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I have an APM 2.6, and when trying to connect to the terminal in mission or apm planner, I get random characters

Posted by NullVoxPopuli on June 20, 2014 at 7:17pm

I'm connecting via USB. And I'm making sure that I attempt connection within the first 20 seconds of the APM powering up (I heard that was a requirement).

My baud rate is the 115200, and in the full parameters list, my USB baud rate is 115

I'm just trying to run a compass test, cause I'm on my second compass from 3DR, and the APM still doesn't know which way is north. :-\

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  • Dave June 22, 2014 at 9:30am
    Do you have a mavlink hooked up. If you do unplug it.
    • NullVoxPopuli > Dave June 22, 2014 at 11:46am

      Same thing.

      I'm using ArduPilot 3.2. Which I heard removed the Terminal. 
      So.. I wonder how do I do a compass test now? haha

      • Dave > NullVoxPopuli June 22, 2014 at 11:48am
        Terminal is still in the new mission planner you just have to enable it
        • NullVoxPopuli > Dave June 22, 2014 at 11:49am

          I can get to the terminals in both apm planner and mission planner. But even after disconnecting the telemetry radio, I still get the garbage output.

          edit: here is a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/5RRBfJz.png

          • Dave > NullVoxPopuli June 22, 2014 at 11:51am
            Can you see the parameters in mission planner with the telemetry.
            • NullVoxPopuli > Dave June 23, 2014 at 5:45pm

              yup

              • Dave > NullVoxPopuli June 23, 2014 at 5:46pm
                Why not load 3.1.5 firmware
            • Dave > Dave June 22, 2014 at 1:39pm
              Do you have this in a plane.
  • NullVoxPopuli June 21, 2014 at 10:28pm

    Just pinging people's email again. I think I'm almost out of warranty on my system, and I like to figure out the cause. 

    I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 for APM Planner and Windows 7 via VirtualBox for Mission Planner.

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