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Hi all,

Im trying to do obstacle avoidance with 9 Maxbotix LV EZ0 sensors on a quadcopter such that 8 are horizontal to cover 360 degrees, and 1 below for altitude hold. Im measuring distances from these on an arduino and then sending DISTANCE_SENSOR Mavlink messages to Pixhawk from it with the correct ORIENTATION value corresponding to the measurement being sent. However, on the PIxhawk, I can only find parameters for maximum 4 rangefinders.

Is there any way I can get all my sensors to work with the Pixhawk or is 4 the maximum number of rangefinders that can be supported? And if 4 is the max, then is there any other way I could do obstacle avoidance on the Pixhawk with these 9 sensors?