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"No Heartbeat Packets Received" on Mission Planner

Posted by Alan on March 16, 2012 at 4:33am

When I try to connect using mission planner versions 1.1.51 & 1.1.52 I get a "No Heartbeat Packets Received" box after the time out.

I don't have this problem with 1.1.50, have I missed something.

I am using Windows Xp if that makes a difference.

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  • BustamyTool January 16, 2014 at 12:13pm
    Im having the same problem. It blinks 6 blue and 2 quick red. Anyone knows what the code means?
  • Bruno Bedard May 11, 2013 at 5:46am

    I just received my APM 2.5 and 3DR radio and I'm having the same error...In MP 1.2.5 mav 1.0, in "Configuration/3DR radio", I can "load the settings" and I get data for the "Local" and the "Remote" but can not connect. I'm selecting the right port and rate. What am I missing...

    Bruno

  • estebanflyer August 1, 2012 at 6:34am
    I am not too sure what the problem is but i would connect the receiver and the PDB. Power these too first, and then plug in the USB. Try to connect this way. What do you need terminal for though?
  • Roelof Versteeg July 31, 2012 at 8:29pm

    I am still trying to use the latest version of Mission planner (now 1.2.1 Mav 1.0) with my 1.4 board as the 1.50 version is a bit less polished. Here's what happened

    Setup

    - Mission planner 1.2.1 Mav 1.0 (from July 29)

    - I have the SM2 slider set away from the pins (toward position 1).

    - I am connected through USB connection on comouter to mini USB on board

    - I am running Windows7 (64 bits). The radio and PDB are not connected to the APM board. The GPS is connected.

    - connected at 115200 baud and com3

    1) I can go to firmware, and upload Arducopter V2.7 Quad (I have a quadcopter). This works fine

    2) when I go to Terminal, it shows in the top right corner that there is a connection (connectors connected, and "disconnect" under this). In the terminal window it then shows

    0pened com port

    Init Arducopter V2.7

    Free RAM: 1501

    FW Ver: 118

    ----------------------------

    load_all took 524 us

    3) whatever  I type in this terminal window, I get no response

    4) if (in this window) I disconnect, and then connect again, I get the connection timeout message (no heartbeat)

    5) If I go to Configuration -> Planner and toggle "Reset APM on USB connect" this does not make any difference (I tried with and without this on

    -----------------------------------------------------------

    I'm really stuck here & any tips will be appreciated

    Thanks

    Roelof

  • estebanflyer July 24, 2012 at 10:07am

    in my case what worked is unbricking the xbees

  • Moderator
    Ruwan July 23, 2012 at 9:57pm

    I've successessfully used a FTDI cable[1] to install Simulation Quad HIL to APM 1.4. But when I try to connect, I'm also getting "No Heartbeat Packet Received". 

    Now when I use a IMU + mini USB cable to connect to the same APM 1.4 it works fine. 

    Would this be a result of a bad FTDI cable? I'm puzzled since same FTDI cable installs firmware without an issue. 

    Thanks,

    Ruwan.

    [1] http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9717

  • Roelof Versteeg July 19, 2012 at 2:34am

    We have a 1.4 board, and have the same issue with mission planner 1.92 not working (ie not connecting and giving a No Heartbeat Packets received after the connection timeout). I downloaded and used mission planner 1.50, and this seems to be doing fine (but I just barely got this going). I am wondering if there are any patches/solutions which I can use so I can use 1.92 and future upgrades

    Thanks in advance - my son and I  really appreciate the mission planner code and all the work put in to this

    Roelof

  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson March 29, 2012 at 4:40pm

    Tom, the MP is now at 1.1.58. It should be updating automatically when you load. Is that not working?

  • Marc March 23, 2012 at 4:14pm

    hello,

    this is happening to me as well, if i restore back to version 1.1.50 it works fine any version after that i cannot connect.

     

    regards

     

  • ZacCom March 16, 2012 at 9:09am
    You just need to download the old version from this link and extract it on your desktop. However, if you click upgrade it will replace the files in that folder only. You can different versions of the software. However if you upgrade the program the folder will still show the old version. But when you start the program you see the latest version. So when you redownload 1.1.50 or 1 don't upgrade. http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/source/browse/Tools/Ardupil...
    nner/bin/Release/ArdupilotMegaPlanner.exe?spec=svnc1a149865dd1c4695d26ae7be4
    4d37c1dab78968&r=c1a149865dd1c4695d26ae7be44d37c1dab78968
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