It appears that there is support for testing individual motors according to this wiki:
https://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2_Props_2
and it looks like there are commands here for motor tests:
https://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2CLI
(The code was moved here:
http://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot
but I don't see the ac2cli program.)
Is there a MAVLINK message for testing individual motors? I browsed through the common.xml messages, but didn't see an obvious one.
I'm using ArduCopter 3.1rc2.
Thanks,
Rob
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The "test", "motors" command is still supported in the CLI. It's discussed a small amount at the bottom of this new wiki page.
Maybe what threw you off is that it use to be "setup", "motors" but it seemed like more of a "test" than a "setup" to me so I moved it in the CLI.
There is no command in Mavlink to test the motors as such. The commands you linked are part of the APM software and can be accessed through command-line interface. They spin the motors one-by-one in a cycle.
If you just want to spin a particular motor, it would be easiest to connect the ESC's directly to your RX, bypassing the APM.
I found the CLI in the Mission Planner Terminal. Is that using a different protocol than MAVLINK to control the motors?