[Paparazzi-devel] Problem with Parrot AR Drone 2 and Flight Recorder

[Ben Laurie]

I asked on IRC and was advised to write here.

I just tried to get Paparazzi going with the Parrot and Flight
Recorder, and, in short, it doesn't work. I've not used Paparazzi
before, so I don't really know what to expect, so its hard for me to
know what to report here, but in short:

a) Uploads to the drone seem to work, I can telnet in and see that
ap.elf is running.

b) The map interface (GCS?) gets stuck in the "Wait GPS" state and
indeed the GPS tab shows nothing except "Pos accuracy: N/A".

c) The log claims the battery is critically low, but it was freshly charged.

What can I do to help diagnose/fix this (note: I can write code :-)?

Oh yes, I followed the directions here:
http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/AR_Drone_2/getting_started