Geo tagging and CHDK Cable

Hello I'm trying to get the Geo tagging feature setup on the APM. I have the apm 2.6 with the most current firmware on my aircraft. 

My question is with the cables. I have two different guides that I'm not sure which one to follow.

Here are the links. 

This one tells me that I need a special cable from a website with a added LED trigger inside of it.

http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-chdk-camera-control-tutorial/

This one simply just shows a mini usb soldered to a servo wire. Then plugged into the APM.

http://planner.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-apm-to-chdk-camera-link-tutorial/

What is the cable that is actually needed to go into the APM so that I can do the Geo tagging and have the pictures taken automatically.

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  • Hello,

    i actually have a pixhawk and i just wonder what is the 5v led switch found in some usb cable tutorial for ?
    a 5v step up, ok i catch the reason but why a 5 led switch would be needed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScdnfRHhD5w)

    Thanks.

  • For an APM 2.6 you can just crimp / solder a servo connector onto a mini usb cable for your camera.  red goes to signal, and black goes to gnd, no connection to the 5v rail.

    For a pixhawk you need to do more as the pixhawk only outputs 3.3v which is not enough for chdk to see.

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