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FredericG

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Reported boardType and Revision

21 June 2011 - 07:44 PM

I get 255 for both BoardType and Revision in the FirmwareIAP. Also Description is empty. Is this normal? I think I have the latest of everything....

Fred

Change in driving servo's from ground

20 June 2011 - 07:27 PM

With the recent CC code, it seems I need to set ActuatorCommand and ManualControlCommand to readonly in order to get control.
Before only ActuatorCommand needed to be readonly.

def driveServo(self):
    	print "Taking control of self.actuatorCmd"
    	self.objMan.ActuatorCommand.metadata.access.value = UAVMetaDataObject.Access.READONLY
    	self.objMan.ActuatorCommand.metadata.updated()   
    	self.objMan.ManualControlCommand.metadata.access.value = UAVMetaDataObject.Access.READONLY <<<<<<<<===
    	self.objMan.ManualControlCommand.metadata.updated() 	<<<<<<===
    	
    	while True:
        	self.objMan.ActuatorCommand.Channel.value[0] = 1000
        	self.objMan.ActuatorCommand.updated()
        	time.sleep(1)
        	
        	self.objMan.ActuatorCommand.Channel.value[0] = 2000
        	self.objMan.ActuatorCommand.updated()
        	time.sleep(1)

Is this intentional?

Frederic

Tuning via TX

06 May 2011 - 05:35 PM

I was wondering how to tune my CC in a fixed wing. What I would like to use trimmers on my TX to modify some PID settings in flight.

I see two approaches:

A. Do it on the flight side. We would need new settings that dictate what spare channels control what settings with what boundaries.
B. Do it in the ground side. GCS would periodically receive the current channel input values and translate that to settings that are transmitted to the flight side

MK has such a feature on the flight side, but it is very clumsy as one cannot specify the boundaries.

I think option B provides most flexibility, but more latency

Frederic

Stick in neutral, servo not neutral

01 May 2011 - 06:59 PM

Configured as fixed wing, "elevator aileron rudder".
The sticks are at neutral (ManualControlCommand as good as 0), but the servos (ActuatorCommand) is to it's limit.

So when I move the roll stick to the left, the servo does not move, pushing the stick to the right and the servo deflects to the other limit (2000) :blink:

Fred

Can I mount a CC upside down?

01 May 2011 - 02:58 PM

In my plane it would be good if I could mount the CC upside-down. In the "attitude-rotation" in the config gadget, I can set roll to 180 degrees, but I don't think this works...

Frederic