Hello,
I am trying to get a pixhawk 4 to run ArduRover on an RC boat with a steering servo and a throttle motor/ESC. So far I have gotten the boat to work successfully (manual control with a transmitter) using the Pixhawk and the PX4 firmware with QGroundControl. However, since flashing the ArduRover Firmware and using Mission Planner, I am running into some issues.
The vehicle can connect to Mission Planner, but no battery information is displayed in the HUD. Also, after turning the vehicle on, the ESC emits a constant beep. The ESC is correctly powering the rail on the Power Management Board because I am able to control the servo (even though it is with the roll stick instead of the yaw stick), but I am unable to get the motors to turn at all. I am able to successfully arm the vehicle but no motor motion.
I have tried calibrating the ESCs using the method of setting the transmitter to full throttle before turning the vehicle on, but it never seems to flash indicating that is entering calibration mode, and the ESC keeps chirping continuously.
Some specifics:
- I am using the River Jet Boat (https://www.horizonhobby.com/river-jet-boat-23-inch--rtr-prb08025) which comes with a 90A Maring ESC (https://www.horizonhobby.com/90a-bl-marine-esc-2-4s-dynm3870)
- I am using the Holybro Pixhawk 4 Kit (https://shop.holybro.com/pixhawk-4_p1089.html) and the telemetry kit (https://shop.holybro.com/transceiver-telemetry-radio-set-v3_p1103.html)
- The kit comes with a Power Management Board. The ESC is soldered to the boards M4 port and its 3-wire servo connector is attached to the 3rd spot on the FMU rail. The servo is connected to the 1st spot on the FMU rai
- I am using a Spektrum DX6 Transmitter
Please help me see what I am missing in this transition from PX4 to APM.
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