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  Nathaniel Caner November 17, 2014 at 5:54pm

  Craig,

  Check your parameters and look for the parameter "Frame" if it's set coeectly it should have a value of 10. This equals a Y6B frame type.

  I can't say for sure on your last question, however it can't hurt.

  Regards,

  Nathaniel ~KD2DEY
• Craig P. November 17, 2014 at 5:41pm

  Nathanial,

  I took the direction of your last post and did manage to find the Y6B frame type page, I merely needed to be connected and only required me clicking on the button.

  But my question now is upon selecting the Y6B frame type, nothing came up to indicate it was selected? Mind you I didn't reinstall firmware or recalibrate in anyway.

  So did it actually change? or do i require going through the complete firmware reinstallation?

  For some reason I can connect to the pixhawk via telemetry but not with my mac via usb anymore so perhaps I need to reboot after I reinstalled APM Planner and its drivers?

  Thanks again,

  Craig.
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  Nathaniel Caner November 17, 2014 at 4:32pm

  Craig,

  After some further consideration and investigation I must change my earlier statement. That Icon is the same Icon used in Mission Planner. When you go through the initial setup in MP, you select the frame type as shown and then select the subtype Y6A or Y6B on a separate page. I can't get you a picture because the Arducopter Manual pages wont load right now. In any event I suspect the APM Planner has the same setup. I can't help you with the specifics as I've never used APM Planner. I'll keep looking around, if I find anything I'll let you know.

  Bill Bonney is the lead developer. Try sending him a PM. I'm sure he can help you out.

  Regards,

  Nathaniel ~KD2DEY
• Craig P. November 17, 2014 at 3:25pm

  Thanks Nathaniel,

  I have not tried Mission Planner, as I don't own windows.

  I do have a tablet running Droidplanner, but as far as I know I cannot reprogram from that, but I may be wrong.

  I'm not to sure who's developing APM Planner on Mac at the moment, but I should look into that so thanks for that idea.

  Craig.
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  Nathaniel Caner November 17, 2014 at 3:18pm

  Craig,

  If the icons are the only choice then I don't see one that applies to a Y6B configuration. I only see a Y6A, bottom row third from left. I would bring this up with the APM Planner developers. As it stands it looks like there isn't support for Y6B.

  Have you tried using Mission Planner instead?

  Good Luck,

  Nathaniel ~KD2DEY
• Craig P. November 17, 2014 at 3:03pm

  Please Help, which is the frame type for the Y6B frame?
• meavydev November 15, 2014 at 12:43am

  @Nathaniel Caner

  I have created a thread http://diydrones.com/group/arducopter-y6-owners-group/forum/topics/...

  Yes I meant APM Planner 2 and it is the latest build which fixes the compass calibration on the Mac.

  Thanks
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  Guy Fuller November 14, 2014 at 5:55pm

  Thanks David for the input.
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  Nathaniel Caner November 14, 2014 at 2:04pm

  @Meavydev,

  I want to make sure I understand one thing, when you say

  "It was delayed by compass calibration issues with APM 2 on the Mac with 3.2."

  by APM 2 are you referring to either an APM 2.0, 2.5, or 2.6 flight controller, or are you referring to to "APM Planner 2.0"? I've been assuming you were using a Pixhawk controller since we are talking about a Y6B.

  All 3.2 RCxx versions and the "3.2" (same as 3.2 RC14) are all Beta versions. I know that with the Pixhawk if you were upgrading from 3.1.5 or older, to 3.2 you needed to redo the mag and acc calibrations before flying on 3.2. I'm not 100% sure about other FC.

  Anyway, post the logs when you get a chance.

  Regards,

  Nathaniel ~KD2DEY
• meavydev November 13, 2014 at 11:44pm

  @Nathaniel Caner

  I'm going to download the logs to see what the drone thought was going on but it has to wait until the weekend...

  It's a standard 3DR Y6B with the 10" props, Tarot gimbal, Gopro 3+ black, the new high capacity 4s battery and the 3DR FPV kit.

  It was the first flight with 3.2 as I installed it after the build and then was trying to get the compass calibration sorted before attempting to fly.

  I had done a full calibration on 3.2 rc9 and the ESC calibration, but hadn't re-done it after installing 3.2 beta which is what I was trying to take off with.

  It was complaining about high GPS HDOP in the prearm,  though it was reporting as a 2m fix.