Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Rotorcraft - starting motors

[Felix Ruess]

Hi Cedric,

you shouldn't need to use the GCS. If you didn't configure a different mode explicitly, you should be able to arm/disarm the motors via yaw stick (at zero throttle).

But you need to be in one of the normal flying modes (not KILL or FAILSAFE) and the AHRS needs to be aligned (in default configuration the AHRS led stops blinking if it's aligned).

Usage of a KILL switch is independent of the arming mode. (But if you have a KILL_SWITCH defined make sure it is not in the kill position when trying to arm the motors).

If it is not behaving as you would expect, can you please provide your configuration so we can either figure out what is not working as it should, or where we need to clarify the docs....

Cheers, Felix

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:42 PM, Cedric Marzer <address@hidden> wrote:

Hello,

I tried to start the motors without the GCS but without success so far.

To make them start I need to push the resurrect button on the GCS and then switch the kill switch.

I'd love not to use any kill switch because of the risk of switching it by accident. I prefer the full yaw mode, but it didn't work so far. When I look at the messages I can see that the cmd_yaw doesn't change when I move the sticks but the yaw does.

I also need to be able to start the motors without hitting the resurrect button in the GCS.

Could you please give me more details about the lines I need to add to my airframe and flight plan files ?

Thanks a lot

Cédric

Le 20 sept. 2012 à 11:52, Felix Ruess a écrit :

Hi Cedric,

that is actually the default. Did you try it and it was not behaving as you expected?
I added some info on how to configure other modes here: http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/Rotorcraft_Configuration#Motor_Arming

Cheers, Felix

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Cédric Marzer (privé) <address@hidden> wrote:

Hello,

I was wondering if there is a way to start and stop the motors like with other microcopter controllers by having the throttle completely cut and apply maximum rudder.

I don’t want to use the modem uplink and the kill button.

Cédric

 

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