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    Colby HowellC
    Hello. I purchased a Starling 2 Max development drone and when attempting a first flight test I discovered that one of the batteries arrived entirely dead. I was curious if there was a way to receive replacements, and if this falls within replacement territory. I contacted the support email and was directed here. I can provide more information if needed.

  • Do you have a great idea for our products you would like to see implemented?

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    Serhii RovnyiS
    Hello everyone, I am looking for some expert advice on a VOXL 2 companion computer setup for a long-range platform. I have two main integration challenges: Challenge A: VIO at Higher Altitudes To solve the motion blur and pixel density issues at higher altitudes, I am planning a 6-camera configuration. I want to use 4 downward-facing sensors (2 daylight + 2 IR) equipped with narrow-angle lenses, alongside 2 standard wide-angle sensors (front and rear). Could you advise on the best supported sensors (e.g., IMX series) for this? Has anyone successfully tuned the voxl-qvio-server for narrow-angle lenses, and what were the altitude limits you achieved? Challenge B: LAN Integration & WireGuard The payload data flow will be: External RTSP Camera -> Ethernet -> VOXL 2 (WireGuard encryption) -> Ethernet -> Digital RX. Because VOXL 2 lacks multiple LAN ports, I will need a miniature industrial Ethernet switch. Does ModalAI have any tested hardware recommendations for this? Furthermore, what is the best practice for routing this VPN traffic through the VOXL 2 Ubuntu environment without bottlenecking the CPU? We are currently evaluating the VOXL 2 for a broader fleet deployment and want to ensure the ecosystem can support this custom optics requirement. Any feedback on off-the-shelf solutions or standard configurations for this use case would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

  • Are you looking for a 3D model of one of our products?

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    Alex KushleyevA
    @nl_vdi , if you log into developer.modalai.com, you will see the CAD models. the latest model we have is: D0012-4-V3-C28-M36-T7-K0-Starling2-Max-V3-20260317.step [image: 1781036132877-376bf0dd-494a-4bf1-8d92-1b2d91afb83d-image.png]
  • Dong LiuD

    image compression API?

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    Dong LiuD
    @Eric-Katzfey Hi Eric. The jpeg compression imposes a lot of load on the CPU, especially we're using the hires camera. Is there any way you can make the HW jpeg encoding available for us to test it? Thanks!
  • Dong LiuD

    hires image upside down?

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    Dong LiuD
    @tom Ok, thanks!
  • Ed SutterE

    Any example I2C code for VOXL1?

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  • Tamas Pal 0T

    Can I fly voxl2 manually without keeping qvio on ?

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    Tamas Pal 0T
    @Adrian-Hidalgo I get it. But from the moment I am giving throttle the vehile starts wobbling and it increase. I am unable to fly it for a second.
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    offboard height problem

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    張為超張
    @Adrian-Hidalgo @Dobry-Kolacz Thanks for your reply, so the drone uses QVIO to control the altitude (I think it uses barometer or something else) which perfectly explains why the altitude sometimes drifts as our floors are a bit lacking in texture. I'll try adding some texture to the floor and give it a try. Thanks.
  • Tamas Pal 0T

    Voxl-px4-imu-server

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    Yes, the service doesn't need to be enabled on voxl/voxl2 (the configure-mpa script will enable the correct imu server for whichever platform you're on)
  • Steve SagerS

    Questions regarding the M500, Snapdragon/PX4 interfacing with other systems, and Suggested SD card for operations on the Snapdragon

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    Steve SagerS
    @Chad-Sweet Thanks for responding to my post. is 32 GB the limit of what the VOXL can take as far as SD card size is concerned? Also, by auxiliary computer I mean an FPGA that is interacting with the VOXL/PX4. Regards
  • Patrick HincheyP

    VOXL2 IO expander power

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    Hey @Patrick-Hinchey would you please send that board in for an RMA diagnostic. Details on our RMA process are here Before shipping the unit, please purchase an RMA via the link above and fill out the RMA form here. If you have any questions please let me know. Thank you!
  • Maxim TempM

    Voxl-tflite-server build error

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    Maxim TempM
    @Maxim-Temp Also please upload the voxl-cross docker image v2.2 .
  • Ed SutterE

    Is modemmanager on VOXL1?

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    tomT
    @Ed-Sutter That is correct, modemmanager is not used. As you can see in the patch here: https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/system-image-build/meta-voxl/-/blob/master/recipes-kernel/linux-quic/files/qmi_wwan2.patch The path to the qmi_wwan.c file that is being modified / used is drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
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    Voxl-streamer CPU load

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    Adrian HidalgoA
    @hmlow I believe this is normal. You're utilizing some CPU hungry programs so they would indeed spike the CPU load. @modaltb @Vinny can chime in on this
  • Ed SutterE

    Error/failure in voxl-build ...

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    Ed SutterE
    Ok... whatever you did seems to have fixed it. Thanks
  • Ed SutterE

    How do I verify that I'm running latest-n-greatest?

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    tomT
    @Steve-Turner voxl-build allows you to build the kernel only which you can then flash on top of an existing system. Qualcomm licenses are required in order to build a full system image.
  • tanguy sagereT

    "Error battery voltage" on VOXL2

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    wilkinsafW
    @modaltb This worked for me. Removing the USBC cable, booting up, and then plugging in.
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    Change home position in Voxl-mapper

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    Hey @ahmed-mustahid, pipe_client_send_control_cmd is a function provided by libmodal-pipe that you could use from another C/C++ application (not within voxl-mapper) to send commands, thats likely why you didn't see it. As for the syntax of the plan to command, messages are constructed as such: const msg = "plan_to: " + (pos[0] + plan_pt.position.x) + "," + (pos[1] + plan_pt.position.y) + "," + (pos[2] + plan_pt.position.z); i.e. message starts with "plan_to: ", and is followed by a comma separated (X,Y,Z) point. If you can follow this syntax you should be able to send commands using whichever method works best in your workflow.
  • Steve TurnerS

    QVIO Output Interpretation

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    wilkinsafW
    @Steve-Turner Glad to hear you were able to make substantial progress!
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    Compile and test voxl-mapper code and visualize trajectory in voxl-mapper using docker containers only ?

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    Sentinel VOXL2 Microhard not running

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    wilkinsafW
    @wilkinsaf No, took out usb0 entry and it still didnt set the correct ip
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    Defence use of Sentinel 2

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    Chad SweetC
    Hi Boyzie, maybe you could run the figure 8 with voxl-tflite-server? Can you please share the serial number of your drone? We can try to find the calibration files What light is flashing? Can you share a video? If the unit needs to be reflashed, you should install the system image and then perform camera calibration
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    voxl-portal does not show trajectory even though voxl-mapper computes it

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    Hey @ahmed-mustahid, To clarify, the image in the gitlab repo is a bit outdated and you will no longer see these red and blue lines in voxl-portal, but rather one black line showing the RRT path. [image: 1665591998296-a86ad8c8-3ad5-497d-a106-8c6dd0445b0b-image.png] In terms of not receiving a path, I am unable to reproduce this issue naturally on my end. A trajectory will be shown in the UI as long as a solution is found, and the point you selected should also still be viewable within the map. The second image you shared does not show any of this, and the only way I was able to recreate this was by killing voxl-portal before selecting a point to plan to. Make sure you have an active connection to your drone, the network, and voxl-portal before attempting to use the path-planning capabilities of voxl-mapper.