Working with Profiles in INAV: Using different batteries or PIDs

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In this video we look at how to work with profiles in INAV. There are two types of profile: control profiles and battery profiles. These can be used to change settings based on the battery you plug in, a switch position, or manually set via stick commands. You can even change control profiles based on data from your flight controller via the programming tab. For example having different control profile based on your speed.
Most people will likely only need the battery profiles. Chances are that you may want to fly with different chemistry batteries, different capacity batteries, or different cell counts. If so, using the battery profiles is the best way to set this up.
✈️ Contents ✈️
00:00 Introduction
00:24 What are profiles?
01:02 How can you tell which settings are part of a profile?
01:24 Setting up the first battery
01:50 How to set up the profile for a second battery
02:51 Copying base changes from our main profile (1) to a new profile
07:04 Switching battery profiles automatically based on cell count
07:24 Finding the document for battery settings on GitHub
09:25 Changing control profile automatically, based on your battery profile
11:54 Finding the document for control profiles on GitHub
12:14 Changing control profiles with a switch
13:10 Conclusion
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🔗 Battery document: github.com/iNavFlight/inav/bl...
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@mickelson8332 Жыл бұрын

And as if by magic...spot on Darren. I asked and you provided, cheers mate

@MrD Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped Mick 👍🏻

@ApappieK Жыл бұрын

Great! I tested today my 3 bat profile settings for automatic adapting to 2S3000 Li-ion (long flights), 3S800 (light setup) and 4S850 (oempf with over 5G in loops) settings on my ZOHD Dart 250G. Works great. 👍 I did set the 4S to 0.8 throttle scale to get roughly the 3S performance and not to burn my motor. The 3S settings for autolaunch, cruise thr and autolaunch idle settings in 4S are also scaled down to 3S performance. Nice. Learned now how to use for each bat profile my own PIDs profile. Thanks for explaining these INAV options 🙂

@MrD Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Having these features just makes life easier. Happy flying

@ApappieK Жыл бұрын

@@MrD Thinking: it seems there is no OSD indication which battery profile is active. But if I combine the profiles 1/2/3 with the bat profiles 1/2/3 as you explained... I do have the OSD profile indication to show the status of my bat profiles... But in that case if I do a PID tuning in one bat profile... well, I have to do 3 autotunes anyway...

@MrD Жыл бұрын

@@ApappieK yes, there is no OSD element for the battery profile. Only the control profile. Autotune settings will be saved in the control profile, not the battery profile. There wasn’t thought to need a battery profile OSD indicator as it will be automatic or need specifically changed with stick commands (this should show a system message). Whereas the control profile can change in flight.

@ApappieK Жыл бұрын

@@MrD Clear. No need for a OSD battery profile indication.

@cwwisk Жыл бұрын

I had to figure this out for myself a few months back. I learned a lot about INAV that I never knew I would want to know.

@Mupshot 7 ай бұрын

Been looking for this. Discord put me in the right direction,but this made it real

@MrD 7 ай бұрын

Glad I could help 👍🏻

@stevietee10 Жыл бұрын

Great lesson Darren, Thank You 😊

@MrD Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Stephen. I’m glad it was useful.

@Videolinquency Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making us aware of that - eminently useful!

@MrD Жыл бұрын

Thanks Henning 👍🏻

@AlanzFPV Жыл бұрын

Another great tutorial. Thanks Darrin!

@MrD Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome. I’m glad it was helpful 👍🏻

@John_Doe_6996 5 ай бұрын

This video was helpful, thank you! The battery profiles will come in handy for sure

@Rogue_FPV Жыл бұрын

great stuff!!! was actually just wondering about how to handle this last night, perfect timing! Thanks for another well explained info packed video!

@MrD Жыл бұрын

Perfect timing. Glad I could help 👍🏻

@BogHopperFPV Жыл бұрын

Great explanation

@MrD Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ken 👍🏻

@nmrlab3807 Жыл бұрын

Very useful topic, thank you very much for preparing this tutorial. One question about changing the profiles by a switch through programming tab; does this mean the PID values are going to change during the flight as well?

@MrD Жыл бұрын

Yes. They will use whatever profile you switch to.

@nunu4692 Жыл бұрын

I havent seen a video of u flying a plane using a twin, x20, as in pov showing on the transmitter showing us how it handles🤔

@MrD Жыл бұрын

I don’t make videos like that. I have seem plenty of quad videos with the sticks in shot. But I really don’t see the benefit. I think seeing the sticks is only really helpful if you’re trying to show how to perform a manoeuvre. Just having a video of sticks with a plane flying will not convey how the gimbals feel or anything really helpful. I use the TANDEM X20S for all my LOS planes, and the gimbals are excellent. Especially the ability to rotate them. I thought that was a gimmick. But it really has helped. The TWIN X Lite I use with my quads. For such small gimbals, they are good. That transmitter is also really convenient for travel. So I may also use it for gliders, as it’s less to carry up the slope.

@Roman-robot Жыл бұрын

HI ! Something was spoiled in firmware 6.1.0 for FC F405SE. At the default setting for 5 inches, I have a rotating Quad in the setup tab. On the sensors tab, the Gyroscope values randomly change with the maximum amplitude.

@MrD Жыл бұрын

If you have an issue, it’s best to raise it on GitHub kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nd6RlMuqyte-c2w.html If you have a GPS and this is on yaw. Don’t worry about it. Until the GPS is moving, it has no idea of heading. Also if it’s trying to get a fix, it will be picking up random positions all over the place. These can start at 0, 0, which is on Africa.

@RadBudaspectrum-photography 2 ай бұрын

Hi. Very informative vid. Is there way of setting different throttle expo for different batteries? I've created two batt profiles but I noticed that throttle expo stays the same.

@MrD 2 ай бұрын

Throttle expo is not part of the battery profile. Maybe it should be. It would have to wait until INAV 8.0 to be changed though.

@RadBudaspectrum-photography 2 ай бұрын

@@MrD I thought so. I think I'm going to set up two model profiles with different throttle expo on my radio. It's just gonna be easier and I can access it in the field. Thanks for reply.👍👍👍👍

@drumbum962 Жыл бұрын

would you really recommend running the min cell voltage for a lion pack at 2.7 like you show in the video? I'm just switching from lipo where I had it set to 3.6 (conservative I know). I was thinking it should be something like 3.2 per cell? Maybe I'm way off?

@MrD Жыл бұрын

2.7v would be the absolute minimum. After that, the voltage will drop quickly. Warnings around 2.9 - 3.0v are fine. If you land at 3.2v per cell, you have a fair bit of capacity left. I tend to land at 2.8-2.9v per cell, if I get to the end of a LiIon pack.

@drumbum962 Жыл бұрын

@@MrD okay great! Thanks for the info dude!

@egtreadway4232 7 ай бұрын

Darren I fly with 2 different batteries 4s 5200mah lipo and 4s 7000mah lionpack, when I switch battery profiles using stick commands in the feild sometimes plane won't arm, osd says battery proof switch flashing on and back off. I have to go back in with stick commands and change this proof switch from yes to no or vice versa. I did read article in github on battery profiles but seen no explanation? I'm sure you can explain this. Thanks for all your help over the years.

@MrD 7 ай бұрын

To be honest, I’ve not heard of that before. I’ll have to see if I can find anything on it.

@egtreadway4232 7 ай бұрын

Ok thanks for your help can't fly now due to weather but when I can I'll try and screen shot the osd message but it pops up on screen then gone pretty quick. But using stick commands the options for proof switch is yes or no, I just switch back and forth until plane will arm. I have no idea what the purpose for this is? I running the latest opentx and inav 6.1.1

@Jay-zc7iq Жыл бұрын

Hi there could I possibly please pick your brain for a second setup speedybee f405 wing in inav all was fine dud a dry run setup on the bench before I went to put it in plane , once in plane lost rudder servo movement, what do you think 💭 do as I have gps on it need a gps fix before servos move or you think bad solder? Thanks 🙏

@MrD Жыл бұрын

No, you should be able to use all control surfaces without GPS. Especially in manual mode. You won’t be able to use navigation modes, but it should drop down to acro. I would check in manual, and try the surfaces. The next thing I would check is the wiring. If the servos are on plugs, try a different servo on the rudder output too.

@Jay-zc7iq Жыл бұрын

@@MrD thanks, appreciated, I’ll give it another try , gave horizon mode and manual mode setup so yes I’m guessing maybe a header pin issue

@Jay-zc7iq Жыл бұрын

Oh forgot to say thanks on your videos of inav , they been a great help , so yea you got another sub really appreciated 🙏👍

@MrD Жыл бұрын

No problem Jay 👍🏻

@Jay-zc7iq Жыл бұрын

@@MrD hi mr d can I pick your brain just one last time figured out everything on my first build so far just the last thing is totally stumping me completely I’m plugging in the vtx & camera via the uarts in the speedy bee f405 wing In the ports page not sure what I select to get them working, I’m online looking around confused do I configure the vtx in the cli ? Or just drop down tab in ports ? I see a tab saying runcam device” does that apply to all cameras or just runcam I can’t seem to find a tutorial on setting up the vtx or camera anywhere, Im sure you’d a busy guy but possibly point me in the right direction or anything really, I won’t lie my brain is totally fried these last few days learning I nav , ports , gps …. Flight modes , soldering, just need to figure this last bit out many many many thanks in advance, I am not worthy 😂, I need the Jedi master in my hour if need ,😂😂😂

@M-H433 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Darren 😊

@MrD Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Mark 👍🏻

@faresabokaf9822 10 ай бұрын

How i make the inav drone to RTH when law battry???

@MrD 10 ай бұрын

You will need to set up your battery monitoring using Wh instead of mAh. Then set up the idle and cruise powet data. Full details are here github.com/iNavFlight/inav/blob/master/docs/Battery.md