Comment by Noah King on January 29, 2013 at 6:58am

does the APM need an external GPS unit, and if so what does this look like/ where can i get one.

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on January 29, 2013 at 8:26am

Noah. Yes. The GPS comes with the APM autopilot. It looks like this.

Comment by aerotech on January 29, 2013 at 3:49pm

very nice, how can create the fail safe recovery for APM 2.5? thanks

Comment by Garry McLeary on February 7, 2013 at 5:25pm

Hello,

I am a newbie trying to set up a hardware-in-the loop simulation with xplane, but I am having trouble getting it to work. I am following the instructions on the wiki for xplane (is it still current?) However when get to the where I run the simulation using the "Sim Link Start/Stop" button on the simulation screen, I get the following error message:

   Socket setup problem. Do you have this open already? System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: Only one usage of    each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted    at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoBind(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)    at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Bind(EndPoint localEP)    at ArdupilotMega.GCSViews.Simulation.SetupUDPRecv()    at ArdupilotMega.GCSViews.Simulation.ConnectComPort_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

I have checked and re-checked the port numbers and I believe they are setup correctly. Here is what I have:

for the Planner, in the "Advanced IP Settings" on the Simulation screen,

in the field for "Enter Sim pc IP" I have 127.0.0.1

in the field for "Enter Sim pc Port" I have 49000 i

n the field for "Enter Planner pc Port" I have 49005  

 

In Xplane, under Settings -> Net Connections -> Data,

I have the box next to the port numbers 127.0.0.1 and 49005 checked. Below that for UDP Ports I have:

"port that we receive on": 49000

"port that we send on": 49005

 

Mission Planner version #: 1.2.33 mav 1.0 xplane version#:10.05r1

I am using the APM 2.5 board connected to a USB port on my computer. It is recognized as COM port 3 in device manager, and on the Firmware screen in Planner, COM port 3, with baud rate 115200 show up on the screen.

I tried re-installing xplane as suggested in the forum but that didnt work. Any idea what I could be doing wrong?

Thanks

Garry

Comment by Juan Garcia on March 4, 2013 at 5:04am

Hi,

I am using the apm 1.4 version and like it very much. Can i safely upload newer firmware to this, like the 2,70 version? Or are they strictly limited to the newer Apm 2.x versions? Which firmware should i use best?

John

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on March 4, 2013 at 5:08am

@Juan,

If your APM1.4's processor is the Atmel 2560 you should have no problem with the newer versions of the code. I assume that you have an Oilpan attached to the APM?

Regards,

TCIII

Comment by Juan Garcia on March 4, 2013 at 6:11am

Yes, there is an oilpan. I dont remember the name of the device and i don't have it at hand. Wasn't it "hotel" version??.

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on March 4, 2013 at 6:39am

@Juan,

The "Hotel" refers to the latest version of the Oilpan. Some of the APM1.4s still had Atmel 1280 mcus which had less memory than the 2560s. You need to look a the top of the processor to see what Atmel p/n is on it.

Regards,

TCIII

Comment by Juan Garcia on March 4, 2013 at 10:21am

@ Thomas J Coyle III

Thanks a lot for helping. My 1.4 has the Atmel 2560. So I can happily live with the new software.

John

Comment by Chris Cashmore on March 4, 2013 at 12:09pm

Ok, I have been asking basically the same question, but I have the 1280 processor. It says so on top of it.

What is the latest version of code I can run on it I dont need data collection, but would like to use waypoints etc.

I would really like a definitive answer so I can get on with this thing. I believe the last code I had on it is the NG cod from ardupirates.

Thanks

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