Hi guys,
I have a brand new MB 1200 sonar, but I cant seem to get it to work. What happens when I flick the Alt Hold switch at low altitude, (~2m) is that my quad will rise slowly and then at about 10m then the motors slow down and the quad just drops. I have attached a log file from that flight as suggested by Randy and it seems that the baro and sonar readings don't tally. Do I have a bad sonar? II have already installed the resistor/capacitor filter and use a 2 core shielded cable to connect everything up. And yes, I did choose the correct sonar in APM Planner.
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Your sonar is not working.
Have your APM plug into the computer and look at the Flight Data screen. In the Status tab, you should see the parameter updating live. Look at the "alt" and it should starts at 20 (cm). Move your sonar to point to a different places and see if that number update.