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Can I stabilize servo gimbal using pixhawk?

Posted by Labiba Quaiyum on April 23, 2014 at 2:49pm

Hi all,

 I am trying to control it using Pixhawk, can I do that or do I need a gimbal controller.I have been trying to tune APM Planner to stabilize the pan and tilt servo gimbal I added. So far no luck.

http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-camera-gimbal/ 

The link above claims that it works. But I have not been able to get it to work. The pan servo response when the quad is moved but not in any way which is correct.

Any help would be great!

Thanks

Labiba

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  • Labiba Quaiyum May 16, 2014 at 9:45am

    I figured it out. The Pixhawk can stabilize a servo gimbal. The instructions on the wiki page was wrong.

    http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-camera-gimbal/

    Pin 1 on aux is for tilt and RC 9
    Pin 2 is for roll and RC 10
    Pin 3 is for pan and RC 11
    Are the correct connections.
    Labiba

    • Kyomo Jung > Labiba Quaiyum September 9, 2015 at 2:30am

      Hi Labiba, I think the wiki was corrected as you mentioned but my plane ( AP3.3) doesn't work with servo gimbal. Is there any additional document I should refer? Thanks in advance Labiba

  • iskess May 16, 2014 at 9:34am
    Have you tried Mission Planner rather than APM Planner? Have you tried editing the parameters directly?
    It works for me with the APM, I haven't tried it on the Pixhawk yet but it should be the same. Maybe you need to be more descriptive on the trouble you are having and you might get more help.
  • Thomas Hanusch May 16, 2014 at 12:19am

    Hi Labiba,

    do you have any reply to this question?

    I'm on the way to buy a Pixhawk and I would like to know this too.

    Best regards

    Thomas

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