3 axis Camera Gimble connections.

NEW APM 2.5 Pin out and Wire Diagram And Camera Gimble explanation
Hey guys i recently got the APM 2.5, when looking at the pins, I saw A0 - A11 Pins werent being used and i did not know what they were for so i was googling and found a PDF that stated

A0- Sonar/ Ultrasonic A1- Voltage Sensor – Attopilot
A2-Current Sensor – Attopilot
A3- Optical Flow Sensor
A4-Motor LED
A5-Motor LED / Buzzer
A6-Motor LED
A7-Motor LED
A8-Motor LED / Analogue RSSI
A9-Camera Shutterhttp://speedtester.bsnl.co.in/
A10-Camera Roll

Link to Gimble explanation in google
http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2_Camera

So After researching for some time, I have found that for a camera gimble A10 is roll and A11 is pich but there was no explanation of were Pan is connected (YAW).So I i dug some more and found some consensus to the following :
Currently Mission Planner shows that we have 3 axis so would be good to update that. I suspect (haven't check the code) that PAN goes to A9 but that is just a guess.
Anyway, I lack one wiki page on those extra outputs, what can be connected to them. So we have A11, A10 (and A9?) for gimbal, A1 and A2 for AttoPilot? current/voltage sensor:.

So after my post was denied several times as being " a request for assistance" let me rephrase, What is your guys experience, have you tried A9 and it worked or not, what other solutions have you tried?

Here is more info: http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/camera-mount/

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Daniel Allen June 12, 2013 at 6:04am

Trust me, I want a brushless direct drive gimbal badly. But for now my HoryzonHD micro gimbal will do.
Emin Bu June 11, 2013 at 5:48pm

...and do not use servo gimbal,get yourself a brushless one...
Emin Bu June 11, 2013 at 5:47pm

just go to mission planer camera gimbal part and assign whatever pin you like for pan,i can confirm it does work...
German_ti June 4, 2013 at 9:06am

Thanks for response!

What about the third axis?

I plan to use:

AV130 with

Spektrum s8010 (http://www.spektrumrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=SPMSS8010),

Hitec 5965MG (http://www.servodatabase.com/servo/hitec/hs-5965mg)

They are cool, but how are they will work with APM 2.5...

Thats the question. What problems can i have?

S8010 1/8 Scale Digital Servo - Speed (SPMSS8010): Spektrum - The Leader in Spread Spectrum Technol…
Sebastian Pometti June 3, 2013 at 4:40am

German, if you use the correct pins, A10 and A11 works perfectly! but only use the signal wire of the servos (analog servos, not digital I prefer) in the analog side of your APM, and the power from the ouput side.
German_ti June 2, 2013 at 3:02pm

Cant understand. Camera gimbal(Tilt/Roll) is working or not?

How calibrate it?

Does anybody try it?

Does it work reliably?

...any results?
Stone1295 May 21, 2013 at 7:24pm

@ Bill

You were correct. I posted bad info and deleted my posts so that I wouldn't propagate any confusion.

-Mike
Joshua Ott May 20, 2013 at 5:31pm

You are not alone Sebastian, I will make new graphics in the manual to clarify this!
Sebastian Pometti May 20, 2013 at 5:03pm

OK joshua, I can understand. It is my small contribution to the discussion, as I when connecting the pins to walk my gimball had the problem that a servo was not working and the problem was that I guided by the printed numbers and to count the pins I realized the error. only for does not happen you to others, greetings!
Joshua Ott May 20, 2013 at 4:12pm

Sebastian, It's true that the labels printed in the case don't perfectly align with the pins. Due to the close spacing of the pins it's difficult to get the labels aligned and still be legible. NOTE: SPI is the label for the last two sets of pins.

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