Aruplane/X-Plane Simulation Problem

I am trying to get my Arduplane working in simulator mode (X-Plane) and am not having much success.

I have a Hitec RC system; a 2.4G Optic6 Tx and an Optima7 Rx.  I have servos attached to the
four control channels.  The system is in manual mode

I carefully go thru all the steps in the instructions and the results are as follows:
    -the simulator software loads successfully with MP,
    -the servos and the MP radio input screen shows all four channels functioning properly
    -the PPM encoder LED flashes rapidly
    -when I start the simulator link, the MP Ardupilot Output data shows the 3 control surfaces almost
    at maximum deflection in one direction.  Only the throttle channel functions properly
    -the PT-60 X-Plane model shows corresponding full control surface deflections
    while sitting on the runway.  

Can anyone suggest what is wrong?

Fred

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on January 4, 2012 at 9:19pm

Which version of X-Plane are you using? We only support 9.x

Permalink Reply by Fred Forbes on January 5, 2012 at 5:37pm

Sorry, I should have noted I am using X-Plane 9.7

Permalink Reply by ockhams barber on January 13, 2012 at 6:06pm

Hi Fred,

I had the same problem a while back and my fix was,

1       Do a full reset on the APM

2:      Do the Radio Setup

3:      Make sure all RC channels have RCx_Rev set to 1 not -1 (should not matter but in my setup it does.

4:       Save a config file as default,parm

5:       Write config to APM

6:       Reload the default.parm file and write it to the APM.again.

Worked for me I hope it works for you.

Regards

Ockhams Barber

Save the config file as default.parm

Permalink Reply by Fred Forbes on January 15, 2012 at 11:23am

Ockams

Thanks.  Thru trial and error I did get mine working.  I probably did most of your suggestions.  Finally, after starting the interface between APM Planner and X-Plane, if the servo outputs are not zero, an APM reset seems to fix it.

Thanks for your help

Fred

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