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Mark Swift replied to Mark Swift's discussion Mission Planner hangs when writing parameters?
"APM 2.6 doesn't have an SD card... I should add, this is the same regardless of if I connect via USB or Telemetry...."
Jun 11, 2014
Mark Swift posted a discussion
Guys,I seem to have an issue with my APM 2.6 board. It seems I can no longer successfully write parameters from MP. I've tried multiple files without success, normally it gets to parameter 15 ish and then just stops.... Any ideas?I'm not sure if it…
Jun 11, 2014
Mark Swift replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD
"Hi Miguel,

A couple of us are experiencing issues getting voltage / current data to update (except once during arm and disarm), it's discussed on the Wiki here, any ideas?

https://code.google.com/p/minimosd-extra/wiki/APM"
Jun 6, 2014
Mark Swift replied to Mark Swift's discussion MinimOSD help, run out of ideas.
"Argh, so yours was not wired up correctly? I've just checked mine and the OSD rx pin is connected to the APM tx port (Both rx and tx go to my 3DR radio), so I presume mine is right...

I get the OSD, but some of the numbers only update on arm…"
Jun 6, 2014
Mark Swift replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD
"I had the same issue some months ago, is this resolved?"
Jun 5, 2014
Mark Swift replied to Mark Swift's discussion MinimOSD help, run out of ideas.
"Hi Russ,
I'm returning to my quadcopter after some months out (First issue already, the 3.3v regulator needs changing...).

Did you ever manage to solve your MinimOSD issue and get it to display data? If so, would you be so kind as to let me know…"
Jun 5, 2014
Mark Swift replied to Mark Swift's discussion OSD browning out under load with 3DR Power Module... Why?
"Attached is a diagram showing my current system layout....
I realise there is a ground loop, but am not sure where best to remove it? I also presume that the loop is not related to the OSD brown out as I did test it with the APM -> OSD ground…"
Jan 26, 2014
Mark Swift posted a discussion
Hi Guys,So I finally figured out why I was losing the overlay on my MinimOSD - It was browning out under load due to voltage fluctuations (See attached graph of the APM VCC graph). The rest of the components seem to be able to cope with the…
Jan 26, 2014
Mark Swift replied to Mark Swift's discussion APM Serial port settings (Can anyone help, pulling my hair out!)
"Am I the only one experiencing this problem :-("
Jan 25, 2014
Mark Swift posted a discussion
Good afternoon guys (Or morning possibly!),I'm looking for some help to resolve an issue I'm facing, the original post can be found here:http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/minimosd-help-run-out-of-ideas?xg..., my SR0 settings…
Jan 24, 2014
Mark Swift replied to Mark Swift's discussion MinimOSD help, run out of ideas.
"Further info, when trying to set SR0 I see that some of my settings are being changed after a refresh. I write the new params as per the MinimOSD Extra wiki but upon refresh they are changed.

The settings changing back are:

SR0_EXTRA1 (Back to 10)…"
Jan 23, 2014
Mark Swift posted a discussion
It seems I'll never get my MinimOSD working :-(I was out testing today and realised that I'm losing the overlay. I've turned off all switching in the CT tool so it's not that. I simply lose the overlay but the video remains on screen. It seems it's…
Jan 23, 2014
Mark Swift replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD
"Hi guys, 

I seem to be having some issues getting this to work correctly for me.

The issues is that if I don't establish a telemetry link I get no Voltage / AMP data, the rest seems to work, i.e. heading, mode, position, it's just the Voltage /…"
Jan 22, 2014
Mark Swift posted a discussion
Hello all,I have bridged my MinimOSD to provide 5v to both sides of the board, with this in mind do you think it's possible to power the FPV TX (Requires (6.5-15v but I'm informed it steps that down to 5v so should work off a 5v direct supply)…
Jan 6, 2014