Minihawk: Telemetry & GPS

Good morning, 

First post (possibly of many!), just to see if anyone else has encountered issues with the Minihawk/Pixhawk Mini, when connecting the GPS/Compass or the 3DR telemetry. 


Both have different symptoms...

Telemetry ( Link to Module ):

- Tested and working with another flight controller

- Connect to Minihawk, as powered on, get a few flashes from the tx/rx

- Solid green LED indicating it's found the receiver on my laptop

- When connection attempted through Mission Planner, there is a single red flash, and then after 30 seconds, it times out. 

- Have tried connection with different antennas, and no improvement

- Have checked parameters in Config/Tuning, and nothing seems to work. Connected to UART2/Telemetry

- Belled out all 4 wires on the connectors, and all fine (CTS/RTS not connected)

GPS/Compass ( Link to Module ):

- When not connected, all seems fine, can connect to Minihawk through USB, and can arm and fly

- When connected, when powered on, I get the 

- I then restart the board, with the safety button depressed

- I start to get the following sound, but after two (not three) of the beeps, it stops. Then after a power cycle, it does the New IO Board Firmware Found sound again

- There is no ability to connect to Mission Planner, and cannot arm until the GPS/Compass receiver is disconnected

Beeping!!!!!!!

- the motors beep CONTINUOUSLY until the safety button is pressed. Bloody annoying if your sitting diagnosing issues for an extended period of time!!!

- Any ideas of how to stop it?

Seen a few people have had a couple of issues with these, which is a shame as it's such a light and feature packed bit of kit! Just really annoying to not see many setup/guides etc for them!

Anyways, any help on the above would be much appreciated!!

Thanks,
Rex

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