Pixhawk BAD ACCEL HEALTH APM 3.2 - collecting data

A few users, myself included, appear to be having issues calibrating accels and/or arming when using APM 3.2 on a Pixhawk.  I see posts here and there, but thought it may be best if those having the issue could all 'check in' to one post so that the developers can see how widespread the issue is and gather data.

My Pixhawk will arm occasionally, and will even fly successfully.  Occasionally however it will not arm and I will receive the pre-arm error "Accels not healthy".  A few days ago I was able to arm and fly thorugh one lipo, then after landing and swapping batteries I could not arm due to this reason.  I have attached the logs from the successful flight, as well as the failed pre-arm logs, to this post.

As you can see from these images there is something amiss with IMU2.  This is a snippit from the good flight, showing values for AccX on IMU1 and IMU2:

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and here are the same values on the second attempt, pre-arm.

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In the 3.2 release thread a few users had mentioned the issue and Randy advised to set the log_bitmask to "131070" so that it will log everything including the pre-arm checks.  I encourage others having the issue to do the same and share the logs and experiences here so that we can find out what is going on here - is there a bad batch of Pixhawks in the wild that only now show the hardware errors due to something new in 3.2, or is there an issue in the APM software?

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    • Distributor

      Hi Emin, I am UAV store ;)
      I can assure you that all boards are genuine 3DR boards and that I don't sell "old" stock.
      I only stock enough boards for about 1/2 month, thereby they are always "fresh".
      The Pixhawks which are in stock right now have arrived this week, on Monday - so they are a new batch.
      best regards
      Felix

      • great!!!

        • ..one is on way to me...

    • Yes, I believe one of the DEV's has 3DR's list of serial numbers/dates. Sorry, I don't have more details.

  • This weekend I finished building my new Quad. I have used a brand new 3DR Pixhawk (not a clone).
    I get following messages : Accells inconsistent og just Bad Gyro Health.
    Tried to load previous firmware V 3.1.5 and later again V 3.2.1 with the same result.
    After I reloaded V3.2.1 I was able to make one succesfull calibration of the accellerometer. But shortly after I got the sad message again.
    • Download logs in MP using Data Flash Log Tab. You can analyze and graph them from there as well.
    • Developer
      Kim, if you have a log file that looks like one of these:
      http://uav.tridgell.net/MPU6000-error/summary/summary.html
      please contact help@3drobotics.com for a replacement
      Logfile summary
      • I have this Log Files where one of the lines says:
        Test: IMU Mismatch = NA -
        Everything else but the IMU says GOOD
        -----------------------------------

        Log File C:/Users/Kim/AppData/Local/Temp/tmp2DBA.tmp.log
        Size (kb) 446.115234375
        No of lines 6564
        Duration 0:00:34
        Vehicletype ArduCopter
        Firmware Version V3.2.1
        Firmware Hash 36b405fb
        Hardware Type
        Free Mem 0
        Skipped Lines 0

        Test: Autotune = UNKNOWN - No ATUN log data
        Test: Balance/Twist = GOOD -
        Test: Brownout = GOOD -
        Test: Compass = GOOD - mag_field interference within limits (0.89%)

        Test: Dupe Log Data = GOOD -
        Test: Empty = GOOD -
        Test: Event/Failsafe = GOOD -
        Test: GPS = GOOD -
        Test: IMU Mismatch = NA -
        Test: Parameters = GOOD -
        Test: PM = GOOD -
        Test: Pitch/Roll = GOOD -
        Test: Thrust = GOOD -
        Test: VCC = GOOD -
      • Thank you very much for your help. I will try to find a log file
      • Craig,

        I know its slightly off topic but how are you creating those graphs? Obviously not MP or APM. Just curious.

        mp

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