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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on August 25, 2012 at 12:10pm

All old versions are in the downloads section.

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Permalink Reply by Martin Poller on August 25, 2012 at 12:15pm

Hi Chris,

I've looked there, maybe I'm missing something but I don't see the HIL versions there.

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on August 25, 2012 at 12:17pm

There is no such thing as an HIL version of the source code--there is only one version of the source, with different compile time options selected. The HIL hex used in the MP is just compiled with the HIL option selected in the APM_Config.h file. 

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Permalink Reply by Martin Poller on August 25, 2012 at 12:26pm

Okay, thanks,

so I would need to load the older version of the code using arduino and slect the HIL option in the config.h file.

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Permalink Reply by Joshua Beltz on August 28, 2012 at 3:04pm

Hi Martin,

I too had the exact same problem as you with the RC link freezing when I connect the Mission Planner to X-Plane.  Did loading HIL v2.5 fix your problem?  Any updates as to the cause of this issue? 

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Permalink Reply by Martin Poller on August 28, 2012 at 4:43pm

Hi Joshua,

I have since cleared the eprom and reloaded v2.6 using Mission Planner ver 1.2.3, 1.0mav and it works to a point. I have full manual control, but stabilse mode doesn't hold the plane in a straight and level flight path, it slowly rolls over, and there is no GPS connection so the google maps pages are static.

I haven't tried rolling back to V2.5 yet, but when I had it loaded before it worked really well.

Martin.

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Permalink Reply by Joshua Beltz on August 28, 2012 at 7:40pm

Martin,

I had that same problem too with no position on the google maps and with the unstable "stabilize" mode.  I was using v2.6/MP v1.2.9/1.0mav.  By reversing the the pitch and roll in Mission Planner I was finally able to get the aircraft to enter a gently climbing turn in stabilize mode. Not perfect, but better.  Then after uninstalling and reinstalling Mission Planner and resetting all the IP and Port settings back to the recommended settings from the Wiki manual I was able to get the GPS connection to work and display the aircraft location on the Mission Planner google maps.  Unfortunately though now it has the original problem you had of locking the RC controller when its synced up to X-Plane.  Sorry, not any real answers, but if I come up with any I post them. 

Has anybody else had simulation issues using V2.6??

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Permalink Reply by Joshua Beltz on September 2, 2012 at 10:39am

Just wanted to post an update with what seems to be a solution to our problem.  I was finally able to get Mission Planner to work with X-Plane.  (Thanks to some of the information here and help from my brother who programs for a living.)  Using MP 1.2.3 and Arduplane v2.5.  We used ardunio to modify and then upload v2.5 to the board.  Below is a screen shot of the code we modified and what we did.  After that everything worked as it was supposed to.  This same process may work using v2.6. I may try that fix later on.

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Permalink Reply by Martin Poller on September 2, 2012 at 12:07pm

Hi Joshua,

Great that you've got it all resolved.

I've only just got mine sorted this afternoon, I have been making the rather schoolboy error of copying the whole of the Ardupilot folder into the Arduino sketchbook rather than just the APM and libraries files which are inside the folder.

As soon as I did this and reloaded v2.5 then made the appropriate entries in the config.h file it loaded no problem, and in fact I've even managed to get X-planes working on my desktop and have the mission planner running on my laptop along side it. Its great watching the plane fly between the waypoints on the planner google earth map whilst it is flying over the same scenery on X-planes. 

It's very impressive and a credit to the developers, thank you all.

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