MultiWii

Cereal_Killer

Does anybody search anymore?! What's with these questions, I dont understand, in the last 2 months there have been 5 new questions a week asking how to control the FC over serial. THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE. You MUST use some type of standard transmitter / receiver. MSP is for things like add-on sensors /...

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You can't He's right, you cant "move" the quad by sending AUX channel data. What you can do is to setup a switch on your TX to send the stick commands to make a pre-defined movement, but that's all on the transmitter end, not in the quad's FC. I still dont understand what your asking tota...

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serial control does not work, I'm not sure what it's there for, maybe it's left over from an old idea or something but I dont know, you CAN NOT control anything with it... My RasPi arrives tomorrow, I've got several different pieces of code combined to allow it to be a USB host (for a web cam) and a...

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Why, the car is in the front yard, I'm sleeping with my clothes on...Sorry, couldnt resist. What is it you want to do now? You want to see vehicle attitude roll and pitch or you want to see the stick commands? Either way what you have to do is connect to it with MSP (Multiwii Serial Protocol) and re...

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Hey man, just saw this post... I'm having some newly discovered issues with my BT Bridge too (they started when I bought the EZ GUI unlocker code).I've managed to get a better connection by lowering the air rate, cant remember to what tho. BTW what BT module are you using? I'm using an HM-10 now cau...

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I've already been wrong about the analog pin's on the 2560 based FC's before but my best guess is they're input's for monitoring individual cell voltages (using the balance plug of your battery). Having said that DO NOT connect voltages to them directly, they'll all need their own individual configu...

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Well I'm an idiot... The servo / motor output's for a plane are NOTHING like on a MR lol, how it was behaving makes total sense! D12 is one of the wing output's! It was trying to read a servo output as AUX2- am that's why it changed with the right stick and vehicle attitude. I case anyone's wonderin...

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Well I've made progress (not progress towards a solution but I did narrow it down)... The issue seems to be in the fixed wing code. This morning I changed it from flying wing back to tricopter, NO OTHER CHANGES, fired it back up and AUX 2 works exactly as it should. No other channels effect it and v...

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Updates so far- I removed the BARO, didn't change anything (so I put it back). I've got a temp work around for right now, still want to get this solved tho... For now I've enabled extends AUX states and changes my TX to mix 2 3-way's into a single channel (Ch5) and am able to select all my needed fl...

Cereal_Killer

The i2C error count isn't lying to you, there is definitely an issue somewhere.

Begin by disconnecting one device off the i2C bus at a time till it stops.

Cereal_Killer

A copper plate is unlikely to work,I tried copper, steel and aluminum, what it's always ended up taking for me is distance, I now mount the GPS / MAG up on a 5" mast (3" or more should be good enough on a mini quad). I've also got good enough results for MAG mode (but NOT headfree mode) by...

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Hey guy's, Today I'm building the electronics for a flying wing for my buddy. First off this is the first time I've ever tried to run MWC on a plane, it's also the first time I've tried to run a BARO. Other than those two points everything else is stuff I use all the time- Arduinon nano 328P, MPU605...

Cereal_Killer

Between batt- and TELLM- there should be continuity (the TELEM signal is logic high), about the motor pins, are you talking about the positive and negative rails or signal output's or what?

Cereal_Killer

Also, the basics; have you calibrated the mag and does it point to the correct directions? North MUST be the front of the quad, if orientation is off it'll never work.

Cereal_Killer

Interference is a MAJOR issue with headfree mode however there are several other things it can be too so you've got some testing / changing to do before writing it off. First off what MAG is on your GPS module and how do you have it mounted? Do you have your magnetic declination properly converted t...

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Angle is different than horizon. Angle mode = full self leveling and hard angle limits at all times, even with full [any direction] stick input. Horizon mode = self leveling / angle limits (the same limits as in angle) with the sticks slightly moved, no self leveling with sticks at full deflection. ...

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I'd love to look at your file but I'm not sure what to do with a .tar.gz file (I'm not into torrents which I believe that has something to do with). When I download and try to open it in a text editor it's just a bunch of non-human readable characters... Note I'm leaving for vacation at midnight ton...

Cereal_Killer

It pretty much has to be code related as your first video vary clearly shows the board is sensing AUX2 coming in. What other option did you try changing to AUX2? Can you post your code? There is one line specifically I'd like to check but I'm not at my computer (and my personal code is modded quite ...

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Loknar, I had a hell of a time getting my iphone (5C) to recognize BLE for the first time (I'm running an HM-10 BLE module). It works great now but initially it wouldnt see the module, what I had to do was download a BLE scanner app (I used the free "BLE Scanner"). After running it and con...

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Ok I understand what your saying however there's no problem with your AUX2- in the first video we can see it working, the issue is GPS related... Again to confirm this you can set a different function on AUX2. Please do this, even if you don't see how it will help you get to a solution to YOUR probl...

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Do you have a 3D lock sitting there? If not it won't light up GPS mode. When you revert to 2.3 are you using the EOSBandi special version of 2.3 B7_NAVI? If not I'd say that's what you're seeing (as GPS doesn't actually work in standard 2.3). To me it appears to be working fine, a quick test would b...

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I just want to reiterate, you CAN NOT, under any circumstance, control this thing from your 3DR radio, that's not what it's for, that's not something even the best coders here can make happen because the HW doesnt support it. That is a data link (note it supports 2-way comm's) which runs at way to s...

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Whatever FSD's doing it for I'll beat it by $10! J/k. He makes some REALLY GREAT points tho! So he's pretty much addressed all the stuff I would have, I'll touch on the whole controlling it from a computer. First off A REAL HOBBY GRADE TX / RX SETUP IS REQUIRED. It is possible, with a ton of non-sta...

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Multiwii is the name of the code, you run that code on a flight control board (such as the one's you named)... Which one of those are you going to use as there will be different logger options? You didnt mention you had a Naze32, the vest best logging option is BlackBox, logging data over MSP is coo...

Cereal_Killer

Well man, like I mention, you're gonna have to use the MSP, coding your own protocol is gonna take up to much space.

What exact FC are you using?

Check this out, it does everything you want
https://github.com/renes/multiwiiDataLogger
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1070

Cereal_Killer

What will you be using to display this data?

What you're wanting to do is already possible using the MSP (Multiwii Serial Protoocol). Take a look at open log and telemetry systems (Bluetooth or 3DR radio).

Cereal_Killer

Where do you have AUX2 wired to? Have D12? Have you enabled AUX2 on the pin you have it hooked to?

Cereal_Killer

Lol, two times in my RC life have I been saved by a tree, compare that to the 87215096120970943e187 times they've took me down... To explain the situation above further: I had both MW FS setup as well as values programmed into each of the 4 TAER channels of the RX. When signal loss happened (dead TX...

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Personally I dont setup my RX failsafe, I once had a problem where I had both multiwii and RX failsafe's setup and there was a conflict and it put multiwii into a interrupt loop that caused it to miss a FS condition and it would have flew away if I wasnt hovering under a tree when it happened. Being...

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Setup: Naze32 RCExplorer tricopter integrated FC Cleanflight 1.9.1 UBLOX Neo 6M on softserial 2 Ports configured correctly, softserial enabled, running at 9600baud I'm no longer able to connect to the board in the GUI without the GPS module powered on (from 5V which means the flight pack must be hoo...

Cereal_Killer

You need to trim the accelerometer!

Start with the GUI and watching the motor sliders, get it pretty close (PROPS OFF) then take it outside and do it again IRL. pretty much the same process as using the trimmer buttons but you're applying the trim to the FC, not the TX.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Foc8lxDddHw

Cereal_Killer

Hello, the first thing to check is that you have all motor and prop directions are correct. It's not the only cause, but a very common mistake that causes the MR to flip at first throttle up is one (or more) props being the wrong direction, or the motor spinning the wrong direction causing up thrust...

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To make this perfectly clear, your blue, green, red and white wires in the upper picture are connected to ground. They should be connected to the INSIDE row of header pins, not the outside row like you have them. Wow! This makes me even more concerned about the pic of the receiver, hopefully it's j...

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I'm not exactly sure the problem you're having... Yes the motors should spin when armed, you can prevent this with a define in config.h (MOTOR_STOP) but IMO it's not a good idea, first off you NEVER want your props to stop spinning while you're in the air and second it's a safety feature, there is n...

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Hmm, looking at your pic's closer; how do you have everything connected? I dont run a mega board (I use regular arduinos for multiwii and naze32's with CF) but it looks like you have some major polarity / pin assignment issues going on. Why are you only trying to get 4 channels setup, you need at le...

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Ok so sorry that I didnt realize you are running a mega board, first off do you have the correct board defines for a mega? Assuming so please try this... /**************************** PPM Sum Reciver ***********************************/ /* The following lines apply only for specific receiver with on...

Cereal_Killer

30 seconds on Google found this... Factory baud on Xbee is 9600, that's to slow for telemetry / config changes. You'll need to configure BOTH Xbee modules to something higher (remember it MUST be a valid rate, not some random number). See this tutorial for how to. m I always prefer to have my teleme...

Cereal_Killer

Dude your problem is definitely the baud rate, what is the factory set baud of the Xbee module?

Cereal_Killer

That's WinGUI. What version tho? I run WinGUI2.3 and it doesnt look quite like that... Before we start changing pin assignments lets try one thing- Swap your throttle and any other channel around going into the FC, say for example AIL and throttle. This will tell us if you're FC is accepting input's...

Cereal_Killer

Another update, I was FINALLY able to make config changes in the clone 3DR radio's. I had such a time with it I am going to make a video showing the process since I didn't find the answers to what was going wrong anywhere. I'll be posting that, either as a thread or a blog at RCGroups soon.

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I tried changing baud rate to 111111 in the source code and i the flight controller but still it didn't work can you please provide me the compiled version of the MultiConfig i am using arduino uno as FC with mpu6050 as sensor 111111 is not a valid baud rate. What the the stock rate of the Xbee mod...

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Also, I have no idea how model setup works in a spektrum tx (I run DSMX lemon and orangeRX with my Deviated Devo) but are you sure you have your model setup and everything in the transmitter? It's more than just binding, do you have a servo, or if not plug an ESC directly into a channel of the RX an...

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Do you have individual channels hooked up or are you running in CPPM mode?

Please describe your wiring and post the RC INPUTS section of your config.h. A picture of the wiring would be best.

What mode spektrum (DSM2 vs DSMX)?

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Just updating that I've now got my Bluetooth bridge working with Multiwii GUI on my iPhone 5c (it'd been working on my android tablet since last week). Native iOS won't recognize the the HM-10 BLE module thus it won't be selectable in the GUI, you'll need to download (from App Store) any of the free...

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Try this

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6296

If that doesn't get you going please copy/paste the exact error message.

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That'll be perfect.

Cereal_Killer

I've never had any luck with and FDTI, even a confirmed real one... I use CP2012's mostly and after having no issue with them on some clone arduino's Ive been using I just purchased a handful of CH340G's and they're working fine for me too. Yes I did reprogram the BT to 56700, like I mentioned I was...

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So I just went threw this same thing, I have a really nice sprint 4G LTE samsung galaxy note tablet that does not have OTG (and assuming I want to keep using LTE data I cant root it) so I was stuck with BT but I wanted a real range from my telemerty system... What I did was setup a bluetooth to tele...

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I meant to update this thread, guess it was just to embarrassing... I was using a sub micro digital servo, I never got it to run at all no matter what rate I tried running it at and I wasn't able to use the scope I sometimes have access to so i could see what was up. I had to put the project on hold...

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Man I wasnt trying to be hard on you or anything, just mentioning I didnt think we could answer any better here than Walrt did already. It shouldn't be able to activate RTH, but with the RC input's outside of their known range who knows what it's doing. You'll probably want to clear your EPROM befor...

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