"Hi Phillip,
It is a Pixhawh. All the periferals are the ones supplied by 3drobotics for the Pixhawk. When it all arrived about 6 weeks ago I put it all together mounted on a test frame, loaded the firmware that was relevant at that time and it all…"
"Hi there,
No it did not blow WHEN i plugged it in, it was ALREADY in and working with all bits plugged in on an earlier version of the firmware. It stopped working WHEN I upgraded the firmware, and now only works WHEN I pull the compass out."
"Hi
This is the exact problem I have as per the discussion yesterday. It happened as soon as I updated the firmware on the 22nd of March
Without the compass plugged in all works, but as soon as I plug the compass into the I2C connector no more…"
"Hi Randy,
An Update..
If I disconnect the compass (Leave the GPS plugged in) from the pixhawk then it connects ?? and seems to be fine. Albeit with no compass. I tried this after reading the post on the forum I mentioned above and something to do…"
"Hi I have just seen a post at http://ardupilot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6830
Seem this guy has the exact same issue with his 2.6 after a firmware update in the last day or so.
"no connect and timeout/heartbeat error."
Are there any others out…"
"Thanks Randy
I tried that a couple of times but nothing seems to work.
The leds change their pattern a bit while I do it, but still there is no Mavlink connection."
"Hi
Yesterday I did a Pixhawk firmware update for my multi rotor and ever since I am unable to connect to the Pixhawk from Mission Planner. I have re installed MP and cleaned out and re added all the usb drives etc but to no avail. I was connecting…"