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by EOSBandi
Fri Mar 13, 2015 1:32 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: AP FlightMode in upcoming 2.4
Replies: 14
Views: 7219

Re: AP FlightMode in upcoming 2.4

Yepp, that is the truth... however you can easily implement it with mixes on good remote such a Er9X or Taranis...
by EOSBandi
Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:04 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: Goggle Code is Shutting down.
Replies: 16
Views: 8505

Re: Goggle Code is Shutting down.

timecop wrote:Maybe finally MultiWii will have an excuse to move to shithub, and start engaging in proper version control practices... :)


:D You still can use SVN on GitHub :)
by EOSBandi
Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:38 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

Hi EOSBandi, Sorry for jumping into conversation in a such way, I have to abmit, I didn't have enough courage to read all 19 pages, so maybe I'm dubling someones question. Currently, navigation is tailored specifically for multirotors and doesn't work with fixed wings or hybrids. I was trying to pi...
by EOSBandi
Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:01 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

Not really a leftovers.... I think MultiWii has reached it's final form, there will be one more formal release but that will be the final one... the exciting things are happening on 32bit platforms, for example Cleanflight.... Regarding to the anomaly, it is hard to tell without telemetry or onboar...
by EOSBandi
Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:47 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

Proabably a dumb question - I am attempting GPS nav with my QC, however i cant seem to figure out if these flights shows are full uav or first person controlled. Does WinGUI 2.3 support full uav? Can i just upload my route, then flip a switch a have it "start" the defined WP route? any in...
by EOSBandi
Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:19 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

Not really a leftovers.... I think MultiWii has reached it's final form, there will be one more formal release but that will be the final one... the exciting things are happening on 32bit platforms, for example Cleanflight.... Regarding to the anomaly, it is hard to tell without telemetry or onboard...
by EOSBandi
Sun Feb 08, 2015 4:46 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: pre 2.4 version r1739
Replies: 47
Views: 23467

Re: pre 2.4 version r1739

Leo wrote:
EOSBandi wrote:A 2.4 WinGUI will be released on next week :)


Just thought I'd mention it's already Thursday today ;)

Stay Tuned :D:D:D
by EOSBandi
Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:52 pm
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Weird loss of throttle control.
Replies: 20
Views: 7879

Re: Weird loss of throttle control.

I went through the code a couple times and I cannot see any case when the IGNORE_THROTTLE can be activated and stuck without user intent. However I could be wrong... please set IGNORE_THROTTLE to 0. Let's see that is it happens again or not :(
by EOSBandi
Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:51 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Weird loss of throttle control.
Replies: 20
Views: 7879

Re: Weird loss of throttle control.

What was the state of the checkboxes : "Ignore throttle during NAV and RTH" and the "Takeover BARO mode" ?
by EOSBandi
Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:30 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: RTH min height on 2.3 *without* GPS NAV version
Replies: 6
Views: 2788

Re: RTH min height on 2.3 *without* GPS NAV version

well, whatever name you'd like to place on it, but I'm referring to any version (whether it be yours or anyone else's) with the advanced navigation engine that cycles through the nav modes within the GPS processing routines in GPS.cpp, vs. the more simplistic mode processing routine in Multiwii.cpp...
by EOSBandi
Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:40 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: RTH min height on 2.3 *without* GPS NAV version
Replies: 6
Views: 2788

Re: RTH min height on 2.3 *without* GPS NAV version

My NAV code is integrated to the mainstream multiwii codebase, and apparently working flawless.. Instead of hacking with 2.3 codebase I recommend you to try the latest 2.4RC from the repository. Simply setting the target altitude in althold mode won't work since the althold code will react violentl...
by EOSBandi
Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:57 am
Forum: Frames
Topic: Big frame support
Replies: 2
Views: 4223

Re: Big frame support

by EOSBandi
Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:53 am
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Magnetic Declination simplified (hopefully)
Replies: 2
Views: 2989

Re: Magnetic Declination simplified (hopefully)

Seriusly???? How it could be explained simpler ? "Convert the degree minutes into decimal degree by ==> degree+minutes*(1/60) Note the sign on declination it could be negative or positive (WEST or EAST)" Isn't it 6th grade math in the States ? Btw, The 4.0 in config.h is a one two years ol...
by EOSBandi
Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:27 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: Checkbox Items
Replies: 4
Views: 2100

Re: Checkbox Items

increase to what, please? Well, it depends on the number of checkboxes. With ExtAUX enabled 1 checkbox needs 4 bytes. So 16 checkboxes needs 64 bytes of data. The InBuf array size is 64 bytes.... MSP commands with more than 64 bytes payload are discarded... } else if (state == HEADER_ARROW) { if (c...
by EOSBandi
Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:13 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: RTH min height on 2.3 *without* GPS NAV version
Replies: 6
Views: 2788

Re: RTH min height on 2.3 *without* GPS NAV version

My NAV code is integrated to the mainstream multiwii codebase, and apparently working flawless.. Instead of hacking with 2.3 codebase I recommend you to try the latest 2.4RC from the repository. Simply setting the target altitude in althold mode won't work since the althold code will react violently...
by EOSBandi
Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:45 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

For POI related issues :
Make sure MAG mode is enabled.
To speed up turn speed, increase MAG P value.
by EOSBandi
Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:42 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

I wanted to see how accurate GPS was and made a mission path around a field: 1B7Z8uV8nKI Not too shabby I would say.... I'm going to see if I can reduce the overshooting at each of the WP's. Leo Increase the WP radius. It will consider the WP reached earlier so will reduce overshoot. Increase cross...
by EOSBandi
Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:30 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: Checkbox Items
Replies: 4
Views: 2100

Re: Checkbox Items

Hi, after a while of programming I reached the magic limit of 16 checkbox items. Now I see them all in the WinGui but can't set them anymore. I found a few cryptic post telling that I can use only 16 items, but out of the code I didn't find the limitations as always the variable checkboxitems is us...
by EOSBandi
Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:28 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: pre 2.4 version r1739
Replies: 47
Views: 23467

Re: pre 2.4 version r1739

A 2.4 WinGUI will be released on next week :)
by EOSBandi
Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:27 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: Multiwii WinGui
Replies: 5
Views: 3406

Re: Multiwii WinGui

Hi, Yes there will be new version with bugfixes. Regarding to DPI dependency. It probably won't happen. WinGUI is using Winforms (kind of old tech, but map control needs it) and uses a lot's of custom controls. DPI awareness with winforms custom controls and gui elements requires lots of coding and ...
by EOSBandi
Sun Oct 19, 2014 8:14 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

I just compiled the latest dev r1717 for my 328 FC board. Sketch uses 28,628 bytes (93%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30,720 bytes. Global variables use 1,582 bytes (77%) of dynamic memory, leaving 466 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2,048 bytes. Low memory available, stability proble...
by EOSBandi
Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:08 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

I just compiled the latest dev r1717 for my 328 FC board. Sketch uses 28,628 bytes (93%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30,720 bytes. Global variables use 1,582 bytes (77%) of dynamic memory, leaving 466 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2,048 bytes. Low memory available, stability proble...
by EOSBandi
Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:59 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

kenl wrote:Is the POI function working in this release?
I have only set it once, after the first way point, and then flown around the the POI with a set of 6 waypoints.
The quad always faces the direction of travel and not the POI, in my case.

Thanks



MAG mode most be enabled to make POI work....
by EOSBandi
Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:57 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

Thank you! I am thinking about switching to APM. I am not interested in another Multiwii board. EDIT: I figured out what happened: log shows horrible GPS performance. It is Mediatek GPS. Despite the clear sky, the GPS data were horribly inaccurate and even the GPS fix was lost for short period. Mys...
by EOSBandi
Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:51 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS integration
Replies: 1724
Views: 880418

Re: Question on V2.1 firmware

Hi, I’m using a Navigatron V2 GPS module ( http://www.flytron.com/sensors/180-i2c-gps-for-multiwii-and-others.html ) which implements the standard I2C_GPS_NAV V2.1 firmware compiled for MTK protocol. I’m using this module because of its I2C-capabilities and the ability to power it with just 3.3V. T...
by EOSBandi
Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:30 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

I had a horrible crash today. Everything looked fine, until I switched on GPS Hold. That launched the copter like the projectile, and it hit the building. The damage was severe. I am frustrated because I spent a lot of time to tune the board (red multiwii pro from hk), PIDs etc. and the quad was st...
by EOSBandi
Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:16 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

Hey Andras, any plans to include the ACC in Position Hold? Seems to be one of the lacking features compared to naza/apm/harakiri? Otherwise great work. I'm using your firmware exclusively with no problems so far! Do you mean the fusion of horizontal acceleration data with GPS position ? Exactly Wel...
by EOSBandi
Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:44 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

Rust wrote:Hey Andras,
any plans to include the ACC in Position Hold? Seems to be one of the lacking features compared to naza/apm/harakiri?
Otherwise great work. I'm using your firmware exclusively with no problems so far!

Do you mean the fusion of horizontal acceleration data with GPS position ?
by EOSBandi
Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:42 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

@ EOSBandi - am adding some support into MWOSD for your navi software. Just to display waypoint / step no and that is on a mission. MAybe a bit more later. I want to pull out the current waypoint or step number. Looking at MSP I thought it was this: MSP_NAV_STATUS 4th byte (mission_step.number) Is ...
by EOSBandi
Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:09 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

Flew my first mission today. No tuning of baro PID or anything and it worked well... Congrats to EOS for implementation. My only question - I selected mission switch on copter whilst on ground - I thought it would rise straight up to alt of first waypoint and then progress to it. I guess thats not ...
by EOSBandi
Wed Sep 24, 2014 2:58 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: Why development has stopped?
Replies: 230
Views: 74466

Re: Why development has stopped?

Rubadub : MultiWii has assembly coded function for the most resource hungry integer function (multiplication) Flags are stored in the flag_struct_t bit packed. So 16 flags are using 8 bytes.... there are even flags with four states packed to 2 bit.... Exactly where in the code you found that integer...
by EOSBandi
Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:01 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

Well, you can try increase crosstrack gain to .5 - .7 and also increase the waypoint radius to 200cm.... with a bigger crosstrack gain, it will try to keep the calculated track more aggressively. And with a greater wp radius it will consider the wp reached if it within that radius... May I ask what...
by EOSBandi
Sun Sep 21, 2014 6:23 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: MultiWii Conf for more than 4 AUX channels
Replies: 49
Views: 18480

Re: MultiWii Conf for more than 4 AUX channels

-ralf- wrote:
EOSBandi wrote:
-ralf- wrote:Use MultiWii - Navi - Beta and enable EXTENDED_AUX .....

Or use R1700 or up... navi beta is now integrated into _shared.. :D


But for now MultiWiiConf doesn't support it .....
we still need WinGUI-Navi-Beta or EZ-GUI, right?


Indeed.
by EOSBandi
Sun Sep 21, 2014 6:17 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

Well, you can try increase crosstrack gain to .5 - .7 and also increase the waypoint radius to 200cm.... with a bigger crosstrack gain, it will try to keep the calculated track more aggressively. And with a greater wp radius it will consider the wp reached if it within that radius...
by EOSBandi
Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:21 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: attitude lock mode?
Replies: 8
Views: 3559

Re: attitude lock mode?

Think a minute about what ACRO (GYRO) mode is doing...
You control the angular velocity by the sticks. And when you release the stick the angular velocity become zero, and the copter holds the current angle (either pitch or roll). Add MAG mode for holding YAW and there you are.... :D
by EOSBandi
Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:11 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: MultiWii Conf for more than 4 AUX channels
Replies: 49
Views: 18480

Re: MultiWii Conf for more than 4 AUX channels

-ralf- wrote:Use MultiWii - Navi - Beta and enable EXTENDED_AUX .....

Or use R1700 or up... navi beta is now integrated into _shared.. :D
by EOSBandi
Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:33 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS integration
Replies: 1724
Views: 880418

Re: GPS integration

Hello, I am using the FMP04 connected via Serial2 to my Flyduino. I am now a bit uncertain, what Firmware to flash. In config.h it says: // avoid using 115200 baud because with 16MHz arduino the 115200 baudrate have more than 2% speed error (57600 have 0.8% error) #define GPS_BAUD 38400 On the othe...
by EOSBandi
Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:08 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: Going from r1692 to r1695 eats about 160 bytes
Replies: 11
Views: 3753

Re: Going from r1692 to r1695 eats about 160 bytes

around 30 are eaten here: #else //if no servo defined then zero out the config variables to prevent passing false data to the gui. for(i=0;i<8;i++) { conf.servoConf[i].min = 0; conf.servoConf[i].max = 0; conf.servoConf[i].middle = 0; conf.servoConf[i].rate = 0; } #endif I don't think this code is u...
by EOSBandi
Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:04 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: MultiWii EZ-GUI
Replies: 1434
Views: 618419

Re: MultiWii EZ-GUI

might be a stupid question, but can the CLI feature in EZ-GUI be used to send raw MSP_SET* messages? Or, does it only support the baseflight CLI features? Technically it is possible. Everything you put there is send to the flight control board. But it will be very difficult to do it as you have to ...
by EOSBandi
Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:18 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

Hi friends, It's almost 2 or 3 weeks that I use navi b7 from Eosbandy and looking at the code I've not understood this: GPS.cpp file void GPS_bearing(int32_t* lat1, int32_t* lon1, int32_t* lat2, int32_t* lon2, int32_t* bearing) { int32_t off_x = *lon2 - *lon1; int32_t off_y = (*lat2 - *lat1) / GPS_...
by EOSBandi
Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:47 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: Going from r1692 to r1695 eats about 160 bytes
Replies: 11
Views: 3753

Re: Going from r1692 to r1695 eats about 160 bytes

Hamburger wrote:anyone to confirm the memory waste from the unused SerialWrite16()?

Nope, I tried it (r1700) and the sketch size remains at 11668 byte even if I comment out the function....
(Using 1.0.5-r2 with Visual Studio IDE)
by EOSBandi
Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:16 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

The code checked in _shared is functionally identical to the B7 version. Only cosmetically changes and changes in the main code since around April.
by EOSBandi
Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:58 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

OK, r1694 is online ...... -It doesn't run on 328er or 32u4 platforms -there is no MultiWiiConf, it works with EZ-GUI and WinGUI-Navi-Beta Right? Yes. GPS modes with 328 and 32u4 are not supported at the moment (due inadequate memory size). Also it should work with MultiWiiConf but you can change G...
by EOSBandi
Fri Sep 12, 2014 4:03 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

Welcome back, András .... we missed you Thanks, I'm slowly getting traction again... it was a rough couple of months... Now, I'm catching up with the changes in the repo, and integrate them to the navi codebase... eventually i'll check in navi code to the main repo.... Andras Hi Andras, I'm glad to...
by EOSBandi
Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:37 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: Success: LRS replaced with cheap HM-TRP and MSP_SET_RAW_RC!
Replies: 4
Views: 2343

Re: Success: LRS replaced with cheap HM-TRP and MSP_SET_RAW_

Hi Pascal,
It looks great. Perhaps you can try my MW modded SiK firmware, which tries to align radio packets with MSP_ packets, and injects radio status packets into the stream. (https://code.google.com/p/sik-multiwii/)
BTW, could you share some info about your octo diversity ?
Regards,
EOS
by EOSBandi
Thu Sep 11, 2014 5:36 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

-ralf- wrote:Welcome back, András .... we missed you

Thanks,
I'm slowly getting traction again... it was a rough couple of months...
Now, I'm catching up with the changes in the repo, and integrate them to the navi codebase... eventually i'll check in navi code to the main repo.... :D

Andras
by EOSBandi
Thu Sep 11, 2014 10:10 am
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

Indeed, disarm appears to be somewhat random. Hi stronnag and @eosbandi, Now I understood why the disarm appears random after autoland, this because of your own P term in alt hold PID. I realized that #define BAROPIDMIN -180 (in GPS.cpp Land detection routine - see code in my previous post -) is st...
by EOSBandi
Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:47 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

lfield22 wrote:When I try to compile any of the MultiWiiNAV2_3 b5-b7 files, I receive a "Too Big" error ( without even making any changes to the files). What can I do to make the files smaller?

noting, get an atmega2560 board, navi is not supported on mega328 boards
by EOSBandi
Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:43 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS NAV
Replies: 964
Views: 401293

Re: GPS NAV

hola, podria ayudarme ?? estoy trabajando con una crius multiwii v2.5 con gps en i2c, modulo nav , bluetoot, lcd, TODO FUNCIONA O.K !!! PERO llegue al punto que no puedo usar mas que multiwii2.3 ya que las otra versiones "NAV" NO ESTA TERMINADO EL I2C PARA EL GPS, ADEMAS LOS SKETCH SON MU...
by EOSBandi
Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:07 pm
Forum: Software development
Topic: GPS yaw rate / wind-up...
Replies: 2
Views: 1701

Re: GPS yaw rate / wind-up...

Spin speed is governed with your MAG P. value simply lower MAG P to slow down spin speed.