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FUTABA RADIOS

Requirements

Futaba Telemetry Converter

CSV capable program, either Excel, Libre Office, Open Office

STEP 1

Download the files from the SD card from your radio to your PC

STEP 2

Run the Futaba Telemetry Converter program, export the files to a location that will be easy to remember for next time. Make sure all files are saved on your PC, both FLI and FLD files are required for the Futaba Telemetry software to work

STEP 3

Once your files are converted to CSV format, it's time to import or upload the files with the CSV to KML converter

STEP 4

If you own the subscription, login

If you have the standalone version the same following procedure applies

STEP 5

With the mouse select the "OPTIONS" button, this has various options to choose from, or choose - Markers Enabled, Throttle Color or Throttle Channel (CH3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER GOOGLE EARTH FILENAME

This is the filename of the KML file you want. If it is not given a name, the filename will name the file by default to the time the file was created and the filename of the CSV file that was uploaded or selected

LINE COLOR

This chooses the color of the line in Google Earth that shows the flightpath color, the size is your preference

THROTTLE COLOR & SIZE

This chooses the color of the line in Google Earth that shows the throttle color, the size is your preference

POINT EXTRUDE

When "ON" it displays the lines vertically

LINE EXTRUDE

When "ON" it displays the lines connected to ground

UPPER THRESHOLD

This is the maximum throttle level when the line shows the throttle color, anything below that number is displayed in the default line color

LOWER THRESHOLD
This only shows the line color up to a certain point when throttle is say 80% it will highlight the color only from that point in the throttle range

SAVE

Will save the settings you chose, if no selections were made, click "SAVE" anyway

These settings will remain the default settings, you don't need to enter them every time you upload a file, only the filename if you want

After "SAVE" is selected the main screen appears, more options are available.

 

Click on "SELECT FILE" and this will convert the selected files immediately, multiple files can be selected and will output them in sequential order

Click on "CHART" to visualize a  chart of the file you just converted

Throttle color, Throttle channel, Markers enable/disable are just a quick way to set your choices

CSV to KML converter options screen
CSV to KML converter main screen
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