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diff --git a/src/modules/px4iofirmware/dsm.c b/src/modules/px4iofirmware/dsm.c
index 60eda2319..d3f365822 100644
--- a/src/modules/px4iofirmware/dsm.c
+++ b/src/modules/px4iofirmware/dsm.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/****************************************************************************
*
- * Copyright (C) 2012 PX4 Development Team. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2014 PX4 Development Team. All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ dsm_guess_format(bool reset)
0xff, /* 8 channels (DX8) */
0x1ff, /* 9 channels (DX9, etc.) */
0x3ff, /* 10 channels (DX10) */
+ 0x1fff, /* 13 channels (DX10t) */
0x3fff /* 18 channels (DX10) */
};
unsigned votes10 = 0;
@@ -368,11 +369,25 @@ dsm_decode(hrt_abstime frame_time, uint16_t *values, uint16_t *num_values)
if (channel >= *num_values)
*num_values = channel + 1;
- /* convert 0-1024 / 0-2048 values to 1000-2000 ppm encoding in a very sloppy fashion */
- if (dsm_channel_shift == 11)
- value /= 2;
+ /* convert 0-1024 / 0-2048 values to 1000-2000 ppm encoding. */
+ if (dsm_channel_shift == 10)
+ value *= 2;
- value += 998;
+ /*
+ * Spektrum scaling is special. There are these basic considerations
+ *
+ * * Midpoint is 1520 us
+ * * 100% travel channels are +- 400 us
+ *
+ * We obey the original Spektrum scaling (so a default setup will scale from
+ * 1100 - 1900 us), but we do not obey the weird 1520 us center point
+ * and instead (correctly) center the center around 1500 us. This is in order
+ * to get something useful without requiring the user to calibrate on a digital
+ * link for no reason.
+ */
+
+ /* scaled integer for decent accuracy while staying efficient */
+ value = ((((int)value - 1024) * 1000) / 1700) + 1500;
/*
* Store the decoded channel into the R/C input buffer, taking into
@@ -400,6 +415,15 @@ dsm_decode(hrt_abstime frame_time, uint16_t *values, uint16_t *num_values)
values[channel] = value;
}
+ /*
+ * Spektrum likes to send junk in higher channel numbers to fill
+ * their packets. We don't know about a 13 channel model in their TX
+ * lines, so if we get a channel count of 13, we'll return 12 (the last
+ * data index that is stable).
+ */
+ if (*num_values == 13)
+ *num_values = 12;
+
if (dsm_channel_shift == 11) {
/* Set the 11-bit data indicator */
*num_values |= 0x8000;