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  • Alexander SaundersA Alexander Saunders

    @Eric-Katzfey Are you suggesting giving the file/repo permissions with

    xhost si:localuser:root
    

    Also we are using the FDTI cable provided with the ESC AND USB C to A to connect to host.

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    Eric Katzfey
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    @Alexander-Saunders I'm only suggesting that there is a permissions problem of some sort. I don't see that on my machine so just trying to figure out what is different in your environment.

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    • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

      @Alexander-Saunders I'm only suggesting that there is a permissions problem of some sort. I don't see that on my machine so just trying to figure out what is different in your environment.

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      @Eric-Katzfey I tried giving permission to user with no change.
      image (6).png image (7).png

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      • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

        @Alexander-Saunders I'm only suggesting that there is a permissions problem of some sort. I don't see that on my machine so just trying to figure out what is different in your environment.

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        @Eric-Katzfey Is it possible to see a picture of your terminal of the commands you sent?

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        • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

          @Alexander-Saunders I'm only suggesting that there is a permissions problem of some sort. I don't see that on my machine so just trying to figure out what is different in your environment.

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          @Eric-Katzfey image (8).png

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          • Alexander SaundersA Alexander Saunders

            @Eric-Katzfey image (8).png

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            @Alexander-Saunders iris_hitl.sdf is part of the docker image so it will be the same.

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            • Alexander SaundersA Alexander Saunders

              @Eric-Katzfey Is it possible to see a picture of your terminal of the commands you sent?

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              @Alexander-Saunders

              modalai@modalai-XPS-15-9570:~$ docker run --rm -it --net=host --privileged -v /dev/input:/dev/input:rw voxl-gazebo-docker
              root@modalai-XPS-15-9570:/usr/workspace/voxl2_hitl_gazebo# ls
              CMakeLists.txt           build-gazebo.bash    include       package.xml            scripts
              Dockerfile               build-mavlink.bash   mavlink       resources              src
              README.md                cmake                mavlink-libs  run-docker-image.bash  unit_tests
              build                    docker-commands.txt  models        run_gazebo.bash        worlds
              build-docker-image.bash  external             msgs          run_headless.bash
              root@modalai-XPS-15-9570:/usr/workspace/voxl2_hitl_gazebo# ls /dev/ttyUSB0
              /dev/ttyUSB0
              root@modalai-XPS-15-9570:/usr/workspace/voxl2_hitl_gazebo# ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0
              crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Jun  3 16:02 /dev/ttyUSB0
              root@modalai-XPS-15-9570:/usr/workspace/voxl2_hitl_gazebo# ./run_headless.bash 
              GAZEBO_PLUGIN_PATH :/usr/workspace/voxl2_hitl_gazebo
              GAZEBO_MODEL_PATH :/usr/workspace/voxl2_hitl_gazebo/models
              LD_LIBRARY_PATH :/usr/workspace/voxl2_hitl_gazebo/build
              Warning [parser.cc:833] XML Attribute[version] in element[sdf] not defined in SDF, ignoring.
              Warning [parser.cc:833] XML Attribute[version] in element[sdf] not defined in SDF, ignoring.
              Opened serial device /dev/ttyUSB0
              
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              • Alexander SaundersA Alexander Saunders

                @Eric-Katzfey Is it possible to see a picture of your terminal of the commands you sent?

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                @Alexander-Saunders

                modalai@modalai-XPS-15-9570:~$ docker images | grep gazebo
                voxl-gazebo-docker            latest       1c8ce4f31e4f   3 months ago    3.73GB
                voxl-gazebo-docker            v1.2         1c8ce4f31e4f   3 months ago    3.73GB
                
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                • Alexander SaundersA Alexander Saunders

                  @Eric-Katzfey Is it possible to see a picture of your terminal of the commands you sent?

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                  @Alexander-Saunders We have quite a few customers using HITL successfully and they are using the instructions in the document so I'm thinking there is something in your environment that is causing the issue. Do you have access to a different Linux machine that you can use?

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                  • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

                    @Alexander-Saunders We have quite a few customers using HITL successfully and they are using the instructions in the document so I'm thinking there is something in your environment that is causing the issue. Do you have access to a different Linux machine that you can use?

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                    @Eric-Katzfey Update:

                    We switched some of the wires for the FTDI cable and now receiving data. We went back to following the HITL docs along with https://forum.modalai.com/topic/3511/serial-port-closed-and-other-hitl-errors/9 . We have the drone running in HITL via QGC and running the voxl-px4-hitl command. Despite this, gazebo is still not showing the drone or connecting. Could the issue possibly be with the Dockerfile that reflects bionic instead of focal since that had to be changed for the image to be pulled? We also tried running ./run-docker.sh within the directory and received docker run --help.

                    image (11).png image (12).png

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                    • Alexander SaundersA Alexander Saunders

                      @Eric-Katzfey Update:

                      We switched some of the wires for the FTDI cable and now receiving data. We went back to following the HITL docs along with https://forum.modalai.com/topic/3511/serial-port-closed-and-other-hitl-errors/9 . We have the drone running in HITL via QGC and running the voxl-px4-hitl command. Despite this, gazebo is still not showing the drone or connecting. Could the issue possibly be with the Dockerfile that reflects bionic instead of focal since that had to be changed for the image to be pulled? We also tried running ./run-docker.sh within the directory and received docker run --help.

                      image (11).png image (12).png

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                      @Alexander-Saunders Looks better now. What does the dsp_hitl start command look like now? Seems like it is setup for VIO only.

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