Having issues on anything other than MANUAL
having issues now using code 2.5.04. Therefore, I thought that I possibly had too much going on at once to test properly so I took out all but basic things for the Ardupilot. So I tried to fly my e* again and only had the Ardupilot, V2 shield, XYZ sensors, em406, XBee 900. When in manual everything is ok and has no issues. Once I turn on AUTO, FLY_BY_WIRE or STABLIZE the servos start glitching. By glitching I mean everything just goes haywire turning left right up down basically out of control. So I have now pulled the stuff out of the plane to try to do more testing with the equipment. The best I can think of is there maybe is some kind of RF interference going on somewhere.
On the board I have the black wires for the servo cables facing the outside on both connections to the board and have triple checked all other things I can in the wiki and still every time the servos are glitching. I also just tried briefly with the 2.6 code and still having the problem. My ESC did not come with a torrid on there could this be what is adding the issues? Also the other thing I have noticed is that once the ardu board is on anything other than manual the servos do not seem to have as much throw in them. I have tried to do the airframe test as I have seen that it has you test the radio and
servos for limits but I never have it ask me to move my sticks it just boots quickly and starts through the test. The last thing I notice is that occasionally after the ardu has been running for little bit the program I guess you could say hiccups. The data stream pauses come in even if using xbee’s or having the ftdi directly plugged in. It is not consistent and happens in all modes.
http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/looking-for-input-on-my-layout
This link will show you the layout I used on my plane, it was a post I did before final assembly. If there are other pictures needed or you need to see any files please let me know and I will happily post them. Sorry for the long post just wanted to give as much info as I can and thanks for your help and time.
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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on -
I have tried 2.6 and 2.5.4 both give me the same results. And mine does not act anything like that in stabilization mode. When you put your fingers in front of the sensors is how mine is acting anytime I am in anything other than Manual. doesnt matter the version of the code or if I am inside or outside. Mine gets the jitteryness as was said in the end of the video.
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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on -
Have you run the sensor test in the test suite?
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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on
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Here are the results from running sensortest.pde
X: 505.00 Y: 505.00 Z: 513.00
X: 506.00 Y: 506.00 Z: 514.00
X: 505.00 Y: 503.00 Z: 513.00
X: 505.00 Y: 506.00 Z: 513.00
X: 505.00 Y: 503.00 Z: 513.00
X: 506.00 Y: 505.00 Z: 514.00
X: 504.00 Y: 505.00 Z: 513.00
X: 505.00 Y: 502.00 Z: 513.00
X: 505.00 Y: 506.00 Z: 513.00
X: 505.00 Y: 505.00 Z: 514.00
X: 504.00 Y: 502.00 Z: 513.00
Here are the results running Analog_sensor_test.pde
A0: 505 A1: 507 A2: 513 A3: 220 A4: 207 A5: 0
A0: 504 A1: 501 A2: 512 A3: 220 A4: 210 A5: 0
A0: 504 A1: 507 A2: 513 A3: 220 A4: 211 A5: 0
A0: 505 A1: 503 A2: 513 A3: 221 A4: 210 A5: 0
A0: 503 A1: 505 A2: 512 A3: 220 A4: 212 A5: 0
A0: 504 A1: 504 A2: 513 A3: 220 A4: 209 A5: 0
A0: 505 A1: 506 A2: 513 A3: 221 A4: 211 A5: 0
A0: 504 A1: 504 A2: 513 A3: 220 A4: 210 A5: 0
A0: 504 A1: 506 A2: 514 A3: 221 A4: 211 A5: 0
A0: 505 A1: 505 A2: 512 A3: 220 A4: 210 A5: 0
A0: 504 A1: 503 A2: 513 A3: 220 A4: 211 A5: 0
A0: 505 A1: 507 A2: 513 A3: 220 A4: 210 A5: 0
A0: 504 A1: 502 A2: 513 A3: 220 A4: 210 A5: 0
The only tests I have had no luck with are the airframe test gps sim and throttle test. All others I have done and have had working correctly.
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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Morli on -
Jeremy,
I get "access denied" message when I try to download the rar file. Did you share it?
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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on
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Did not know I had to do anything other than upload it on here. I get the same thing when trying to dl it I will try and upload it to the main message since I can edit that. Sorry about the troubles with the file everyone
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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on
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I have tried a few times to upload now and never get the chance to change any settings to uploading a file. So I have no clue how to get it to upload. I cant post these on youtube as they are just short clips made from my cell phone. Dont understand whats up with attaching things on here
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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Morli on -
why not you tube ? Do you us to delete the old Rar file and you can try to upload fresh one?
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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on
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Here is the groundstation while running fly by wire using code 2.5.4
Here are the servos for the same code and mode as above
Here is the GS in manual mode -- servos act correctly here but the GS does not
I will post the videos of the behavior from using code 2.6 in a few minutes trying to upload them now. Only reason I did not want to use youtube as I do not like uploading to video sites just a preference of mine.
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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Morli on -
Hmm, ok , once the issue is resolved you can delete them, but so far so good, first video shows lot of noise in AH.
are your radio( Xbee) 3.3v or 5 V types?
Can you connect the serial cable directly instead of Xbee to see it in GS?
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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on
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This is with no XBee's running right now it is connected directly with the serial cable. in both sets of videos all that is going is what was in the initial picture. The ardupilot connected by serial with v2 shield XYZ sensors ESC RX servos and battery futaba 7c 2.4 ghz radio. I get the same results in air and if I walk around with everything spread out like in the first picture. I was thinking it was from the ESC since it does not have a torrid on it ? its the only thing I could think of that was visually different from the other pictures I can find online.
The XBee's I purchased where the 900 pro's that were linked, so I believe they are the 5v if I am correct. But its same results with these on or off and I have also tried them with 2.4 XBee's on with no difference either way.
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Permalink Reply by Taylor Cox on -
It just says that the videos are duplicates of the previous ones.... You will probably have to rename them when you post them.
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