diff --git a/src/modules/px4iofirmware/controls.c b/src/modules/px4iofirmware/controls.c
index 62e6b12cbc..185cb20dd6 100644
--- a/src/modules/px4iofirmware/controls.c
+++ b/src/modules/px4iofirmware/controls.c
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
 #include "px4io.h"
 
 #define RC_FAILSAFE_TIMEOUT		2000000		/**< two seconds failsafe timeout */
-#define RC_CHANNEL_HIGH_THRESH		5000
-#define RC_CHANNEL_LOW_THRESH		-5000
+#define RC_CHANNEL_HIGH_THRESH		5000	/* 75% threshold */
+#define RC_CHANNEL_LOW_THRESH		-8000	/* 10% threshold */
 
 static bool	ppm_input(uint16_t *values, uint16_t *num_values, uint16_t *frame_len);
 
diff --git a/src/modules/systemlib/err.c b/src/modules/systemlib/err.c
index 6c0e876d12..998b5ac7d0 100644
--- a/src/modules/systemlib/err.c
+++ b/src/modules/systemlib/err.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ warnerr_core(int errcode, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 #elif CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC
 	lowsyslog("%s: ", getprogname());
-	lowvyslog(fmt, args);
+	lowvsyslog(fmt, args);
 
 	/* convenience as many parts of NuttX use negative errno */
 	if (errcode < 0)