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Kevin Riggen replied to Kevin Riggen's discussion Mandatory Hardware not showing
"Hey Bill, thanks so much for jumping in!
The issue seemed to have been that my SD card was not properly loaded into the Pixhawk. I connected the buzzer and heard the no-SD card error, then reseated the card and Mandatory Hardware is now working. The…"
Apr 21, 2014
Kevin Riggen replied to Kevin Riggen's discussion Mandatory Hardware not showing
"I'm now getting an SD card error on the buzzer. Rearranging the card to try and fix.
FIXED. And all options are showing under Initial Config now.
Thanks!"
Apr 19, 2014
Kevin Riggen replied to Kevin Riggen's discussion Mandatory Hardware not showing
"Yeah, I am. I've changed it to usbmodem to no avail. Should I have everything connected to the board as it would be for flight? The battery, ESC, etc?"
Apr 19, 2014
Kevin Riggen replied to Kevin Riggen's discussion Mandatory Hardware not showing
"This shows bluetooth as the port. I've changed that to usbmodem with no difference in the options. I'm connected via usb."
Apr 19, 2014
Kevin Riggen replied to Kevin Riggen's discussion Mandatory Hardware not showing
"Here is a screenshot showing that I am indeed connected via MavLink"
Apr 19, 2014
Kevin Riggen replied to Kevin Riggen's discussion Mandatory Hardware not showing
"Thanks Craig!
That screenshot shows that you are not connected

How so?
When I connected, the same options were available under Initial Config. Previously this wasn't the case. I'll try and get a screenshot that shows this state clearly."
Apr 18, 2014
Kevin Riggen replied to Kevin Riggen's discussion Mandatory Hardware not showing
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Apr 18, 2014
Kevin Riggen posted a discussion
When I have my pixhawk attached to my macbook pro, I can "Connect" in the upper right hand corner of APM Planner. If I then go to Initial Setup, "Mandatory Hardware" is not showing. I have the 3DR GPS, 3DR radio, Transmitter, power module and ESC…
Apr 18, 2014
Kevin Riggen replied to William's discussion Update.... really?
"Have you looked at your logs to determine what the issue is? It sounds like it may be a compass problem: http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-diagnosing-problems-using-l... .

Do you have dataflash or telemetry logs that you can attach?"
Apr 15, 2014
Kevin Riggen posted a discussion
At http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-pixhawk-overview/ I read:The Pixhawk is still getting the final polish on it’s firmware and will have a lot of room for future firmware enhancements.Does this mean that https://github.com/PX4/Firmware will…
Jan 16, 2014
Kevin Riggen replied to Chris Onyando's discussion Smarter APM using extra onboard computer
"I'm completely new but I think it would be awesome. I'm sure there are other multi-copter drones that do this?"
Jan 13, 2014