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[Nabazul]

Is it possible with this update to make a quad which uses only the input plug on the opcc or do i still need at least one of the outputs for power supply ? I wish i could desolder the output pins to reduce the height of the board ....

Edited by Nabazul, 10 November 2011 - 09:11 AM.

[D-Lite]

Nabazul, on 10 November 2011 - 09:11 AM, said:

Is it possible with this update to make a quad which uses only the input plug on the opcc or do i still need at least one of the outputs for power supply ? I wish i could desolder the output pins to reduce the height of the board ....

You could feed power via the input plug (pin 2) if you find a way to do this (some kind of Y-cable between RX and power supply for example). Or you could just feed the receiver from a BEC and the receiver would automatically power the CC through pin 2. Only drawback I see is that this way you bypass the fuse on the CC board.

[dankers]

Servo Y-Cable is the normal way most people do this.

[Nabazul]

thats a good idea! will do that when the update is out.

[Fuwu]

This is great!
I have my hexa in the air with an 5d but flying with 5 props will in most cases end in a hard landing, caused by the weight.
So it would be really nice to have a more "safe" platform like an octo

Is this something already available in the gcs or should we wait a little before it'll be ready?
Couldn't find it.....

Is there some test area on the forum where beta's can be tested for cc pilots. If it's there i would like to be in

Thanks guys!!!

[dankers]

I know an Octo has been flown with CC, not sure what happened about getting the support in the GCS. It can do it but it's trying to keep on top of all these branches of code.

The guy I knew that did this was Sambas, it might be worth sending him a PM?

Sorry out of touch a bit with the exact nature of how thing currently stand with these features.

[osnwt]

dankers, on 02 December 2011 - 10:33 PM, said:

I know an Octo has been flown with CC, not sure what happened about getting the support in the GCS. It can do it but it's trying to keep on top of all these branches of code.

The firmware which is under testing last weeks has full support for up to 10 PWM outputs (if using PPM/S.Bus/DSM satellite receivers). You can configure the receiver port as PPM+Servo or just Servo, and this adds 4 more outputs. So Octo+2 channel camera stabilization is fully supported.

GCS fully supports this as for Pro platform from the beginning, just support for port config has been added for CC. So it is matter of time to release this build. This feature is mature now, and if someone is interested - he can join the Flight Test team or build the software from source and enjoy.

[Fuwu]

Ok i'll contact him shortly, it seems there is something already in the wiki:

"In case the CopterControl ReceiverPort is defined as an output port, the extra outputs are available in the GCS as channels 7, 8, 9 & 10."

Mayb future reference...

dankers, on 02 December 2011 - 10:33 PM, said:

Sorry out of touch a bit with the exact nature of how thing currently stand with these features.

May i ask what the main dev. team is focusing on right now? Just out of curiosity....

Thanks!

[Fuwu]

osnwt, on 03 December 2011 - 09:17 AM, said:

and if someone is interested - he can join the Flight Test team or build the software from source and enjoy.

I would like to be a test pilot, next week i'll start on an octo. How do i "become" this?

[osnwt]

Fuwu, on 03 December 2011 - 10:02 AM, said:

"In case the CopterControl ReceiverPort is defined as an output port, the extra outputs are available in the GCS as channels 7, 8, 9 & 10."

Mayb future reference...

Yes, this documents exactly that version which is not published yet for all, but can be downloaded by test team members or built from the source by anyone from the "next" git branch. The good rule is to "document new feature ASAP, or you'll never do that"

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I would like to be a test pilot, next week i'll start on an octo. How do i "become" this?

Register on the wiki and PM your logins here and there to dankers or me. We grant access to pre-released builds and discussions. From you is only expected to be ready to give some feedback on new changes (or broken old features) and accept that they are not published yet and can work not as expected.

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May i ask what the main dev. team is focusing on right now? Just out of curiosity....

The main dev. team is just two: dankers and peabody124, who spend all their time for this.

The OpenPilot Revolution board for full autonomous flights and the OpenPilot ESC for perfect VTAL stabilization. Also there are other tasks, but these two I'd say are most important.

Since the OP Revo inherits a lot of CC, the learning curve should be very easy: the same GCS, the same behavior. But we need to do a lot to support all its features by the GCS, and it can't be released until we have a solid GCS.

[macranger]

I have a problem with my hexa an camera stabilization.

http://forums.openpi...dpost__p__56153