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# Taranis-XLite-Q7-Lua-Dashboard
A simple lua-based dashboard for the OpenTX XLite/QX7 Transmitters
# TBS Tango2 Dashboard
A simple lua-based dashboard for the TBS Tango2

A cool review and overview and howto video by a fellow user
[![](http://img.youtube.com/vi/ijMYaCudgWI/0.jpg)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijMYaCudgWI "Farleys Lua Dashboard - by DroneRacer101")

# Thank you Farley Farley to the original dashboard !

## WIP : adding TBS logo

## Crossfire does not display Average cells values - If it does, please open an issue to make me correct this (not an expert)
* By default, you will see the cumulated voltages on the display screen. That means that the battery gauge on the left will display irrelevant informations. If you want to fetch average cells voltage, type `set report_cell_voltage = ON` on Betaflight CLI.

## Features
* Battery voltage (numerical and graphical)
* Battery voltage (numerical and graphical) (graphical will only work correctly if you put `set report_cell_voltage = ON` on Betaflight CLI.)
* Transmitter battery percentage
* Model name
* Time
* RSSI (graphical and icon (top right))
* Link Quality
* Flight Timer, perfect for whooping
* ANIMATED QUAD WHEN ARMED!!!

## Author
* Written by Farley Farley - farley <at> neonsurge __dot__ com
* Adapted by Alexandre Santini for Tango2
* From: https://github.com/AndrewFarley/Taranis-XLite-Q7-Lua-Dashboard

## Installing
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How to install:

Bootloader Method
1. Power off your transmitter and power it back on in boot loader mode.
2. Connect a USB cable and open the SD card drive on your computer.
3. Download and copy the the scripts to appropriate location on your SD card. NOTE: If the folders do not exist, create them.
4. Unplug the USB cable and power cycle your transmitter.

Manual method (varies, based on the model of your transmitter)
1. Power off your transmitter.
2. Remove the SD card and plug it into a computer
3. Download and copy the the scripts to appropriate location on your SD card. NOTE: If the folders do not exist, create them.
4. Reinsert your SD card into the transmitter
1. Power the Tango2
2. Choose "USB Storage (SD)"
3. Download and copy the the scripts to "SCRIPTS/TELEMETRY" on your SD card.
4. Eject the Tango2
5. Power up your transmitter.

If you copied the files correctly, you can now go into the telemetry screen setup page and set up the script as telemetry page.

## Adding the script as a telemetry page
Setting up the script as a telemetry page will enable access at the press of a button. These instructions are for the XLite. The Q7 will also work but the instructions will be a bit different.
1. Hold the circular eraser D-Pad on the right side of the controller to the right until the Model Selection Menu Comes up
1. Press the eraser to the left briefly to rotate to page 13/13 (top right)
1. Press the eraser to the bottom position to select the first screen (which should say none)
1. Press down on the eraser so the "None" is flashing
1. Press right on the eraser repeatedly until it goes to "Script", then press down on the eraser to confirm.
1. Press right on the eraser to select which script, then press down on the eraser should bring up a menu, and "farl" should be in there, select it and press down on the eraser.
1. Press the bottom button to back out to the main menu.
1. From now on, while on the main menu with this model, simply move the eraser to the bottom position for about 2 seconds and it will activate your first telemetry screen!
Setting up the script as a telemetry page will enable access at the press of a button.
1. Click on "Menu" then click on "Page", go to page "12"
2. Click on "None", just right after "Screen 1" (or 2,3,4)
3. Scroll and find "Script", then click to validate
4. Choose farl.lua
5. Click on "Exit"
6. Hold "Page"
7. Ta-da !

## Script Editing / Modification Notes
Since not everyone uses the same controller configuration as myself, here's some tips to edit the script for your uses...
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