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I seem to have a problem with my MinimOSD setup.

When I connect my MinimOSD to the APM2 board I get the following message: "Waiting for Mavlink Heartbeats". The message never goes away as far as I can tell.

My setup is as follows:

APM2 board bought new from the store here

MinimOSD board bought new from the store here

CMOS camera bought new from the store here

EagleTree Eagle Eyes ground station that I've used for about a year.

Everything seems to work flawlessly meaning that I can hook up the APM2 to the camera and an external power supply and receive video on my FatShark goggles connected to the Eagle Eyes. 

I am using 900MHz for my video feed and I am not using any of the XBee components.

I've searched the forums here and this is what I have done so far:

-I've downloaded the ARDUCam OSD configuration utility and through that I have updated the firmware and the character set.

-I've updated the APM2 board to the newest firmware (ARDUPlane 2.33) and I am using Mission Planner version 1.1.67 which is current as of this morning.

-I've gotten into the MP and downloaded the logs and then reset the board.

-I've followed this post on here and reset my values on SR3 to the ones shown: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A752128&commentId=705844%3AComment%3A815747&xg_source=activity

-I've replaced the connecting cables in case I had a bad one.

So far nothing has worked other than I'm getting a really nice picture using this setup! :-)  No interference that I can see.  I'll even go as far as ordering a new MinimOSD but they're sold out right now so that's not an option.

Thanks for looking!  If it helps I'll send a candy bar to whoever comes up with a winning suggestion. :-)

-Mike