Heres a quick run down of how to add the ability to monitor RSSI and turn the EZOSD display off in flight
To do this you need basic soldering skills, a sharp knife, either straight or angled headers, and thas about it :)
1) Take your EZOSD current sensor unit. The end we want is the end with the black connectors :
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2) On the opposite side of the connectors, remove the section of heatshrink to expose the 5 pads. They are marked "ANA" and "PWM"
For RSSI you need the ANA pads, for Screen switching PWM.
ANA refers to Analogue and PWM refers to a PWM or servo output from your rx.
(http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n39/cayote64/rssipins.jpg)
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Its easier in with this mod to do them both at the same time and if you don`t use one of the features then just done connect anything to those pins
3) Take some header, this can be straight or angled, angled means that the connectors will follow the EZOSD connectors and take up less room mounting.
I only had straight with me :
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Cut a strip of 5, then place it in location on the current sensor
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4) Tease the plastic connector up and back out the way so you can get access for soldering
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While the header was sat located i decided to make them angled, simply by easing them over by hand, hey presto, angled headers :)
(http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n39/cayote64/DSCF1366.jpg)
5) Solder the pins into position :
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There you go, job done.
With screen blanking function you only need the -ve and signal wire, you can connect the 5v wire but it performs no function
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To finish the job, i prefer to remove the heat shrink and re fit a new sheath, 50mm clear heat shrink fits perfect.
You calibrate low and high RSSI in the EZOSD menu
Andy mate how come you sold me your OSD if you want one where you can change the details - the Cyclops allows you to do that with a switch too, here's a vid I made of the different modes being switched from the transmitter:
Quick test of Cyclops OSD display mode switching (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSCpQ5YScY8#ws)
It does, it has terminals on the main board for RSSI
Quote
RSSI voltage display
CEOSD can display RSSI voltage
RSSI voltage measuring range: 0.1�3.3V, when this voltage is below 0.1v, OSD will
not display this parameter.
How to use:
Soldering two wires as indicated below to the RSSI port on the receiver. In case
the OSD display switching cable is already connected with the receiver, only connect
a RSSI voltage wire to the OSD, duplicated ground cable is not necessary.
Note: In order to display RSSI voltage, the user has to open the receiver and to solder wires
by himself and bears all consequent damage due to this operation.