be reached via a long UP/DN press. They can be defined from section Main
page config (Std & Adv GUI).
5.1 Safety System
Deviation has a safety system to prevent starting up in a dangerous state (for instance spinning up the
main rotor of a helicopter accidentally). The safety system works by verifying that specific conditions are
met before starting to transmit to the model. By default the output channel associated with the throttle
stick must be minimum. The Deviation firmware does not include a mechanism to define new safety
conditions, however, they can be added by directly modifying the model.ini file. While the safety message
is displayed, the transmitter will not communicate with the model. This message may appear either when
initially turning on the transmitter, or when switching to a different model. The message will disappear
automatically once all safety conditions have been met or when ‘OK’ is pressed. In either case, Deviation
will start communication with the model once the dialog is dismissed.
The safety values are in the ‘[safety]’ section, and the default looks like this:
[safety]
Auto=min
The ‘Auto’ value can also be any channel or input name, ‘Ch1’, etc. The ‘Auto’ tries to guess your throttle
channel number. If that isn’t working, and you’re getting an unwanted warning, then changing it to ‘Ch1’
(DSMx protocols) or ‘CH3’ (most other protocols) will fix the problem. The ‘min’ value can also be ‘max’ or
‘zero’, to test that the channel or stick is at the maximum value and 0.