Here's what I hope is the final release.
As the new Manual gets formatted, you can view it at: http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot/wiki/ArduPilot25
Until the content is finally moved over the 2.4 manual is still a great resource.
Ardupilot_25_RC2.zip
Bonus - If you look check out the Waypoint_writer_25.pde file in the test suite, you can upload relative waypoints. This isn't supported in the config tool yet.
Jason
UPDATE -
A lot of people were having trouble with the GPS code and LEDs. I reworked the GPS parsers today to iron out some things. They were nothing that would interfere with flight, but I highly recommend using this new version. I've also added the ability to scale down your plane's roll based on airspeed. This should help planes that turn faster when they go slower. We may tweak this a bit in the future, so I'm looking for feedback on it. Note you can always turn it off in your header file with this line:
//6-4
#define AIRSPEED_TURN_P 1
see the header file for more instructions
Comments
I plotted your waypoints in the debug mode. Everything looks OK.
I was going throut the startup procedures And had a question
Ardupilot has a specific startup routine:
Normal Power on
confirmed Check the Remove Before Fly plug is connected
Confirmed Twitch servos to indicated startup has begun
Normal Begin looking for a GPS fix - Flash the blue LED until a fix
Confirmed Set the Blue LED to solid to indicate a GPS fix
Normal Twitch servos once
Normal Calibrate Radio Trims (and optionally XY IR sensors)
Confirmed Twitch servos until Remove before Fly pin is removed
At this point the gps lock led goes out when i remove the RBF jumper.
It should stay on correct?
The EM406 test was good, and I have rechecked the gps config is set to 1
Appears OK Save home location and flight settings to memory
Also when using a spectrum DX5e with only a two position switch shoould a redefine position 2 or 3 or both for my second flight function?
Nice work on 2.5 thank you.
Jay
I have ArduIMU v1 and hope to have it working with ArduPilot v1 (AT128) soon, but when switched to Waypoint mode Aileron servo go crazy and manual nudge is twitchy. I will also test MIX for Elevons as I hope to put this in my Stryker II, I will post results when it works...
!!!LAT:0,LON:0,SPD:0,CRT:0,ALT:-22,...
eventually I do get the GPS output serially but the blue LED does go on when there is no actual GPS lock
If I do a proper field setup and get sat lock it never goes off, even in the most impossible conditions.
v246 turned of the light back and forth. Now I can't tell if i really have sat lock or not.
Thanks for helping!
ArduPilot Mega is a major new product and has a lot of people working on development. The code bases of ArduPilot, ArduIMU, the PPM decoder, GCS, ArduStation and other products are all going to be evolved for the product. The development you're seeing for our released products is creating a foundation for Mega, but this is not a simple matter of a port. We'll be announcing everything here when it's ready for beta testing.
That behavior sound right. Two seconds after removing the GPS, your light will go out. If you loose GPS for longer than ten seconds, we assume the GPS has failed entirely and the plane will begin to loiter blindly.
Jason
If I power the board, with no jumper on, it lights upp (solid) after about 2 sec every time.
If I remove the GPS, the light goes out as expected...
Try this version. GPS_EM406.pde.zip
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