Hi,
I would like to control the arducopter using only a pc for my thesis (I don't have an rc rx/tx). But I can't seem to get the motors to move. (I haven't connected any rotors yet)
I assembled my quad and everything powers up nicely. I wrote an arduino sketch that outputs pwm to calibrate the ESC's (I used a duty cycle of 50% and 90%). It connects fine and all sensor data comes in, but if I try using the joystick control or mission planner commands, absolutely nothing moves.
I've connected a scope to the outputs of the ardupilot, and it just outputs a low (30%) duty cycle pwm signal whatever I do on the pc. So it seems to me as though the ardupilot refuses to arm the motors.
Even the motors command in CLI mode does nothing.
Is this because there is no rc rx/tx connected, or is there something else i'm doing wrong?
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Are you using Python Mavlink bridge to control from the PC? Check the Test folder in GIT and look for Arducopter.py. That's the test suite. It has the commands to arm the motors and control everything via scripts.
You can always disable arming in the code. Just force it to be true and you should get output. See motors.pde.
Be careful!
Jason