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Ardupilot Mega and xbee version 2.5 zigbee

Posted by Kristofer on July 21, 2010 at 3:59pm
Dear community,

I just started out with my Ardu mega and the oil pan shield. Got the shield up and running, printing the gyro in the USB-serial interface. But no data over the Xbees.

I have the xbees up and running. No problem running the loopback test and I have put the baud rate on them at 38400. 

And what I understand, once you have got the network up and running there should not be any differences from the first series. Is this correct? 

Do you have to select a specific serial port to output data?


Kristofer

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  • Developer
    Doug Weibel July 23, 2010 at 6:23pm
    Chris is correct. The alpha software does not yet support the Xbee port.

    I am in the process of writing the code for it now. However, the first GCS protocol that I am writing is the binary protocol which will be supported with the new (laptop) Ground Station. It is not a human readable format. Once that is complete I will probably do a plain text version. Or maybe Jason will convert his to use the Xbee port - that would be a very simple change.
  • PatrickD July 22, 2010 at 5:27pm
    No, I don't have the equipment to do so. It might be a software issue, i will try to look into it.

    Good luck.
  • PatrickD July 22, 2010 at 3:53pm
    @Kristofer

    I am having the same problem as you are. Xbees are working properly but I cannot send/receive data from the APM. Have you made any progress?
  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson July 21, 2010 at 4:43pm
    Are you using the recommended adapters?
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