Attempting to get the motors spinning with no luck

[mascenzi]

Hello, I'll keep it simple. I'm just attempting to get the motors spinning at this point. Here is what I have and what I'm seeing.

Hardware:

As you can see from the wiring this is my component list

• Voxl2
• 4in1 ESC
• Expander Board
• Power Module
• USB Expansion
• USB adapter for Wifi antenna
• Four T-Motor F90 motors

Software:

• QGroundControl Version 4.3
• Voxl
  • System-image 1.7.1
  • Kernel 4.19.125
  • hw version m0054
  • voxl-suite 1.1.0
  • Packages
    • voxl-px4 1.14.0-2.0.55

If you need any other version information, let me know and I'll update the OP.

I believe I have the VOXL2 configured for proper communication. If I run voxl-inspect-services, the following services are active.

• voxl-cpu-monitor Enabled Running
• voxl-imu-server Enabled Running
• voxl-mavlink-server Enabled Running
• voxl-portal Enabled Running
• voxl-px4 Enabled Running
• voxl-softap Enabled Running
• voxl-vision-hub Enabled Running
• voxl-wait-for-fs Enabled Running

When I run voxl-inspect-mavlink mavlink_to_gcs I see heartbeat and other informations update rates.

QGroundControl:

• Airframe - Quadrotor x
• Vehicle - Generic Quadcopter
• Firmware v. - 1.14.0
• CustomerFW ver. - 2.0.55
• Sensors:
  * Gryo - Check
  * Accelerometer - Check
  * Level Horizon - Check
  * Compas - Failed: No Mags found
• Actuators Setup
  * Configuration - VOXL ESC

I've worked through the Voxl Dev Bootcamp. I've also used the following links for reference.
Modalai: Using VOXL ESCs with PX4
PXF: Modalai VOXL 2

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Alex Kushleyev]

@mascenzi , with ModalAI ESC you don't need the M0065 expander. You need to connect the ESC J2 (6-pin Hirose connector) to VOXL2 J18 (4-pin JST GH) using MCBL-00029 : https://www.modalai.com/collections/cables-1/products/mcbl-00029 . Communication between ESC and Voxl2 will happen using UART.

[mascenzi]

@Alex-Kushleyev thank you so much for reaching out with support. I had to tear down the voxl2 setup and build out a pixhawk unit so I could complete thrust testing for our initial frame design. I will get the voxl2 model back up and running and test out your configuration. I actually don't think we have that cable. I'll have to put in order in for it. I'll post back with verification once I have the result.