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m500 is not connecting to QGC or my DX6e controller

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  • S shippwr3ckk

    @shippwr3ckk My m500 does not also seem to have PX4 installed, is that required? And if so, where do I go to install it correctly?

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    @shippwr3ckk the drones all ship preconfigured and flight tested. There is definitely PX4 installed. It's on the flight core portion of the m500 and not on the VOXL. voxl-mavlink-server is used to communicate between the VOXL and the Flight Core

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      @shippwr3ckk the drones all ship preconfigured and flight tested. There is definitely PX4 installed. It's on the flight core portion of the m500 and not on the VOXL. voxl-mavlink-server is used to communicate between the VOXL and the Flight Core

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      @Moderator Got it. Why is the flight core not responding to the VOXL then? I have everything configured as recommended and I still can't get the drone to register with QGC.

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        Update, I still have not been able to connect to the QGC.

        What am I doing that could be causing connection issues?

        How do I properly communicate with the PX4 content with the mavlink-server?

        My WIFI is also not labeled at "VOXL:XXX.XX, etc..", is that an issue?

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          Update, I still have not been able to connect to the QGC.

          What am I doing that could be causing connection issues?

          How do I properly communicate with the PX4 content with the mavlink-server?

          My WIFI is also not labeled at "VOXL:XXX.XX, etc..", is that an issue?

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          @shippwr3ckk If you'd like to get back to a factory state you can download the latest VOXL SDK (1.2.0) and load the SDK using it's /install.sh script

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            @shippwr3ckk If you'd like to get back to a factory state you can download the latest VOXL SDK (1.2.0) and load the SDK using it's /install.sh script

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            @tom You can also load your flight core with the latest version of px4 which is contained in the flight-core sub-directory of the SDK tar

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              @tom You can also load your flight core with the latest version of px4 which is contained in the flight-core sub-directory of the SDK tar

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              @tom

              Update, I did not do a factory reset. But, I can connect to QGC but it only needed a wifi connection and not the "ssh root@". Do I need to "ssh root@" everytime I need to connect to QGC?

              As of now, I cannot get the drone to connect to my radio or get it calibrated. It will not respond to any commands the QGC tries to send. Any ideas on what I should do next?

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                @tom

                Update, I did not do a factory reset. But, I can connect to QGC but it only needed a wifi connection and not the "ssh root@". Do I need to "ssh root@" everytime I need to connect to QGC?

                As of now, I cannot get the drone to connect to my radio or get it calibrated. It will not respond to any commands the QGC tries to send. Any ideas on what I should do next?

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                @shippwr3ckk "Do I need to "ssh root@" everytime I need to connect to QGC?" I'm not entirely sure what you're asking here. Can you give some more detail of the process you're having to do to establish a connection to QGC that involves ssh

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                  @shippwr3ckk "Do I need to "ssh root@" everytime I need to connect to QGC?" I'm not entirely sure what you're asking here. Can you give some more detail of the process you're having to do to establish a connection to QGC that involves ssh

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                  @tom In the command prompt, while connected to the drone's wifi, I usually put in the "ssh root@_ip_ command. I don't know the full reason to type this but I saw it in the instructions when establishing a pre-flight. I figured it was another connection step when configuring with QGC.

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                    @tom In the command prompt, while connected to the drone's wifi, I usually put in the "ssh root@_ip_ command. I don't know the full reason to type this but I saw it in the instructions when establishing a pre-flight. I figured it was another connection step when configuring with QGC.

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                    @shippwr3ckk SSH is just a way to access the drone's terminal remotely. It will give you access to the same terminal you get when you connect via USB and use adb shell

                    Running ssh root@DRONE_IP will give you remote access to then run commands. Running just the SSH command alone and then nothing else doesn't really do anything.

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                      @shippwr3ckk SSH is just a way to access the drone's terminal remotely. It will give you access to the same terminal you get when you connect via USB and use adb shell

                      Running ssh root@DRONE_IP will give you remote access to then run commands. Running just the SSH command alone and then nothing else doesn't really do anything.

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                      @tom Thank you for the info!

                      After messing with it some more, I think it might have to do with the batteries I am using. Because the drone is currently turned on and my laptop is connected to the drone's wifi, but it is no longer connecting to QGC, even with a micro USB connection too.

                      The battery I am using is a "14.8V, 45C, 4S1P, 3300, 4 Cell battery". And it will only read on the QGC when it is around 30-50%.

                      Any ideas what I should try next?

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                        Thank you for the info!

                        After messing with it some more, I think it might have to do with the batteries I am using. Because the drone is currently turned on and my laptop is connected to the drone's wifi, but it is no longer connecting to QGC, even with a micro USB connection too.

                        The battery I am using is a "14.8V, 45C, 4S1P, 3300, 4 Cell battery". And it will only read on the QGC when it is around 30-50%.

                        Any ideas what I should try next?

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