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How to connect Canon SX260 to Pixhawk?

Posted by Jimmy Oliver on April 16, 2015 at 7:53pm

I am almost ready to test the Canon SX260. I have the Iris+ (Pixhawk) I am wondering if there is a good guide to wiring the setup to Pixhawk and the proper way to use it with DroidPlanner. I am really concerned with where the power is tapped from on the Pixhawk. I have built the wiring harness and have CHDK installed with KAP_LUA script.

Any help would be great.

I believe the signal will go on channel 7

Autostart or let Pixhawk control the camera?

Lots of questions.

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Jimmy Oliver April 26, 2015 at 2:19pm

From what I can assume is that I am not receiving power to trigger camera. I am pretty sure I have all the MP parameters set correctly.
Jimmy Oliver April 26, 2015 at 2:17pm

here is the setup pic
Jimmy Oliver April 26, 2015 at 2:15pm

Well no luck with this current set up.
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Chris Anderson April 16, 2015 at 11:16pm

Have you reviewed the manual on this here?
- Jimmy Oliver > Chris Anderson April 17, 2015 at 8:24am
  
  Ah, now I'm seeing some light. The camera is triggered by forward motion. I am guessing you can also delay the script until you reach a certain height? This is all really cool, thank you.