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Tom Griep posted a discussion
Can a H Copter use the same as a X Copter and still fly OK?Mainly I am looking for information on the the Motor rotation is different between an X and H copter.Thanksmnmis
Jun 12, 2014
Tom Griep commented on Szilard's blog post APM 2.6 + GPS with compass
"Thanks for the info guys. I was just curious.
How bad is the accuracy?"
Jun 10, 2013
Tom Griep commented on Szilard's blog post APM 2.6 + GPS with compass
"Why was the compass moved externally?"
Jun 10, 2013
Tom Griep commented on Marten's blog post Navigation Lights with digital RGB LEDs together with an APM 2.5
"I am assuming that the Nano reads the pins from the APM and then blinks the LED's. Is that how it works?"
Oct 13, 2012
Tom Griep commented on Marten's blog post Navigation Lights with digital RGB LEDs together with an APM 2.5
"Do you have any Schematics on how this is all wired up?"
Oct 12, 2012
Tom Griep posted a discussion
I setup my APM2.0 to measure the battery voltage and is seems to be not working correctly.I filled in the fields with the battery voltage and the APM input voltage correctly but the calculated voltage is giving random results from as little at 3…
Sep 28, 2012
Tom Griep replied to Heino R. Pull's discussion Ardustation 2 Version 2.0.15 Release - Adds Mavlink 1.0 Support
"Heino,

If you want, I can send you the changes, it is pretty easy, remove the camera settings from the Case statement and adjust the TOTAL_PARAMS to 49 and a few other places it needs to be adjusted.

I can't give you what I have been working on…"
Aug 29, 2012
Tom Griep replied to Heino R. Pull's discussion Ardustation 2 Version 2.0.15 Release - Adds Mavlink 1.0 Support
"Go here to see what I found about the 49 0f 51 error.
http://www.diydrones.com/forum/topics/ardustation2-apm-acm-2-0-15-m...

The deal is that it times out but still works so you can ignore it."
Aug 29, 2012
Tom Griep replied to Tom Griep's discussion Ardustation2_APM_ACM_2.0.15_Mavlink1.0 software question
"I think I figured it out.

"CAM_P_G" and "CAM_R_G" are not valid Parameters any more, I removed them from the code and adjusted the parameters and it works."
Aug 28, 2012
Tom Griep posted a discussion
I have been looking through the code and so I can build my own Ardustation and is looks like some of the code is not working correctly, especially the get_params function.When I select the Get Params menu, it times out at 49 of 51.Does anyone have…
Aug 26, 2012
Tom Griep posted a discussion
Is there a way to set the APM2 to use the UART2 output for telemetry without having to recompile the software manually?
Aug 15, 2012
Tom Griep commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post Announcing APM 2.5!
"Quick question,

Does the 2.5 board have the same ability to change the UART for telemetry as the 2.0 board?"
Jul 31, 2012