@Djalma-Ribeiro Awesome thank you, just wanted to make sure your RB5 had the SDK loaded properly, which it does.

It's not absolutely necessary to upgrade the SDK, if you do want to you can follow the steps here: https://docs.modalai.com/Qualcomm-Flight-RB5-sdk-installation/#how-to-upgrade

One note, if you try to upgrade the SDK while PX4 is running it will fail. So in order to upgrade the SDK you would have to disable PX4 from starting systemctl disable rb5-px4-start and then reboot your drone before upgrading your SDK.

ModalAI is the only manufacturer of Qualcomm Flight RB5 boards We will release more pricing information soon. The VOA functionality creates the depth map and obstacle map on the CPU and passes that information to PX4 running on the DSP. Yes, there is USB expansion, datasheet has all of the details here The USB expansion through the modem carrier board uses JST-style connectors which are more vibration tolerant. The end UAV manufacturer can equip with a fan. HDMI input is not supported at this point

For softap, there are references here on how to enable At some point more flexibility will be added for camera configurations. Right now the shipping configuration is all that is supported. There is already a tracking camera at 45°. You should be able to create a mount to point that straight down if you prefer. Only one active gstreamer instance for each camera can be running. The camera servers use gstreamer to get the camera data and publish that to a named pipe. So if an instance of a camera server is running, then a new gstreamer instance for that same camera can't be started. MAVROS is not pre-installed. That is planned in a future version of the SDK, likely one or two months away. We do have customers using it today though. Note in offboard mode the default behavior is a figure-8. See post here for the fix

If anyone else is interested - I found a way to enable static ip's for ethernet and wlan interfaces.

You'll need to install a file like below under /etc/systemd/systetem/ and run the following commands:

systemctl enable ipconfig.service systemctl disable dhcpcd.service [Unit] Description=A description for your custom service goes here Requires=systemd-networkd.service After=systemd-networkd-wait-online.service [Service] Type=simple ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 10 ExecStart=/bin/systemctl restart systemd-networkd.service [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

You'll also need to add this file under /etc/systemd/network/wlan0.network

[Match] Name=wlan0 [Network] Address=192.168.0.169/24 #DHCP=yes

Simply installing this service will allow most routers to keep the rb5 address the same when assigning IPs for a lease. Just comment #Address and uncomment DHCP to use dhcp.

You will also need to make sure to add the gatway to the routing table:

route add default gw $router_IP $network_interface

this is best to be configured as a oneshot service where the service has the field Requires=ipconfig.service

@mrawding Also Apple A1277

@RichieRich
GPS unit is mounted by default (as it comes with RB5 5G drone), mast is locked in vertical postion.
Turning EKF2_REQ_SACC to 0,75 provided no errors from GPS.
Obstacle avoidance was also disabled, so we managed to fly.

But I'm still a bit confused why the obstacle avoidance gives error, since the drone was placed on the ground (concrete pavement), no obstacles within few meters, while the minimum distance was set to only 1 m. But this is current setup that works:
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Many thanks for your help. We'll try to figure this out and provide info in a few days.

Hi Akash, we do not expect much of the Qualcomm Flight RB5 SDK to work on the RB5 dev kit without a significant amount of work.

@MaxG we are currently low on stock of the replacement parts, but they can be found here on our web store. Please check back in the next week or two and those will be in stock.

Replacement landing skids can be special ordered. Do you need the entire skid assembly or just the landing skid itself (black part)? Please send a picture to contact@modalai.com and we can get you the parts that you need!

We don't believe there are any issues, but we just sent you an email in case.

Reading your post again . . .

It looks like you'll have to QGCs running, but using the same router. In the response above, I assumed a single GCS.

On each drone, go to /etc/modalai. There should be a file qgc-ip.conf or something similar. You can set the IP of the target laptop, so the MAVLink gets routed properly.

Let me know if that works.

Yes, we ship within 10 business days. The payload capability is about 1kg

@joshuagaus Even with our new upcoming module we will not support PPM. It looks like there may be some other communication options on that receiver so you may want to review all the possibilities.

@justinGE This is good information, thanks for sharing!

@joshuagaus You would use the 4 pin JST USB port on the modem carrier board.

Hi @JehyunCha,

Welcome to the RB5 Platform!
It's likely you need to set up ADB.

Generally, we recommend you start by following the RB5 User guide linked Here before checking our the RB5 SDK.
This page in particular should help you out: Connect over ADB, as well as Set up ADB

Let us know if you are still having trouble,

Matt

We are working on a port of VOXL SDK for the RB5 Flight platform right now. We expect a stable release in late June / early July

The code is available on the dev branch. If you are comfortable recovering your system into a known, working state, then you could try to install now and see if what is there works for you. VOXL SDK of course has all of the flexibility built in to have multiple clients, etc.

Indeed, my bad, early RB5 has RC version 1.0. Bind successfully now after connecting AR6210 manual bind satellite. Thank you, Chad! Thank you, Adrian!

@tom Thank you! I received your email. I'll try it.