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What an ArduPilot message means and what to do about it

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The video transmitter was found; these are its settings

InformationRangefinder, optical flow, camera, OSD and other devices

What ArduPilot says:

ArduPilot is talking to the video transmitter (over SmartAudio, IRC Tramp or the CRSF link) and reports what it is set to: band letter and channel, frequency in MHz and power in mW, for example “VTX: R1 5658MHz, PWR: 25mW”. The line appears once the transmitter has answered and again when a setting changes. A power of 0 mW means pit mode (VTX_OPTIONS bit 0): the transmitter is nearly silent on purpose.

Parameters to look at

ParameterWhat it is
VTX_ENABLEIs the Video Transmitter enabled or not
VTX_BANDVideo Transmitter Band
VTX_CHANNELVideo Transmitter Channel
VTX_FREQVideo Transmitter Frequency
VTX_POWERVideo Transmitter Power Level
VTX_MAX_POWERVideo Transmitter Max Power Level
VTX_OPTIONSVideo Transmitter Options
The code that sends it

VTX: …N NMHz, PWR: NmW

libraries/AP_VideoTX/AP_VideoTX.cpp AP_VideoTX::announce_vtx_settings() · Open in ArduPilot Copter-4.7.1

Written here for Copter 4.6. In the tool you choose your vehicle and version, see your own parameter values beside the ones named here, and drop a flight log to have every message in it explained.

Open it in the Message & Error Explainer