ExpressLRS Configurator is a cross-platform build & configuration tool for the ExpressLRS - open source RC link for RC applications.
We provide a standalone program for 64bit Windows, Linux and Mac.
Download the installer from Releases page.
The minimum required version of windows is Windows 8.
Changes to the security model used in the latest versions of MacOS X 10.14 (Mojave) and 10.15 (Catalina) mean that the operating system will show an error message ('"ExpressLRS Configurator.app" is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.') when trying to install the application. To work around this, run the following command in a terminal after installing:
sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/ExpressLRS\ Configurator.app
Linux users have to install udev rules for PlatformIO supported boards/devices. The latest version of rules may be found at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platformio/platformio-core/master/scripts/99-platformio-udev.rules
This file must be placed at /etc/udev/rules.d/99-platformio-udev.rules (preferred location) or
/lib/udev/rules.d/99-platformio-udev.rules (required on some broken systems).
Please open system Terminal and type:
# Recommended
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platformio/platformio-core/master/scripts/99-platformio-udev.rules | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-platformio-udev.rules
# OR, manually download and copy this file to destination folder
sudo cp 99-platformio-udev.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/99-platformio-udev.rulesRestart "udev" management tool:
sudo service udev restart
# or
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm triggerUbuntu/Debian users may need to add own "username" to the "dialout" group if they are not "root", doing this issuing:
sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER
sudo usermod -a -G plugdev $USER
Similarly, Arch users may need to add their user to the “uucp” group
sudo usermod -a -G uucp $USER
sudo usermod -a -G lock $USEROn Ubuntu 18.XX you are not able to get recent git version by default, and some other system dependencies are missing.
Read more about this in issue #26.
To work around that you can manually install required packages:
# install missing sys packages
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install gconf2 gconf-service python3-distutils
# install git version >= 2.25
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git
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ExpressLRS hardware
This Electron application is split into two parts: a local API server that does all the work, and a UI layer. Both of these application layers communicate within each other using Graphql protocol.
Heavy use of TypeScript and @graphql-codegen/cli is made throughout the repository to ensure the datatypes transmitted
between the API and UI layers are consistent at compile-time and Graphql ensuring the datatypes are consistent at
runtime.
Prerequisites
- node >=14.0
- git >= 2.25
- python >= 3.6
- platformio >= 5.0
Start the app in the dev environment:
yarn install --frozen-lockfile
yarn startGenerate TypeScript types from Graphql schema and Queries located in src/ui/gql/queries:
yarn run gql-codegen
The use and operation of this type of device may require a license, and some countries may forbid its use. It is entirely up to the end user to ensure compliance with local regulations. This is experimental software / hardware and there is no guarantee of stability or reliability. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
