First off, I'm a beginner at this (use small words with me!). I do fly RC aircraft, but not UAVs (yet).
What I have:
An assembled Hexa (tested and shipped from jDrones)
The 880 Kv motor/30 amp ESC set
DX8, with AR8000 receiver
APM Planner loaded on my PC - and connected to the APM
I do not have the props installed...don't want to lose any fingers just yet.
What I have done:
Bound the receiver (I think)
Question: how should the cables be connected to the AR8000? See the image I have attached...can anyone verify if that looks correct?)
For clarity, I do not have any cables plugged into the Bind/Data port. Then the power cable and underneath the white cable, then 3 oranges and 2 yellows going across on the bottom row.
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Using the CLI editor in Mission Planner followed the provided directions:
-setup mode
---reset (this step never really seemed to complete satisfactorily though -- continued getting beeping from the APM while the CLI never exited from the "Erasing EEPROM" message.
---level
---radio
---compass on
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In Mission Planner I also went to Firmware, chose Hexa configuration, and uploaded that to the APM (I think it did that anyways).
I have not attempted any further configuration, such as ESC calibration. The instructions didn't mention that so I figured that has already been done....
The problem:
When I power everything up it just beeps angrily at me and the motors twitch. From my experience with RC aircraft, this is usually a radio binding problem or an ESC/power problem.
I would really love to make it stop beeping so angrily! If anyone could kindly walk me through any fixes I might need to do, I would be ever so grateful! Remember, I am a complete beginner here, so please don't leave out important (obvious to you) steps!
Thanks in advance,
John
Replies
Is your APM connected to the ESC's? If your APM is not connect to the ESCs, then the ESCs will continue to beep non-stop. If that's the case, either learn to live with it (it's annoying, but you don't want your props spinning up when you least expect), or take off the props before you connect the APM.
If you can use the setup program in Mission Planner (not CLI, but the one with the graphical interface), you'll be able to verify that APM is receiving radio signals in the way you want under the radio tab. Actually, you could do the same in CLI under the radio command, but the graphical interface is (IMO) more straightfoward.