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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on July 15, 2009 at 10:25pm

So you set #define FAKE_BEARING back to 0?

With a two-position switch, "on" is RTL, so waypoints are ignored unless you've changed the settings. Are you doing the proper field setup with the jumper to reset "home"?

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Permalink Reply by Peter Meister on July 15, 2009 at 10:45pm

Thanks chris for the quick reply. Fake Bearing is back to 0, I jumper bind at the launch location, so if the switch were on in RTL mode then why isn't it coming back to me, instead its flying away from my RTL launch point to the east. Is there something wrong with my initial settings for the GPS. Funny thing is, if the plane turned 180 it would be coming right back to my RTL. Is it possible there is something wrong with my initial settings.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Meister on July 15, 2009 at 10:45pm

How would i change a 2 switch to have off = up and down = waypoint???

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on July 15, 2009 at 10:57pm

#define RADIO_SWITCH_ACTION 0 // 0: TX Switch centered = waypoint mode & full = RTL mode. 1: TX Switch centered = RTL & full = waypoint mode.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Meister on July 15, 2009 at 11:15pm

So, with a 2 position switch if I change to 1 will up = off and down = waypoint ? sorry if this seems like a dumb question, but the above states 0 = centered = waypoint and full = RTL. So my assumption is this is for a 3 position switch. Am I right ?

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on July 16, 2009 at 7:15am

With a two-position switch the middle setting is ignored. So if you want "on" to be waypoint mode you'd set that to 1

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on July 15, 2009 at 11:11pm

Just checking: after you changed the Fake Bearing back to 0 and saved the file, you compiled and reloaded the code to the board again?

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Permalink Reply by Peter Meister on July 15, 2009 at 11:18pm

yes....compile via verify correct ? then upload via IO...

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on July 16, 2009 at 7:16am

Just clicking on the "Upload via I/O" does both compile and upload. No need to verify.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Meister on July 16, 2009 at 9:56am

Thanks - good to know...

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Permalink Reply by Bryan Cuervo on July 16, 2009 at 5:33am

Hi Peter,
This is great that more people are posting test flights so we can compare notes. You wrote that the "NE Test" was perfect? You walked around with FAKE_BEARING set to 1 and the rudder guided you in the right direction? If so, and then you fly and the rudder guides the plane East, that's really weird. You could probably diagnose this problem on the ground and save all the time and risk of flying by leaving the fake bearing @ 0, binding the home location with the jumper and then walking away from the home location around 30 ft, turning on the AP and seeing if the rudder guides you back.
I used to do this all the time with the older code versions but now you just have to watch out since the throttle will be activated.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Meister on July 16, 2009 at 9:55am

Thanks Bryan, I want to provide as much detail as I can on my use of this GREAT Open Source Autopilot.

I updated the code again, per chris last night I changed the switch to 1. So full = waypoint. I will try the ground test as you recommend today,the reason I did the airborne test was I am super comfortable with the location and plane, and the stabilization test passed with flying colors, as well my telemetry was reporting all systems correctly. I did a 20 minute ground test with the NE code and also had my spotter watch the telemetry to make sure it reports the proper AH results when I go up, down, right and left. It did perfectly. What is weird is why when I switched on it decided RTL was EAST instead of coming back to my bind point. When I checked the readings last night, after the flight the config tool read the proper H position when I read it. So I did not attach the GPS and rebind last night, just wanted to see if the autopilot had the right Home position and waypoint - and it does. So is there possibly something confused with the autopilots direction, the reason I ask is if the plane was flying 180 degrees opposite the eastern flight path that would have been the proper Return to Home flight path where I launched from. It was flying exactly EAST away from the RTL point. Could it be confused ? Thinking WEST is EAST and EAST is WEST ? Is that possible ? Just a thought....Will post my 2nd test flight results this evening after I finish it.

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