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Retired IT Service Manager
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APM:Plane with Pixhawk
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Canberra
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I updated to MP 1.3.41 only to find the Optional Hardware - Antenna Tracker screen was greyed out and could not be accessed. MP 1.3.40 had the same problem. MP 1.3.39 had the old Antenna Tracker screen which worked ok. Hopefully there are no…
"Setting rngfnd_landing to 1 cured my Bad LIDAR Health warning. Thanks to Grant on the ArduPilot site for the solution.
It should be noted that you will get a Bad LIDAR Health warning if you point the LIDAR to the sky. That warning takes 10 seconds…"
It should be noted that you will get a Bad LIDAR Health warning if you point the LIDAR to the sky. That warning takes 10 seconds…"
I am getting Bad Lidar Health warnings, but good sonarrange data when I attempt to test a LIDAR-Lite on my Pixhawk running MP 1.3.30 and ArduPlane V3.3.0 .Is anyone else experiencing this problem and is there a solution?
"I have posted my support on Github for a "Terrain Following Active" flag in the MP HUD."
Is there a flag or parameter anywhere in MP that will allow me to confirm that Terrain Following is active after commencing the mission? I had a "Hey. I can see treetops in the video." moment today when I sent my plane off towards the local…
"Patrick, I forgot to mention. My tracker seemed to get confused when the Tracker Home was too close to the plane. I overcame this by setting Tracker Home 10 metres behind the pit location. Regards."
"Patrick, My 3DR Telemetry Radios and ServoCity parts arrived quicker than expected. The build worked as per your advice above. I did adjust the Arduino parameters for lastTilt and lastPan to 100 and 95 to eliminate servo cable tangles on initial…"
"Thanks Patrick. It may be a few weeks. I started my APM:Plane experience with Pixhawk, 5.8ghz video and MinimOSD. Needless to say, the video quality is a bit variable. My telemetry radios are due this week, so antenna tracking is the next…"
"Patrick, I worked out the answer to my own "Bench Testing" question. The Arduino Uno program uses Servo Ports 9 and 10 on the Arduino Sensor/Servo Shield Board, not "the first two servo ports on the servo shield". I discovered that using the…"
"Patrick, I have installed the software on my Arduino Uno with Servo Shield, but I need a method to bench test the unit with a couple of servos connected. Connecting the Arduino in the Initial Setup screen starts one servo clicking, but the sliders…"
