Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Spektrum Receiver

[Felix Ruess]

Hi Tilman,

As Eric said its not bound. And you only need to bind once.

The RADIO_CONTROL_LED is done in the generic part of radio_control, it is on when RC is ok, otherwise off.

Regarding the RC debug messages: the default_fixedwing_x have it, but in the FBW (FlyByWire) process. So you can just switch Fbw from default to debug in the settings/telemetry tab.

Cheers, Felix

On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Eric Parsonage <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Tilman

The DX5e does work. I have tested with it in the past. Are you sure you have bound the receiver properly? The lights on the receiver should stop flashing when it is done. Also the led on the autopilot for signal does work with spectrum.

Eric

On 28/04/2012, at 7:16 AM, Tilman Baumann wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm currently playing around a lot with my new Lisa/m board. There is still lots to figure out, but there is one thing that has baffled me quite a while now.
> That is the Spektrum RC receiver.
> I have a DX5e (Is that one even supported? I only ever read about DX7) plus two orangebox receivers from hobbykind.
>
> If I boot with the bind plug the receivers start blinking nicely. But it seems to make no difference as to if the sender is on or off.
>
> Airframe XML
> <define name="RADIO_CONTROL_SPEKTRUM_SECONDARY_PORT" value="UART5"/>
> <subsystem name="radio_control" type="spektrum">
> <configure name="RADIO_CONTROL_LED" value="3"/>
> </subsystem>
>
> RADIO_CONTROL_LED seems ineffective. Probably not provided by the spektrum module?
>
>
>
> I added the following mode to conf/telemetry/default_fixedwing_imu.xml inspired by flixr's hint on the irc. (The Fixedwing config did not have those messages, I copied them from the rotocraft version)
>
> <mode name="ppm">
> <message name="PPM"                      period="0.5"/>
> <message name="RC"                       period="0.5"/>
> <message name="COMMANDS"            period="0.5"/>
> <message name="FBW_STATUS"          period="1"/>
> <message name="ACTUATORS"           period="5"/>
> </mode>
>
> I do get one new message that way. RC. But the values is always 0,0,0,0,0,0,.....
>
> So, how can I tell that my radio is working? And is my DX5e even supported?
> I mean, it's a pretty primitive radio and the lack of a three way switch for mode is certainly not ideal. But it is what I have here right now and a bigger one is not in the budget for some time.
>
> (Might as well upgrade to os-rc when I have that cash laying around... There was not much talk about that one here yet. And I can't actually find any info on how that could be hooked up to a UAV. But could be a solution that might even transport telemetry in one link...)
>
> PS: Do I have to close the bind plug every time I boot or will it learn? The Satellite receivers only blink when I boot with bind plug.
>
> Thanks
> Tilman
>
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