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Dx8/AR8000 with FahPah Kit, Motor Arming and GPS Lock

Started this discussion. Last reply by Sam Bodnick Jan 15, 2011. 16 Replies

It seems like this is one of my many posts with difficulties.  I am running a stock FahPah kit with an AR8000 receiver and a Dx8 transmitter.  I am using RC2/NG software with Mag and GPS in "X" mode.…Continue

Tags: Dx8, AR8000, lock, GPS, arming

Motors running at 25% on start up!

Started this discussion. Last reply by Julie Macfarlane Jan 11, 2011. 12 Replies

Here is was is going on.  I have an ArduCopter kit running NG/RC2 with GPS and Mag in "X" mode.  I have successfully calibrated my ACC, Mag and ESC's with CLI.  I also ran the min throttle…Continue

Tags: EEPROM, Calibration, Throttle, Min, CLI

Mag Calibration for RC2/NG by Jani

Started Dec 30, 2010 0 Replies

This was posted over on the ArduPirates thread at RCG.  It is a great resource and thanks to Jani for making it and Kinderkram for posting it.  I checked on the ArduCopter site and could not find…Continue

Tags: NG, RC2, Magnometer, Calibration

No data shown in Configurator

Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Anderson Dec 28, 2010. 34 Replies

I will apologize in advance for a double post, but this was buried in another thread and I need an answer.I purchased an ArduCopter kit from DIY and I am having problems with sensor readings in the…Continue

Tags: arducopter, sensor, Configurator

 

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Ed Windham replied to Ken Wycherley's discussion Motor twitching and beeping
"I had a similar problem and could not solve it using the steps indicated.  One motor was the problem.  I purchased an additional esc and got everything to work properly.  You may try that."
Jan 31, 2011
Ed Windham replied to Richard Gosling's discussion magnetometer cable
"There are two ways to attach the mag to the APM/IMU.  One is to use a modified GPS cable and connect to the i2c port.  The other is to solder it directly to the board.  The instructions are found on the…"
Jan 20, 2011
Ed Windham replied to Kieran Donnelly's discussion Arducopter Hexa
"Norf is flying his hexa on the ArduPirates code.  Here is a video of his initial flight.  I think that the arms of the Arducopter are too light weight for heavy lifting.  There are plenty of hexa frame options available or you can…"
Jan 16, 2011
Ed Windham replied to David spencer's discussion Motors running continuously… :-(
" You did not indicate what esc's that you are using.  I had the same problem until I switched from Turnegy to the OEM m2m.  It solved the problem for me. "
Jan 16, 2011
Sam Bodnick replied to Ed Windham's discussion Dx8/AR8000 with FahPah Kit, Motor Arming and GPS Lock
"I have this exact same setup and have had no problems. I did calibrate all my escs individually by connecting them directly to the reciever when I first assembled the kit. When I loaded the RC2 code I reset the eeprom and recalibrated the escs using…"
Jan 15, 2011
Sebastian Gralla replied to Ed Windham's discussion Dx8/AR8000 with FahPah Kit, Motor Arming and GPS Lock
"iPhone 4? :D is your copter leveled? calibrate the acceleromters (CLI)   you can set min throttle in CLI, too"
Jan 15, 2011
Ed Windham replied to Ed Windham's discussion Dx8/AR8000 with FahPah Kit, Motor Arming and GPS Lock
"Actually iPhone.  Sometimes it works well others not so good.  I soldered the pin and it worked!  I had to reverse the rudder channel.  Two small issues:  Three of the motors run when armed, the forth does not until it gets…"
Jan 15, 2011
Sebastian Gralla replied to Ed Windham's discussion Dx8/AR8000 with FahPah Kit, Motor Arming and GPS Lock
"yes, it's the SW1 pin, it should work when soldered"
Jan 15, 2011
Ed Windham replied to Ed Windham's discussion Dx8/AR8000 with FahPah Kit, Motor Arming and GPS Lock
"Sebastian:   Since I did not build this board and was told it was tested prior to shipment, I have not looked at it closely.  I got out my magnification lens and fount that one of the pins behind the A led and in front of SW1 was not…"
Jan 15, 2011
Sebastian Gralla replied to Ed Windham's discussion Dx8/AR8000 with FahPah Kit, Motor Arming and GPS Lock
"what you posted is the Log output which is send when SW1 is pressed maybe you got a short somewhere so it thinks you are pressing SW1"
Jan 15, 2011
Ed Windham replied to Ed Windham's discussion Dx8/AR8000 with FahPah Kit, Motor Arming and GPS Lock
"I am using RC2/NG.  This is the real, unmodified output.  The blue led is back left looking toward the front.  I am not sure how to use the examples to read the RC channels.  I am willing to do it, if you could walk me through…"
Jan 15, 2011

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Jani Hirvinen replied to Ed Windham's discussion Dx8/AR8000 with FahPah Kit, Motor Arming and GPS Lock
"Ok umm what software you are using on your APM?!? And is this real and unmodified output of it?   For example, I never seen that it writes SENSOR: text on beginning of line. Also like you said, they look similar and it should not look like…"
Jan 15, 2011
Ed Windham replied to Ed Windham's discussion Dx8/AR8000 with FahPah Kit, Motor Arming and GPS Lock
"Here is what I am getting with sending…"
Jan 15, 2011

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Jani Hirvinen replied to Ed Windham's discussion Dx8/AR8000 with FahPah Kit, Motor Arming and GPS Lock
"Yes commands are in CAPITAL. This applies only for NG code and you use following commands to find out different things:   S - All generic flight information, angles, motor commands  (Order: timer, adc1, adc2, adc3, thr, roll, pitch, yaw,…"
Jan 15, 2011
Ed Windham replied to Gary H's discussion MediaTek GPS - Blue LED Lock, No-Lock IMU RED (C) LED
"Thanks, that means that the other problem that I am having, can't arm motors, is also preventing me from switching to GPS hold."
Jan 15, 2011
Ed Windham replied to Gary H's discussion MediaTek GPS - Blue LED Lock, No-Lock IMU RED (C) LED
"I assume that you cannot switch to GPS hold until the motors are armed.  Is that correct?"
Jan 14, 2011

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