Hello, I'm looking at adding xbee telemetry to my AC2 in the UK. I see that the 900 MHz version sold by the DIYDrones USA store is approved for use in the USA and Canada only. There is a 2.4 GHz Version sold by coolcomponents.co.uk, which I'm checking the approvals status of in the UK but am expecting that will be OK. Confusion here is that the 2.4GHz modules come in 3 flavours: series 1, series 2 (2.5) and series ZB.
Can anyone tell me which of these I should use, so as to be plug-in compatible with AC2 and the groundstation software that you support please?
Is there anyone here in the UK successfully using xbee telemetry with a groundstation?
Thanks
Rob
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HI Rob
In South Africa we cant use 900mhz either. I am running 2.4 Xbee Pro series 2 with zigbee frimware (XBP24ZB) and it is running very well with APM 2 I use a AIRTRONICS SD10G radio on 2.4ghz and i dont get interferance.
I had a few bugs getting the 2.4 xbees to work, but once they were setup properly with X-CTU they work very well up to 1kilometer.
pm me if you need help setting them up.
John
Rob,
I'm using 2.4GHz with the Series 2.5 xbees and it works fine with (atleast) the APM Planner and qGroundControl.
Martin at BuildYourOwnDrones is putting together a kit for 'plug and play' in UK and expects it to be available soon,
Paul