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    Hello, I have a voxl2 mini that I am trying to reflash with a new SDK however I'm running into issues. It detects the device and begins the flashing process but it then hangs at
    "
    Flashing: xbl_a | xbl.elf
    -------
    "
    and never progresses any more from there. All I'm doing is powering it with the fastboot button held and then running install.sh. I'm hoping someone can give me some advice on what I am doing wrong.

    Heres the full output after i run install.sh

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    Running in Interactive mode.

    Flashing the following System Image:
    Build Name: 1.8.02-M0104-14.1a-perf
    Build Date: 2024-11-11
    Platform: M0104
    System Image Version: 1.8.02

    Installing the following version of voxl-suite:
    voxl-suite Version: 1.4.0

    Would you like to continue with SDK install?

    Yes No
    #? 1
    [INFO] adb installed
    [INFO] fastboot installed

    ---- Starting System Image Flash ----
    ----./flash-system-image.sh ----
    Detected OS: Linux

    =======================================================================================================
    BOARD IN FASTBOOT, CAN'T DETECT HARDWARE VERSION.
    Please determine hardware version, -1 (QRB5165M) or -2 (QSM8250)

    See docs.modalai.com/m0054-versions for more info. =======================================================================================================
    In order to support all of VOXL's camera configurations, specific drones require differing kernel images.
    Please select your drone hardware to proceed with flashing the appropriate kernel image.

    PLEASE SELECT WHICH KERNEL TO FLASH

    M0054-1 -> QRB5165M, Starling (D0005), Sentinel (D0006), FPV (D0008), D0010, PX4 Dev Kit (D0011) M0054-1 -> QRB5165M w/ M0173 Camera Breakout Board, Starling 2 Max (D0012), Starling 2 (D0014) M0054-2 -> QSM8250, Starling (D0005), FPV (D0008) M0054-2 -> QSM8250 w/ M0173 Camera Breakout Board, Starling 2 Max (D0012) M0104-1 -> QRB5165M M0104-1 -> QRB5165M, Stinger (D0013) M0104-2 -> QSM8250 M0104-2 -> QSM8250, Stinger (D0013)

    Select your choice from above options: 5

    Installer Version: 1.0
    Image Version: 1.8.02
    Board Version: M0104-1

    Please power off your VOXL, connect via USB,
    then power on VOXL. We will keep searching for
    an ADB or Fastboot device over USB
    [INFO] Found ADB device
    [ERROR] No device found in adb or fastboot
    [INFO] Found fastboot device
    [WARNING] This system image flash is intended only for the following
    platform: VOXL2 Mini (m0104)

    Make sure that the device that will be flashed is correct. Flashing a device with an incorrect system image will lead the device to be stuck in fastboot.

    Would you like to continue with the VOXL2 Mini (m0104) system image flash?

    Yes No
    #? 1
    [INFO] checking partition system::0xD3B5D7000
    [INFO] checking partition userdata::0x1000000000
    [INFO] checking partition modalai_cal::0x4000000
    [INFO] checking partition modalai_conf::0x4000000
    [INFO] Found correct partitions
    [INFO] Found all required files

    Flashing: xbl_config_a | xbl_config.elf

    Flashing: xbl_config_b | xbl_config.elf
    ---
    Flashing: xbl_a | xbl.elf
    -------

    Another thing I've noticed with this particular voxl that I have not noticed with others is the voxl-suite is missing, I'm not sure why or what this means but seems relevant to the state of the device.

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    dpkg-query: package 'voxl-suite' is not installed and no information is available
    Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
    and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. system-image: 1.7.8-M0104-14.1a-perf
    kernel: #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat May 18 03:34:36 UTC 2024 4.19.125 hw platform: M0104
    mach.var: 2.0.0 voxl-suite: no current network connection

    voxl2-mini:/$

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    Hi, were you able to find a solution I ran into the same problem.

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    @Allen-Wu Yes, there are multiple ways to use GPS hardware and data all controlled by PX4. Let me walk you through the possibilities in the order of coarse grain control to fine grain control below:

    Unplugging the connector to the GPS unit: this will outright disable its capability (also losing magnetometer as well). In this case no gps data will be present in the system nor logged. This applies from power up to power down.

    Disabling the GPS driver, done by using the PX4Shell and running "gps stop': GPS hardware is still running but data is not used by PX4 subsystems, hence why you still get raw data logged. You can access the PX4Shell via QGC-->[Analyze Tools]-->[MAVlink Console] (type 'help' will show you the command options). This is the scenario in the above video example.

    Enable/Disable GPS processing: apply PX4 params.
    Apply params using these parameters will include GPS data in the position estimate along with VIO.

    Removing GPS data in flight: you can just alter these 2 values to add/remove GPS data in the position estimate.
    EKF2_EV_CTRL
    EKF2_GPS_CTRL
    I'll refer to the QGC/PX4 docs on their function. note altering these in flight can cause jumps in the position estimate causing the drone to have aggressive, unpredictable motions until the position is reestablished.

    From your request, it sounds like you want both VIO and GPS running, hence you can just apply option #3 until you're ready to turn off GPS.

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    @david-moro Yes, absolutely. if you are OK posting it here we can take a look or if you'd like to email the schematic to contact --at-- modalai.com we could take a look that way as well