Posted by Anwar Ali Khan on September 17, 2009 at 12:22am
I want to use the ArduPilot board with EM406 GPS and FMA Co-Pilot options. I have downloaded Arduino 0017 and is working on my computer. The codes created by Chris Anderson & Jordi Munoz is a great effort but unfortunately only a person who knows the specific computer language can understand these codes. Is there any User Friendly code where I just replace the waypoints/altitude according to my location and fly the plane? Members are requested to guide.
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Thanks Joseph but which documentation you are referring and where do I get this config tool?
Chris you are right. Probably it will take me a couple of months to understand this coding and then I would probably fly my plane.
What this 'headers' folder is about in the new code? I cannot open the file within that in Arduino. Do I need that folder or file?
I thik I need to exclude the files related to other GPSs that I am not using. Am I wright? Would it not be possible for you to split the 'Sensors' file into two, one for FMA and one for XYZ sensors like what you have done for the GPSs, so that we keep the required one and exclude the other?
I would further suggest to put some more comments/explanations for each command line within the code, so that people like me would better understand the code and would be able to edit it on their own (meanwhile I am trying to study this compter language/coding provided I could spare some time from my job).
To avoid any risk I don't want to be in a rush thats why I am asking these questions.
You should be fine reading the documentation to modify most of the variables (gains etc.)
Waypoints and such.. I think the config tool would be your best way out.
There is no "User Friendly Code".
However I would agree that Ardu needs a little bit better docu.
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Chris you are right. Probably it will take me a couple of months to understand this coding and then I would probably fly my plane.
What this 'headers' folder is about in the new code? I cannot open the file within that in Arduino. Do I need that folder or file?
I thik I need to exclude the files related to other GPSs that I am not using. Am I wright? Would it not be possible for you to split the 'Sensors' file into two, one for FMA and one for XYZ sensors like what you have done for the GPSs, so that we keep the required one and exclude the other?
I would further suggest to put some more comments/explanations for each command line within the code, so that people like me would better understand the code and would be able to edit it on their own (meanwhile I am trying to study this compter language/coding provided I could spare some time from my job).
To avoid any risk I don't want to be in a rush thats why I am asking these questions.
Many thanks for your guidance.
Waypoints and such.. I think the config tool would be your best way out.
There is no "User Friendly Code".
However I would agree that Ardu needs a little bit better docu.