I'm a newbie and have been flying my 3DR quad for a few weeks now. I saw the impressive post about Arducopter 2.0.55 and decided to try it out tonight, so I fired up the APM Planner selected 2.0.55 and installed it. But afterwards all of the settings relating to my RC and sensors were lost. So I went through and reconfigured it.
Here's my question: is the software upgrade process for an end user documented anywhere in the arducopter manual?
I proceed with my upgrade in the way that I thought made sense, but I wasn't really sure what I was up to. And then after test flying, I started thinking that I might need to update the gains, but I wasn't sure how the default gains are set and whether I should be needing to update them right after an install.
Thanks,
Pat
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So I just installed 2.0.55 via Arduino and I'm still wondering how the configuration relates to a fresh code install?
I.e., if I install a new version of software either via Arduino or APM Planner, what do I need to do to get things back to where they were previously configuration-wise? Do I need to re-map my RC transmitter again? Do I need to re-load my gains? Do I need to reconfigure my sensors? Do I need to reset my flight modes?
And if I don't need to, why not? Are these parameters all stored in some sort of EEPROM that the code upgrades don't affect?
Thanks,
Pat
Not necesary. Defaults are instaled and works very well for many Quad types. I personally use it in three very diferent custom copters and in all works well the defaults: quad-650gr, quad 900gr, hexa 1.3Kg.