"Hey Gary... can you change my flag? I am from canada eh?"

"ok well if we have an extension then I will by the 13th. It will not be a fast one but should be better than my first entry. I will program some more points around the curves and add a still camera to take some pics during the flight for the fun…"

"ah I see, sorry I just assumed that because I was not setting any waypoints (not using the config tool just yet) that the home altitude would have a setpoint somewhere that it would default to... so are you saying that if I don't set anything in the…"

"oh...... so I have to buy some more stuff.... I am not gonna lie... this is getting frustrating..... what I have does not work properly and even if it does happen to work one day it won't work with the sensors I have bought for this system from FMA…"

"sigh... so the paparazzi sensors don't work? I bought a z sensor from there... I still have yet to get a chance to hook it up but I was told it works perfectly by the vendor... tell me this is possible..."

"gps blue light solid, red light on sheild solid, in config utility I hit read, both lights go out at the same time, then red light goes on bright then off then on then the blue light comes on and they are both solid on. I get "I can't read it!"

in…"

"so I discovered that if I unplug the usb then plug it back in it works... go figure... now onto the next problem. I have the sheild and latest code 2.2.3 and the code will not load if the satellite is plugged in. I am using the 406. Any thoughts? I…"

"so the red and blue go out... it seems like it is resetting itself but no code is being loaded. It hangs up. I re-installed java on this machine... and still no love."

"the gps light does go out after a few seconds indicating to me that it is ready to load the code... but it comes back on and stays on after that... and the program hangs."

"I installed it on another computer and the arduino loader now works I tried re-installing java on the other computer there other day and it did not fix it.

So now on to a new problem when I try to load the code to the board it just hangs up. I have…"

"same thing happens with 0015 btw.... I am sure this is my computer and it seems I am the only one having trouble... course I don't see many or any posts from people not having trouble.... any help appreciated"

"well again after hours of trying... now I can't even start the adruino 0016 application.... if per chance I wait about 5 minutes it comes up I try to go to tools and check that everything is set up correctly.... it crashes... so I can't even test my…"

"very cool Ric, can you send me a link to your plane? I greatly enjoy seeing others planes.. maybe email me.

Thanks! and agreed I am done with the easy star for long range. I am trying out a multiplex mentor for A.P. This winter I hope to build…"

"sorry about the typo's guys I was holding my newborn son in my arm! lol..."

"jordi thanks for the offer, really. I did order the 3.3v version so I can wait. i just wanted to try one more time but it does not sound promising

matt thanks i dis try that and it does not write anything to the board. no worries guys i can wait a…"

"this is my final attempt at getting the 5v sparkfun ftdi to work.. I have spent so much time getting the same errors... is anybody using this ftdi cable with success that can possibly help me?

I can upload code to the board and get this

Binary…"