Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Joystick/Simulator

[Eric Parsonage]

Felix

Thankyou for the quick reply.

> as the booz sim was mainly meant for testing control algorithms it
> currently does not integrate normal operation that well ;-)
Understandable

> GPS is simulated though.
Yes got it working now.
> Currently the mode is always set to AUTO2 in the booz sim. And for the
> BOOZ_A1 airframe (see autopilot section) that corresponds to ATTITUDE
> as horizontal mode and Z_HOLD as vertical mode. So the quad will hold
> the the altitude which makes sense for testing (usually done via the
> scripts). The only thing that happens in this mode if you reduce
> throttle with the joystick, is to limit it.
> So this is why the quad always stays at around 2.5m (which is the
> initial altitude defined in
> conf/simulator/jsbsim/aircraft/reset00.xml).
> 
Thanks got it. 

Behaving as expected now.

Eric