3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on May 15, 2011 at 9:55pm

Sweet! If we can get you some standard Xbees, can you take over this project and share the code? It would be great to see the ArduStation get a second life with APM2 and AC2.

Comment by phillip.anthony.smith on May 15, 2011 at 10:12pm

Chris,

I've got some faster Xbees on order. If you keep the rates around 1hz, the 9600s still perform great. The issue is when you accidently set the rate to something faster and then try to stop the feed! I'll upload the code soon. Would you prefer I start a new google code site or upload it under the old ArduStation code page?

Yes, I would be happen to take ownership of the project as long as you don't mind that I used some of ACM's MAVLink code :)

Phillip

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on May 15, 2011 at 10:24pm

Excellent. Please PM me your email (linked to a Google account) so I can add you to the SVN repository.

Comment by Paul Mather on May 15, 2011 at 11:05pm

Nice work Phillip. I've been mulling this over as well.... I'm glad you got it working!!!

Comment by phillip.anthony.smith on May 15, 2011 at 11:08pm

@happykillmore,

Your GCS was a huge assist in this.  The serial monitor your software has provided the debug info I needed to get everything talking :)

Comment by Paul Mather on May 15, 2011 at 11:15pm

Excellent. I always thought the ArduStation was a cool idea....no need to drag the laptop out to the field to see where the plane was headed next. I'm not sure how well these things sold...but not well enough I would guess....

 

Thanks again for doing this update!

Distributor Comment by RC Tech.se on May 16, 2011 at 12:31am

Great! The ArduStation have some big advantades in the field: Readable in sunlight, goes forever on a 2300 mAh LIPO and can be bolted on top of a TX. Any chances of some rudimenatry control over the APM? (restarting mission or change mode for example).

 

Michael Smith had some graphics going in his version: http://ardu-station.googlecode.com/svn/ArduStationM/trunk/

Comment by Sean O'Connor on May 16, 2011 at 1:46am

That's great! Your work is really appreciated. 

Comment by Nigel on May 16, 2011 at 3:47am

Phillip, I'd like to add my appreciation for you taking over this work - very many thanks.

Can't wait to try out your code!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

Distributor Comment by Dany Thivierge on May 16, 2011 at 9:46am

maybe we can make it work on state of the art LCD to have a better hardware as well.... this would be a nice thing to buy! 

 

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