QGC connection problems

[TPSetati]

Good day

I am working on the Setinel VOLX2 platform and I am having issues working with QGC. There seems to be an unstable connection to QCG from the drone.

The wifi connection from the PC to the drone stays constantly connected. However, I see that the drone status on QGC continuously cycles from Ready To Fly to Communication Lost.

The log on QGC is depicted below:

I am also noticing that my RAM is also running out when I have QGC connected. Could this issue be related to the log that keeps running continually?

[Chad Sweet]

Can you run voxl-version and report what version of software you are running?

[TPSetati]

@Chad-Sweet said in QGC connection problems:

voxl-version

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system-image: 1.4.1-M0054-14.1a-perf
kernel:       #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 13 17:48:16 UTC 2022 4.19.125
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hw version:   M0054
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voxl-suite:   0.9.5
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Packages:
Repo:  http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/ ./dists/qrb5165/sdk-0.9/binary-arm64/
Last Updated: 2023-03-30 15:34:14
List:
	libmodal-cv              0.2.3
	libmodal-exposure        0.0.7
	libmodal-journal         0.2.1
	libmodal-json            0.4.3
	libmodal-pipe            2.8.2
	libqrb5165-io            0.1.0
	libvoxl-cci-direct       0.1.5
	libvoxl-cutils           0.1.1
	mv-voxl                  0.1-r0
	qrb5165-bind             0.1-r0
	qrb5165-dfs-server       0.1.0
	qrb5165-imu-server       0.5.0
	qrb5165-slpi-test-sig    01-r0
	qrb5165-system-tweaks    0.1.5
	qrb5165-tflite           2.8.0-2
	voxl-bind                0.0.1
	voxl-camera-calibration  0.2.3
	voxl-camera-server       1.3.5
	voxl-cpu-monitor         0.3.0
	voxl-docker-support      1.2.4
	voxl-gphoto2-server      0.0.10
	voxl-jpeg-turbo          2.1.3-4
	voxl-libgphoto2          0.0.4
	voxl-libuvc              1.0.7
	voxl-logger              0.3.4
	voxl-mavlink             0.1.0
	voxl-mavlink-server      0.3.0
	voxl-modem               0.16.1
	voxl-mongoose            7.7.0-1
	voxl-mpa-to-ros          0.3.6
	voxl-mpa-tools           0.7.6
	voxl-opencv              4.5.5-1
	voxl-portal              0.5.0
	voxl-px4                 1.12.31
	voxl-px4-imu-server      0.1.2
	voxl-qvio-server         0.8.2
	voxl-remote-id           0.0.5
	voxl-streamer            0.4.1
	voxl-suite               0.9.5
	voxl-tag-detector        0.0.4
	voxl-tflite-server       0.3.1
	voxl-utils               1.2.2
	voxl-uvc-server          0.1.3
	voxl-vision-px4          1.4.0
	voxl2-system-image       1.4.1-r0
	voxl2-wlan               1.0-r0
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[TPSetati]

I thought this screenshot would give a better indication of the communication issue between the drone and QGC

[Eric Katzfey]

@TPSetati When you say that your RAM is running out, is that the RAM on the computer that is running QGC or on the VOXL2? For the connection issue, what are you using as your wireless link?

[TPSetati]

I mean the RAM on the host PC running QGC. I can't have QGC open for more than 5 minutes without the machine freezing up.

I am using the drone in softAP mode and connecting to its WiFi.

[Chad Sweet]

That sounds like a qgc issue. Have you reached out on the PX4 Discord?

[TPSetati]

No, I have not. How do I reach out?

[Chad Sweet]

Join the Dronecode Foundation Discord Server!

We are a community of people who are interested in developing open source technology for drones. PX4, Pixhawk, QGC | 9015 members

Discord (discord.com)

[TPSetati]

I'll try them out. Thank you.

[tom]

@TPSetati Is there a chance you have two ground stations trying to connect to the drone at the same time?