Please port er9x quick-model select feature (as discussed earlier)

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ER9X has a feature to quick select a model by holding down buttons during power 
on. Can we have this ported to open9x please? Thanks! :-D

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gru...@gmail.com on 22 Aug 2012 at 3:31

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I really don't like it in the way it has been implemented in er9x you know...

Original comment by bson...@gmail.com on 23 Aug 2012 at 9:47

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I don't really like it either. Too easy to select another model by mistake...

Original comment by bernet.a...@gmail.com on 23 Aug 2012 at 9:59

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For advanced boards, I will implement it with a Menu displayed at startup. But 
there is not enough flash on stock board for that!

Original comment by bson...@gmail.com on 23 Aug 2012 at 10:03

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Is there really a point in making a menu appear at startup, when all it takes 
to get to the usual model select menu is one keypress a second later?

Original comment by bernet.a...@gmail.com on 23 Aug 2012 at 10:15

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Yes, it avoid starting pulses on a wrong model!

Original comment by bson...@gmail.com on 23 Aug 2012 at 10:20

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Why not an optional checkbox like "Show model selection at startup" then you 
can show the existing model menu if checked.
In most case you can press menu to confirm you want to fly your previous model 
because it would be already selected like it is today.

Original comment by julie.th...@gmail.com on 23 Aug 2012 at 10:39

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@bertrand: Makes sense indeed!
@julie: sounds good too. If that option is on, or maybe a certain key
is pressed at power up, skip starting pulses and jump right to the
existing model select screen. Shouldn't use too much flash...

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Original comment by bernet.a...@gmail.com on 23 Aug 2012 at 10:48

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+1 the idea of menu option to show model selection at start-up (before 
activating PPM)

Original comment by gru...@gmail.com on 24 Aug 2012 at 1:26

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NOTE: We must remember to skip this step for WDT resets.

Original comment by gru...@gmail.com on 24 Aug 2012 at 1:28

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I don't like the idea as implemented in er9x, and I will avoid on stock board 
as well, on advanced MB maybe it can be a compile time option.
BTW the risk of sending pulses to the wrong model should not exist, first you 
power on radio, then you power on model. This is the first rule for safety,

Original comment by romolo.m...@gmail.com on 29 Aug 2012 at 9:38

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Forgetting to turn off a model is perhaps the more common problem. 
(Marginally?) If humans were safe by nature, we probably wouldn't be capable of 
excitement. :-P

Original comment by gru...@gmail.com on 29 Aug 2012 at 12:11

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will this availabe for stock board with atmega 128 also? It looks like a cool 
enhancement. and another step towards safety..

Thanks

Original comment by joaoalve...@googlemail.com on 20 Feb 2013 at 2:44

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Interesting. It is NOT supported on the G9X board -- for SAFETY reasons. I want 
to keep it that way (for G9X).

Original comment by gru...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 9:49

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I think he meant the "jumping to the model select screen without starting 
pulses", not the er9x implementation.

Original comment by bernet.a...@gmail.com on 22 Feb 2013 at 4:48

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Yeah ... and I should have re-read the earlier posts, as I was quite out of 
context. Apologies.

The idea of having a model select screen at power-up has some merit, I think. 
Though personally, I would never use it. 

I agree with Romolo re safety (whilst acknowledging the comment about humans 
and excitement.) Personally, I feel that too many automatic safety "reminders" 
like those discussed above -- which don't actually stop something going wrong, 
but merely change the circumstances -- work against us humans, by ultimately 
making us safety-lazy. Of course, the entire issue of human and safety is a 
complex issue.

I do however wish that my helicopter ESC's had the feature that my planes do, 
where the motor starts beeping merely when the transmitter is turned off before 
the receiver. Helicopters especially would benefit from such a, "you crazy 
idiot!!" warning alarm sound. Ah well.

Original comment by gru...@gmail.com on 26 Feb 2013 at 3:31