"I have been searching since i posted and have found nothing. It may be the fact that I am not doing this for an arducopter. I am using it on an arduplane so the mission planner settings may be different enough between the two. I…"
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Cannot get motors to spin up plugged into APM2
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mike Jul 31, 2012. 11 Replies 0 Likes
I am able to boot the APM2 successfully, and it reads my controller just fine. I can calibrate the controller in the Mission Planner software, and it reads all of my channels just fine. When I have…Continue
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Jon replied to Jon's discussion Cannot get motors to spin up plugged into APM2"It is in the mission planner software. If you can't find it let me know and I'll try to get a screenshot."
Mike replied to Jon's discussion Cannot get motors to spin up plugged into APM2"Your solution seems to be the answer I have been looking for, but I have to Newb it up and ask:
Did you make the change to the ESC refresh rate in the Mission Planner GUI or in the Arduino programmer? I searched the GUI to exhaustion, but may…"
Jon replied to Jon's discussion Cannot get motors to spin up plugged into APM2"Finally got it figured out after a few days of troubleshooting. I looked up the spec sheet for my E-FLite ESCs, and noticed that they max out at a refresh rate of 150Hz. I went into the Mission Planner Configuration and changed the ESC refresh rate…"
Jon replied to Jon's discussion Cannot get motors to spin up plugged into APM2"Ok, I've done more troubleshooting and have come across a particular case where I can get it to initialize all 4 ESCs simultaneously, and respond to radio control. It's quite an odd one. If I push ArduPlane code to the APM2 and reboot it,…"
Jon replied to Jon's discussion Cannot get motors to spin up plugged into APM2"Ok, after more testing, I think I have narrowed it down to the initialization code in ArduCopter. For testing purposes, I switched my APM2 to ArduPlane, to see if it was any different. I restarted radio calibration, and to my surprise I…"
Jon replied to Jon's discussion Cannot get motors to spin up plugged into APM2"Yes, I have tried both the Automatic and Manual calibration multiple times. When I do manual, the motors respond just fine plugged into the receiver, but when I plug them back into the APM2, I am no longer able to control them, even after arming the…"
ModeratorDean Wynton replied to Jon's discussion Cannot get motors to spin up plugged into APM2
"Sorry Jon but I need to go over the obvious steps first in order to eliminate possiblities that it could be?
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Jon replied to Jon's discussion Cannot get motors to spin up plugged into APM2"Tried, yes. Successfully, no. I follow the directions exactly, power the ESCs/APM2 on with throttle high, unplug power and then replug power to the ESCs/APM2 and then set throttle low. I never get any confirmation beeps. The APM2 just keeps cycling…"
ModeratorDean Wynton replied to Jon's discussion Cannot get motors to spin up plugged into APM2
"I may be stating the obvious, but have you calibrated the esc`s to work with the apm?"
Jon replied to Jon's discussion Cannot get motors to spin up plugged into APM2"Ok so I figured out that I can unplug the esc and initialize it with the controller, then plug it back in to the apm2 and it will respond to the throttle, but when I unplug the lipo and try to initialize it automatically with the apm2 it…"
Jon posted a discussionCannot get motors to spin up plugged into APM2
I am able to boot the APM2 successfully, and it reads my controller just fine. I can calibrate the controller in the Mission Planner software, and it reads all of my channels just fine. When I have the controller plugged into the APM2, and the ESC's plugged into it, the ESCs will never spin. They initialize with the musical tone, but will not do anything after that. I cannot calibrate them, or even get them to turn at all, even if I just try arming the controller. The ESCs work fine when…See More
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