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Dennis Megarry replied to Tony Kenward's discussion new APM flavor released: APM Mini Pro
"Well, I'll be,..   It works..   Turns out it doesn't like the RDF900 modem..  The modem is good, if I unplug the receiver it works, they just won't work together..  that is very odd..  I'm able to connect to the RDF900 from mission planner with…"
Feb 14, 2016
Dennis Megarry replied to Tony Kenward's discussion new APM flavor released: APM Mini Pro
"Been doing this stuff for years and years..   
Using a dragonlink copter and a dragonlink micro..  The red led flashing means it has power but no PPM signal from the controller.

On the dragonlink copter version, the pins are clearly marked GND, V…"
Feb 13, 2016
Dennis Megarry replied to Tony Kenward's discussion new APM flavor released: APM Mini Pro
"I did try that but didn't work..  On the APM Pro I had to jumper 2 pins.. do you have to do this on the Pix Mini?
I tried a couple recivers, on both, the red led flashes then goes out..  Put it back into my Naza copter and it worked..  so I know its…"
Feb 13, 2016
Dennis Megarry replied to Tony Kenward's discussion new APM flavor released: APM Mini Pro
"Has anyone tried the Pix Mini yet?  I have mine but comes with zero documentation...  Can't seem to figure out hwo to connect my PPM receiver..  ugh

Anyone out here know?"
Feb 13, 2016
Dennis Megarry replied to Cristian Rougier's discussion Motor spin slow than others in ArduCopter User Group
"Solved the issue of the one motor not spinning up as fast..  I tried EVERYTHING, just about every firmware old, new and beta I could find with no luck..   I installed a regular APM 2.6 on my frame and everything worked fine.. ARGH!  

Then I save…"
Jan 28, 2016
Dennis Megarry replied to Cristian Rougier's discussion Motor spin slow than others in ArduCopter User Group
"Think I figured it out..  Still a bad APM though..

When I lift the APM while in stabilize mode and wobble it around, nothing happens..  Though the artificial horizon in MP does move..

I put in a regular APM 2.6 and when moved around all the motors…"
Jan 25, 2016
Dennis Megarry replied to Cristian Rougier's discussion Motor spin slow than others in ArduCopter User Group
"I too am having this issue with the Mini APM Pro on Motor 3!  All motors spin at the same speed when armed, but motor #3 only starts spinning up at 1/4 throttle..  I moved the PWM wires to another prop connection and it ran fine, but any motor…"
Jan 25, 2016
Dennis Megarry replied to Tony Kenward's discussion new APM flavor released: APM Mini Pro
"Well..  odd.. but I guess it makes sense..  I had to switch the RX & TX on the modem..  to TX is going to RX on the APM and RX going to TX on the APM..  it works!"
Jan 18, 2016
Dennis Megarry replied to Tony Kenward's discussion new APM flavor released: APM Mini Pro
"Took to case apart and seen on the PCB that I do have the correct pin/s connected..

Reading from left to right on the top row of the APM Pro:
TX, RX, 5V, GND

On my RFD900 (jumper on 4 & 6)
Pin 1: GRD
Pin 3: <BLANK>
Pin 5: 5V
Pin 7: RX
Pin 9: TX
I…"
Jan 18, 2016
Dennis Megarry replied to Tony Kenward's discussion new APM flavor released: APM Mini Pro
"Has anyone gotten a telemetry radio connected?  I have an RFD900, connected pin's: GND, VCC, RX, TX to the top 4 pin's under the telemetry label but won't connect.  can't find where to connect the CTS or RTS pins.."
Jan 18, 2016
Dennis Megarry replied to Dennis Megarry's discussion APM Pro with E800's on Tarot 650 Frame, motor issue..
"Turned out I was looking at the wrong one..  I still have this issue..
Since I moved the cables around and any motor plugged into the #3 Prop on APM doesn't spin up with the other motors at low throttle.. Is there a setting I should be looking at?…"
Jan 18, 2016
Dennis Megarry replied to Dennis Megarry's discussion APM Pro with E800's on Tarot 650 Frame, motor issue..
"Sorry, swapped PWN wires..  

I noticed one of the wires were frayed, looks like I might have touch it with the soldering iron..  Going to fix that and see if the issue goes away.."
Jan 17, 2016
Dennis Megarry posted a discussion
I've built up a Tarot 650 Sport using the Mini APM Pro with DJI's E800 system.My issue is, when I arm the motors, they all spin just fine, but when I give it some throttle, one motor takes a bit more thottle to spin up..  Full throttle they all…
Jan 17, 2016
Dennis Megarry replied to Andreas's discussion CHDK Scripts &amp; Parameters problem (Cont.)
"You don't need that version any more.. the latest MP 1.3.5 has Survey Grid built in..
I am working on a LUA script for the APM which will extend, trigger and retract the camera lens..  You will have to put in some DO_SET_SERVO's to send the proper…"
Aug 1, 2014
Dennis Megarry replied to Brian Christal's discussion PixHawk Altitude Issues
"I'm thinking the Pixhawk only reads altitude in ABS mode..  I ran into the same issues..  My APM is always fine, I set 100 meters in the flight plan and it flys 100 meters up from where I turned it on..   The pixhawk gets altitude from the GPS which…"
Jul 22, 2014
Dennis Megarry left a comment for Dennis Megarry
"I mounted my S100 in the foam nose cone, you have to cut it a bit to fit the camera but its plenty thick enough for it..  Balances out nicely as well with 2 4000Mah 3S batteries as well..

My build log…"
Jul 22, 2014
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