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    ModeratorM
    Hi Christopher We currently support two forms of recording, both at the pilot internal to the VRX onboard storage on goggles to the SD Card We do have on our list to implement recording at the UAS itself, but that will need to be in a future software update.

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    We are using the VOXL2 Mini with the M0041-4 power module on a 6S drone. I had been testing it on the bench with a 24V power supply without issue for the last few weeks. I was moving it onto the drone which is 6S and soldered power wires directly onto the ESC battery pads and added and XT30 to connect to the power module. When I plugged in the power module it sparked and I quickly unplugged. I have double checked polarity after the fact and it is correct. I put a multimeter on the xt30 and measured 25.1V. I do not see what I did wrong to make it fry. The IC that blew is the actual voltage regulator (marked 327;LGHW;8937 on the IC). Unfortunately I tried powering the VOXL2 mini up with another M0041-4 and my power supply and that is dead too. What am I doing wrong? Let me know if there is more information you need.

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    Jetson NanoJ
    @Robbie-McCue Thank you for your feedback I will look into this.

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    김진혁김
    Hi ModalAI team, We were directed here from the sales channel. A few technical questions for our indoor GPS-denied inspection PoC — a compact custom quadcopter (X4) airframe built around the VOXL 2 Mini. [SLAM / autonomy] VOA performance in narrow (~300 mm) corridors — any pipe / industrial refs? Open-VINS is pure VIO (no loop closure) — for repeated long flights, is Mapper + AprilTag re-localization enough to bound drift? [Precision landing] voxl-vision-hub provides AprilTag relocalization but notes it "does not yet support autonomous takeoff and landing." Is a fully automated AprilTag precision landing onto a charging dock achievable using the VOXL SDK alone (voxl-tag-detector / voxl-vision-hub + PX4 precision-land), without us writing our own landing logic? If so, what is the recommended setup? If some part still needs custom development, which part? [Cameras / sensors] VOXL 2 Mini has 4 MIPI-CSI. Using 2 for VIO + 1 downward for precision landing = 3. Can a 4th camera (gimbal / thermal) be added, and how? For the downward precision-landing camera, is MSU-M0166 (AR0144 micro-coax) the right choice? Can that downward AR0144 be shared by both VIO and the voxl-tag-detector (AprilTag) at the same time? Recommended ToF module for collision avoidance? [Airframe / drivetrain] Is VOXL ESC Mini (M0129) compatible with our own motor selection (DShot/PWM) in a standard quadcopter (X4) configuration? Any thermal / layout guidance for integrating VOXL 2 Mini + ESC Mini into a custom ducted-cage airframe? [Mission / comms] Vision Hub: can an external host (our charging station) send trajectories and trigger auto takeoff / landing? WiFi 2.4 GHz stability indoors — recommended radio module? Note: We don't have hardware yet (pre-purchase), so voxl-version / voxl-inspect-services / PX4 logs are not available at this stage. Thanks! JinHyeok Kim, Pablo Air

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    I am using a starling2 max with a voxl 2. I am using wifi for telemetry and successfully uploaded a waypoint mission in QGroundControl. When I try to execute the mission, the drone arms but never takes off. Below is the voxl-version and voxl-inspect-services output: voxl-version: system-image: 1.8.04-M0054-14.1a-perf kernel: #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 24 22:31:58 UTC 2025 4.19.125 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── hw platform: M0054 mach.var: 1.0.1 SKU: MRB-D0012-4-V2-C29-T7-M28-X0 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── voxl-suite: 1.5.0 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Packages: Repo: http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/ ./dists/qrb5165/sdk-1.5/binary-arm64/ Last Updated: 2026-06-18 19:39:25 List: libfc-sensor 1.0.7 libmodal-cv 0.5.18 libmodal-exposure 0.1.4 libmodal-journal 0.2.6 libmodal-json 0.4.7 libmodal-pipe 2.13.2 libqrb5165-io 0.5.0 libvoxl-cci-direct 0.3.3 libvoxl-cutils 0.1.5 modalai-slpi 1.2.0 mv-voxl 0.1-r0 qrb5165-bind 0.1-r0 qrb5165-dfs-server 0.2.0 qrb5165-imu-server 1.1.3 qrb5165-mini-tof-server 0.2.2 qrb5165-rangefinder-server 0.1.5 qrb5165-slpi-test-sig 01-r0 qrb5165-system-tweaks 0.3.6 qrb5165-tflite 2.8.0-2 voxl-bind-spektrum 0.1.1 voxl-camera-calibration 0.6.0 voxl-camera-server 2.2.4 voxl-ceres-solver 2:1.14.0-10 voxl-configurator 1.0.2 voxl-cpu-monitor 0.6.0 voxl-docker-support 1.3.1 voxl-elrs 0.4.7 voxl-esc 1.5.4 voxl-feature-tracker 0.5.2 voxl-flow-server 0.3.6 voxl-gphoto2-server 0.0.10 voxl-joystick-server 0.0.6 voxl-jpeg-turbo 2.1.3-7 voxl-lepton-server 1.3.3 voxl-lepton-tracker 0.0.4 voxl-libgphoto2 0.0.4 voxl-libuvc 1.0.7 voxl-logger 0.5.3 voxl-mavcam-manager 0.6.0 voxl-mavlink 0.1.5 voxl-mavlink-server 1.4.9 voxl-microdds-agent 3.0.0-0 voxl-modem 1.1.8 voxl-mongoose 7.7.0-2 voxl-mpa-to-ros 0.3.9 voxl-mpa-to-ros2 0.0.7 voxl-mpa-tools 1.4.0 voxl-open-vins 0.4.19 voxl-open-vins-server 0.3.12 voxl-opencv 4.5.5-3 voxl-osd 0.1.8 voxl-portal 0.7.11 voxl-px4 1.14.0-2.0.105 voxl-px4-params 0.7.5 voxl-qvio-server 1.2.0 voxl-remote-id 0.0.9 voxl-reset-slpi 0.0.1 voxl-ros2-foxy 0.0.1 voxl-state-estimator 0.0.5 voxl-streamer 0.7.5 voxl-suite 1.5.0 voxl-tag-detector 0.0.5 voxl-tflite-server 0.4.1 voxl-utils 1.4.8 voxl-uvc-server 0.1.7 voxl-vision-hub 1.8.23 voxl-vtx 1.4.7 voxl-wavemux 0.0.1 voxl2-io 0.0.3 voxl2-system-image 1.8.04-r0 voxl2-wlan 1.0-r0 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── voxl-inspect-services : Scanning services... Service Name | Enabled | Running | CPU Usage ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── docker-autorun | Enabled | Not Running | modallink-relink | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-camera-server | Enabled | Running | 80.7% voxl-cpu-monitor | Enabled | Running | 0.0% voxl-dfs-server | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-elrs-startup | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-feature-tracker | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-flow-server | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-imu-server | Enabled | Running | 3.5% voxl-joystick-server | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-lepton-server | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-lepton-tracker | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-logger | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-mavcam-manager | Enabled | Running | 0.0% voxl-mavlink-server | Enabled | Running | 3.5% voxl-microdds-agent | Enabled | Running | voxl-mini-tof-server | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-modem-doodle | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-modem | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-mpa-ros2 | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-open-vins-server | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-osd | Disabled | Not Running | 1.8% voxl-portal | Enabled | Running | 24.6% voxl-px4 | Enabled | Running | voxl-qvio-server | Disabled | Not Running | 0.0% voxl-rangefinder-server | Enabled | Running | voxl-remote-id | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-seek-server | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-softap | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-state-estimator | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-static-ip | Disabled | Not Running | 1.8% voxl-streamer | Enabled | Running | voxl-tag-detector | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-tflite-server | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-time-sync | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-uvc-server | Disabled | Not Running | 0.0% voxl-vision-hub | Enabled | Running | voxl-vrx | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-vtx | Disabled | Not Running | voxl-wait-for-fs | Enabled | Completed | I have 3 logs from recent flights: https://logs.px4.io/plot_app?log=ef58c5c5-b105-41e0-bd12-202e5ff7f206 https://logs.px4.io/plot_app?log=e6654338-39fb-4429-b242-224fa468a522 https://logs.px4.io/plot_app?log=e6654338-39fb-4429-b242-224fa468a522 The following image shows the intended waypoint mission. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FKFF4qVOXKiCqwCgiltWpe0bm_KrqHKj/view?usp=sharing Please let me know if there is any advice about how I can get it to correctly execute the waypoint mission.

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    tomT
    @PatkirkMartin In order to toggle power via PX4 you can do the following: Set GPIO_CTL_CH to the AUX channel you'd like to use for this feature, e.g., 3 for RC_MAP_AUX3. Set the corresponding RC_MAP_AUX# to the button/switch you want to use. e.g. 10 for channel 10 on your RC transmitter.
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    Need Camera connector details

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    VinnyV
    Hi @Richa We have not provided our pinouts for this and have no plans to. For our Micro Coax direct CMOS based sensors, you need to use our products end-to-end to guarantee functionality. Hope this helps clarify.
  • J

    Why isn't M0187 available to buy?

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    J
    @Alex-Kushleyev Ok, I will order it in the future. Regards, Jacob
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    VOXL 2 Time of Flight (TOF) Depth Sensor

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  • Shivam SehgalS

    Calibration FIles

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    tomT
    @Shivam-Sehgal Re-calibrating cameras if the calibration files are lost requires a precise calibration board which many customers don't have, which is why we back them up in our database before shipping the drones. These calibration files (extrinsic and intrinsic) are specific to each drone. gyro, accel, and other sensors can be easily re-calibrated on the bench by the user without any extra peripherals.
  • Shivam SehgalS

    Unstable Flight (local Position Estimate Error)

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    Shivam SehgalS
    @Moderator any advice?
  • Shivam SehgalS

    HITL voxl2 from docker image

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    Eric KatzfeyE
    @Shivam-Sehgal No, there is no Starling model in Gazebo.
  • Darshit DesaiD

    voxlmpa2ros not working starling with sdk version 1.1.2

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    Darshit DesaiD
    @Zachary-Lowell-0 Ok got it this worked. Thanks
  • J

    Inquiry about development drones

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  • P

    Setup Flight Deck on Fixed Wing

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    Steve TurnerS
    @Peter There is nothing that would prevent the VOXL Flight Deck or any of MODAL AI's kit from being used in a fixed wing configuration. The underlying autopilot, PX4 can be configured to fly a fixed wing aircraft. The software on the VOXL "brain" is tuned for quadcopters and will fly out of the box but with adjustments I'm sure it can be done. Someone from ModalAI can chime in, but it would not surprise me if other customers are already flying Modal kit on a variety of other platforms from ground, to sea, and other air configurations.