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    • Eric KatzfeyE
      Eric Katzfey ModalAI Team @Nitin Varma Vegesna
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      @Nitin-Varma-Vegesna In /etc/modalai/voxl-px4.conf set GPS to NONE. Then set the PX4 parameters SYS_HAS_GPS, and SYS_HAS_MAG to 0. Set EKF2_MAG_TYPE to 5. Set EKF2_GPS_CTRL to 0. Then reboot and see if the preflight error is cleared.

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      • Nitin Varma VegesnaN
        Nitin Varma Vegesna @Eric Katzfey
        last edited by

        @Eric-Katzfey Ok, also is there a way to buy the GPS chip since I did not see it on the available products?

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        • Nitin Varma VegesnaN
          Nitin Varma Vegesna @Eric Katzfey
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          @Eric-Katzfey Also, for EKF2_MASG_TYPe, my options are Automatic, Magnetic Heading, 3-axis, VTOL custom, MC custom, and None, which corresponds to 5?

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          • Eric KatzfeyE
            Eric Katzfey ModalAI Team @Nitin Varma Vegesna
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            @Nitin-Varma-Vegesna None

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            • Eric KatzfeyE
              Eric Katzfey ModalAI Team @Nitin Varma Vegesna
              last edited by

              @Nitin-Varma-Vegesna I think it's this one: https://store.3dr.com/mini-gps-ublox-max-m10s/

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              • Nitin Varma VegesnaN
                Nitin Varma Vegesna @Eric Katzfey
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                @Eric-Katzfey Ok, thank you!

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                • Nitin Varma VegesnaN
                  Nitin Varma Vegesna @Eric Katzfey
                  last edited by Nitin Varma Vegesna

                  @Eric-Katzfey Now, it arms successfully, even though it says Preflight Fail: heading estimate not stable and Preflight Fail: Yaw estimate error. Is this an issue?

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                  • Eric KatzfeyE
                    Eric Katzfey ModalAI Team @Nitin Varma Vegesna
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                    @Nitin-Varma-Vegesna If you are just flying in manual or altitude hold modes then those shouldn't be an issue.

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                        • Nitin Varma VegesnaN
                          Nitin Varma Vegesna @Eric Katzfey
                          last edited by Nitin Varma Vegesna

                          @Eric-Katzfey What about autonomous control indoors, and how could that be fixed if it's an issue? This is with a new GPS as well. Do I have to configure anything? Also, for the EKF2_GPS_CTRL, I reset to default: 7

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                          • Nitin Varma VegesnaN
                            Nitin Varma Vegesna @Nitin Varma Vegesna
                            last edited by Nitin Varma Vegesna

                            @Eric-Katzfey Screenshot 2026-02-03 at 11.46.43 PM.png

                            Here is an image of when I start autonomous exploration (not flying yet) but moving it with hand, I am getting these preflight errors that I used to not get.

                            This is with SYS_HAS_GPS, and SYS_HAS_MAG to 1, EKF2_MAG_TYPE = Automatic, EKF2_GPS_CTRL = 7

                            Also, voxl-inspect-gps is saying NO GPS for fix type:

                            dt(ms) |fix type|Sats|Latitude(deg)|Longitude(deg)| Alt(m) |Vel(m/s)|HorErr(m)|AltErr(m)|
                            129.5 | NO GPS | 0 | 0.0000000 | 0.0000000 | -17.0 | 0.00 | 4294967.295 | 4092465.408 |^C

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                            • Eric KatzfeyE
                              Eric Katzfey ModalAI Team @Nitin Varma Vegesna
                              last edited by

                              @Nitin-Varma-Vegesna If you re-install or update your SDK to the latest it will properly set all of the parameters.

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                              • Nitin Varma VegesnaN
                                Nitin Varma Vegesna @Eric Katzfey
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                                @Eric-Katzfey I would rather not delete everything outside of /data/, is there a way to reset the params of px4 another way? This issue only happens when I start exploration, and I move the drone up with my hand slightly, but why do I get FCU: Vision Failure.

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                                • Eric KatzfeyE
                                  Eric Katzfey ModalAI Team @Nitin Varma Vegesna
                                  last edited by

                                  @Nitin-Varma-Vegesna You can set parameters via voxl-configure-px4-params.

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                                  • Nitin Varma VegesnaN
                                    Nitin Varma Vegesna @Eric Katzfey
                                    last edited by

                                    @Eric-Katzfey That is what I did to reset the params prior to this happening.

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                                    • Eric KatzfeyE
                                      Eric Katzfey ModalAI Team @Nitin Varma Vegesna
                                      last edited by

                                      @Nitin-Varma-Vegesna Well, that's why I asked you to do the full SDK installation. If you install the SDK and set it up as we do from the factory then it should be working like when you first got it. If it doesn't then that potentially points to some damage caused by the crash and not some configuration change you have made since then.

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