Connecting Gimbal

Posted by Michael on March 22, 2014 at 8:31am

I have been working-out a few problems before mounting my Gimbal.  I would like to do this now but I did not find any instructions on doing this.  Can anyone tell me where the wires go that are coming from the Iris?   and any photos would be great, also any suggestions to make this more successful. 

  Thanks for the help

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  • criro1999 March 22, 2014 at 4:53pm

    My TX is limited in number of channels.

    Can I control the gimbal tilt by the APM instead of TX?

    Is this working sequential (gradually) also, or just up/down?

  • James Wolff March 22, 2014 at 8:35am

    Enjoy

    http://3drobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Tarot-gimbal-kit-I...

    • Michael > James Wolff March 22, 2014 at 9:00am

      James,  sorry,  one more question.  I see the 3 wires Brown, Orange, Red.  It talks about hooking the Brown and Orange, but does not mention about connecting the Red.  I am guessing  to the left of the brown on the + but wanted to make sure. 

    • aforsyth > Michael March 22, 2014 at 9:28am

      You can connect Roll if you wish, but the Tarot will compensate for roll on its own. It has been said that you may experience "better" performance if you do not connect the Roll pin.

      Connecting Tilt allows you to use Ch6 to tilt up and down. You might possibly experience that 3DR did not set the firmware appropriately, however.

      Read the following threads:

      PIDs for the extra mass -

      http://ardupilot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=6746

      Firmware setting for controllable tilt with Ch6 -

      http://ardupilot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=6662

    • LouB > aforsyth March 24, 2014 at 4:41am
      Question are the PIDs with the roll connected (or does it matter) ??

      Any know if it has made a difference ?

      Wish 3DR would put a not about changes like this in the support forum.
    • Michael > aforsyth March 22, 2014 at 11:46am

      In mission planner I see where it says channel 6 tuning and the choice selected is None   is this what needs to be changed so it will adjust the camera up and down?

    • aforsyth > Michael March 22, 2014 at 4:25pm

      Michael -

      The official support forum is over here:

      http://ardupilot.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=48

      Posting over there should bring your questions to the right eyes

    • James Wolff > Michael March 22, 2014 at 9:05am

      2 Weeks ago they had the red one connected to the CTR; but must have updated the connecting drawing to remove it. Let me know if it works with out the red one.

    • Michael > James Wolff March 22, 2014 at 12:28pm

      I did not hook the red one up for the reason you mentioned, but there is no movement up and down with switch 6   I have the brown and orange connected as shown?  I was not sure if that is something in Mission Planer that I need to change?

    • Michael > James Wolff March 22, 2014 at 8:52am

      Thank you that was fast :-)  

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