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DeveloperPermalink Reply by Doug Weibel on April 17, 2011 at 9:00pm

The GCS uses the MAVLink protocol.  There is no 1 to 1 mapping for our flight modes to modes in MAVLink, so you don't get some of the modes displayed as expected....

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Permalink Reply by YureZzZ on April 22, 2011 at 2:53am

Looks ok to me. In ver 1 when you switch to RTL it is show RTL and then Loiter - works ok, it is actually running Loiter command with home position as center (as I've read from its code). So I guess it is the same with ver 2.

 

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Permalink Reply by donglass on April 24, 2011 at 4:49pm

I'm still having issues.  Using the CLI (either through the Mission Planner or the HK GSC), I can set the modes normally.  They save, and repeat as set.  However, in flight, selecting (from the Tx) Circle, Loiter and RTL all report "Auto Loiter", and the aircraft RTLs with each of them.

 

Any other way I can monitor what the actual APM mode is real-time, while in flight?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Utz on May 16, 2011 at 10:44pm

hi,

i got my APM yesterday and having the same problem. i just have a two position switch 0-1 on on 0 i have manual and on 1 i d like to have RTL but it showes always loiter in GCS and in ArdupilotSim. all the latest versions.

Thanks

Michael

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on May 16, 2011 at 10:58pm

This is just cosmetic. In MAVLink RTL="loiter". There is no bug. It's just that MAVLink doesn't have names for all of the APM modes. Nothing to worry about...

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Permalink Reply by Michael Utz on May 17, 2011 at 4:00am

thanks for the hint. tested the APM HIL during lunchbreack and worked perfekt. will test tomorrow in real live.

 

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Permalink Reply by Michael Utz on May 18, 2011 at 10:20pm

Chris thanks for the help ha yesterday my first successful autonomous flight in real life. The log looks a bit strange but I think caused by the minimum space I had yesterday for testing the auto mode is the reason for not that precise flight route. I will be on a big airfield during the weekend for more detailed tests.

But so far I’m happy with the setup it works great.

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by estebanflyer on July 1, 2011 at 8:41am

Hello! The modes were showing up OK in my case in Mission Planner's artificial horizon window; I would switch from Stabilize to Alt-hold, to Auto to Simple, but now it shows nothing and as soon as I reach Auto it stays on Auto, no matter what I switch on the radio. I can't tell if it's a setup problem or just a cosmetic because I haven't flown it yet, and I don't want to take off if there is a setup problem.

What should I try?

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