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Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on May 7, 2013 at 12:17pm

Hi All,

I have been shifting my rover discussions over to the new ArduPilot Forum: http://ardupilot.com/

Regards,

TCIII

Comment by John Moore on May 5, 2013 at 8:57pm

I ran my first mission today.  An once in a open field, the GPS worked fairly well.  All in all, very satisfied.

 

John

Comment by Austin on May 5, 2013 at 6:44pm

@Thomas

Thank you and I'll let you know if it works!

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on May 5, 2013 at 3:59pm

@Austin,

How do you have your receiver connected to your APM1.4 and how are you powering your APM1.4? Are you using an Oilpan also?

I am using split power rails on my APM1.4. The BEC in the rover ESC powers the APM output rails and a separate BEC powers the APM input rails and the receiver. You might take a look at the ArduRover Wiki http://rover.ardupilot.com/wiki/setup/ Here is the procedure to split the APM1.4 power rails: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/simple-apm-2560-power-hack Also, don't forget to unsolder jumper S1.

It sounds like your receiver is not getting power from the APM as you have indicated.

Regards,

TCIII

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on May 5, 2013 at 3:52pm

@John,

You might get between 1.5 to 3 ft accuracy depending on the weather, clouds tend to reduce the number of sats received, the surrounding physical environment, and just plain luck.

Regards,

TCIII

Comment by Austin on May 5, 2013 at 2:47pm

Hello, 

I'm using the APM 1.4 and I am having issues with my radio system. I am using a Spektrum dx6i and the transmitter doesn't seem to connect with the receiver. the light on the receiver doesn't flash at all and I suspect it may not be getting power for some reason. The receiver worked with the APM 2.5, connecting nearly every time, but with the 1.4 it just doesn't seem to  connect. Does anyone have any idea why this is?

Comment by John Moore on May 5, 2013 at 12:27pm

I just posted another question in my build thread, this time about MediaTek GPS accuracy.  Trying to figure out what the expected accuracy is an if I am causing my own problem with the way I have it setup.

 

http://www.diydrones.com/forum/topics/john-s-crawler-drone-build-th...

 

John

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on May 4, 2013 at 9:22am

For those of you who would like to purchase a GoPro camera and don't need the pricey GoPro3, Costco has the GoPro2 outdoor version with the WiFi backpack for $199 USD. It is not shown on their website. I only saw it in the Costco in Davie, FL. Could be its a local special only.

TCIII

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on April 30, 2013 at 2:59pm

Thanks Mark, much appreciated.

Regards,

TCIII

Comment by Mark Halliwell on April 30, 2013 at 2:22pm

@TCIII

I've been using a Skytraq S1315RAW-EVK from www.skytraq.com along with RTKLIB from www.rtklib.com. I get NRTK corrections from a local service (Australia).

Regards,

Mark

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