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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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Thomas J Coyle III October 13, 2014 at 10:27am

@Raimo,

When I tested the rangefinder function in ArduRover2 v2.47 beta 1, I was not successful and had issues that I have passed on to Tridge in the form of tlogs and data flash logs. It could be I am doing something incorrectly when setting up the rangefinder parameters. I am sure that Tridge will be able to tell from the tlogs and data flash logs.

Regards,

TCIII AVD
RoboBill October 13, 2014 at 9:52am

Regarding the Lidar-Lite... is this just for obstacle avoidance or can I guide my rover to waypoints that are X and Y away from a corner?
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Thomas J Coyle III October 11, 2014 at 10:39am

@Raimo,

Tridge has indicated that he has gotten the rangefinder (sonar) function to work correctly. I have yet to do so and plan to test the function again tomorrow with the latest v 2.47 beta 1 firmware and send Tridge a tlog of my testing results if I am not successful.

Regards,

TCIII AVD
Raimo Noormaa October 11, 2014 at 10:26am

Is the sonar aka range-finder function working now?
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Thomas J Coyle III October 11, 2014 at 10:23am

Hi All,

Today I verified that the skid (differential) steering function in ArduRover2 v2.47 beta 1 performs correctly. The latest beta can be found here: Latest firmware

Regards,

TCIII AVD
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Thomas J Coyle III October 10, 2014 at 6:01pm

Hi All,

For those of you who ordered a LIDAR-Lite, it looks like they will starting shipping product on October 13th.

Regards,

TCIII AVD
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Thomas J Coyle III September 26, 2014 at 6:45pm

@Tearig,

As far as I know, the skid steering issue in the stable ArduRover2 v2.46 has yet to be resolved.

The skid steering function in the previous stable ArduRover2 version 2.45 works correctly.

Regards,

TCIII AVD
F. C. Bearsch September 26, 2014 at 5:43pm

very excited that we have a rover project that just came live, is the skid steering issue resolved?
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Thomas J Coyle III September 15, 2014 at 5:54am

Hi All,

The skid (differential) steering in ArduRover2 stable version v2.46 is broken and our Developer/Programmer, Tridge, will not be available to fix it until after the AU OBC.

Please use either v2.44 or 2.45 from this repository Link

Regards,

TCIII AVD
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Thomas J Coyle III September 14, 2014 at 4:12pm

@Michael,

In some instances you have to use the "reverse" check box for either the ailerons or the throttle when in the Auto Mode compared to the Manual mode where you change the servo output direction in the transmitter.

Regards,

TCIII AVD

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