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Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Telemetry not starting.


From: Helge Walle
Subject: Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Telemetry not starting.
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 19:12:01 +0200

Thanks a lot,
I will try that.

Helge.

fredag 30. august 2013 skrev Joseph Muhlhausen <address@hidden> følgende:
> I had a similar issue with a 868LP. I think it was a current spike in my case, I solved it with a 470 uF capacitor between VCC and GND on the xbee connected to the autopilot.
> Joseph
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> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Helge Walle <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> I am having trouble with my telemetry. It seems not to be connected to Paparazzi releases. I have experienced this both on v4.2 and v5.0. Currently I am using v5.0 on a PC with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
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>> When I execute GCS and power up the TWOG, then more often than not, the telemetry does not start, and GCS does not get populated. I may have to retry several times before communication initiates. Retrying means stopping/starting GCS and Paparazzi Center, powering the TWOG on/off,  or restarting the PC in various orders. Also plugging the ground modem out/in.
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>> dmesg shows that the level converter is detected by the PC.
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>> When powering the TWOG, after it and the Sparkfun SEN-10121 IMU has initialized, there is a tiny twitch from the servos. Then the RSSI led on the Sparkfun breakout board lights up for approx. 1 second, then nothing more happens. This is when communication fails.
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>> If communication starts, I can see one brief  blink on one of the tx/rx leds, and then after a second or so, the leds start flashing alternately. In this case it is reliable, range is good, and I have not had any modem glitches in flight.
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>> The modems are 2.4GHz XBee PRO series 2. In the plane I have soldered the pins on the modem directly to the wires from the TWOG.
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>> Any idea on what could cause this and where to search? Also, is it the ground station or the autopilot that initiates communication?
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>> Thanks for your help,
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>> Helge.
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