Not many people know but we have an piece of open source software for controlling an Antenna Tracker. It's been built by Tridge (Arduplane lead developer) for use in the outback challenge.
Sadly we have no documentation and, as far as I know, nobody except Tridge has used it. Still given Tridge's track record on building great software I suspect it works well and if it doesn't, I'm sure we can fix it. So to not let this piece of code go to waste, I'd like some help from people who are interested to give it a try and help me figure out how it works.
Here's the little that I know:
So if you want to give it a try please do and stick any findings, questions or issues below. Alternatively Issues can go into the issues list.
I'll start sticking things into the wiki as they become clear.
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Well! WOuld you look at that.
Found it. Thanks. Works perfectly.
Thanks.
Well guys I put together my quad copter and antenna tracker (build 0.8 on pixhawk). Connection via 433mhz telemetry link between vehicle and pixhawk works - I can see in MP telemetry data from vehicle. Anyway I can't switch between data from AT and vehicle because CTRL-X doesn't do nothing. It is bit frustrating since when I connect MissionPlanner to AT I can see reading first parameters from vehicle 1, then from vehicle 2. Then HUD and status shows me data from vehicle, but can't switch to data from AT. Is Ctrl-X shortcut removed from MP?
Version of MP I'm using is 1.3.48.
Edit:
OK, I found it - it is now only drop-down box in the upper right corner of MP for selection of vehicle.
I think it's best to discuss over on ardupilot.org's antenna tracker support area.
I just compiled v0.8.0 for the pixhawk if anyone needs it, since it is no longer available.
Nice to have it. Would you post it to ardupilot.org too please.
Does anyone know if a new version is in the works?
I really like the format of this forum better. I hope the discussion does not totally dry up.
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Fantastic, that is really a great help. Thanks a million. (To Jeff, uploading version 0.8)
Thanks, Jeff!
Jeff said:
I just compiled v0.8.0 for the pixhawk if anyone needs it, since it is no longer available.
You guys are all very welcome! I am still trying to get my tracker running reliably since I upgraded. I decided to upgrade my GPS to the M8N because of large variances on both gps and compass readings. I may also have to relocate it further from the 5.8ghz video repeater antenna. I will echo Fred's comment above. If anyone has a reliable tracker setup for either v0.8.0 or v1.0 please share your config settings, pids, etc.....
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