VOXL flight deck not connecting to QGC

[manan gupta]

Hello,
I am not able to facilitate communication between VOXL and px4 so that I am able to access px4 through VOXL on QGC. I am able to connect to px4 separately using j1006 (blue connector) and can view all settings in QGC. I have configured wifi on the VOXL and set up IP addresses to access px4 over wifi. This worked in the past but since I upgraded the firmware of VOXL to 3.8 it no longer works. Please let me know what further information to provide to help solve this issue.

[[[global:former-user]]]

Hi,

In the latest release on voxl we've added the voxl-mavlink-server service to rout mavlink messages from vvpx4, it's possible that this service is not running. Can you show the output of voxl-inspect-services on your drone.

[manan gupta]

Hi,
After inspecting services, this was the output. I can see the mavlink server is neither enabled nor running.

voxl:/$ voxl-inspect-services 
 Service Name         |  Enabled  |   Running   |  CPU Usage
---------------------------------------------------------------
 docker-autorun       | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 docker-daemon        | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 modallink-relink     | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-camera-server   | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-cpu-monitor     | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-dfs-server      | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-imu-server      | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-mavlink-server  | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-modem           | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-portal          | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-qvio-server     | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-streamer        | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-tag-detector    | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-tflite-server   | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-time-sync       | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-vision-px4      |  Enabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-wait-for-fs     |  Enabled  |  Completed  |

I tried starting the service using systemctl and this was the output.

voxl:/$ systemctl start voxl-mavlink-server
voxl:/$ voxl-inspect-services 
 Service Name         |  Enabled  |   Running   |  CPU Usage
---------------------------------------------------------------
 docker-autorun       | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 docker-daemon        | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 modallink-relink     | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-camera-server   | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-cpu-monitor     | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-dfs-server      | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-imu-server      | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-mavlink-server  | Disabled  |   Running   |     0.0
 voxl-modem           | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-portal          | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-qvio-server     | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-streamer        | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-tag-detector    | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-tflite-server   | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-time-sync       | Disabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-vision-px4      |  Enabled  | Not Running |  
 voxl-wait-for-fs     |  Enabled  |  Completed  |

after configuring the voxl in softap mode, and connecting to it, the issue persists. Would downgrading the software release to VOXL Platform 3.6.0-0.5.0 help?
Thanks