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Permalink Reply by nina eyes on April 17, 2012 at 7:10am

When I plug my ESC DIRECTLY on the RC there is no problem!
if can't come CSE, where it just?

ps: sorry for my expression

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Permalink Reply by Dave on April 17, 2012 at 6:59pm

If the APM shows that it's arming, sounds like the firmware is running OK and your RC is talking to it correctly.

ESC's generally beep because they are not receiving a (correct) signal.  I'd suggest you double-check the ESC connections to the APM are on the right pins and connectors up the right way. 

Also, is your LiPo fully charged?  Low voltage can also cause beeping.

If no luck with any of that, you could try reloading the firmware, making sure you erase the EEPROM first with the CLI command "setup" then "erase". 

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Permalink Reply by nina eyes on April 18, 2012 at 2:50am

Hello Dave

Thank you for answering me, I thought that nobody wanted to answer me

My LIPO is full charged

My ESC are connected on the right pins

Engines beep all the time as if I had put the gas on top (but I'm not sure why they beep)

I think that it comes from the APM but I don't know how to be safe :(

 

I can't find a solution :(

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Permalink Reply by Dave on April 18, 2012 at 5:33am

Could you supply a bit more info about your quad including APM1 or 2, what ESC's, do you have a PDB, is the beeping regular and fast or slow ...

Have you tried a complete reload of the firmware?  Sometimes it doesn't get it right.

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Permalink Reply by nina eyes on April 18, 2012 at 12:54pm

Dave

I will give you more information on the equipment used tomorrow. as soon as I get to my internship site I give you this information immediately.

Dave thank you very much for helping me

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Permalink Reply by nina eyes on April 19, 2012 at 2:14am

Dave,

Here's the equipment I use:

APM2 card: http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2Assembly

ESC HobbyKing Turnigy 45A

Motors: AXI model 281420 370W

Remote control: Futaba T8FG Super 2, 4 GHz 14ch transmitter / / RC R6208SB 8ch receiver

I hope that it can help you and you can help me

Thank you

Nina

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Permalink Reply by nina eyes on April 19, 2012 at 3:13am

And these are rapid beeps,

I did an erase on the eeprom and it y always beeps when I plug.

I think that the problem is that the engines believe that there is an acceleration.

I set my remote control...

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Permalink Reply by Dave on April 19, 2012 at 5:43am

Does Mission Planner show the throttle at minimum setting?  You may need to reverse your throttle.

Otherwise, you might have struck a known bug in the APM2 which they hope to fix shortly.  A workaround is, after you plug in the LiPo and everything has started, try pressing the Reset button.  You may need to do it a few times until the ESC's stop beeping.

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Permalink Reply by nina eyes on April 19, 2012 at 6:00am

Yes my throttle is reversed and mission planner shows the minimum 1000.

I will try your solution.

Do you believe that the PPM encoder could solve my problem??

Thank you very much Dave

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