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General questions regarding the VOXL SDK that do not fit into other categories

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@Andrew-Jong , we are able to reproduce the error that you are seeing. I believe that you may need to set up a virtual display in order to get this to work. You could try doing so using Weston compositor, which would normally run if the display was available. Please try it and let us know if you are able to get it to work (or not).

You would need to create a config file /etc/xdg/weston/weston.ini

and try running it manually like this :
weston --idle-time=0 --config=/etc/xdg/weston/weston.ini
a sample config file might look something like this:
# configuration file for Weston [core] idle-time=0 repaint-window=15 [output] name=virtual-1 mode=on
We have not tested this yet, but hopefully it's a good start.

Alex
Video and Image Sensors

General questions regarding the VOXL SDK that do not fit into other categories

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@yashpatel ,

Please see some responses below:
i2c_geni a84000.i2c / 884000.i2c: i2c error :-107
This is likely due to a service that is enabled for a sensor that's not present, so the service is restarting and trying to detect the sensor.
please make sure the voxl-rangefinder-server is not running and also voxl-lepton-server. you can disable the service using systemd : systemctl disable voxl-rangefinder-server. CAM_ERR: CAM-SENSOR: cam_cci_i2c_read: 35 rc = -22
this one is usually present when you have a sensormodule driver in /usr/lib/camera for a camera that is not actually plugged in, so the probe fails. Double check the cameras that you have plugged in vs sensormodules peresent in the directory above. However, this is usually harmless, if all of your cameras are working properly.

Pin conflict.. We will double check that, but GPIO 130 is on a Board to Board connector that you are most likely not using, so that should not be an issue.

VIO performance..
please review : https://docs.modalai.com/flying-with-vio/ try to identify the condition that caused the low feature count (look at the actual images, if possible). may need some hand-held testing and looking at the output.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Alex
GPS-denied Navigation (VIO)

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@zauberflote1 I am no longer having this issue. I have been flying with OpenVins for some time, and I was sometimes seeing drift in the vio estimate, and I was wondering what are the best configs to use. for vio_cams.conf and voxl-open-vins-server.conf?
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@tejasram The source code is here: https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-sdk/services/voxl-tag-detector. Perhaps try changing #define MAX_TAG_LOCATIONS 64 in locations.h.
AprilTag Relocalization

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@Nitin-Varma-Vegesna said in Apriltag relocalization not relocalizing?:

@Nitin-Varma-Vegesna Is there any release that is known to work for April Tag Detection?

https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-sdk/services/voxl-tag-detector

The dev branch is the most recent - I have to check with the engineering team on this as I am unsure the priority of april tag detection and positioning based off it. Will relay back
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@Zachary-Lowell-0

Thank you for the feedback! This was very helpful
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@tom can anyone help me with this
Remote ID

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@Mastermind That sounds like it would be possible, but obviously depends on the driver of the wlan adapter you choose. You would need to implement the bluetooth broadcast portion of Remote ID. The source code for voxl-remote-id is here and only currently supports the Wifi portion of Remote ID

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Instructions needed on how to add new recipes to voxl-build to generate IPKs

bitbake ipk poky voxl-build • • modaltb

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An example of how to do this was created can be found here
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Where do VOXL components run

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Answers to some of your questions:

The VOXL is meant to be a flexible development platform that allows developers to choose where best to run the components of their application. There is documentation describing various CPU and DSP development paradigms. The GPU is typically accessed via OpenCL and OpenGL. In general, the CPU is used for most things, the "sensors DSP" (aka SLPI, SDSP) runs the flight controller (SNAV, PX4 in the near future), and the GPU offloads certain OpenCV or other applications via OpenCL / OpenGL. The "applications DSP" (aka ADSP) is not really used for anything right now but is accessible. There is also a hardware video accelerator known as "Venus" that can offload certain tasks via OpenMAX.

There is flexibility with how sensors are attached to the system. Cameras primarily come in via the MIPI connectors. Each camera, however, requires custom support. There are some supported "out of the box" (eg OV7251, IMX214, etc.), while new ones would have to be developed. Cameras can also come in via USB using UVC. There are IMUs on the VOXL that can be accessed directly via the SDSP. There is GPS capability directly on VOXL (See the GPS antenna connector) that can be accessed via SNAV or else an external GPS unit can be attached via the J7 connector. There are other lots of other options as well depending on the application.

Load on CPU and GPU can be monitored using our voxl-perfmon python script (https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-utils/-/blob/master/bin/voxl-perfmon). We will add DSP to this as well.
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Cannot initialize git submodules on VOXL Emulator Docker Image (1.0.0)

docker voxl-emulator git git-submodules • • admin

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We've posted a git-perltools package that should provide a workaround for this issue if you install on the either the emulator image or the target. Note at this time, when using on the emulator, you'll need to run it again after exiting...

Download the git-pertools package from here: https://docs.modalai.com/docs/resources/downloads/#additional-packages

Copy to the emulator (place in directory where you run the emulator from) or target (using adb push)

Install using `opkg install lib32-git-perltools_2.5.0-r0_armv7a-vfp-neon.ipk' (note: some opkg warnings will display but can be ignored)

You should be able to use the submodule command after this. Please let us know if you have any problems.
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Installing OpenCV-3.4.6.ipk fails on VOXL Emulator Docker Image (1.0.0)

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Total hack, but this just worked. We still need a clean way of uninstalling opencv2.4
$ opkg list | grep opencv $ opkg remove lib32-opencv --force-removal-of-dependent-packages $ opkg list | grep opencv $ opkg remove lib32-opencv-dbg --force-removal-of-dependent-packages $ opkg remove lib32-opencv-calib3d2.4 --force-removal-of-dependent-packages $ opkg list | grep opencv $ opkg remove lib32-libopencv-calib3d2.4 --force-removal-of-dependent-packages $ opkg list | grep opencv $ opkg remove lib32-libopencv-core2.4 --force-removal-of-dependent-packages $ opkg install opencv_3.4.6_8x96.ipk $ /usr/bin/opencv_version 3.4.6
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How do you disable WLAN from starting on VOXL and VOXL-Flight

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How do you control the LED on VOXL and VOXL-Flight?

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How do you control the cooling fan on VOXL and VOXL-Flight?

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mavros

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The change of port worked for me. Thank you for the help.
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voxl-cam-ros stereo to PCL or depth image

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That node works like a charm, thank you so much!
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AprilTags do not work in voxl-vision-px4

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Glad you got it working, let me know if you have any more questions. Apriltag relocalization is still a fairly new feature with only me and a few other customers really using it extensively so any feedback is appreciated. Thank you!
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adb is not working, (No ADB device detected)

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@Alex123 I just realized right now when I was powering up my m500 that I said to use 24VDC in an email.... this is OK for that power module, but the max is 25.2VDC, so no problem dropping it to say 16VDC! 😉
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How to save images into the SD card using gphoto2.

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@Alex123 Glad I could help!
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ADB not connecting

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That worked! Thanks
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Save camera frames using OpenCV

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@Eric-Katzfey
Yes! There is no direct interface with the hires camera in OpenCV.
I'll follow the steps as you suggested.

Thanks!
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How to import OpenCV in Python3?

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@Alex123 here is the exact command I tested with on a VOXL.

docker run -it --rm --privileged --net=host --name roskinetic -v /home/root:/root/yoctohome/:rw -v /sdcard:/sdcard -w /root/ roskinetic-xenial:v1.0 /bin/bash

Can you try this?
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Is Obstacle avoidance implemented?

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Building voxl-suite on Docker Image on VOXL

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Need newer version of GCC on VOXL

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libvoxl_io unfortunately won't work inside of a Docker. Are you communicating via MAVLink? If so, you can send mavlink commands to voxl-vision-px4 to be forwarded on the the flight controller over serial.
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Example to stream video via ffmpeg

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Can you please send us the output of "ls -l /dev/frame0", the output showing hello_hal3_camera, and also ffmpeg?
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Fuse altitude measurements to state estimate

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I do not think I have access to this slack. It seems restricted to a few specific people only. But I tried their forum. Thanks anyway!

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