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  • Mavlink Camera Manager not appearing on QGC

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    @Daniel-Ryu I figured. We just wanted to double check that this was the case. Thank you!
  • TOF Depth Image Encoding changed from 32FC1 to mono8

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    For anyone who runs into this same issue, I changed my subscriber to listen to /map/tof_pc (which has the PointCloud2 type). My code (to extract the z value) is this: # get the depth image dep_frame = np.fromstring(data.data, dtype=np.single) # get numpy array dep_frame = dep_frame.reshape(172, 224, 3)[:,:,2]
  • VOXL PWM AUX output not working

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    modaltbM
    Hi @Cole-Mathieu , We have a little bit of documentation here with respect to AUX outputs. The FlightCore form factor only has the 8 PWM outputs, so it's a little limited, but we've used it to control a two channel gimbal: https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-m500-gimbal-user-guide/#auxillary-outputs
  • TOF sensor not working with latest VOXL SW

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    Yep, This was an bug with voxl-utils v0.8.4 sourcing ros files in the wrong order, I just pushed a patch (0.8.5) up that fixes this, should be available in a few minutes.
  • VPN but not internet

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    tomT
    @Aldo-Castro-Freire We use Google Cloud to host our VPN servers so I would assume AWS would be just fine. This sounds like a configuration issue to me that the OpenVPN forum could help you out with.
  • Flight Core PWM ESC Calibration

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    modaltbM
    Hi @John-Mccarty , checking in to see if you've progressed at all through this? The process is a little picky and sometimes requires a few tried.
  • ROS Bag File Example

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    BrandMetis WidthB
    @BrandMetis-Width Also this might be of interst to you - https://github.com/facontidavide/Bonxai Not yet ROS integrated - but could be an excellent match. Core implemented in < 1000 lines of code too.
  • LTE strength

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    tomT
    Can you show an example output of what you are seeing? Also, which modem are you using?
  • Ad-hoc networking possibilities

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    Chad SweetC
    I'm sorry, we do not have any experience with ad-hoc mode. You could try an external wifi module that supports this. If you need to rebuild the kernel, the source code is here
  • No able to get LTE strength

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    tomT
    You can download the Sierra WP7610 AT command data sheet from here to check what AT commands are supported: https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airprime/software/airprime_wpx5xx_wp76xx_wp77xx_at_command_reference/
  • Flight Deck error after arm

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    Pavel ArdashovP
    @modaltb my FlightDeck have a barometer 3D printed cap. But it was not tight, there was a groove in it. Maybe it was planned? By completely closing the barometer, we fixed the problem.
  • voxl-emulator won't start

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    Update: I completely removed docker and voxl-docker from my system. I rebooted, reinstalled docker, and followed these steps to install voxl-docker. Now, I get a different error (same as here) : jared@jared-ubuntu:~/voxl-docker$ voxl-docker -i voxl-emulator -e "/bin/bash" launching image: voxl-emulator with the following command: docker run --rm -it --net=host --privileged -w /home/jared --volume=/dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb -e LOCAL_USER_ID=0 -e LOCAL_USER_NAME=root -e LOCAL_GID=0 -v /home/jared/voxl-docker:/home/root:rw -w /home/root voxl-emulator /bin/bash standard_init_linux.go:228: exec user process caused: exec format error I followed the instructions at the link. The first two commands ran without any issues. I had to modify the last one to fit my architecture: sudo apt-get install qemu binfmt-support qemu-user-static docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes jared@jared-ubuntu:~/voxl-docker$ docker run --rm -t amd64/ubuntu uname -m Unable to find image 'amd64/ubuntu:latest' locally latest: Pulling from amd64/ubuntu 7b1a6ab2e44d: Pull complete Digest: sha256:7cc0576c7c0ec2384de5cbf245f41567e922aab1b075f3e8ad565f508032df17 Status: Downloaded newer image for amd64/ubuntu:latest x86_64 That worked. Now the voxl-emulator appears to work too: jared@jared-ubuntu:~/voxl-docker$ voxl-docker -i voxl-emulator -e "/bin/bash" launching image: voxl-emulator with the following command: docker run --rm -it --net=host --privileged -w /home/jared --volume=/dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb -e LOCAL_USER_ID=0 -e LOCAL_USER_NAME=root -e LOCAL_GID=0 -v /home/jared/voxl-docker:/home/root:rw -w /home/root voxl-emulator /bin/bash + USER_ID=0 + USER_NAME=root + GID=0 + getent group 0 root:x:0: + echo 'Starting with UID : 0' Starting with UID : 0 + useradd --shell /bin/bash -u 0 -g 0 -o -c '' -M root useradd: user 'root' already exists + addgroup root users + export HOME=/home/root + HOME=/home/root + ls -ld /home/root drwxrwxr-x 8 james host_group 4096 Nov 1 21:45 /home/root + echo 'root ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' + ls -l /etc/sudoers.d/ total 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30 Nov 23 2020 james -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29 Nov 1 22:26 root + cat /etc/sudoers.d/root root ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL + chmod 777 /tmp + chmod 711 /usr/bin/sudo + chmod +s /usr/bin/sudo + ls -l /usr/local/bin/su-exec -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7660 Aug 14 2018 /usr/local/bin/su-exec + ls -l /bin/bash -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 959344 Aug 12 2018 /bin/bash + echo 'exec /usr/local/bin/su-exec root /bin/bash' exec /usr/local/bin/su-exec root /bin/bash + exec /usr/local/bin/su-exec root /bin/bash bash-4.3#
  • Python IDE on voxl ubuntu docker

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    Chad SweetC
    We do not have any experience with Python IDEs, sorry. There's no reason any IDE that supports remote debugging with Ubuntu wouldn't work. Check the Docker networking documentation if you run into any issues
  • ESCs not "seeing" VOXL Flight FC

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    modaltbM
    Yes that shouldn’t be a problem.
  • voxl-tflite-server not working on latest SW

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    I already had voxl-utils v0.8.2 installed (see earlier post), so I did not update that. I downloaded voxl-tflite-server v0.1.6 from http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/dev/ and adb push'ed it to my voxl. I then installed it (opkg install ipk/voxl-tflite-server_0.1.6_202110292056.ipk) and rebooted my voxl. I saw the same behavior as before until I modified /etc/modalai/voxl-tflite-server.conf. Once I set "input_pipe": "/run/mpa/hires/" and restarted the voxl-tflite-server, it began to work! Thanks, @Matt-Turi, for helping me resolve this issue!
  • VIO FLİGHT

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    Cliff WongC
    Jonathan, if you have a log(ulog) that exhibits the pause would be great, as it'll show which module is causing the issue. Since you mention local_position, there could be multiple possibilities, especially if you're fusioning GPS and vio data. Based on one's setup, the local position NED calculation may use other sensors and not just vio. To briefly check if vio is the source of the problem, you can look at Odometry topic (directly coupled to voxl vio). If vio has an issue, you'll see the pause, it goto zero or freeze. If not, it's likely a PX4 tuning issue. Nonetheless the ulog will explain what is happening.
  • docker fills up /data, prevents code from running

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    J
    Good to know -- thanks, Eric!
  • Unable to unbrick ModalAI Voxl m500

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    @Chad-Sweet I think we are all commenting on the wrong post here. The issue of this post was solved by connecting to the appropriate usb cable. However, @Roman-Rempel I guess you are having similar problem as in this post https://forum.modalai.com/topic/520/voxl-stuck-in-waiting-after-unbricking/3 ?
  • Failed to start voxl-streamer

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    A
    Thanks for th quick reply. Highly appreciate it.
  • RTK (without Qgroundcontrol)

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    Thanks a lot Eric this definitely helps, will keep updated on progress.