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Transmitter Module LED Status

If fitted with an RGB LED, ExpressLRS uses it to communicate the status of the transmitter module.

The conditions and status LED are as follows:

LED Indication Status
Rainbow fade effect Starting Up
Green heartbeat Web update mode enabled
Blue heartbeat Bluetooth joystick enabled
Red flashing 100ms on/off Radio chip not detected
One Orange flash every second No handset connection
Solid single color Connected to receiver, color indicates packet rate
Fading single color No connection to receiver, color indicates packet rate

Receiver LED Status

Receivers with a single color LED communicate their status as follows:

LED Indication Status
LEDSEQ_DISCONNECTED Slow blink 500ms on/off Waiting for connection from transmitter
LEDSEQ_WIFI_UPDATE Fast blinking 25ms on/off WiFi mode enabled
LEDSEQ_RADIO_FAILED Medium speed blink 100ms on/off Radio chip not detected
LEDSEQ_BINDING Double blink then pause Binding mode enabled
LEDSEQ_MODEL_MISMATCH Triple blink then pause Connected to transmitter but mismatched model-match configuration
CONNECTED Solid on Connected to a transmitter, or bootloader mode enabled

Receivers with RGB LED show status as indicated below:

LED Indication Status
Rainbow fade effect Starting Up
Green heartbeat Web update mode enabled
Slow blink 500ms on/off Waiting for connection from transmitter
Red flashing 100ms on/off Radio chip not detected
Orange Double blink then pause Binding mode enabled
Orange Triple blink then pause Connected to transmitter but mismatched model-match configuration
Solid single color Connected to a transmitter, color indicates packet rate