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433 Mhz radios will bind, and config utility works but no heartbeat

Posted by Luc van Helfteren on July 25, 2012 at 9:56am

Hi,

I recently purchased a pair of 433mhz telemetry units and they do not seem to be working.
The radios pair with each other, and I can configure them (including the remote one) with the 3DR config tool.
The ATI5 command over putty reveals the following on both radios:
S0: FORMAT=25
S1: SERIAL_SPEED=57
S2: AIR_SPEED=64
S3: NETID=25
S4: TXPOWER=8
S5: ECC=1
S6: MAVLINK=1
S7: OPPRESEND=1
S8: MIN_FREQ=433000
S9: MAX_FREQ=434700
S10: NUM_CHANNELS=10
S11: DUTY_CYCLE=100
S12: LBT_RSSI=0
S13: MANCHESTER=0
S14: RTSCTS=0
The problem I am facing is that when connecting to my Arducopter with Mission planner 1.1.99 I receive a no heartbeats error.
Another possible symptom is that the ground unit's red light (whichever I choose that to be) blinks much more faintly than the air unit although it is in sync (about once a second)
Any help would me much appreciated.

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  • Alexander Casassovici December 31, 2012 at 7:31am

    Hi guys, 

    I have the same issue - how / where do I send my board for relacement (bought on jdrones.com from france)

    Alex

    jD-main
  • Jason November 7, 2012 at 11:52pm
    This may be silly question but did you make sure you plugged it into the correct port on your APM? My board (2.5) has two ports that are the same and I plugged my radio into the wrong port and had the same error.
  • Christiaan van Vollenstee August 3, 2012 at 1:39pm

    Hello,

    I have the same issue. My radio does not want to communicate,

     

    When pressing Crtl A and click load settings it pics up but when trying to connect nothing.

     

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    This is my setting on the APM

     

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    And this is on the computer

     

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    and this is when loading the settings.

    It all was working this morning on a previous version, I just updated and now this.

     

    Any help please.

     

    Kind regrads

    Christiaan

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  • Brett Horton August 3, 2012 at 7:58am

    Same issue here...

    Was working perfectly, unplugged both units to work on another project, plugged back into the same computer 10 minutes later and I can not connect any longer.

    I can connect and see both the local and remote under Configuration..

    k.. Now same setup as before, could connect to the Configuration, but now wont do that, says "failed to enter command mode"...

    Any thoughts guys/gals?

     

  • Luc van Helfteren July 26, 2012 at 9:59am

    Hah, silly me, the serial 3 baud rate was set incorrectly. All working fine now.

  • Luc van Helfteren July 26, 2012 at 9:42am

    When I watch the com port in putty on the ground side, the link is receiving the floowing data:

    æÿîsBNľCJ¨èÄ88ø½Öàüàààüüààüàüàüààüüàüààüààààüàààüüààüüüààüüüüüüàüàààààààààààüàüàààüààààààüüààüüüüüüàüüüüüüüüüàüüüüàüàüàüàüüüàüüüüüüüüüüàüüüüàààüüààüàüüüüüüüüüàüüüàüàüàüàüüààüüüüüüüüüüàüüüààüüàüààààüüüàüüüàüüààààààüüàüààààüüààüààüüüüüüüüüüüàüüüààüàüààüüüààüüüüüüüüüüàüüüüüààüààààüüüàüüüüüüüüüüüàüüüüüàüüàààüüàüàüüüüüüüüüüàüüüààààüààüàüàüàààüüàààüüààüààààààüüàüàüüüüüüüüüüüàüüüààüàààüüüàüüüàüüààààààüüüààüüààüàüüüüüüüüüàüüüàüàààüüàüààüüààüàüàüàüüüàüàüàüàüààààààüàààüüüàààüààüüüàüàüàüüüüüüüüüàüüüüààüàüüüüüàüüüüüüüüüüàüüüààüàààüüààüàüàüüüüüüüüüàüüüüàààüààüüüàààüààüààààààààààààààüàüüàààüàààààààüàüàüààüüàààààààààüüààààüàüüàààààüüàüàààüüàààààüüà

    This is on startup of the quad, and then it repeats the ààüüàààààüüà bit once every second or so.

  • Luc van Helfteren July 25, 2012 at 3:47pm

    I am on Arducopter 2.6 but connecting with USB works. When connecting with the 3DR radio the USB is not connected.

  • Michael Naumov July 25, 2012 at 1:26pm

    Hi,

    I have almost the same problem with ArduCopter_2.7 release, but 2.6 works fine to me. (MP_1.1.99 and MP_1.2 perform the same result)

    With AP_2.7 MissionPlanner connects with my APM1 normally, but FlightData window doesn't get any new data and stay "freezed".

    What version of ArduCopter do you use?

    Michael.

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