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Where is the individual "motors" test ?

Posted by Chris Lovett on January 10, 2015 at 6:26pm

The latest version of Mission Planner version 1.3.17 Terminal connects fine to my new pixhawk, but the "setup" menu contains:

reset
show
set
esc_calib

and the "test" menu contains:
baro
compass
ins
optflow
relay
shell
rangefinder

but no "motors" test. So how can I test each individual motor to make sure I've wired them up correctly? All the docs talk about "motor direction" testing which is fine to do all at once, but I also need to test each individual motor the way the old "motors" test did.

Can someone tell me how to add that back to the terminal? Or better still, can someone add it to the new mission planner "wizard" as a step right after radio and esc calibration?

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Sky Racer July 27, 2016 at 5:20pm

there is a b option thanks
Andre Caccioppoli July 25, 2016 at 12:54pm

Yeah I was ony6 a didn't sre b option at bottom.all good now
Sky Racer July 25, 2016 at 12:30pm

did you find the y6 order in mission planer?
Chris Lovett January 11, 2015 at 2:00am

Never mind, I just found the new motor test under ">> Optional Hardware" in Mission Planner...
- Andre Caccioppoli > Chris Lovett June 12, 2016 at 1:39am
  
  Hey Chris, what numeric motor order does each motor test motor line up with, dos motor A = Motor 1 and so forth?
  - T3
    
    Thorsten > Andre Caccioppoli June 12, 2016 at 8:36am
    
    In this case it is clockwise
    - Andre Caccioppoli > Thorsten June 12, 2016 at 12:15pm
      
      So on Y6B they should fire 1,2,3,4,5,6? around the frame?
      
      mine are all different, so maybe my pixfalcon outputs wires are not working in sequence? is that heard of?
      - Andre Caccioppoli > Andre Caccioppoli June 12, 2016 at 9:09pm
        
        Or mor elike 1,3,5,2,4,6?
        
        got big issues with my uav so trying to start form this point.
        
        appreciate the help
- Chris Lovett > Chris Lovett January 11, 2015 at 2:07am
  
  Wasn't the most obvious place to look, they should make this an essential test in the handy new wizard to make it more visible (especially for folks who are building their own kits).
iskess January 10, 2015 at 6:57pm

I just used it yesterday, but it was in Setup, not CLI.
The Tricopter has a bug where the 3rd motor test actually moves the tail servo.