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Configuring the ArduRover with the Mission Planner

Posted by Thomas J Coyle III on October 6, 2012 at 10:30am

Hi All,

I have started this discussion to help members, like myself, who have really had only limited experience with the Mission Planner (MP).

Since the MP can download the latest or any version of the ArduRover code, how can we modify the code to define which APM (APM1 or APM2) we are using or whether the Oilpan is attached (LITE = DISABLED)?

I have downloaded and modified version 2.20a of the ArduRover code to define my hardware configuration and loaded it into my APM1 using the Arduino IDE. However, the version 2.20b code that the MP can download does not seem to be available on the downloads and must therefore be in the git. My question is: of what use is the MP Ardurover firmware download capability if we cannot modify the code to reflect our hardware configuration prior to the download? Or am I missing something here?

The programming instructions of the ArduRover are somewhat sketchy in the ArduRover Wiki and it would be greatly appreicated if members who have successfully configured their ArduRovers using the MP could chime in here with some timely advice and direction.

Regards,

TCIII 

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  • Charles lakins October 11, 2014 at 9:36pm

    Hey there again TC!

    I was thinking on re purposing my dust collecting apm1 with oil pan and gps on a car to experiment with

    and was wondering what firmware revision  (preferably newest possible) I can load onto it that will work?

    do you have a link to the git repository of that one?

    Charles

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      Thomas J Coyle III > Charles lakins October 12, 2014 at 5:25am

      @Charles,

      It might depend on the configuration of your APM1. Does it have a 1280 Arduino Mega or a 2560 Arduino Mega? The present ArduRover2 code will work on a 2560. I do not know about the 1280.

      Regards,

      TCIII AVD

    • Charles lakins > Thomas J Coyle III October 12, 2014 at 9:08am

      ohh yeah, forgot about that part, Thanks, it does happen to be a 1280, hmmm

      might have to attempt the apm antenna tracker fork with it if that's even possible with the 1280

  • ben February 23, 2013 at 4:08pm
    im thinking everyones got anoyed with me but oh well. wen u switch ur robot to failsafe for the rtl .return to home...does it work ? and wat parameters do u have ? like the distance apart for to hit each waypoint ?
  • ben February 23, 2013 at 1:43pm
    lol. yea i answered myself. thort u saw that or i didnt press commment oh well lol. i know i shd put wat version but meh. im using apm 2.5 and latest mission planner. anyways tis all good. my failsafe ill just try n fix nt sure.if.its goin to return home or not but one way to find tho :D hehe.
  • ben February 23, 2013 at 12:19pm

    well just tlaking to myself here...but ..

    @ben

    u had to make a waypoint in the flight planner so that the auto function would become available :) (have another beer)

    totally agree with the hav another beer part

  • ben February 23, 2013 at 12:04pm

    ok wel ive been setting it up slowly.....for some reason i cant get it to auto....i had it on for bout a minute testing then i had to reset something and now it wont come bak ive tried neally everything diff firmware whole reset but still nothing....

  • ben February 23, 2013 at 7:51am

    well after alot of trial an error and having to goto shops for more beer ive decided im just going to test this thing out and screw it lol wateva happens is just gona happen :P. of course ill hav speed down to like 5 pct lol just incase i switch off transmitter lol.hopefully it doesnt go thru the fence lol.

  • ben February 20, 2013 at 2:12pm

    okies everyone, (thomas) :P

    i just found something out thats new, with my problem. i found that if i unplug output 3 that goes to saber.....and turn off (while its all on) that output is the throttle on the transmitter anyways that stays on or turns on ....sorta like a failsafe that isnt working. howeva , if i have the throttle unpluged (output 3) and i just use the left and right and turn off transmitter the motors turn off in bout 2 seconds.so the problem lies with the output 3. maybe turning that off in the code some how...anyone got ideas ?

  • ben February 11, 2013 at 5:28am
    @thomas.
    quick question. do u hook up 0vdc from sabertooth to ur output on apm ?
    apm servo output cable signal + 0vdc ---- saber signal +0vdc.
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