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• Richard Sterling April 8, 2015 at 9:56am

  Thanks, Mark and Grant.

  I removed Mission planner, APM2, QCGround control. Re-loaded Mission Planner and now its all working again.

  Good to know about the Geo Fencing (the large circles I see in Mission Planner).

  Thanks again guys

  RS
• mark sahf April 7, 2015 at 10:09am

  Richard, in your comment regarding Geo-fencing around airports. Is that the info you see in Mission Planner and others alike? I dont know if its a real geo-fence or just the 5 mile circle around the airport showing the no-fly zone? That was my understanding I didn't hear anything about it triggering a failsafe etc. I could see no fail safe's setup and a airport geo fence just dropping drones out of the sky.
• Developer

  Grant Morphett April 6, 2015 at 5:46pm

  Hi Richard.  I don't know what the password prompt is.  I think there are instructions to install in administrator mode - is that the prompt your seeing?

  Whilst the circles are drawn around the airports I don't believe anything is enforced.  They are there to alert users they shouldn't be flying in that space.  I have only tested in SITL but I can fly straight into the circle and over my local airport no problem.  Not something I would do in a real vehicle!

  Thanks, Grant.
• Richard Sterling April 6, 2015 at 1:50pm

  I also notice that there is now geofencing (been away a while) around airports.

  I don't really know how this works I assume it executes return to land if you fly into that zone?

  If so how does that effect us rovers?

  I live near an Airport in Auckland, it is used once or twice a month (on a good month). We have a golf course on it. 

  So to me it seems a little strange that we can play golf on the air field but I can't use my rover.

  Any info would be much appreciated?

  Cheers,

  Richard
• Richard Sterling April 6, 2015 at 1:40pm

  Has anyone else come across this:

  I have just installed Mission Planner (msi latest version) and now if I hit "initial setup" or Config/tuning i am asked for a password.

  I have never had this before.

  Has anyone had this or more importantly how can I get rid of it?

  Cheers,

  RS
• Developer

  Grant Morphett March 4, 2015 at 1:45pm

  Hi everyone.  Rover v2.49 is OUT!  Forum post is here

  http://ardupilot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11504

  Happy Rovering!
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  Phill Scott December 31, 2014 at 3:02pm

  And, the same to you Tom!
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  F. C. Bearsch October 22, 2014 at 11:27am

  

  Getting my rover going, I will have time to dive deeper into the code now and see what is ailing the skid steer options and other peripheral problems, looking forward to playing skid steer for a while... 
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  RoboBill October 13, 2014 at 7:50pm

  @TCIII

  Thanks for the update. Blazing a SLAM trail is way over my head. Another possibility is the PX4Flow. If I mounted it a few inches off the ground facing down, could it measure speed and direction? Could it be used with the mission planner?

  Thanks

  RoboBill
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  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?