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Hi i am a retired mech/elec tec I have programed a pic micro using code written using pic basic to control my home built quadcopter. this is flying ok now . I would like to add gps capability later and an interested to learn about DCM as a second controll layer I live on a boat in Greece


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Hi just retired and need a new interest. I program pic processors and have a simple quad flying (just), now needs to be refined (a lot)


Hometown:

Lefkes and portsmouth


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Tim Painter posted a discussion
Hi AllI have recently been developing an aduino based storm32gimbal controller with arducopter and pixhawk to track way pointsIn operation you simply point the camera by rc inputs to the desired region of interest ( ROI) fip a switch on the Txand…
Feb 9, 2019
Tim Painter replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi
just updated X9D   to 2.2 but got message warning about sd card not v2.2, and extra sensors were not detected?
Hmmmm     I think i will stick to 2.1.9  and teensy solution , all a bit beyond my experience to solve this lot.

Tim"
Mar 20, 2017
Tim Painter replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"ok thanks Paul Atherton said:
Opentx 2.2 only Tim. Just newly introduced in one of the rc releases."
Mar 20, 2017
Tim Painter replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"well i seem to have fallen at the first hurdle fith this passthrough stuff.
in the discover sensors i find 5001  and a flight mode number as the value
in lua getValue ("5001")  returns 0 .
if i select 5001 in telemetry screen this displays flight…"
Mar 20, 2017
Tim Painter replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi paul
                Thanks for the spread sheet I think htis will be very helpful with creating a lua script to use pass-though data
                 Just have to work out how to extract the relevant bytes in lua ?
             I have modified…"
Mar 20, 2017
Tim Painter replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi Paul.
     Thanks for the comprehensive reply .
   I have  been "out of the loop "  for some time how quickly things change.
I am using a inverter to get data directly from pixhawk into Sport.
the main reason for doing this was to save £20 on a…"
Mar 18, 2017
Tim Painter replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi
    I'm not sure if this the correct place to post but here goes.
I have been successfully been using the teeny converter and the lua script which uses "re purposed" data very succesfuly
with arducopter 3.3  Thanks to all developers.
I have…"
Mar 18, 2017
Tim Painter replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi
     I have reloaded and reset  lua, teensy and  sound files every thing  I could think of ,and
  now seems to work correctly by announcing "command reached"  or something similar
on reaching way points in auto mode.??
It may have been a message…"
Mar 16, 2016
Tim Painter replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
""I was testing Auto Mission yesterday and noticed that I kept hearing "Failed" called. Took me by surprise the first time but actually the mission was OK. It only happens in Auto Mode."

Hi I have that same glitch.
I assume that there is an…"
Mar 14, 2016
Tim Painter replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi all,
          Is anyone else not getting pitch /roll information on A3/A4 ?

Tim"
Mar 5, 2016
Tim Painter replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Thanks moderator. for removing that  stupid picture  (no not of a teensy)
Tim"
Feb 22, 2016
Tim Painter replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi
    I do not understand this last post if one dos not  like the price then one is not obliged to pay.
   Further what is what i presume to be a racist picture doing in this forum ,and is totally inappropriate in a modern society
Tim Painter"
Feb 22, 2016
Tim Painter left a comment on Tower (Droidplanner)
"Hi
    Just to confirm is mapbox id the same as  my username?
The web site looks different to the wikki?
with tower3.2 I get" incorrect credentials" message"
Feb 1, 2016
Tim Painter left a comment on Tower (Droidplanner)
"Hi
cut past options in android involve  loooong press on  the text,
in map box selected satellite  but only get street view?
so i  gave up with map box now i am back to google which seems to work offline by default?
( looking at a map in the editor…"
Jan 30, 2016
Tim Painter left a comment on Tower (Droidplanner)
"Hi
Is it just me ?
Or has anyone else been driven crazy trying to to enter mapbox 100 digit token code???
how do I cut/paste in android???

Tim"
Jan 29, 2016
Tim Painter replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi Burt
   Thanks for the tip It works  ("ID8 = 0x67", change the "67" to another ID, I set it for "1B".)
I an finding it difficult to understand the telemetry system id/names/instance numbers.
Fuel instance changed to 28 ?? but it probably wont…"
Jan 25, 2016
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