Hi Adrian,
when I had to fly without link (blew the USB-adapter...), I built a direct serial connection cable and plugged it into the port normally used for the XBee. You have to use transparent mode, of course.
Then I could check in the GCS that the system was running and was able to activate the desired flight plan.
Then I unplugged, launched manually and activated Auto2 in the Air.
There should be ways to activate launch and flight plans by buttons or by RC. Perhaps some hints in the code...
Marc
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Datum: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:42:38 -0600
Von: Adrian Lauf <address@hidden>
An: address@hidden
Betreff: [Paparazzi-devel] Any way to launch *WITHOUT* GCS?
I finally figured out my throttle problem, and everything is now tweaked
and
seems to be running perfectly. However, I'm trying to fly without using
the
datalink radios, and while I've been successful so far, there's one thing
that I need to get around - the need to click the launch button.
Is there a simple way that I can add an "auto launch" to get the throttle
going in my waypoint file, or perhaps trigger the launch command from the
radio or similar? I could theoretically employ the "gear" channel, though
I'd rather just be able to add it to a waypoint. Since there exists a
"kill
throttle" variable, isn't there something I can add that automatically
acts
as if I've clicked the launch button? Thanks,
-Adrian