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DistributorPermalink Reply by Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk on June 7, 2012 at 2:32pm

Which port have you connected the GPS to Christopher, the one on the Red board or the one on the Blue board? If it's the Blue one you have connected to, try the Red one.....

 

Let us know how you get on :)

Regards

Martin

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Permalink Reply by Christopher on June 7, 2012 at 2:34pm

Hi Martin its on the bottom one, red board

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DistributorPermalink Reply by Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk on June 7, 2012 at 2:41pm

That's a good start.... i have had a lot of people connect to the top boards.... :(

 

Are you seeing a flashing blue light on the GPS?

 

Do you have the connection to mission planner? Baud Rate?

 

Martin

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Permalink Reply by Christopher on June 7, 2012 at 2:49pm

I can see the flashing blue light on the apm but the red light doesn't flash for the GPS I can arm he motors and spin them. but can't see any response when I tilt the apm in the flight data section of mission planner

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Permalink Reply by Vernon Barry on June 7, 2012 at 3:35pm

APM1 1280

This is a problem because the latest code won't fit. I mean you can shoehorn it on there by compiling from source with the flags set for 1280, but you are really in a bad way. I strongly recommend you spend the $65 and replace the red board with a newer 2560 so that you can update the code and run the latest.

 

Besides that, now that you said the sensors don't seem to be working, have you verified all the connections between the oilpan (blue board) and the red board? There are many headers, maybe you missed one or two?

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Permalink Reply by Christopher on June 7, 2012 at 3:42pm

Thats good to know, could I use an older version of code that would fit till I get a new board and which would be the best version and how would I load it through the mission planner.

Thanks

Chris

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Permalink Reply by Vernon Barry on June 7, 2012 at 3:59pm

The best version is the latest version 2.5.5, and I "think" again using Arduino IDE, you can make it fit from source on a 1280, but with a 2560, it will just update through mission planner normally.

It's covered in the manual http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2Installation2

at the bottom is the link for Arduino.

http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/Code

That's the how.

Further, since you seem to have a sensor problem:

http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/CLI

the actual tests using the command line

http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/Test

 

Basically, just follow the manual, hopefully that should get you started.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher on June 7, 2012 at 3:43pm

All the pins seem to be connected properly

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