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  • ModeratorM Moderator

    Hi Rowan, which software version are you using, what peripherals do you have connected and is the vehicle armed, etc?

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    @Moderator Hi, I am using SDK1.0. No peripherals attached, just the VOXL2 Board alone.

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    • Rowan DempsterR Rowan Dempster

      @Moderator Hi, I am using SDK1.0. No peripherals attached, just the VOXL2 Board alone.

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      @Rowan-Dempster No, that is definitely not expected. PX4 should only be using a small amount of CPU. Can you disable all other services so it's only PX4 running and see if that changes?

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      • Rowan DempsterR Rowan Dempster

        @Moderator Hi, I am using SDK1.0. No peripherals attached, just the VOXL2 Board alone.

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        @Rowan-Dempster Can you also post the output of voxl-inspect-services so we can see the CPU usage by each service

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        • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

          @Rowan-Dempster No, that is definitely not expected. PX4 should only be using a small amount of CPU. Can you disable all other services so it's only PX4 running and see if that changes?

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          @Eric-Katzfey voxl-px4 and cpu-inspector were the only two services I have running

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          • tomT tom

            @Rowan-Dempster Can you also post the output of voxl-inspect-services so we can see the CPU usage by each service

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            @tom 598d8e34-9b28-4736-9d74-543a26806232-image.png

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            • Rowan DempsterR Rowan Dempster

              @tom 598d8e34-9b28-4736-9d74-543a26806232-image.png

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              @Rowan-Dempster If you run it as a service with voxl-configure-px4 do you see the same issue?

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              • tomT tom

                @Rowan-Dempster If you run it as a service with voxl-configure-px4 do you see the same issue?

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                @tom The output of journalctl -u voxl-px4 could be helpful

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                • tomT tom

                  @Rowan-Dempster If you run it as a service with voxl-configure-px4 do you see the same issue?

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                  @tom Yes I do

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                  • tomT tom

                    @tom The output of journalctl -u voxl-px4 could be helpful

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                    @tom Here's the service log: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JBxlCP5Ppelu4AFKIKV55oLfmyrgcdQC/view?usp=sharing

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                    • Rowan DempsterR Rowan Dempster

                      @tom Here's the service log: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JBxlCP5Ppelu4AFKIKV55oLfmyrgcdQC/view?usp=sharing

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                      @Rowan-Dempster If you are running voxl-px4 as a service you need to change your /etc/modalai/voxl-px4.conf file to enable daemon mode. Your log shows you have it disabled DAEMON_MODE=DISABLE

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                      • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

                        @Rowan-Dempster If you are running voxl-px4 as a service you need to change your /etc/modalai/voxl-px4.conf file to enable daemon mode. Your log shows you have it disabled DAEMON_MODE=DISABLE

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                        @Eric-Katzfey I don't have that .conf file, even after I run voxl-configure-px4 (I just select enable)

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                        • Rowan DempsterR Rowan Dempster

                          @Eric-Katzfey I don't have that .conf file, even after I run voxl-configure-px4 (I just select enable)

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                          @Rowan-Dempster You need to do voxl-configure-px4 factory_enable

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                          • tomT tom

                            @Rowan-Dempster You need to do voxl-configure-px4 factory_enable

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                            @tom That fixed the CPU usage issue, thank you!

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