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Permalink Reply by Don Brooks on May 18, 2011 at 5:16pm

I checked this after getting GPS lock and with HK GCS, modes are changing in the autopilot (I get throttle up in loiter mode), but do not update on the Mavlink GCS.

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Permalink Reply by Jimmy P. on May 19, 2011 at 12:43am

On the Serial Data tab, try Max Altitude: 5Hz, Max GPS 5Hz, Max Waypoint 1Hz

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Permalink Reply by Don Brooks on May 19, 2011 at 4:49am

Thanks but the problem is not with HK GCS, it's with the APM Planner GCS.

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Permalink Reply by Jimmy P. on May 19, 2011 at 8:25am

Are the modes that you are getting the correct modes that you configured in the modes setup utility?

 

To answer your question about pre-gps lock settings - the behavior you see is correct in that it does not set itself to auto-pilot if there is no gps lock.. it loiters instead.

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Permalink Reply by Don Brooks on May 19, 2011 at 10:11am

HK GCS reports flight modes correctly, as configured in the setup process and selected with my switches. In stabilize mode control surfaces respond properly according to pitch/roll.

APM GCS however still indicates Mode: Manual regardless of flight mode selection.

I'm going to try and roll back from Planner 0.4.33 to 0.4.30 and see if that changes anything. If not then I will roll back from APM 2.11 to APM 2.1.

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Permalink Reply by Don Brooks on May 19, 2011 at 3:55pm

I tried this with 0.4.30 and the modes change on the GCS. I made no change to the APM code loaded in the board.

0.4.30 behaves as expected. 0.4.33 does not give a mode change in GCS and neither does 0.4.35 which I just updated to...

 

Tests behave as expected:

Cut and paste selection of PWM test:

IN: 1: 1532    2: 1468    3: 1081    4: 1576    5: 1497    6: 1497    7: 1497    8: 1967
IN: 1: 1532    2: 1468    3: 1081    4: 1576    5: 1497    6: 1497    7: 1497    8: 1967
IN: 1: 1532    2: 1469    3: 1081    4: 1576    5: 1497    6: 1497    7: 1497    8: 1967
switch changed to stabilize
IN: 1: 1532    2: 1469    3: 1081    4: 1576    5: 1497    6: 1497    7: 1497    8: 1469
IN: 1: 1532    2: 1468    3: 1081    4: 1575    5: 1497    6: 1497    7: 1497    8: 1219
IN: 1: 1532    2: 1469    3: 1081    4: 1575    5: 1497    6: 1497    7: 1497    8: 1094
IN: 1: 1532    2: 1469    3: 1081    4: 1575    5: 1497    6: 1497    7: 1497    8: 1032
IN: 1: 1532    2: 1469    3: 1081    4: 1575    5: 1497    6: 1497    7: 1497    8: 1001
IN: 1: 1532    2: 1469    3: 1081    4: 1575    5: 1497    6: 1497    7: 1497    8: 985
IN: 1: 1532    2: 1469    3: 1081    4: 1575    5: 1497    6: 1497    7: 1497    8: 978



test] modeswitch

Hit Enter to exit.

Control CH 8
Position 0 (switch set to stabilize)
Position 5 (switch back to manual)
Position 1 (switch to auto)
Position 5 (switch to manual)
Position 0 Switch to Stabilize)
Position 1 (Switch to auto)
Position 5 (Switch to manual)

test]

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Permalink Reply by Don Brooks on May 19, 2011 at 4:00pm

issue reported.

https://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/issues/detail?id=347&s...

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