Hi guys,
After finally getting everything set up and working fine, I came back to it today and found that the ABC LEDs just don't want to play normally - and the motors won't spin up.
When I connect the battery I get the musical tone of the ESCs, then three beeps and then one more beep. The A and C LEDs flash quickly and then slow a little but continue to flash. B doesn't come on at all.
Can anyone shed some light on this one?
Edit: I noticed that just one of the ESCs is much warmer than the others
Cheers,
David.
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After trying the same thing for 4 times it is now working - as in the motors spinning.
I connected my quad to Mavlink recalibrated the radio and accelerometer. Plugged the batery in, armed the ESCs and voila. It's working.
*shrugs* Need to work out why it might be doing this. But have tried this 5 times now and has worked each time since. first working.
So after some more testing - I see that after 'arming' the ESCs, I can get the A light to stop blinking. Just stays solid. The C light is a solid blue. However, I still can't spin the motors. When I connect to Mavlink it says disarmed across the HUD. This is via USB cable.
B light still nothing.
I have checked out this link - http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/LED
But any thoughts?
The warmer esc would be the one supplying power to the board. It's the 5V regulator of the esc that's heating up.
In arducopter B led doesn't come on.
A blinks when unarmed, solid when armed
C blinks when no gps lock, solid when 3D gps lock.
Very fast 'dancing' lights means that gyro's are calibrating, don't move it during this phase.