ArduCopter2 Trouble connecting

I have connected and uploaded the new code via mission planner. I have gone through the setup with the CLI and MP. When I slide the switch forward to the fly position and try to connect to the mission plannner it never connects even with gps lock? I've even tried to connect via Xbee's set at 56700, but nothing. All the lights are good "A" is solid green. I do NOT have it conneccted to the Rx or ESC does that matter? I'm trying to make sure everything is working first. 

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Permalink Reply by Russell B. Sutton on May 7, 2011 at 6:22pm
I Started a new post for my  Xbee connection problem
Permalink Reply by Christopher Cooper on May 7, 2011 at 11:23pm
I'm getting the same issue. I had it working for a while and after a few reboots I can't get to the PIDs any more.
Permalink Reply by Russell B. Sutton on May 8, 2011 at 12:18am
with or with out the xbee?  I can't get it to connect with the xbee. Connecting with the USB cable works great so far.
Permalink Reply by Christopher Cooper on May 8, 2011 at 3:17am
Just with USB. I had it working earlier today, no idea what changed.

3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on May 8, 2011 at 7:13am

To connect with Xbee over MAVLink add this to the APM_Config.h file:

 

#define GCS_PROTOCOL        GCS_PROTOCOL_MAVLINK
#define GCS_PORT                  3
#define SERIAL3_BAUD           57600  (or 115200 depending on your telemetry modems)

 

We'll add that to the default code today. Just an oversight in the version we released yesterday.

Permalink Reply by Willems Helmut on May 8, 2011 at 7:24am

hello chris ,

 

i added this in the file but have a compile error

 

ArduCopterMega.cpp: In function 'void start_new_log(byte)':Log:263: error: 'get_log_boundaries' was not declared in this scope

Permalink Reply by Christopher Cooper on May 8, 2011 at 5:48pm
I've added these lines, but I still can't get any of the mavlink stuff working in the mission planner over USB. The cli stuff works fine. Haven't tried with my xbees yet.

3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on May 8, 2011 at 6:34pm
Right now, it's USB or Xbee, not both simutaneously. Default is USB. We'll support both simultaneously soon. Remember that they have different serial speeds (115k for USB, 57k for Xbee)
Permalink Reply by Russell B. Sutton on May 8, 2011 at 6:36pm

when u add those line witch i found out u only need these 2 lines

#define GCS_PORT                  3
#define SERIAL3_BAUD           57600  (or 115200 depending on your telemetry modems)

Telemerty only works over XBEE when these lines are added.

USB will only talk in CLI mode

Permalink Reply by Christopher Cooper on May 8, 2011 at 7:00pm
Oh sweet, the mavlink stuff works over xbees! Perfect! Thanks guys!
Permalink Reply by Christopher Cooper on May 8, 2011 at 8:03pm
There seems to be a lot of dropped packets at 115200 baud, is this normal?
Permalink Reply by Al Ros on May 9, 2011 at 2:28pm

Same thing happened to me know with USB

 

I only use USB at this point. Everything was working fine. I updated to latest posted firmware, now I can only connect to mission planner in cli mode?

 

can't figure out what happened

Al

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