What is the default setting when my quad is on mission with waypoints out of range for the transmitter. I've seen several discussion about this, but maby I'm too noob to understand the conclusion in the threads.
I guess it should be possible to finish the mission without caring about signal loss between rx and tx. That is what I want.
Should I use the APM failsafe in any way?
I'm gonna keep searching in the forum, but I hope someone can explain the basics on this subject.
I've been using APM since the 2.0 came out, but never tried missions that is out of range for the TX.
English is not my native language, but it should be readable;)
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The default will be RTL or Land.
In the Config/Tuning window of Mission Planner you will find the default setting.
Change it to 'continue in Auto'
I would advise spending some time going through Mission Planner and the Parameters screens where it explains each one and allows you to change the setting.
by doing this you become more familiar with the vast amount of things that APM can do, if you tell it.
I guess this is the answer. Will try this with a small quad soon. It would be nice if someone could confirm the statement in the pasted text (someone who tried maby), and if there are anything I should check before sending one of my birds on a long ride.
// There are two basic conditions which can trigger a failsafe. One is a loss of control signal.
// Normally this means a loss of the radio control RC signal. However if rc override from the
// GCS is in use then this can mean a loss of communication with the GCS. Such a failsafe will be
// classified as either short (greater than 1.5 seconds but less than 20) or long (greater than 20).
// Also, if GCS_HEARTBEAT_FAILSAFE is enabled and a heartbeat signal from the GCS has not been received
// in the preceeding 20 seconds then this will also trigger a "long" failsafe.
//
// The SHORT_FAILSAFE_ACTION and LONG_FAILSAFE_ACTION settings determines what APM will do when
// a failsafe mode is entered while flying in AUTO or LOITER mode. This is important in order to avoid
// accidental failsafe behaviour when flying waypoints that take the aircraft
// out of radio range.
//
// If SHORT_FAILSAFE_ACTION is 1, when failsafe is entered in AUTO or LOITER modes,
// the aircraft will head for home in RTL mode. If the failsafe condition is
// resolved, it will return to AUTO or LOITER mode.
// If LONG_FAILSAFE_ACTION is 1, when failsafe is entered in AUTO or LOITER modes,
// the aircraft will head for home in RTL mode. If the failsafe condition is
// resolved the aircraft will not be returned to AUTO or LOITER mode, but will continue home
// If XX_FAILSAFE_ACTION is 0 and the applicable failsafe occurs while in AUTO or LOITER
// mode the aircraft will continue in that mode ignoring the failsafe condition.
// Note that for Manual, Stabilize, and Fly-By-Wire (A and B) modes the aircraft will always
// enter a circling mode for short failsafe conditions and will be switched to RTL for long
// failsafe conditions. RTL mode is unaffected by failsafe conditions.
//
// The default is to have GCS Heartbeat failsafes DISABLED
// The default behaviour is to ignore failsafes in AUTO and LOITER modes.
//
//#define GCS_HEARTBEAT_FAILSAFE DISABLED
//#define SHORT_FAILSAFE_ACTION 0
//#define LONG_FAILSAFE_ACTION 0