We are pleased to offer EdgeTX "Flying Dutchman" v2.8.5, the fifth maintenance release for 2.8. As with any software/firmware update, please back up your model and radio settings and fully bench-test your models after updating.
This release resolves two issues identified as 2.9.0 was going into RC which also affects earlier versions of ETX, as well as a few minor quality-of-life fixes. If you use a radio that could come with different internal RF types (i.e. MPM / ELRS), it is recommended that you upgrade ASAP in order to reduce the chance of EMs, and improve the chances of recovery if an EM does occur.
What's Changed
- fix: On radios with configurable internal modules, Emergency Mode did not know the RF module type, resulting in an inability to re-establish the RF link if Emergency Mode was triggered #3603
- fix: Filling up the radio SD card (i.e. logging, screenshots) could result in radio going into Emergency Mode. Logging and screenshots are now disabled when less than 50MB free space remaining. #3739
- fix(colorlcd): Pressing TELE while setting up widgets would load the screen settings tab on top of itself, which could eventually trigger Emergency Mode #3845
- fix(mpm): External MPM would not always do protocol discovery, resulting in missing protocols #3763
- fix: Some AFHDS2A/AFHDS3 GPS/ALT telemetry handling issues which were introduced in earlier 2.8.x versions #3582
- fix(cpn): Include openssl files with Windows and Linux packages, fixing "Unable to download Meta Data / TLS initialization failed" errors preventing download of updates
- feat(cpn): Companion now warns you that you may break things if you use an older version of Companion with a newer firmware version
Please refer to the following to see the complete list of changes.
Full Changelog: v2.8.4...v2.8.5
To learn more about new features, known issues, and other changes in 2.8.x, please see the release notes for v2.8.0
Installation Guide
https://github.com/EdgeTX/edgetx.github.io/wiki/EdgeTX-Installation-Guide
Flash firmware via Chromium based browser
https://buddy.edgetx.org/#/flash?version=v2.8.5
Custom/multilingual builds
Multilingual builds are available with heli, noheli, bluetooth and luamixer options for most radios. In addition to being able to compile your own firmware by following this guide, you can request a custom firmware build at #3204, or by pinging pfeerick on Discord. Please remember to note what transmitter you want the build for, your preferred language, and the options you are after.