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  • UAS_Pilot July 24, 2013 at 8:49pm
    Yes. Is there a setting to tell it that the mag. Is external? I tried both GPS/mags I got today and neither will initialize.

    Thanks
  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson July 24, 2013 at 7:18pm

    Are you using ArduCopter 3.x code? 

  • UAS_Pilot July 24, 2013 at 6:45pm
    My apm 2.6 is not initializing the mag. What am I doing wrong?
  • Mike Sherrill July 19, 2013 at 12:27pm

    Are the APM 2.6 kits shipping as expected (since 7/16)?  I ordered mine two days ago from 3DR.

  • Joshua Ott July 14, 2013 at 11:24pm

    Kevin,

    The instructions for disabling the APM 2.5 onboard magnetometer are here: http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-external-magnetometer-for-i...

    That's all you need to do in order to use an external magnetometer like the one built into our new GPS.

  • Kevin Morrow July 14, 2013 at 11:13pm

    So can I use this new GPS system on my APM 2.5? If not is anyone interested in a $70 APM  2.5?

  • UAS_Pilot July 8, 2013 at 7:08am

    2.6 is not on the site yet. I have a few aircraft to build for a customer and I would like to use the latest and greatest. Plus I think it will save me some head ache on 3.0 firmware. Updates on this release would be great. 

  • Tony Anthony July 6, 2013 at 7:20pm

    Neill If you follow the complete blog you see that there were many problems before the windows addition. 

     

    Windows 7 has a problem with drivers and sometimes the drivers do not load with the correct configuration.

    My problem was dealing with the 2.6 apm.  When I had a 2.5 apm I did not have the problems with the drivers.

  • The Sun July 6, 2013 at 3:06pm

    @Tony

    windows 8?

    there's your problem.

  • Tony Anthony July 6, 2013 at 3:03pm

    I bought a new laptop computer with windows 8 and still not able the load the drivers on the TWO 2.6 APM's I have.  As you suggested I got and RMA to return the APM.  Not sure where to go from here.  I would like to get an APM that works.  But I do not wont to go through all of the trouble I have had over the past two months.

     

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