When in Joystick control mode using MP, It appears that MP won't allow the arming of a craft with the usual Throttle Min + Right yaw joystick movement. Is that the case? Or am I doing something wrong?
I finally found a controller with USB output that has 5 channels and works with MP.
When I enable the "joystick option" in MP and go back and check on the RADIO Calibration (in Initial setup) I can see the channels all working properly. But when I move the left stick down and to the right (my usual method of arming when using a radio), the craft doesn't arm.
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Same goal here, with the advantage of no knowledge of 2.4Ghz transmitter.
I did have the 80's 27Mhz transmitter and nitro engine with a big plane 20+ years ago.
I armed my APM with a joystick button last night for the first time, bringing in myself to the 21st century drone-as-computer-world. I have skipped the entire 2.4Ghz development during the past 20 years.
My goal is to replace the 2.4Ghz radio link entirely, but not lose the functionality and familiarity I have with my present controllers. I now have the capability to use my regular (Futaba or FlySky) controllers with MP (using a USB converter connected to the "buddy" port of the controller). I would like every function to act exactly the same as it did when I was controlling the craft with a 2.4Ghz link.
I have found that - in an emergency, when I have to react fast to solve a problem in the air, working with a familiar controller is a great help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbHZc2x8ruA
You are the cool kid here.
Chris Khosravi said:
I use a button on my joystick to arm.
And the same page has another suggestion to use mission planner android. It says that the android version allows arming. Looks like it is a setting on the ground station side. The APM does not prevent arming with MavLink.
John Gibson said:
I am interested in finding out. Someone said that long-press a safety button in pixhawk is needed,
https://www.reddit.com/r/Multicopter/comments/2nyo32/manually_arm_a...
, but it didn't not say ardupilot .