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William C Bonner replied to Gonzalo Garat's discussion APM 3.2 QUADCOPTER Err: EKF_CHECK-2 / Err: FAILSAFE_ EKF-1
"I just had a similar issue. I've been having problems since going to 3.2. I had a mission that was configured to end with an RTL. I had the last way point less than 30 feet from the launch position, and was standing near the point. When it got to…"
Dec 26, 2014
William C Bonner replied to RICARDO CUBILLOS's discussion Tarot 2D doesn't seem to do anything
"My Tarot was working, then was in the case for a couple of months, and then I tried to use it again this week and I'd get three green blinks and nothing. I was able to upgrade the firmware to 1.5, but that only changed so that I get three green…"
Nov 27, 2014
William C Bonner replied to Stone1295's discussion Pixhawk + Taranis X9D + FrSky X8R
"I watched you video and liked it. You presented what you had in a clear mode, and I got to see how the binding process worked. I've always put my radio into bind mode first and then fiddled with the receiver, so I didn't see the blinking lights in…"
Oct 20, 2014
William C Bonner replied to Phil Gooch's discussion Telemetry data sent to FrSky receiver
"I'm interested in knowing if any progress was made along these lines. I've switched from using an APM board to Pixhawk connected to an FrSKY X8R radio using sbus. In theory I'm sending up to 16 channels of control signals to the receiver, but I…"
Apr 22, 2014
William C Bonner replied to Stone1295's discussion Pixhawk + Taranis X9D + FrSky X8R
"I've got my X8r connected to my Pixhawk from the SBus out port on the X8r to the RC Port on the Pixhawk. I've got the Taranis in D16 mode with Channel Range 1-8. (I hope to utilize channels 1-16 but I've not figured out how to configure that on the…"
Apr 22, 2014
William C Bonner commented on Scott Berfield's blog post Adding External LED Indicators and a Piezo Beeper for Arm and GPS Status
"I know that the APM COPTER LED page says that if you want to control the LEDs directly, they must not exceed 40mA, but I thought that was if you connect LEDs directly to the APM. I've driven LEDs by connecting them directly to the pins on the APM in…"
Jan 9, 2014
William C Bonner left a comment for idem2Lyon
"Sorry to say that my UAV has been sitting on a shelf for the past couple of months since I crashed hard about the same time I started a new job. I never got the ULN2803 to light up my LEDs at all, and am not sure if I simply had too much draw in the…"
Dec 29, 2013
William C Bonner commented on Scott Berfield's blog post Adding External LED Indicators and a Piezo Beeper for Arm and GPS Status
"Does anyone have a link to a specific part for an inexpensive and small piezo buzzer? When I was purchasing some other parts I threw http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001... my cart because I thought it would work.…"
Oct 25, 2013
William C Bonner commented on Scott Berfield's blog post Adding External LED Indicators and a Piezo Beeper for Arm and GPS Status
"I'm using ArduCopter V3.0.1 on an APM 2.5 and trying to get external status lights working. 
I was planning on using a ULN2803 Darlington transistor array controlling the LEDs (and a piezo buzzer) directly from the signal pins 4-11 on my APM. 
I…"
Sep 27, 2013