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How will FrSky keep up with innovation?

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The thing about buying into a radio brand is that you’re both buying into for right now and into the future.  We’ve picked up a number of new FrSky customers simply because their previous preferred radio brand wasn’t keeping up with innovation. FrSky is certainly the king of innovation in RC and yet, next year will be the third year in a row we’ll go to Joe Nall with the X20RS.   The current line of transmitters will be sticking around for quite a few years.  The innovation will be in the updates to Ethos making your current transmitter even better over time.   Still, what is FrSky doing to keep up with innovation? Yesterday I had a management meeting. We were shown renderings of projects, some coming out this year, some next year, some in 2027. I cannot step on the future announcements. Also, timeframes tend to get thrown off by a few months due to one reason or another. People get quite annoyed when they expect something that doesn't come out until months later. ...

No, your receiver isn't dead!

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I no longer encourage having people send in their receivers for service, it's a waste of postage! If your receiver is dead, dead, dead, and the light only blinks for a moment before going out, do not fear, you can get it back. What is going wrong? It's usually one of two issues. A) Firmware mismatch 1) Ethos Firmware 2) Internal Module 3) Firmware of the receiver These three things need to be up to date at the same time. 1) Ethos Firmware- This is updated when you use Ethos Suite. If you're not familiar with using Ethos Suite, here's a video on using Ethos Suite .   Make sure you have a USB Data cable, and not charge cable.  2)  Your internal module needs to be updated.  People often assume that since they have used Ethos Suite the internal module  goes along for the ride. It doesn't  You can use the FRSK Flasher in Ethos Suite (or Internal Module  in Ethos Suite 1.5 and above).  There's a video on how to flash your internal...