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  • Forcing 4G Only

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    Chuck BokathC
    Thanks you. I'll give it a try
  • Voxl doesnt show up in either adb devices or fastboot devices

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    Hi @Arrowtec , I've seen this myself before. In my case the device would then show up after running sudo fastboot devices and I could proceed after trying again. If it's not showing up with either sudo fastboot devices or adb devices it would likely need the Debug board which allows you to force it to boot into fastboot....
  • Pre-arm check error “Avionics power is 4.7v” in QGroundControl

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    The Flight Deck has the two main components (VOXL and FlightCore). They share a 5VDC rail that is fed by the Power Module on the M500. The FlightCore portion of the board is a little STM32 microprocessor running PX4. PX4 reads that 5VDC from an ADC. Depending on your toolset, it could be easy to probe that voltage: https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-flight-datasheet-connectors/#j1013---5v-dc-power-input-i2c3-to-power-cable-apm When you did the manual flight you had no issues?
  • Obstacle avoidance / Collision prevention is disable in QGroundControl

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    @James-Strawson got it. My test s/w version is volx-vision-px4 0.3.4 and has a same problem, am I right? Okay, I’ll proceed test VOA using 0.2.0 version before releasing new version s/w. Can I know release date for new version? Thanks,
  • Using GPIO/I2C as pwm from voxl for payload

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    tomT
    @MattO The instructions should be more clear now: https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/other/voxl-python-3.6.9#installing-the-ipk
  • CameraManager::Initialize() failed on tracking_slave.launch

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    Chad SweetC
    I assume you are using the master version of voxl-vision-px4. Since the is_cam_master is false, is voxl-vision-px4 still running? vvpx4 would be the camera master in that case Can you check what TRACKING_CAM_ID is? 'echo $TRACKING_CAM_ID' If you have high-res, stereo and tracking plugged in TRACKING_CAM_ID should be 1 which matches what you have in the launch file
  • "Avionics power low: 4.78 V" battery.

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    modaltbM
    @gauravshukla914 , I for the first time got the "avionics power low" message! I turned off the ADCs on FlightCore for a test and got this error. PX4 monitors the 5VDC rail (and 3.3VDC), and this makes sense now, as the output of that power module was lower than expected. Anyhow, I remembered this post so figured I'd put some details here while I saw it
  • VOXL and HiRes 4k Camera

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    modaltbM
    @FourPointTwoMm I've done this a bunch myself!!
  • Cannot install voxl-streamer

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    Eric KatzfeyE
    Thanks for the feedback! The documentation has been updated.
  • Python package Issue in Docker

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    @Eric-Katzfey Thank you so much for your answer!
  • Image streamer

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    I'm having same issue. Might want to update the documentation.
  • Odometry Not working properly

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    modaltbM
    Hi @abdullah , Was the PX4 FW version changed at any point? We have seen some performance issues with PX4 1.11 and the position controller. I see in your logs you have v1.11.2 going. Is there anyway to load the ModalAI 1.10 FW as a data point and see if the flight performance changes? https://docs.modalai.com/flight-core-firmware/#px4-v110 Thanks!
  • UVC Camera interfacing in version 3.2.0

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    Eric KatzfeyE
    gstreamer in a Docker also works
  • 5G Modem

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  • using ros1:indigo or a ros2:foxy docker image on voxl

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  • Connecting RM3100 Magnetometer

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    ryan_meagherR
    Thanks for this detailed response! This would be good information to put in the technical documentation when searching in google for "modalai flight core connections for magnetometer" there wasn't much information on how to setup a magnetometer with the flight core. I was able to setup the the RM3100 by using J13.[1,2] for 3.3 VCC and GND and the J10.[4,5] for the I2C protocol. This allowed me to set SYS_HAS_MAG=1 in PX4 and successfully calibrate the compass
  • Motors are buzzing

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    Hi @modaltb , Thank you for your message. Yes, it was the case and I am doing a benchtop development. After changing to 0, they don't beep anymore. So, I can work in peace. :))
  • Telemetry Port on M500

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    modaltbM
    @kiprock do you mind if I use your images in our docs?
  • Bad Image Output using voxl_cam_ros

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    Dean FortierD
    Hi @James-Strawson, Thanks for the tip I will try it out!
  • MAVSDK Python Example Hanging

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    Chad SweetC
    Good news. We will get that updated to be a little more clear.