Not sure if this is a hardware, mission planner or simulator question. I had APM2 working great in X-Plane 10. However, after loading the PT-60 param file the plane would spiral into the ground when set to auto mode. I have not been able find how to get everything reset. I did find a post saying to go to terminal mode then "goto setup > reset" but wasn't sure how to actually do that, i.e is that a typed-in command?
I assume these paramater settings would affect the real plane if not changed, so any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
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Great, after reversing all controls in the configuration screen of the APM planner 1.1.95 mav 1.0 it works great!
Thanks for your help!
Hessel
I installed the APM planner on a clean PC (updated to the latest version) and loaded the HIL firmware.
Then I connected the autopilot and saved the parameter file with the default settings. I will let you know the results after i tried this setup with X-Plane 10 Demo.
Do you have a parameter file that works with X-Plane that I can try?
OK, Hessel! Got things working again. I took the brute force approach. I uninstalled and reinstalled Mission Planner hoping to recapture the default parameters that way. I then reloaded the firmware, first for the real plane then the sim version. I then compared the PT-60 param file to what was in Mission Planner. It was obvious that I got back the defaults. I'm going to look at those differences in detail to see if I can spot what might be causing the problem. Maybe this will help you. Hope so.
Paul
You can try loading the firmware again. It seems to reset the parameters.
Great stuff. I wanted to start with the simulation but I can't manage to get the APM 2.0 with ArduPlane V2.40 HIL firmware controlling the plane in X-Plane. I'm using the xplane_PT60.param file in the APM planner.
I can fly the plane manually in X-Plane 10 Demo using my DX8 transmitter with the receiver hooked up to the APM. I had to reverse Roll Pitch and Yaw though.
When I switch to Auto the PT-60 turns and dives to a crash. I tried to reverse some controls in APM planner 1.1.94 mav 1.0 but that does not help (it seems to have no effect at all).
I now switched my transmitter channels back to normal and used all the reverse checkboxes in the Simulation tab (top row) instead. I can fly manually this way too.
Unfortunately Auto pilot mode is still not working (crashdive).
Loading the Easystar.param file seems to have a (limited) positive effect, so I think the problem lies in the parameters used. I am still lost however.
Hessel.