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Kent Kuhler commented on Ascent AeroSystems's blog post Ascent AeroSystems "Sprite" - Available Friday on Kickstarter
"I am not sure what the hate is all about for the price.  The one feature that I don't think is being considered for the price point is the fact that it is waterproof and floats.  I really dont want to loose my drone and flying/filming around water…"
May 28, 2015
Kent Kuhler replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"go into file->preferences and set the sketchbook location to the directory where you put the github repo.

In my case it is:
C:\QuadCopter\MavToTaranis\GitHub\MavLink_FrSkySPort
relaunch the tools then got to
file->sketchbook->MavLink_FrSkySPort…"
Sep 5, 2014
Kent Kuhler replied to Will Snodgrass's discussion Kinect Snanner in 3D Printing Drone Parts
"I have played with a couple of 3D scanners.  I have tried using the Kinect from an XBox 360 and a 3D systems 3D sense scanner.  My impression is they are all fairly lacking at this point.  They do OK to poorly at scanning artistic type objects, like…"
Sep 5, 2014
Kent Kuhler replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"If everything is working, the LED comes on and blinks slowly amber on power up.  It goes solid after the board finished booting, then begins blinking rapidly when the telemetry data is flowing.  Think blinky ethernet activity led while you are…"
Sep 5, 2014
Kent Kuhler commented on Gary McCray's blog post I Really Need help solving a problem for all of us!
"I ran into some errors in Gary's posts while building my first quad.  
1) That's why it should be in the format of a wiki.  I would have happily fixed those errors if I could have modified the pages
2) I am terribly happy Gary wrote what he wrote,…"
May 5, 2014
Kent Kuhler replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"That's an interesting idea.  I could not see a way to multiply the fuel level in the Taranis radio, but I can multiply it in the Teensy before it comes down.  I think fuel is a % so I am guessing it can only range from 0 to 100.  I will try that and…"
Mar 12, 2014
Kent Kuhler replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Unfortunately you only get one condition per switch.  You can do it that way to do a few modes.  But it consumes 3 custom switches for each mode (one for a<x one for a>x and one to AND them).  There are 13 modes, so you eat more than the 32…"
Mar 12, 2014
Kent Kuhler replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Just an FYI for anyone who is trying this.  I got the mode number to be sent to the Taranis via the fuel telemetry value.  That all works.  However, at present there is no way I could find to get the Taranis to create custom switches that triggered…"
Mar 12, 2014
Kent Kuhler replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Thats interesting, because I do get telemetry when connected via USB only.  I just tested it and watched the pixhawk acquire satellites via my Taranis.  I am using a PixHawk though and not an APM"
Mar 12, 2014
Kent Kuhler replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"I have a PixHawk not an APM, but for me, Yes the telemetry works when powered by USB and not a battery"
Mar 12, 2014
Kent Kuhler replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi Peter.  I was showing you generally how to do what you would need to do.  Much more has to happen in the code for it to do what you want.  When the message you are after comes back you have to then direct the pertinent data to the FrSky port in…"
Mar 11, 2014
Kent Kuhler replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"I think I had that issue at first. Make sure you have the board set to Teensy 3.1.  In the Arduino applications go to tools->board and select Teensy 3.1.  You may even have to restart to get it to work"
Mar 10, 2014
Kent Kuhler replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"mavlink_msg_request_data_stream_pack(0xFF,0xBE,&msg,1,1,MAV_DATA_STREAM_EXTENDED_STATUS, MSG_RATE, START);

Those commands in MavLink_FrSkySPort.ino request the different types of data.  The contents of the requested messages are defined in…"
Mar 10, 2014
Kent Kuhler replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi Rolf
Thanks again for this great code.
I got the flight mode to be sent down via your suggestion.  Thanks for the info.  Right now I am sending the mode down as the fuel telemetry value.  Is there are more appropriate value to send it down as?…"
Mar 10, 2014
Kent Kuhler replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"I am using a pixhawk on telemetry port 2 and it just works.  I had the same issue at first until I realized you have to configure the telemetry screens on the Taranis to show all the other stuff.  By default it only shows a1.  Have you done that?"
Mar 1, 2014
Kent Kuhler replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"I had this working within a couple of hours of getting my Teensy board.  Thanks a ton."
Feb 23, 2014
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