"Cool. I'll order the 360 servo and give it a whirl. I tried the orientation facing east like you mention here with a 180 servo and didn't have a problem. When I flipped facing west it didn't like me very well. Either way it's…"
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Antenna Tracking Parameters
Started this discussion. Last reply by Scott Fuller Jun 10. 31 Replies 0 Likes
Hey all, I have been having trouble determining the antenna tracker parameters for the APM Mission Planner. I have gotten it to work within the Pololu Maestro software with the parameters: Pan (…Continue
Tags: maestro, pololu, parameters, tracking, antenna
Communication Between Groundstation & ArduPlane
Started Jan 19, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hey everyone, I've been trying to figure out how to customize a message between ArduPlane and the Groundstation. Say I want the plane to send me some sort of information that it collects, how would I…Continue
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ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters
"Scott,
As they say a picture is worth a thousand words so....
This is my typical flying field orientation North-South.I set the tracker up so that the 'Dead Band' (the vertical line in the circle) is behind me, then I use the trim function…"
Scott Fuller replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters"Thanks Nathaniel. Looks like I'll have to figure out a way to fly north at that southern facing field. On the other hand I'll invest in a decent 360 servo for the other fields. "
ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters
"Scott,
Yes I did get an answer from Michael Osborne here in a thread I had on the subject 'Maestro or Ardutracker for Antenna Tracking Servo Controller: Pros and Cons?'. I haven't actually tried it myself, I've just done it…"
Scott Fuller replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters"Hey Nathaniel,
Did you ever get a answer on how that button works? I have an antenna tracker setup and one of my fields I face north and the AT works great. One of my other fields I face south and when I try to use the AT out there the thing freaks…"
Petr Dvorak replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters"Dear Michael, Dear William.
I have got the same antenna tracking servo setup as William and it works nicely with the updated APM. Thanks.
However I would like to ask whether it would be possible to respect the pan angle range setting in the…"
Taylor Davis replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters"Hi All,
What APM version are you using (2.0 or 2.5)? Also are you using an external GPS, if so....which one? The reason I ask is because I'm using APM 2.0 with the internal GPS and the latency is slow on the tracker plus the plane is not…"
ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters
"Bernard,
Glad to hear you got it working! I'm still figuring out the finer details myself. I was out at the field the other day and it was too windy to fly so I had a buddy of mine walk around the field with the plane so I could watch the…"
Bernhard Kullmann replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters"Thanks Nathaniel,
I remembered my Engineering Lab notes 101 - if nothing works, check if you have connected the PSU.
Fortunately that was not the issue here - it had something to do with com ports not being freed up on Win 7 after…"
Bernhard Kullmann replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters"There seems to be some issue that the Polulu utility or my system keeps the com port to the Maestro open and GCS does not like this. If I reset the Maestro and com port, it connects perfectly.
Weird but workable."
Bernhard Kullmann replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters"Thanks, got it working now"
ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters
"Bernard,
MP 1.2.50 is the Mission Planner (Ground Station) and the msi installer can be found here.
Regards,
Nathaniel ~KD2DEY"
ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters
"Bernard,
How are you powering the board? If the you don't have a separate power source as he Maestro instructions you won't get any movement of the servos while connected via USB only.
Regards,
Nathaniel ~KD2DEY"
Bernhard Kullmann replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters"Where can we download the latest distribution of Groundstation - is it part of AMP 1.2.50?"
Bernhard Kullmann replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters"Hi All,
I am having a weird issue - the setup works well as described in the treads, but only in Maestro config utility.
The APM says its connected to the Maestro on the correct com port, but can't get any movement out of the servos…"
ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to William Bryan's discussion Antenna Tracking Parameters
"Hello,
I have ordered all the necessary components to assemble my tracker and am familiar with all the configuration but I have two questions about using the Mission Planner that I can't find clear documentation of. In the screen shot below…"
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