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gibberish data in terminal

Posted by iyad on January 4, 2015 at 11:56am

hello, i have my APM 2.6 connected to mission planner after i test flight i made. and i want to download the logs and data, but when i hit connect in the Terminal window, i start getting gibberish data and its endless, like in the screen shot in the attached file.

what is the problem here ?

gibberish data (2).png

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Chris Anderson January 4, 2015 at 12:15pm

Terminal is no longer supported in AC 3.2 and above, but there is also no need for it. All terminal functions are now available via MAVLink in Mission Planner.
- iyad > Chris Anderson January 4, 2015 at 1:03pm
  
  but how can i specify a certain readings like when used to type (enable.IMU ) in terminal ?
  
  because i want the IMU data and the PWM data (used to be MOTORS)
  - Developer
    
    Bill Bonney > iyad January 4, 2015 at 2:13pm
    
    There's a parameter for log_bitmask to enable that. You can set that in the parameter views
    - iyad > Bill Bonney January 4, 2015 at 2:17pm
      
      yes but it has Default+MOTORS and Default+IMU , and i want both MOTORS+ IMU
      
      how can i select both and dump the rest ?
      - Developer
        
        Bill Bonney > iyad January 4, 2015 at 3:03pm
        
        You can set it in the Full Parameter View
        
        see https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/blob/master/ArduCopter/defin... for each bit definition.
        
        so you will need MASK_LOG_IMU | MASK_LOG_RCOUT I guess, which is 2^7+2^10 =128 + 1024 = 1152
        
        The default is https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/blob/master/ArduCopter/confi...
        
        Hope that helps :)
        
        iskess > Bill Bonney January 12, 2015 at 9:01am
        
        Bill, could you put that full list in the Wiki so it is more accessible? Digging through the code on github isn't very practical for most users to find the bits they need. When is was in the CLI, all choices were listed. Thank you.
        
        iyad > iskess January 12, 2015 at 9:18am
        
        Thank you for the reply Bill, but i dont know how to make use of the links you posted.
        
        i know i need to enable #define MASK_LOG_IMU and #define MASK_LOG_RCOUT from the rest , but no idea how to do it manually here.
        
        Would it help if i can just get an older version of mission planner that supports Terminal ?
        or will it automatically update to the latest version ?
        
        iyad > iyad January 12, 2015 at 2:45pm
        
        sorry , i meant an older version of the firmware not mission planner.
        
        anything before AC 3.2. would work with Terminal ?
        
        where do i find it and how to upload it to my APM2.6
        
        iyad > iyad January 12, 2015 at 3:40pm
        
        ok i have uploaded AC v 3.1.5 to my APM and i accessed the terminal and disabled all logs except for IMU and MOTORS.
        
        i went to standard parameters in config/tuning window , and the log bitmask drop-down option is empty. i clicked on Write parameters then Refresh parameters.
        
        should that make my APM to record only IMU and MOTORS ? or will it record everything and only "show " the IMU and MOTORS ?
        
        iyad > Bill Bonney January 4, 2015 at 3:39pm
        
        thanks a lot mate :)