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VOXL Mini 4in1 ESC conflicts with Power Module v3

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  • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

    @hmlow No, we will need to create that. If you are comfortable with px4 software you can make the change yourself to try it out.

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    @Eric-Katzfey The driver resides on PX4 and not the ESC itself (firmware)?

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      @Eric-Katzfey The driver resides on PX4 and not the ESC itself (firmware)?

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      @hmlow Yes. The ESC firmware will send a message with battery information to the modal_io esc driver in PX4. The modal_io driver decodes that message and creates the PX4 battery_status uorb topic from it.

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      • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

        @hmlow Yes. The ESC firmware will send a message with battery information to the modal_io esc driver in PX4. The modal_io driver decodes that message and creates the PX4 battery_status uorb topic from it.

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        @Eric-Katzfey said in VOXL Mini 4in1 ESC conflicts with Power Module v3:

        @hmlow No, we will need to create that. If you are comfortable with px4 software you can make the change yourself to try it out.

        @Eric-Katzfey looks like i'll have to wait for that new feature instead

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          @Eric-Katzfey said in VOXL Mini 4in1 ESC conflicts with Power Module v3:

          @hmlow No, we will need to create that. If you are comfortable with px4 software you can make the change yourself to try it out.

          @Eric-Katzfey looks like i'll have to wait for that new feature instead

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          @hmlow , sorry for the inconvenience. I will add a parameter to disable the publishing of battery status by the ESC driver. Can you please confirm which version of PX4 you are currently using?

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          • Alex KushleyevA Alex Kushleyev

            @hmlow , sorry for the inconvenience. I will add a parameter to disable the publishing of battery status by the ESC driver. Can you please confirm which version of PX4 you are currently using?

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            @Alex-Kushleyev

            im running the version of the px4 that came with SDK 1.0.
            On QGC, it says 1.14.0dev, custom fw ver 2.0.34

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              @Alex-Kushleyev

              im running the version of the px4 that came with SDK 1.0.
              On QGC, it says 1.14.0dev, custom fw ver 2.0.34

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              @hmlow , thanks. we should have an update very soon, hopefully by tomorrow.

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              • Alex KushleyevA Alex Kushleyev

                @hmlow , thanks. we should have an update very soon, hopefully by tomorrow.

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                @Alex-Kushleyev thanks for the assistance as always

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                  @Alex-Kushleyev thanks for the assistance as always

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                  @hmlow The new version is available here: http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/dists/qrb5165/staging/binary-arm64/voxl-px4_1.14.0-2.0.43_arm64.deb. This version has a new parameter MODAL_IO_PUB_BST that defaults to the value of 1 meaning it will send out battery_status messages. If you change that parameter to 0 it will stop sending out the battery_status messages.

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                  • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

                    @hmlow The new version is available here: http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/dists/qrb5165/staging/binary-arm64/voxl-px4_1.14.0-2.0.43_arm64.deb. This version has a new parameter MODAL_IO_PUB_BST that defaults to the value of 1 meaning it will send out battery_status messages. If you change that parameter to 0 it will stop sending out the battery_status messages.

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                    @Eric-Katzfey thanks for the 2 fixes in a single package! Will try it out and report back tmr

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                    • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

                      @hmlow The new version is available here: http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/dists/qrb5165/staging/binary-arm64/voxl-px4_1.14.0-2.0.43_arm64.deb. This version has a new parameter MODAL_IO_PUB_BST that defaults to the value of 1 meaning it will send out battery_status messages. If you change that parameter to 0 it will stop sending out the battery_status messages.

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                      @Eric-Katzfey It work! Thank you!

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