Hello. I've been trying to get geo-fencing to work in my X-Plane simulations. I create the return point, draw the polygon, upload it, take off and fly to the boundary, and cross right over it. I expected guided mode to take over and the plane to fly to the designated return point and loiter. Is geo-fencing supposed to work in HIL mode?
My versions:
Mission Planner 1.2.53
ArduPlane V2.73
X-Plane 10.21
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yes, it works. I suspect you forgot the FENCE_ACTION or FENCE_CHANNEL. You need to assign fence enable to a channel, then switch that channel igh.
See http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/geofencing-3/
The reason a channel is needed is you need to disable geo-fencing for takeoff and landing. It would be very difficult to land otherwise!
Cheers, Tridge