My Pixhawk telemetry does not show Voltage level

Posted by Rnold on September 25, 2015 at 5:42am

My Pixhawk telemetry shows a lot of things, but not voltage, current and % of battery used as it does in my Ardupilot piloted quad. I did the following to check this:

- it happens in mission planner, APM planner 2, tower and droidplanner (both versions)

- I swapped the power module with that of my ardupilot, same result

- I swapped the Tx/Rx modules with that of my ardupilot

- Armed and disarmed does not matter

The swap with the Ardupilot hardware was done because that configuration worked.

Anybody any idea what is wrong? Should I go for a new Pixhawk?

Thanks in advance,

Rnold

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  • Rnold October 4, 2015 at 10:58am

    And I found the error! It was a very noob mistake: in order to receive telemetry feedback of the battery status you need to have enabled it in mission planner. I did so and it works since then. I am sorry to have bothered you with this, but thanks very much for your support!

    Rnold

  • Keith M September 29, 2015 at 5:03pm

    What type of RC transceiver are you using? You could possibly get these settings through the telemetry on the remote control

    • Rnold > Keith M October 1, 2015 at 12:29pm

      Thanks for your suggestions Keith. For the telemetry I use 3DR telemetry radio and I use the Taranis FrSky. For my Ardupilot i use Roilf Blomgrens solution (http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/amp-to-frsky-x8r-sport-converter) to send telemetry back to the transmitter. I will implement this as well for the Pixhawk, but as there is no electricity info in normal telemetry, I hardly expect it to see via other means. It has to be sent via Mavlink and as the other information is sent back correctly, the electricity info is simply not present. And I just wonder why.

  • Luis September 25, 2015 at 5:47am

    Just to be clear, you tested your PM on a different system (ardupilot) and you got readings with that PM, right?.

    Is your PX4 made by 3DR?, if so while you ask here you can ask them, even when then not respond within the hour they will answer between the day.

    • Rnold > Luis September 25, 2015 at 7:10am

      Vice versa, i took a working PM from my ardupilot and connected it to the Pixhawk. I also took working telemetry tx/rx from my ardupilot and connected it to the pixhawk. 

      It's all 100% 3DR. I did already ask, but i asked here because they didn't answer between the day :-). I asked 1 1/2 days ago.

      Thanks for your help!

      Rnold

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