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Mick Patrick replied to Mick Patrick's discussion Fixed bug with intermittent serial connection with ArduPilotMega v1.4
"Other things I found useful were to make sure only position 2 of the microswitch is up (having it down causes all servos to stop moving), to have the CLI switch moved towards the header cable for testing the CLI (obviously). I had to upload the…"
Jul 7, 2013
Mick Patrick posted a discussion
Just sharing a weird experience I had.I had trouble connecting at times and not at others.Using the Hotel.1.0 (H.1.0) Oilpan.After extensive testing I worked out that if I connect a 3 inch wire to the pin opposite to "G2 (39)" on the Tx/Rx connector…
Jul 7, 2013
Mick Patrick replied to Mick Patrick's discussion Can't test IMU
"Another thing I found confusing is that I uploaded the MavLink firmware and when I go in to GCS Mavlink in the GS it doesn't show the orientation in the controls. All instrument controls remain in default positions.
I also couldn't get any of the…"
May 7, 2011
Mick Patrick replied to Mick Patrick's discussion Can't test IMU
"Hi Chris,
Thanks, that's working now.
I think that to make it clearer it would be good to put some very simple instructions in with the Ardupilot when it's purchased. Just a one page printout with link and which options to select to upload would…"
May 6, 2011
Mick Patrick replied to Mick Patrick's discussion Can't test IMU
"I was originally looking at the right manual.I did a search for testing the IMU. That's how I found that link.When I type test and ? I don't get the IMU or gyros option in the list.http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/Test
 
This is what I…"
May 6, 2011
Mick Patrick replied to Mick Patrick's discussion Can't test IMU
"I have the latest Ardupilot Mega 2 with Sheild. I just bought it from DIYDrones, per the site with APM2.1 firmware.
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/ardupilot-mega-home-page
The pin assignments on the orginal test code are different.
Does anyone…"
May 6, 2011
Mick Patrick replied to Mick Patrick's discussion Can't test IMU
"I found this, and that seems to be what I'm looking for.
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/ardupilot-mega-sensor-shield-1?...
Using the ADC test…"
May 6, 2011
Mick Patrick posted a discussion
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me.I added the code per http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot/wiki/Test then compiled and uploaded the code#define DEBUG_SUBSYSTEM 6 I go to the console and type "test". I get many options when I type "help", but not…
May 5, 2011