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Pixhawk failsafe features

Posted by Edwin WIdjonarko on June 26, 2014 at 10:09am

Hi all,

I'm new to PixHawk. I read in the descriptions that PixHawk (A) has failsafe features, and (B) inherits much of APM's features. Because of obvious reasons, I am particularly interested in the GCS failsafe feature, i.e. if the autopilot lost telemetry for XXX seconds, it will return to launch site. My question is: does PixHawk support this?

As far as I understand, this function is built-in the ArduPilot / APM (ArduPlane) firmware which we flash onto PX4 hardware. Therefore, it should be readily available. Is my understanding correct? See here:

http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/arduplane-setup/apms-failsafe-function/

If this is not available, I'm thinking about writing a python code for that to contribute to MavProxy project.

Any insights / clarifications? 

Thanks,

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  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson June 26, 2014 at 10:25am

    Yes, Pixhawk supports all the same failsafe features as APM, including the GCS one. 

    • Edwin WIdjonarko > Chris Anderson June 29, 2014 at 11:10am

      Hi Chris,

      Thanks. Do you know if this feature is accessible from MavProxy? (After rummaging the codes, my guess is no)

      Cheers,

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