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Disabling GPS sensor input to PX4

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    jmltt
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    Is there a way to disable gps sensor data from being published to PX4 on the sentinel without removing it or disabling gps via px4?

    I have sentinels that I'm flying indoors with VIO and mocap. VIO and mocap don't mesh well together if I send them both to the vehicle as odometry messages. I'm trying to get around this by sending mocap data as fake gps via hil_gps message over mavlink. The problem is I have to have gps enabled in PX4 for it to work correctly, but the bad gps data from the sensor is being fused with the mocap gps.

    I can't disconnect the gps because I need the mag for heading.

    Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

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      Is there a way to disable gps sensor data from being published to PX4 on the sentinel without removing it or disabling gps via px4?

      I have sentinels that I'm flying indoors with VIO and mocap. VIO and mocap don't mesh well together if I send them both to the vehicle as odometry messages. I'm trying to get around this by sending mocap data as fake gps via hil_gps message over mavlink. The problem is I have to have gps enabled in PX4 for it to work correctly, but the bad gps data from the sensor is being fused with the mocap gps.

      I can't disconnect the gps because I need the mag for heading.

      Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

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      Eric Katzfey
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      @jmltt Don't start the gps driver. In the file /etc/modalai/voxl-px4.conf set the GPS to NONE.

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        @jmltt Don't start the gps driver. In the file /etc/modalai/voxl-px4.conf set the GPS to NONE.

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        @Eric-Katzfey that did it, thanks!

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