Takes a screenshot, which is saved to the SCREENSHOTS folder on the radio SD card.

Syntax

screenshot()

Returns

• None

Notes

This command is currently not rate limited, so repeated frequent calls will slow down the UI and can even freeze the entire radio, so should be used with care.

Available on

• B&W LCD radios

• Grayscale LCD radios

• Color LCD radios

API status

Examples

-- Take a screenshot
screenshot()

Related topics

• Drawing flag

• Color constants

Get stick that is assigned to a channel. See Default Channel Order in General Settings.

@status current Introduced in 2.0.0

Parameters

• channel (number) channel number (0 means CH1)

Return value

• number Stick assigned to this channel (from 0 to 3)

Get channel assigned to stick. See Default Channel Order in General Settings

@status current Introduced in 2.0.0

Parameters

• stick (number) stick number (from 0 to 3)

Return value

• number channel assigned to this stick (from 0 to 3)

• nil stick not found

Return OpenTX version

@status current Introduced in 2.0.0, expanded in 2.1.7, radio type strings changed in 2.2.0, os name added in EdgeTX 2.4.0

Example

This example also runs in OpenTX versions where the function returned only one value:

local function run(event)
  local ver, radio, maj, minor, rev, osname = getVersion()
  print("version: "..ver)
  if radio then print ("radio: "..radio) end
  if maj then print ("maj: "..maj) end
  if minor then print ("minor: "..minor) end
  if rev then print ("rev: "..rev) end
  if osname then print ("osname: "..osname) end
  return 1
end

return {  run=run }

Output of the above script in simulator:

version: 2.4.0
radio: tx16s-simu
maj: 2
minor: 4
rev: 0
osname: EdgeTX

Parameters

none

Return value

• string OpenTX version (ie "2.1.5")

• multiple values (available since 2.1.7):

  • (string) OpenTX version (ie "2.1.5")

  • (string) radio type: x12s, x10, x9e, x9d+, x9d or x7.

    If running in simulator the "-simu" is added

  • (number) major version (ie 2 if version 2.1.5)

  • (number) minor version (ie 1 if version 2.1.5)

  • (number) revision number (ie 5 if version 2.1.5)

    Since EdgeTX 2.4.0, sixth value added

  • (string) OS name (i.e. EdgeTX or nil if OpenTX)

Returns (some of) the general radio settings

@status current Introduced in 2.0.6, imperial added in TODO, language and voice added in 2.2.0, gtimer added in 2.2.2.

Parameters

none

Return value

• table with elements:

  • battWarn (number) radio battery range - warning value

  • battMin (number) radio battery range - minimum value

  • battMax (number) radio battery range - maximum value

  • imperial (number) set to a value different from 0 if the radio is set to the

    IMPERIAL units

  • language (string) radio language (used for menus)

  • voice (string) voice language (used for speech)

  • gtimer (number) radio global timer in seconds (does not include current session)