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Paul Hammond replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Great thanks Paul,

I have put a new issue on github for the repeating prearm checks.

Also, do you know if i can use the analog input on the frsky rx at the same time as sPort?
I have a wire from the ULRS RSSI which i used to have plugged into the…"
Jul 2, 2016
Paul Hammond replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hey Paul.

Im a bit happier.... I think i have it working, I used the MavLink_FrSkySPort.ino from github (although i assume this doesnt include your fixes/improvements you mentioned in the previous post) and uploaded it to the teensy using Arduino…"
Jun 30, 2016
Paul Hammond replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi Paul,

Thanks for your hex and lua script. I have used these 2.

I can confirm that when I turn off pre arm checks I get armed/disarmed reported on the Taranis as audio notifications (although when armed, it says 'altitude hole' straight after…"
Jun 30, 2016
Paul Hammond replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Ok thanks,

The funny thing is that on my work windows computer i cant find any program which will open and play the wav files, including VLC and quicktime.
I thought they worked last night on my macbook at home."
Jun 30, 2016
Paul Hammond replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Thanks,

I will try this tonight. I am sure that I was using the plane217.lua, but i will try yours instead.

My Taranis is now running version 2.1.8, i notice that the .lua script is ..217.lua perhaps I should downgrade to 2.1.7?"
Jun 30, 2016
Paul Hammond replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"After installing the OpenTX 2.1 sound pack I am now hearing some sounds, and flight mode seems to be working, but still Arming/Arming errors are not being reported.

When i arm on mission planner, the taranis does report that its armed, but it also…"
Jun 29, 2016
Paul Hammond replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Thank you for your reply.

I didnt have the OpenTX 2.1 sound pack installed, im doing that now (I have only just upgraded to 2.1 this evening).

I note that you mention AC3.3 but i will be using the latest APM plane firmware, is this going to be a…"
Jun 29, 2016
Paul Hammond replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"I have installed this on my teensy 3.1 and my taranis running 2.1.8, the telemetry seems to be coming through ok, but i do not get any audio notifications.
I reads in the issues in github that mute has been added, I am wondering if I just do not…"
Jun 29, 2016
Paul Hammond commented on Jose Alberto Soler's blog post Airstring is live on Kickstarter
""For users who don't want to depend on 3dr parties, we will also publish the server code and you can run the server yourself."

Perfect, i was worried about relying on 3rd party servers for the future."
May 18, 2016
Paul Hammond commented on Ivan Stamatovski's blog post Our new Pixhawk based KickStarter project
"Probably Tarot 15" folding props"
Oct 1, 2015
Paul Hammond replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"Hi.

Having a bit of a bad time setting this up.
So i have a fresh install of Ubuntu running on my mac through parallels. Im using your scripts, firstly i run the RX script and it sits there waiting at -
setting pipeline to paused...
pipeline is…"
Jul 16, 2015
Paul Hammond replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"Do I need to manually patch the kernel ? Or has this been done already?

"Optinally, you can also patch the kernel driver to set the output power of the card to a fixed level as describedhere. "

I am up to the part of "git clone…"
Jul 16, 2015
Paul Hammond replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"Hi Fnoop Dogg.
I am trying to install this on a VM (ubuntu) in parallels but am stuck on the 'Hello_video' part. From what i can work out is that hello_video is a raspberry pi package. How did you get it on ubuntu?
thanks
Paul

EDIT - I think i have…"
Jul 15, 2015
Paul Hammond replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"Thanks for the replies Malkauns and Randy.
Its a shame that it doesn't do 2 way comms but I understand that it isn't what this project is about."
Jul 14, 2015
Paul Hammond replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"Can someone confirm if you are able to run mavlink telemetry through the raspberry pi while also sending the HD video using this method. http://dev.ardupilot.com/wiki/companion-computers/raspberry-pi-via-..."
Jul 13, 2015
Paul Hammond commented on Grant Morphett's blog post Its Christmas! Rover Release v2.50 is OUT!
"Hi grant. By any chance you have a link to the forum? I looked on Ardupilot.com but couldn't see anything?"
Jun 20, 2015
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