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Hi All,

Before posting an issue or a problem in the ArduRover Discussion Forum, please check the wiki table of contents, review the firmware release notes in the subforum, and search that subforum for existing answers to your question. Help avoid duplicate threads by finding other members with the same issue and their solution.

When formulating your post, use a descriptive title such as "rover will not navigate to waypoints in the Auto mode" (not "HELP!" or "Problem").

Please include the following information to help diagnose your query:

  • Describe the problem you are having. What is the expected verses the observed behavior?
  • Provide hardware information such as the brand and version of your autopilot, GPS, radio, and compass, as well as any other pertinent details about your rover setup.
  • What version of the APM: ArdurRover2 firmware version are you running?
  • For navigation issues, provide your tlog and/or dataflash log. Click here for instructions on retrieving a dataflash log.

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  • dear all

    in my vehicle i have dc motors for forward/reverse and left/right. my apm output is PWM. so how to convert PWM to voltage.

    thanks 

  • thanks TCIII

    Follow your instructions for CLI settings. some observations

    my steering servos are moving on channel1 output with right left of transmitter channel. but output channel 3 is not giving any output at osilloscope. ???

    second the vehicle in HUD is none because no vehicle is selected even i try to select any one of them ???? further i could not load firware from Mission Planner so i used to load the code using ardino software. should the firmware be a any particular location? one more thing in MP there are 5 modes but i only want 3 ie manual, auto, way point so why five modes.

    kind regards

    saba

  • Admin

    @Rory,

    Right now the fimware is limited to just one sonar sensor, acoustic or IR, but it could easily be expanded in time. If you want to see a Kinect being used with a BeagleBone mpu take a look here: http://www.norrislabs.com/

    TCIII

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  • @Joshua, I hope it includes being able to add all kinds of sensors maybe even the Kinect

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    @saba,

    You always need to have a Mavlink established through the USB connection to be able to download and upload operating parameters to the APM.

    Regards,

    TCIII

  • thanks TCIII

    i am using the latest software i.e

    ArduRover_v230_firmware_20120222 & Mission Planner 1.2.33. i followed your instructions to configure. pl clear me that during this should the link connected or not. b/c in this  http://code.google.com/p/ardurover/wiki/ArduRover2Setup mavlink is disconnect but in my setup if i try to give setup command with disconnected link , it did nothing. second i just have 3 things in configuration tab. as shown. pl guide for the correct version of software. thanks

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  • Gregory, There is a new user manual wiki being created currently. The Rover section will need lot's contributions from the members of this group for sure. Stay tuned, an announcement will be made once the basic structure is in place.

    I personally think the rovers will be a huge part of all this business!

  • Is there a way to donate to the project and/or accelerate the development of certain features/additions to MP and APM by providing resources for them to get done?  There are features and documentation I think would be awesomely helpful to have sooner rather than later.  (I fear my ramp up time will be extensive in doing what I want to do, and some expert help and or documentation such as an integration guide would be a god-send. )

  • Admin

    Hi All,

    One of our members, Bot Thoughts, participated in the 2012 Sparkfun AVC. You can read his design tips for the AVC in the March/April 2013 Robot Magazine. Also, Bot Thoughts has a website that you might be interested in bookmarking: http://www.bot-thoughts.com/

    Regards,

    TCIII

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    @saba,

    What version, by date, of the ArduRover2 v2.30 code are you using?

    Next, I want you to hook your APM to a USB port on you PC and open the Mission Planner. Select the Terminal Tab which will open the CLI window. At the command prompt type "setup" and when prompted type "reset" and follow the on screen instructions. After the APM restarts select the Terminal Tab again and at the command prompt, select "setup" and then "radio" and follow the on screen instructions. You can also perform the "level" function in setup if you want to.

    Then download the ArduRover operating parameters using the Mavlink connection. Make sure that the vehicle Avatar in the HUD is a car by left clicking under the baud rate selection box and selecting the ArduRover from the drop down menu. After that open the MP Configuration Tab and select Hardware Options and select your hardware.

    Then select the "Advanced Parameters" from the list on the left of the Configuration screen and then select the "Advanced Parameters List".

    Presently just about all of the ArduRover operating parameters can only be seen in the "Advanced Parameters List" and not in the "ArduRover Pids" which is under the "Standard Parameters" in the Configuration Tab.

    Take a look at all of the parameters in the Advanced Parameters List and work with those that will affect your rover operation. One of the more important ones is the CRUISE_SPEED which defaults to 5m/sec. I suggest you set it to 1m/sec for a start.

    Regards,

    TCIII

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