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DeveloperPermalink Reply by Michael Oborne on August 3, 2012 at 5:21pm

do you have 2 way telemetry?

in the action tab on the flight data tab, you can restart mission from there.

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Permalink Reply by mack goodman on August 3, 2012 at 6:05pm

does not work for me.. I have tried that.

Can you tell me the correct sequence to load a new mission and run it?  I tried loading a new mission and it accepted it, but would not run it..

I think I might have to reboot the APM?  that is undesirable, but I just need to know if that is what I have to do..

thanks

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Permalink Reply by Troy Backus on August 6, 2012 at 7:26am

Mack, I ran into this issue as well when making some test flights this weekend, seemed like the only way I could get it to do a new mission was to bring it down, reset the ardupilot, then re-write the new mission. I agree being able to upload a new mission with it loitering above would be fantastic.

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DeveloperPermalink Reply by Michael Oborne on August 6, 2012 at 7:31am

if the first point in you mission is not a anvigation command the restart mission will nto work

so to get around this use the jump to wp option. the point you jump to must be of the navigation type

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Permalink Reply by mack goodman on August 12, 2012 at 5:42am

thanks, I am still struggling with getting either restart a mission to work , or just loading a new mission without having to actually remove power from the APM to reboot it.

I tried setting jump_to_wp as my first command, that did not work for me..

Can you give me an example of a simple mission that should be able to be restarted.. and is there any way to load a new mission while I am loitering over head and have it then run that mission?  this is arduplane 2.5

thanks

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Graham Dyer on August 15, 2012 at 12:48am

There's an assumption that everyone has or uses telemetry and can thus perform a 'Mission Restart'. What if you don't have it or left it at home that day (as I did)?

I'm a big proponent of 'easy, simple, logical' operation so clearly the way to restart a mission - once complete and in loiter around home - must surely be to switch out of Auto and then back into Auto?

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Permalink Reply by mack goodman on August 15, 2012 at 4:53am

Graham, It doesn't work for me and I have telemetry.. I have tried everything I have been told but no joy.  The only way I have been able to restart a mission ( or run a new mission for that matter), is to physically reset the the APM or actually un plug it and restart that way.  I know this is not the intent of the programmers, but nothing else works on mine.. I have no clue why..

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Permalink Reply by William T McGehee on August 19, 2012 at 6:59pm

Try pressing restart mission in auto mode. If I restart the mission while in manual it just goes home. I am having a problem with rtl. It seems the auto pilot doesn't know where home is. Every time it finishes the mission or I tell it to rtl it goes to never never land. Any ideas?

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Permalink Reply by mack goodman on August 20, 2012 at 4:59am

I don't have any advice for that RTL problem.  I assume your "HOME" has been set before you fly right?

You can adjust the home by just dragging it on the screen.  I would try dragging the home icon to a slightly different location where you are flying from, just to see if that affects it.

Thanks for the advice on the restarting missions.. I will try that!

I really want to be able to upload a new mission while the plane loiters overhead.  I think there must be a way to do that, but so far I am not able... maybe what you suggest will work.

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Permalink Reply by Tristan Drabowicz on September 19, 2012 at 4:24am

Finally got my bixler running with APM2.5 today, stoked :)  I also have the same problem with loading new missions, I have to reboot. Has there been any updates on this issue of loading new missions without having to power-off then on for AUTO to work???

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Permalink Reply by mack goodman on September 19, 2012 at 5:51am

I forgot to try that last time.. I am now able to restart the currently loaded mission by first being in AUTO mode, then hitting the restart button in MP..  I would try to load a new mission while the plane loiters overhead, then which to AUTO then hit the restart button in MP and see if it flies the new mission.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Mac on August 25, 2012 at 11:46am

I tried to reset the mission today and it just returned home when I reselected AUTO again. During all tries I switched out of auto than hit the reset. After reading some comments maybe I am suppose to leave it in AUTO and hit the reset – is this correct?

Say if the first point in a mission is a waypoint and the last point is unlimited loiter. Once it starts the loiter I just hit reset and it will head off to WP 1. Is that the way I am suppose to do it?

Too windy to test that theory now so I want to know the correct procedure when I go out to fly next time.

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