Hans Miller
  • Male
  • New Zealand
Share Twitter

Hans Miller's Friends

  • james sowell
  • Jay Rama
  • Toby Mills

Hans Miller's Groups

Hans Miller's Discussions

APM Planner no aircraft location displayed.

Started this discussion. Last reply by Hans Miller Oct 26, 2012. 1 Reply

Hi, when I connect to the mission planner the apm board is showing  a 3D GPS lock but the aircraft symbol is not shown on the map and I'm unable to set home etc. This is happening on all the versions…Continue

Loading code with APM Planner?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Hans Miller Jan 12, 2012. 3 Replies

Hi,  can the mods please move this if it's in the wrong section? Is it possible to load any code with APM planner? The only option I can see is loading the current code. I would like to load 2.0.55…Continue

Correct pilotage techniques for AC?

Started this discussion. Last reply by wayne garris Aug 2, 2011. 1 Reply

Hi, after a not so positive experience with my first outdoors flying test yesterday, I have a few questions and a maybe a suggestion. It would be great for us newbies if a couple of experienced AC…Continue

Loiter issue...

Started this discussion. Last reply by Joonas Aug 3, 2011. 1 Reply

Hi, I took my quad outside for the first time yesterday and I'm experiencing a few issues with the loiter mode. a) the altitude hold component is fairly inaccurate - at an altitude of cca. 10m I get…Continue

 

Hans Miller's Page

Latest Activity

Hans Miller commented on Hans Miller's blog post Useful tips for log analysis
"I'd love to be able to provide some useful advice, but I gave up on Arducopter a long time ago...Maybe not permanently, but for the foreseeable future anyway..."
Jan 24
Jason Wise commented on Hans Miller's blog post Useful tips for log analysis
"Help, I dont see these options in 2.9, I can log NTun but not the same data, what am I looking for?"
Jan 24
Hans Miller commented on Marco's blog post Italian Enthusiasm - Above the Clouds Drone
"Also an appropriate radio receiver tuned to the local unicom or airfield frequency should help to keep you aware of the position of light aircraft. I say should because general aviation pilots don't always do what they are supposed to either..."
Jan 4
Hans Miller commented on Marco's blog post Italian Enthusiasm - Above the Clouds Drone
"Legalities aside, there are ways of ensuring safety in respect of piloted aircraft. What I do: Obtain an IFR chart of the area I intend to operate in. This contains a "Minimum Sector Altitude" - simply put this is a minimum safe altitude…"
Jan 4
Hans Miller replied to Fausto Coletti's discussion RC through telemetry in the group ArduPlane User Group
"There is a much easier way. Simply use a decent quality joystick connected to your PC and enabled in the Mission Planner. Depending on the telemetry hardware you use, there may be  the option of raising the data speed to 115kbps which has been,…"
Dec 28, 2012
Hans Miller replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.66 released
"Hi Andrew,  It goes something like this: My APM is currently bolted to a mock-up of  the interior space of my airframe along with all the other electronics (telemetry, servos, pan-tilt, FPV gear, etc). In the time I have in between…"
Nov 1, 2012
Hans Miller commented on Alexander LeBrun's blog post ArduPilot Purple + Skywalker X8 + FPV = Summer Loving
"Hi Troy, twisting the wires will help with the emf... Tried and tested solution from a quadcopter, where space for separation is at a definite premium."
Oct 31, 2012
Hans Miller replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.66 released
"And I've found the bug... The trouble lies with the parameter AHRS_GPS_USE. When set to 0, the mission planner stops "seeing" the GPS data from mavlink."
Oct 30, 2012
Hans Miller replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.66 released
"Well it seems I spoke too soon. I've attached logs this time. The first larger log shows the mission planner displaying GPS properly, the second one doesn't. The status window shows number of sats but no position. As I've said before,…"
Oct 30, 2012
Hans Miller replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.66 released
"Awesome, my GPS vs Mission planner problem has gone away with 2.66. Thank you...."
Oct 30, 2012
Hans Miller replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.65 released
"Afraid it's not that easy. Arduplane 2.5 works perfectly fine with the same installation of the mission planner. I've eliminated every other possibility. 99% 2.65 is the problem. I'm wondering if my older gps module in conjunction…"
Oct 29, 2012
Hans Miller replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.65 released
"Bump, bumpity bump...has anyone got the same issue?"
Oct 29, 2012
Hans Miller replied to Seppo's discussion RFD900 - New long range radio modem
"Hi there,  Thanks for the advice below, that was exactly what I needed. Alas the testing hasn't happened yet, because I'm being plagued by an Arduplane bug... Until I can get the GPS coordinates to feed through to the mission…"
Oct 29, 2012
Hans Miller replied to Flavio BSB's discussion CLI mode don't start normally
"When you get a screen like the one you've posted: Press disconnect, go to flight info tab, then back into terminal tab. That should be all. I think the mistake you're making is to go to the terminal tab while you are still connected."
Oct 27, 2012
Hans Miller replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.65 released
"Ok, I have a definite issue here. I connect to the mission player and the plane's position is not displayed at all. The MP correctly shows that I have a 3D GPS lock, but it seems the data doesn't get passed on to the MP. The position data…"
Oct 26, 2012
Hans Miller replied to Hans Miller's discussion APM Planner no aircraft location displayed.
"Ok, I shall put this issue where it belongs... That is in the ArduPlane 2.65 forum"
Oct 26, 2012

Profile Information

About Me:
...
Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
...

Hans Miller's Blog

Useful tips for log analysis

Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:30pm 8 Comments

Hi all, I thought I'd do a little write up on how I tend to use the log analysis function of APMPlanner.

I don't claim to be very knowledgeable about coding and such, being more of a engineering type I tend to use the graphs to understand what the software is doing, rather then trying to understand by reading the…

Continue

Comment Wall

  • No comments yet!

You need to be a member of DIY Drones to add comments!

Join DIY Drones

 
 
 

Social Networking

Top Content 

1 Mapping Mission Ride Along

Mapping Mission Ride Along
2 ArduPlane 2.73 released

ArduPlane 2.73 released
3 Mechanical Hands From A MakerBot: The Magic Of Robohand (From Makerbot blog news)

Mechanical Hands From A MakerBot: The Magic Of Robohand (From Makerbot blog news)
4 3 axis Camera Gimble connections.

3 axis Camera Gimble connections.
5 ArduVTOL - Wingcopter - Flight Report Nr.1

ArduVTOL - Wingcopter - Flight Report Nr.1
6 Alt_hold and loiter acting crazy

Alt_hold and loiter acting crazy
7 DroidPlanner for Android The best missionplanner alternative! Using Mavlink via cheap usb adapter (Follow me - PIDS - ACC calibration - FREE)

DroidPlanner for Android The best missionplanner alternative! Using Mavlink via cheap usb adapter (Follow me - PIDS - ACC calibration - FREE)
8 New micro-cameras emulate insects' compound eyes

New micro-cameras emulate insects' compound eyes
9 HD video for UAV's

HD video for UAV's
10 Thirty Days (#13): Y6 in-flight motor failure tests

Thirty Days (#13): Y6 in-flight motor failure tests

Contests

Season Two of the Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. The fourth round is an accuracy round for multicopters, which requires contestants to fly a cube. The deadline is April 14th.

A list of all T3 contests is here. 

Groups

Advertisement

© 2013   Created by Chris Anderson.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service