Battery Voltage Monitor

On my APM Mission Planner I get a reading of 13.654v in the battery tab, however when I measure the voltage of the actual battery I only get 12.4v.

Why is this?

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DeveloperPermalink Reply by Ryan Beall on January 14, 2012 at 7:27am

you have to calibrate the voltage divider. Type in your measured voltage of 12.4 and it should setup for you

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Permalink Reply by Andre Kotze on January 14, 2012 at 7:39am

that's my problem, it's not allowing me to type in any of the boxes...

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