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    VOXL Mini 4in1 ESC conflicts with Power Module v3

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      hmlow @Eric Katzfey
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      @Eric-Katzfey is there such a version of the driver available?

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        Eric Katzfey ModalAI Team @hmlow
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        @hmlow No, we will need to create that. If you are comfortable with px4 software you can make the change yourself to try it out.

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          hmlow @Eric Katzfey
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          @Eric-Katzfey The driver resides on PX4 and not the ESC itself (firmware)?

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            Eric Katzfey ModalAI Team @hmlow
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            @hmlow Yes. The ESC firmware will send a message with battery information to the modal_io esc driver in PX4. The modal_io driver decodes that message and creates the PX4 battery_status uorb topic from it.

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              hmlow @Eric Katzfey
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              @Eric-Katzfey said in VOXL Mini 4in1 ESC conflicts with Power Module v3:

              @hmlow No, we will need to create that. If you are comfortable with px4 software you can make the change yourself to try it out.

              @Eric-Katzfey looks like i'll have to wait for that new feature instead

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                Alex Kushleyev ModalAI Team @hmlow
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                @hmlow , sorry for the inconvenience. I will add a parameter to disable the publishing of battery status by the ESC driver. Can you please confirm which version of PX4 you are currently using?

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                  hmlow @Alex Kushleyev
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                  @Alex-Kushleyev

                  im running the version of the px4 that came with SDK 1.0.
                  On QGC, it says 1.14.0dev, custom fw ver 2.0.34

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                    Alex Kushleyev ModalAI Team @hmlow
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                    @hmlow , thanks. we should have an update very soon, hopefully by tomorrow.

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                      hmlow @Alex Kushleyev
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                      @Alex-Kushleyev thanks for the assistance as always

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                        Eric Katzfey ModalAI Team @hmlow
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                        @hmlow The new version is available here: http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/dists/qrb5165/staging/binary-arm64/voxl-px4_1.14.0-2.0.43_arm64.deb. This version has a new parameter MODAL_IO_PUB_BST that defaults to the value of 1 meaning it will send out battery_status messages. If you change that parameter to 0 it will stop sending out the battery_status messages.

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                          hmlow @Eric Katzfey
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                          @Eric-Katzfey thanks for the 2 fixes in a single package! Will try it out and report back tmr

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                            hmlow @Eric Katzfey
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                            @Eric-Katzfey It work! Thank you!

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