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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on July 29, 2012 at 5:47pm

Not sure (not many are still running XP) but it sounds like all is well now. I assume you're loading the driver manually?

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Permalink Reply by Jake Stew on July 30, 2012 at 8:36am

XP is actually still the most used operating system in the world according to most sources.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57407968-75/windows-xp-wont-give-...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems

It's a little early to declare it dead when it's still number one!  It's also interesting to note that this is even after years of Microsoft aggressively forcing users and manufacturers to switch.

It will be a long, long time before it even falls below #2.

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Permalink Reply by David Crater on July 30, 2012 at 9:33am

Which driver are you referring to? Com port? Downloaded: Arduino MEGA 2560.inf from http://ardupilot-mega.googlecode.com/files/Arduino%20MEGA%202560.inf.

Uploaded ArduPlane to the board, appeared to complete successfully. But, cannot connect to the Com port;

Checked port num in Device Manager, baud rate (115200), tried other rates.

Do not have any power (or other connections) to board other than USB port. APM port (com22) comes and goes from MP when plug/unplug APM USB, as expected.

 

@Jake - Thanks for the support, but if I knew it would fix the problem, I'd ditch XP. Have Win7 but on a 64 bit machine. My drones machine is only 32 bit, not sure if installing MP on a 64 bit would help me any on the 32 bit.

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on July 30, 2012 at 9:55am

David: are you using APM 1 or APM 2?  APM 1 needs an FTDI driver (this is loaded automatically in Win 7 but not XP). APM 2 uses the Atmega32U2 driver that you tried before.

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Permalink Reply by David Crater on July 30, 2012 at 10:02am

Chris,

I have both APM1 and APM2. APM1 broke when I crashed (silly piloting error) and I was not able to fix it so I bought APM2. My current problems are with APM2.

(I'd like to repair the APM1, if anybody would try. But if it cost more than $200 to repair, I suppose it's just a decoration now.)

It appears from Device Manager that I do have the Com driver installed, and it is recognized in MP 1.2, but can't connect, as stated above.

 

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Jake Stew on July 30, 2012 at 10:39am

You might try using a terminal program like putty to verify that you're getting serial data.

In device manager I always turn the com ports up to the max speed.  I don't think it matters though, as whatever program you're using will set the speed anyways.

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on July 30, 2012 at 12:24pm

David, have you loaded firmware (ArduCopter/Plane) on the board by clicking on the appropriate icon on the firmware tab? It won't connect via MAVLink until you do. 

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Permalink Reply by David Crater on July 30, 2012 at 1:52pm

Chris,

Yes, uploaded ArduPlane from the MP screen to the APM2. It appeared to complete successfully, lots of activity on the Rx/Tx indicators, and the upload progress bars for uploading, verifying, etc. all scrolled through.

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on July 30, 2012 at 2:53pm

Okay, that means that the driver is working fine. Let's just confirm a couple things:

1) You've selected the right USB port in the MP and chosebn 115k as the baud rate

2) You press Connect and then it times out. 

If so, please check the "Console Window" box in the Help tab and paste here what it says there when you attempt to connect. 

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Permalink Reply by David Crater on July 30, 2012 at 6:27pm

Chris, 

Ok, Attached are:

> screen shot of the error results.

> 4 screen shots of the console window

> Below is the Terminal log:

Opened com port

　

Init ArduPlane V2.50

Free RAM: 2847

load_all took 756us

3ERASING LOGS

3Erasing logs5?3Log erase complete-

Entering interactive setup mode...

If using the Arduino Serial Monitor, ensure Line Ending is set to Carriage Return.

Type 'help' to list commands, 'exit' to leave a submenu.

Visit the 'setup' menu for first-time configuration.

　

Move the slide switch and reset to FLY.

ArduPlane V2.50] leop

Invalid command, type 'help'

ArduPlane V2.50] help

Commands:

logs log readback/setup mode

setup setup mode

test test mode

Move the slide switch and reset to FLY.

ArduPlane V2.50] setup

Setup Mode

IMPORTANT: if you have not previously set this system up, use the

'reset' command to initialize the EEPROM to sensible default values

and then the 'radio' command to configure for your radio.

setup] reset

Type 'Y' and hit Enter to perform factory reset, any other key to abort:

FACTORY RESET complete - please reset APM to continue

Init ArduPlane V2.50

Free RAM: 2847

Firmware change: erasing EEPROM...

done.

3ERASING LOGS

3Erasing logs5?3Log erase complete-?

Entering interactive setup mode...

If using the Arduino Serial Monitor, ensure Line Ending is set to Carriage Return.

Type 'help' to list commands, 'exit' to leave a submenu.

Visit the 'setup' menu for first-time configuration.

Move the slide switch and reset to FLY.

ArduPlane V2.50]

Attachments:

• Comm Error 2012-07-29.bmp, 2.2 MB
• ConsoleWin 1 no connect 2012-07-29.bmp.lnk, 1.2 MB
• ConsoleWin 0 no connect 2012-07-29.bmp.lnk, 1.2 MB

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Permalink Reply by David Crater on July 30, 2012 at 6:28pm

Two more screen shots

Attachments:

• ConsoleWin 2 no connect 2012-07-29.bmp, 1.2 MB
• ConsoleWin 3 no connect 2012-07-29.bmp, 1.3 MB

3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on July 30, 2012 at 8:43pm

Is this an APM 1? If so, it looks like you've got the slider switch in the wrong position. It looks like you've got in CLI mode (back). It should be in flight mode (forward). 

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