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New here, and starting of with connecting problems.

Posted by Jeffry on April 25, 2011 at 11:03am
Hi All,

I just joined the community. LAst weekend i spend building my Quad. Got the esc's calibrated and went on to connect my APM + oilpan.
I've been trying to connect to the thing on 3 computers now but without success.
What have i done so far.:

MACbook Pro running windows 7:
Installed the usb driver (ftdi)
Tried connecting both through the configuration and the CLI.
Used 115200, carriage return, COM3

I see the lights coming on on the board, and the TX light flicker when its trying to connect. After that it will show one line with jibberish (see image). Or it says it cannot connect

Also tried the same procedure on a PC running vista. And also on a Macbook pro under OSX. Also through configuration or the CLI. All the same result. One line with weird characters.  Also tried different USB cables.  No luck :(
It's only connected to the USB cable, and gets it power from that. So no ESC's connected or receiver.

Who can help me out?

Thanks,

Schermafbeelding 2011-04-25 om 16.37.43.png

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  • Jeffry April 29, 2011 at 9:49am

    I'm having a really hard time uploading the Ardupirates code to the board. When i download the latast config from the trunk (ArdupiratesNG) and open that sketch in Arduino. After that i run the verify function, and i keep getting errors on the gps. Tried commenting it out, like the instructions say buit no succes. What could be the problem? This is the error list it returns after verifing the downloaded Ardupirates code from the trunk with the default config.h:

    In file included from ArduPiratesNG.cpp:54:
    /Config.h:48:20: error: AP_GPS.h: No such file or directory
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp:64:24: error: FastSerial.h: No such file or directory
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp:65:23: error: AP_Common.h: No such file or directory
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp:68:76: error: AP_ADC.h: No such file or directory
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp:69:59: error: APM_BMP085.h: No such file or directory
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp:74:69: error: AP_RangeFinder.h: No such file or directory
    In file included from ArduPiratesNG.cpp:54:
    Config.h:320: error: 'AP_GPS_NONE' does not name a type
    In file included from ArduPiratesNG.cpp:76:
    Arducopter.h:198: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token
    Arducopter.h:199: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token
    Arducopter.h:200: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token
    ArduPiratesNG:86: error: 'AP_ADC_ADS7844' does not name a type
    ArduPiratesNG:87: error: 'APM_BMP085_Class' does not name a type
    ArduPiratesNG:88: error: 'AP_Compass_HMC5843' does not name a type
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp: In function 'void loop()':
    ArduPiratesNG:253: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG:270: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG:405: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG:420: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
    ArduPiratesNG:421: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
    ArduPiratesNG:428: error: 'APM_BMP085' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG:457: error: 'APM_BMP085' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG:488: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG:503: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp: In function 'void CALIB_CompassOffset()':
    CLI:370: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
    CLI:371: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
    CLI:372: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
    CLI:373: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
    CLI:381: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
    CLI:382: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
    CLI:385: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:385: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:386: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:386: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:387: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:387: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:390: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:390: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:391: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:391: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:392: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:392: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:401: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:403: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:405: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    CLI:407: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp: In function 'void CALIB_AccOffset()':
    CLI:466: error: 'adc' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp: In function 'void Drift_correction()':
    DCM:90: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    DCM:90: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp: In function 'void sendSerialTelemetry()':
    GCS:369: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    GCS:371: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    GCS:373: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    GCS:375: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    GCS:377: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    GCS:379: error: expected primary-expression before '.' token
    GCS:421: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    GCS:657: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp: In function 'void read_GPS_data()':
    Navigation:42: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp: In function 'void Position_control(long int, long int)':
    Navigation:63: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp: In function 'void Position_control_v2(long int, long int)':
    Navigation:107: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    Navigation:114: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp: In function 'void read_radio()':
    Radio:114: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    Radio:121: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp: In function 'void Read_adc_raw()':
    Sensors:57: error: 'adc' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp: In function 'void read_baro()':
    Sensors:203: error: 'APM_BMP085' was not declared in this scope
    ArduPiratesNG.cpp: In function 'void APM_Init()':
    System:106: error: 'adc' was not declared in this scope
    System:114: error: 'gps' was not declared in this scope
    System:184: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
    System:185: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
    System:186: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
    System:187: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
    System:220: error: 'APM_BMP085' was not declared in this scope

     

    Cheers for the help

  • Jeffry April 26, 2011 at 1:38pm
    I had to uploade the code through Arduino. However i still do not have the CLI work. Thats still strange. So i uploaded arducopter code, because ardupirate gave errors on the gps module. So arducopter code uploaded via arduino on the mac, and after that I used the configurator on the PC and that worked after uploading the code. Did the calibration and it all worked
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    Chris Anderson April 26, 2011 at 1:26pm
    What position do you have the CLI slider switch in?
  • Jeffry April 26, 2011 at 12:57pm

    Ok, I'm a complete NOOB. After spending another night reading manuals I have it working! Thanks for putting up with my dumb questions.

    It still needs some finetuning. But its dark now so no weather to fly

  • Jeffry April 26, 2011 at 1:25am
    This image is a screendump from the PC. Like Chris said, I changed the baud rate to 115K in the device manager in windows aswell. Still no succes :(

    screen.bmp

  • chris g April 25, 2011 at 4:39pm
    go into windows control panel and adjust com port speed for usb to 115k
  • Jeffry April 25, 2011 at 2:20pm
    Can it be a power issue? I.e. that the usb power is to low to power up the board?
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