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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]
  • ICI

    X and Y coordinates zero after pushing the VVPX4 package

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    ICI
    Here is the log: -- Logs begin at Thu 1970-01-01 00:01:35 UTC, end at Thu 1970-01-01 00:03:25 UT C. -- Jan 01 00:01:37 apq8096 systemd[1]: Started voxl-vision-px4. Jan 01 00:01:38 apq8096 voxl-vision-px4[2018]: ERROR validating VIO data receiv ed through pipe: read partial packet Jan 01 00:01:38 apq8096 voxl-vision-px4[2018]: read 156 bytes, but it should be a multiple of 324 Jan 01 00:01:38 apq8096 voxl-vision-px4[2018]: ERROR validating VIO data receiv ed through pipe: read partial packet Jan 01 00:01:38 apq8096 voxl-vision-px4[2018]: read 156 bytes, but it should be a multiple of 324 Jan 01 00:01:38 apq8096 voxl-vision-px4[2018]: ERROR validating VIO data receiv ed through pipe: read partial packet Jan 01 00:01:38 apq8096 voxl-vision-px4[2018]: read 156 bytes, but it should be a multiple of 324 Jan 01 00:01:38 apq8096 voxl-vision-px4[2018]: ERROR validating VIO data receiv ed through pipe: read partial packet Jan 01 00:01:38 apq8096 voxl-vision-px4[2018]: read 156 bytes, but it should be a multiple of 324 Jan 01 00:01:38 apq8096 voxl-vision-px4[2018]: ERROR validating VIO data receiv ed through pipe: read partial packet Jan 01 00:01:38 apq8096 voxl-vision-px4[2018]: read 156 bytes, but it should be a multiple of 324
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    How to install .ipk package to build ROS nodes directly on VOXL?

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    VOXL flight deck inquiry

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    Release notes for recent VOXL platform versions?

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    Thank you!
  • Dylan Channell 0D

    Issue- QGC doesn’t see drone over WiFi

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    VOXL2 Downward pointing camera

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    Steve TurnerS
    Yes it should work -- I haven't explicitly tried pointing directly downwards myself. https://docs.modalai.com/flying-without-gps/ has some insight and a nice video about the subject of using VIO outdoors. It does work at 45* reasonably well especially with enough altitude to pick out features.
  • Maxim TempM

    TOF camera exposure and brightness problems

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    Hi, The default framerate of 15 hz will limit the sensor to around 2-3 meters, lowering this to 5hz will allow you to see the full range of the sensor. As for the IR image, it's meant to help debug what the sensor sees, this isn't a normal camera with exposure/gain so the IR image will represent what the sensor actually sees, not necessarily in the most human-viewable format (Note that we often find the confidence image looks better to our eyes for demos).
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    "Plan to a point" not working

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    @darwin-keem, It looks like voxl-mapper failed to reach your goal point, resulting in it sending over the partial trajectory it solved for viewing but not giving you the option to follow the path. You can try giving the RRT solver another second or so by increasing the rrt_max_runtime_nanoseconds param, and it should be able to fully plan to your endpoint. The path generation code has been rewritten and thoroughly optimized in the latest dev package, so if you are still having issues with this planner it may be worth checking out some of the updates on our dev repo.
  • Maxim TempM

    TOF camera

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    Steve TurnerS
    https://forum.modalai.com/topic/1328/camera-servers-docker-build-royale-331-spectre-4-7 may have some answers for you on voxl-camera-server which is something ModalAI is working on WRT the build.
  • Tamas Pal 0T

    Uable to start camera server on voxl 2

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    Tamas Pal 0T
    The camera server is working with another set of cameras after I reflashed the voxl 2. This might be a hardware issue. Thank you.
  • Cigdem KokenozC

    RB5 Tracking Camera Streaming with VOXL Streamer

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    Hi, We've published an RB5 platform release that uses the entire VOXL SDK stack instead of the rb5 software suite. This supports using voxl-camera-server and voxl-streamer as you would on a voxl or voxl2. This release can be found here
  • Anton GerelesA

    how to use VOXL flight deck

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    Questions about VOA on VOXL2 based drone (eg - Sentinel)

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  • Anton GerelesA

    Weather restrictions

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    VinnyV
    Hi @Anton-Gereles , Can you please elaborate on your platform and specific problems you are having? I'm sure our Software team will want to know that to respond appropriately. That being said, our components and hardware elements are all at least rated for 0-70C, with many of them exceeding that. However, be mindful that is a non-condensing requirement. If you are operating in extremes (we have many customers that do), you need to be mindful of condensation risks. Rapid change in temp from a "room temp" building into an outdoor setting with high humidity and much colder temps (and especially vice versa) can create condensation. In these types of environments, you may need to provide some type of enclosure to protect the electronics against this build-up. Also, our products are not dust and particle ingress resistant as a default, again this would be something we leave our customers to define for their industrial/mechanical design requirements for an enclosure. Hope that helps and if you do provide more failure info, our SW team could respond. Thanks!
  • Gary LongG

    Qualcomm Computer Vision SDK FastCV on VOXL?

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    Hi, VOXL comes with FastCV installed, the 2 headers can be found in /usr/include/fastcv/ and the libs are in /usr/lib/ : voxl:/$ find /usr | grep fastcv /usr/include/fastcv /usr/include/fastcv/fastcv.h /usr/include/fastcv/fastcvExt.h /usr/lib/libfastcvadsp_stub.so /usr/lib/libfastcvopt.so /usr/lib/rfsa/adsp/libfastcvadsp.so /usr/lib/rfsa/adsp/libfastcvadsp_skel.so
  • YohaiY

    qvio malfunctioning

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    Hi, You can definitely try it but the QVIO algorithm benefits A LOT from having a wide field of view on the camera and the hires cam has a fairly narrow field of view, especially when compared to the fisheye tracking camera. There are no hard restrictions to trying this but know that performance will almost certainly be worse.
  • vivek rkV

    hires camera crashes camera server

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    vivek rkV
    @vivek-rk For anyone looking for a quick fix, you can use the voxl rtsp server for the hires only, for MPA support use the add-mpa-support branch
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    Microhard pMDDL2450s availability

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  • Ed SutterE

    What are my "expansion camera" options for Voxl Flight Deck?

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    Ed SutterE
    @Eric-Katzfey Yea... good thought... I'll look into that... Thx
  • Ed SutterE

    Detailed block diagram and/or schematic ?

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    VinnyV
    @Ed-Sutter Hi Ed, I just now see you made two posts, so that other link along with this link is the bulk of what we have for showing the system level connections in a Voxl Flight Deck: https://docs.modalai.com/flight-deck-datasheet/#2d3d-drawings The Flight-deck exposes the ModalAI "Legacy" B2B (board to board) 60-pin connector which supports our modems, Microhard, and "debug" boards. All of those products support additional USB downstream ports so you can keep your primary USB to Voxl clear and open for ADB/Updates. https://www.modalai.com/products/voxl-debug-board-v2 https://www.modalai.com/products/voxl-lte?variant=32449203601459 https://www.modalai.com/products/voxl-microhard-modem-usb-hub Our schematics are not open hardware, but we do share a lot more than most. So if you need more info, please let me know. Thanks!