# The GPS is not working on auto-start Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/3604/the-gps-is-not-working-on-auto-start Category: VOXL SDK and Software (https://forum.modalai.com/category/47/voxl-sdk-and-software) Posted: 2024-07-03 16:08:40 UTC by Captain 7th Replies: 17 · Views: 3744 ## Captain 7th · 2024-07-03 16:08:40 UTC Hello, Could someone guide me through the following questions: Q1: I have Sentinel and upgraded the SDK to 1.3.1~Beta. When I connect HTTP://My_DRONE_IP, the number of satellites is 0. Then, I have to turn off manually and on the GPS to see the number of GPS suddenly change to 255. Here are the commands that I use to turn it off and on: ``` px4-qshell gps stop px4-qshell gps start -b 9600 reboot ``` Note: The above method is sometimes working, sometimes not! I don't know why! I could see the robot location in QGC only once! I have located the robot very close to the window in a indoor env. Q2: Why does the GPS M8N is blinking RED? Shouldn't that be a blue color? Is something is not working properly? How to check? Q3: I am currently working with Sentinel drone and want to connect the drone to a hidden network through station mode in voxl-wifi. The drone's MAC address has been added to the network, but it cannot connect (When I check the voxl-my-ip, it shows nothing!) Can anyone help how I can I do this? ## Reply by Eric Katzfey (ModalAI staff) · 2024-07-03 16:24:26 UTC @Captain-7th First of all do not use the command `gps start -b 9600`. That is forcing the baud rate on the UART talking to the GPS to 9600. That won't work. Are you connecting to QGC? Is it also showing number of satellites as 0? Are you trying this outdoors with a clear view to the sky? ## Reply by Eric Katzfey (ModalAI staff) · 2024-07-03 16:25:47 UTC (in reply to Eric Katzfey) @Eric-Katzfey The LED on the GPS unit is a general purpose status LED for PX4. If it is blinking red then there is some sort of fault condition that would prevent you from arming the drone. If you connect to QGC it will (usually) alert you to what the issue is. ## Reply by Eric Katzfey (ModalAI staff) · 2024-07-03 16:26:47 UTC @Captain-7th I'm not sure what it means to be a hidden network. We have not tried with anything like that. Can you try it with a non-hidden network and see if it works properly with that? ## Reply by Captain 7th · 2024-07-04 15:49:50 UTC (in reply to Eric Katzfey) @Eric-Katzfey I am working with this drone at my university. The university network is hidden (SSID is not visible to everyone!) and you cannot access it without MAC address registration in uni's systems. I have arranged to add the drone's MAC address to the system. I was wondering if it recognizes the hidden networks when we are working with ```voxl-wifi```, station mode, or not? Because I tried to give the SSID and the password, and it shows a successful configuration message on the terminal. Then, when I write ```voxl-my-ip``` in the terminal, is does not print anything! Nothing at all! I tried even to ```ssh``` to have access to it, but is does not recognize it! Do you have any idea how I can configure this or not? ## Reply by Captain 7th · 2024-07-04 15:50:52 UTC (in reply to Eric Katzfey) @Eric-Katzfey I tried outside with a clear sky, and it is working now. Why it is not working inside? ## Reply by Eric Katzfey (ModalAI staff) · 2024-07-05 16:19:14 UTC (in reply to Captain 7th) @Captain-7th There are many explanations for how GPS works online and the reasons why it doesn't work well or at all indoors. ## Reply by Captain 7th · 2024-07-06 11:49:25 UTC (in reply to Captain 7th) @Captain-7th @Eric-Katzfey Can you help me with this issue? The wifi issue for the hidden network? ## Reply by Captain 7th · 2024-07-09 11:09:35 UTC (in reply to Eric Katzfey) @Eric-Katzfey, I have tried using a non-hidden network, such as a mobile hotspot, and it works. But I am struggling to connect it to a hidden network. I am working with this drone at my university. The university network is hidden (SSID is not visible to everyone!), and you cannot access it without registering your MAC address in uni's systems. I have arranged to add the drone's MAC address to the system. I wondered if it recognizes the hidden networks when working with voxel Wi-Fi (station mode). I tried to give the SSID and the password, and it showed a successful configuration message on the terminal. However, when I write voxl-my-ip in the terminal, it does not print anything! Nothing at all! I even tried to ssh to access it, but it does not recognize it! The drone does not get connected to hidden network! ## Reply by Eric Katzfey (ModalAI staff) · 2024-07-09 15:19:12 UTC (in reply to Captain 7th) @Captain-7th We have never tested with hidden networks so I'd say that it isn't supported at the moment. ## Reply by Captain 7th · 2024-07-11 13:53:48 UTC (in reply to Eric Katzfey) @Eric-Katzfey Thanks for the reply. I have another trouble. I am trying to run the first ROS test with https://docs.modalai.com/mavros/. My controller does not work now (previously, I had connected the RC to the drone), and I have trouble switching the drone mode (with ‘offboard’ and ‘manual’ modes). Is there any other approach to switching between modes other than RC? Also, is there any other way to arm or disarm the vehicle without RC? Thank you for your time and consideration. I am looking forward to hearing from you.@Eric-Katzfey ## Reply by Eric Katzfey (ModalAI staff) · 2024-07-11 15:40:53 UTC (in reply to Captain 7th) @Captain-7th There are many ways to arm and switch modes other than RC. They can be done from the console in PX4, from QGC or any other ground control station, with MAVSDK, etc. ## Reply by Captain 7th · 2024-07-11 18:02:13 UTC (in reply to Eric Katzfey) @Eric-Katzfey Could you please tell me which part I should study in the documentation regarding PX4 or QGC? ## Reply by Jetson Nano · 2024-07-12 12:44:42 UTC (in reply to Captain 7th) @Captain-7th Once you connect the drone to QGC, it'll show some mode in the top left, you can click on that to change to a different mode. When you click on the ready to fly message on the top, it'll show an button called arm for arming the drone. https://docs.qgroundcontrol.com/master/en/qgc-user-guide/fly_view/fly_view.html#arm ## Reply by Captain 7th · 2024-07-15 16:24:11 UTC (in reply to Jetson Nano) @Jetson-Nano said in [The GPS is not working on auto\-start](/post/18185): > > Reply @Jetson-Nano @Eric-Katzfey Thank you for your reply. I have trouble running the mavros_test Project (simple-example) (https://docs.modalai.com/mavros/#mavros_test-project-simple-example). I followed all the instructions carefully, and when I ran: ``` cd /home/mavros_test ./run_mavros_test.sh ``` I got this on the terminal: ``` voxl2:/home/mavros_test(simple-example)$ ./run_mavros_test.sh ... logging to /home/root/.ros/log/740b46ce-42c4-11ef-b08e-00c0cab5abe5/roslaunch-m0054-5058.log Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take a while. Press Ctrl-C to interrupt Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB. started roslaunch server http://192.168.1.45:39563/ SUMMARY ======== CLEAR PARAMETERS * /mavros/ PARAMETERS * /mavros/camera/frame_id: base_link * /mavros/cmd/use_comp_id_system_control: False * /mavros/conn/heartbeat_rate: 1.0 * /mavros/conn/system_time_rate: 1.0 * /mavros/conn/timeout: 10.0 * /mavros/conn/timesync_rate: 10.0 * /mavros/distance_sensor/hrlv_ez4_pub/field_of_view: 0.0 * /mavros/distance_sensor/hrlv_ez4_pub/frame_id: hrlv_ez4_sonar * /mavros/distance_sensor/hrlv_ez4_pub/id: 0 * /mavros/distance_sensor/hrlv_ez4_pub/orientation: PITCH_270 * /mavros/distance_sensor/hrlv_ez4_pub/send_tf: True * /mavros/distance_sensor/hrlv_ez4_pub/sensor_position/x: 0.0 * /mavros/distance_sensor/hrlv_ez4_pub/sensor_position/y: 0.0 * /mavros/distance_sensor/hrlv_ez4_pub/sensor_position/z: -0.1 * /mavros/distance_sensor/laser_1_sub/id: 3 * /mavros/distance_sensor/laser_1_sub/orientation: PITCH_270 * /mavros/distance_sensor/laser_1_sub/subscriber: True * /mavros/distance_sensor/lidarlite_pub/field_of_view: 0.0 * /mavros/distance_sensor/lidarlite_pub/frame_id: lidarlite_laser * /mavros/distance_sensor/lidarlite_pub/id: 1 * /mavros/distance_sensor/lidarlite_pub/orientation: PITCH_270 * /mavros/distance_sensor/lidarlite_pub/send_tf: True * /mavros/distance_sensor/lidarlite_pub/sensor_position/x: 0.0 * /mavros/distance_sensor/lidarlite_pub/sensor_position/y: 0.0 * /mavros/distance_sensor/lidarlite_pub/sensor_position/z: -0.1 * /mavros/distance_sensor/sonar_1_sub/horizontal_fov_ratio: 1.0 * /mavros/distance_sensor/sonar_1_sub/id: 2 * /mavros/distance_sensor/sonar_1_sub/orientation: PITCH_270 * /mavros/distance_sensor/sonar_1_sub/subscriber: True * /mavros/distance_sensor/sonar_1_sub/vertical_fov_ratio: 1.0 * /mavros/fake_gps/eph: 2.0 * /mavros/fake_gps/epv: 2.0 * /mavros/fake_gps/fix_type: 3 * /mavros/fake_gps/geo_origin/alt: 408.0 * /mavros/fake_gps/geo_origin/lat: 47.3667 * /mavros/fake_gps/geo_origin/lon: 8.55 * /mavros/fake_gps/gps_rate: 5.0 * /mavros/fake_gps/mocap_transform: True * /mavros/fake_gps/satellites_visible: 5 * /mavros/fake_gps/tf/child_frame_id: fix * /mavros/fake_gps/tf/frame_id: map * /mavros/fake_gps/tf/listen: False * /mavros/fake_gps/tf/rate_limit: 10.0 * /mavros/fake_gps/tf/send: False * /mavros/fake_gps/use_mocap: True * /mavros/fake_gps/use_vision: False * /mavros/fcu_protocol: v2.0 * /mavros/fcu_url: udp://127.0.0.1:1... * /mavros/gcs_url: * /mavros/global_position/child_frame_id: base_link * /mavros/global_position/frame_id: map * /mavros/global_position/gps_uere: 1.0 * /mavros/global_position/rot_covariance: 99999.0 * /mavros/global_position/tf/child_frame_id: base_link * /mavros/global_position/tf/frame_id: map * /mavros/global_position/tf/global_frame_id: earth * /mavros/global_position/tf/send: False * /mavros/global_position/use_relative_alt: True * /mavros/image/frame_id: px4flow * /mavros/imu/angular_velocity_stdev: 0.0003490659 // 0... * /mavros/imu/frame_id: base_link * /mavros/imu/linear_acceleration_stdev: 0.0003 * /mavros/imu/magnetic_stdev: 0.0 * /mavros/imu/orientation_stdev: 1.0 * /mavros/landing_target/camera/fov_x: 2.0071286398 * /mavros/landing_target/camera/fov_y: 2.0071286398 * /mavros/landing_target/image/height: 480 * /mavros/landing_target/image/width: 640 * /mavros/landing_target/land_target_type: VISION_FIDUCIAL * /mavros/landing_target/listen_lt: False * /mavros/landing_target/mav_frame: LOCAL_NED * /mavros/landing_target/target_size/x: 0.3 * /mavros/landing_target/target_size/y: 0.3 * /mavros/landing_target/tf/child_frame_id: camera_center * /mavros/landing_target/tf/frame_id: landing_target * /mavros/landing_target/tf/listen: False * /mavros/landing_target/tf/rate_limit: 10.0 * /mavros/landing_target/tf/send: True * /mavros/local_position/frame_id: map * /mavros/local_position/tf/child_frame_id: base_link * /mavros/local_position/tf/frame_id: map * /mavros/local_position/tf/send: False * /mavros/local_position/tf/send_fcu: False * /mavros/mission/pull_after_gcs: True * /mavros/mission/use_mission_item_int: True * /mavros/mocap/use_pose: True * /mavros/mocap/use_tf: False * /mavros/mount/debounce_s: 4.0 * /mavros/mount/err_threshold_deg: 10.0 * /mavros/mount/negate_measured_pitch: False * /mavros/mount/negate_measured_roll: False * /mavros/mount/negate_measured_yaw: False * /mavros/odometry/fcu/odom_child_id_des: base_link * /mavros/odometry/fcu/odom_parent_id_des: map * /mavros/plugin_blacklist: ['safety_area', '... * /mavros/plugin_whitelist: [] * /mavros/px4flow/frame_id: px4flow * /mavros/px4flow/ranger_fov: 0.118682 * /mavros/px4flow/ranger_max_range: 5.0 * /mavros/px4flow/ranger_min_range: 0.3 * /mavros/safety_area/p1/x: 1.0 * /mavros/safety_area/p1/y: 1.0 * /mavros/safety_area/p1/z: 1.0 * /mavros/safety_area/p2/x: -1.0 * /mavros/safety_area/p2/y: -1.0 * /mavros/safety_area/p2/z: -1.0 * /mavros/setpoint_accel/send_force: False * /mavros/setpoint_attitude/reverse_thrust: False * /mavros/setpoint_attitude/tf/child_frame_id: target_attitude * /mavros/setpoint_attitude/tf/frame_id: map * /mavros/setpoint_attitude/tf/listen: False * /mavros/setpoint_attitude/tf/rate_limit: 50.0 * /mavros/setpoint_attitude/use_quaternion: False * /mavros/setpoint_position/mav_frame: LOCAL_NED * /mavros/setpoint_position/tf/child_frame_id: target_position * /mavros/setpoint_position/tf/frame_id: map * /mavros/setpoint_position/tf/listen: False * /mavros/setpoint_position/tf/rate_limit: 50.0 * /mavros/setpoint_raw/thrust_scaling: 1.0 * /mavros/setpoint_velocity/mav_frame: LOCAL_NED * /mavros/startup_px4_usb_quirk: False * /mavros/sys/disable_diag: False * /mavros/sys/min_voltage: 10.0 * /mavros/target_component_id: 1 * /mavros/target_system_id: 1 * /mavros/tdr_radio/low_rssi: 40 * /mavros/time/time_ref_source: fcu * /mavros/time/timesync_avg_alpha: 0.6 * /mavros/time/timesync_mode: MAVLINK * /mavros/vibration/frame_id: base_link * /mavros/vision_pose/tf/child_frame_id: vision_estimate * /mavros/vision_pose/tf/frame_id: odom * /mavros/vision_pose/tf/listen: False * /mavros/vision_pose/tf/rate_limit: 10.0 * /mavros/vision_speed/listen_twist: True * /mavros/vision_speed/twist_cov: True * /mavros/wheel_odometry/child_frame_id: base_link * /mavros/wheel_odometry/count: 2 * /mavros/wheel_odometry/frame_id: odom * /mavros/wheel_odometry/send_raw: True * /mavros/wheel_odometry/send_twist: False * /mavros/wheel_odometry/tf/child_frame_id: base_link * /mavros/wheel_odometry/tf/frame_id: odom * /mavros/wheel_odometry/tf/send: False * /mavros/wheel_odometry/use_rpm: False * /mavros/wheel_odometry/vel_error: 0.1 * /mavros/wheel_odometry/wheel0/radius: 0.05 * /mavros/wheel_odometry/wheel0/x: 0.0 * /mavros/wheel_odometry/wheel0/y: -0.15 * /mavros/wheel_odometry/wheel1/radius: 0.05 * /mavros/wheel_odometry/wheel1/x: 0.0 * /mavros/wheel_odometry/wheel1/y: 0.15 * /rosdistro: melodic * /rosversion: 1.14.13 NODES / mavros (mavros/mavros_node) mavros_test_node (mavros_test/mavros_test_node) auto-starting new master process[master]: started with pid [5072] ROS_MASTER_URI=http://127.0.0.1:11311/ setting /run_id to 740b46ce-42c4-11ef-b08e-00c0cab5abe5 process[rosout-1]: started with pid [5083] started core service [/rosout] process[mavros-2]: started with pid [5091] process[mavros_test_node-3]: started with pid [5092] [ INFO] [1721059701.053944604]: simple_demo [ INFO] [1721059701.184390643]: FCU URL: udp://127.0.0.1:14551@:14551 [ INFO] [1721059701.186887064]: udp0: Bind address: 127.0.0.1:14551 [ INFO] [1721059701.186984362]: GCS bridge disabled [ INFO] [1721059701.198153822]: Plugin 3dr_radio loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.206209164]: Plugin 3dr_radio initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.206311202]: Plugin actuator_control loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.209795450]: Plugin actuator_control initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.215531831]: Plugin adsb loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.220162824]: Plugin adsb initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.220375235]: Plugin altitude loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.223591756]: Plugin altitude initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.224009285]: Plugin cam_imu_sync loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.224724230]: Plugin cam_imu_sync initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.224842050]: Plugin camera loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.225575017]: Plugin camera initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.225867745]: Plugin cellular_status loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.228871335]: Plugin cellular_status initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.229033274]: Plugin command loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.234510887]: Plugin command initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.234635114]: Plugin companion_process_status loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.236884851]: Plugin companion_process_status initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.237013975]: Plugin debug_value loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.240331753]: Plugin debug_value initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.240368943]: Plugin distance_sensor blacklisted [ INFO] [1721059701.240454939]: Plugin esc_status loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.241189572]: Plugin esc_status initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.241286818]: Plugin esc_telemetry loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.242087394]: Plugin esc_telemetry initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.242218392]: Plugin fake_gps loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.255931099]: Plugin fake_gps initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.256196169]: Plugin ftp loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.262559781]: Plugin ftp initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.262688435]: Plugin geofence loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.264421262]: Plugin geofence initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.264509289]: Plugin global_position loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.274271205]: Plugin global_position initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.274368920]: Plugin gps_input loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.276500941]: Plugin gps_input initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.276609125]: Plugin gps_rtk loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.278799535]: Plugin gps_rtk initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.278885739]: Plugin gps_status loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.280354224]: Plugin gps_status initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.280445950]: Plugin guided_target loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.282821528]: Plugin guided_target initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.282942057]: Plugin hil loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.291681143]: Plugin hil initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.291835894]: Plugin home_position loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.294077349]: Plugin home_position initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.294178085]: Plugin imu loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.300978601]: Plugin imu initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.301082046]: Plugin landing_target loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.319874526]: Plugin landing_target initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.320027037]: Plugin local_position loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.324364728]: Plugin local_position initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.324495102]: Plugin log_transfer loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.329005201]: Plugin log_transfer initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.329123543]: Plugin mag_calibration_status loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.329793693]: Plugin mag_calibration_status initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.329883803]: Plugin manual_control loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.331578919]: Plugin manual_control initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.331655799]: Plugin mocap_pose_estimate loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.333844907]: Plugin mocap_pose_estimate initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.333922933]: Plugin mount_control loaded [ WARN] [1721059701.336751772]: Could not retrive negate_measured_roll parameter value, using default (0) [ WARN] [1721059701.336996216]: Could not retrive negate_measured_pitch parameter value, using default (0) [ WARN] [1721059701.337240659]: Could not retrive negate_measured_yaw parameter value, using default (0) [ WARN] [1721059701.338031234]: Could not retrive debounce_s parameter value, using default (4.000000) [ WARN] [1721059701.338254374]: Could not retrive err_threshold_deg parameter value, using default (10.000000) [ INFO] [1721059701.338292658]: Plugin mount_control initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.338385269]: Plugin nav_controller_output loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.338699821]: Plugin nav_controller_output initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.338771649]: Plugin obstacle_distance loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.340162109]: Plugin obstacle_distance initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.340228520]: Plugin odom loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.342990427]: Plugin odom initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.343101841]: Plugin onboard_computer_status loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.344622934]: Plugin onboard_computer_status initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.344730337]: Plugin param loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.347169931]: Plugin param initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.347327546]: Plugin play_tune loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.349693801]: Plugin play_tune initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.349777765]: Plugin px4flow loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.354768887]: Plugin px4flow initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.355008018]: Plugin rallypoint loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.357594340]: Plugin rallypoint initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.357646896]: Plugin rangefinder blacklisted [ INFO] [1721059701.357734819]: Plugin rc_io loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.360371405]: Plugin rc_io initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.360420887]: Plugin safety_area blacklisted [ INFO] [1721059701.360521363]: Plugin setpoint_accel loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.362749275]: Plugin setpoint_accel initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.362888295]: Plugin setpoint_attitude loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.369753920]: Plugin setpoint_attitude initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.369872991]: Plugin setpoint_position loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.379478126]: Plugin setpoint_position initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.379646210]: Plugin setpoint_raw loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.385296127]: Plugin setpoint_raw initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.385406291]: Plugin setpoint_trajectory loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.390939481]: Plugin setpoint_trajectory initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.391086262]: Plugin setpoint_velocity loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.394824486]: Plugin setpoint_velocity initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.394964912]: Plugin sys_status loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.408650950]: Plugin sys_status initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.408896332]: Plugin sys_time loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.414709801]: TM: Timesync mode: MAVLINK [ INFO] [1721059701.415076233]: TM: Not publishing sim time [ INFO] [1721059701.416871928]: Plugin sys_time initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.416999020]: Plugin terrain loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.419657066]: Plugin terrain initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.419786294]: Plugin trajectory loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.426208555]: Plugin trajectory initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.426340699]: Plugin tunnel loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.428138166]: Plugin tunnel initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.428232912]: Plugin vfr_hud loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.428621063]: Plugin vfr_hud initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.428662681]: Plugin vibration blacklisted [ INFO] [1721059701.428737113]: Plugin vision_pose_estimate loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.435602217]: Plugin vision_pose_estimate initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.435714933]: Plugin vision_speed_estimate loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.437805857]: Plugin vision_speed_estimate initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.437895342]: Plugin waypoint loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.440488800]: Plugin waypoint initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.440527449]: Plugin wheel_odometry blacklisted [ INFO] [1721059701.440773507]: Plugin wind_estimation loaded [ INFO] [1721059701.442031249]: Plugin wind_estimation initialized [ INFO] [1721059701.442183187]: Built-in SIMD instructions: ARM NEON [ INFO] [1721059701.442203397]: Built-in MAVLink package version: 2022.12.30 [ INFO] [1721059701.442223242]: Known MAVLink dialects: common ardupilotmega ASLUAV AVSSUAS all cubepilot development icarous matrixpilot paparazzi standard storm32 uAvionix ualberta [ INFO] [1721059701.442239128]: MAVROS started. MY ID 1.240, TARGET ID 1.1 [ INFO] [1721059706.087746519]: waiting for offboard mode ``` . The problem is here: When I switch between manual and offboard, the drone does not arm/disarm as expected in the video tutorial and instructions! Note 1: Here is my IP address, and detail of the config files: ``` amirmahdi@amirmahdi:~$ ifconfig docker0: flags=4099 mtu 1500 inet 172.17.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 172.17.255.255 ether 02:42:72:03:47:05 txqueuelen 0 (Ethernet) RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 enp45s0: flags=4099 mtu 1500 ether b4:45:06:94:a8:b6 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 lo: flags=73 mtu 65536 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10 loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback) RX packets 14480 bytes 1380176 (1.3 MB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 14480 bytes 1380176 (1.3 MB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 wlp0s20f3: flags=4163 mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 inet6 fe80::e9cf:ce9f:8897:56e4 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20 ether cc:15:31:2b:bc:95 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 4029202 bytes 3659491459 (3.6 GB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 318206 bytes 62215059 (62.2 MB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 ``` ``` amirmahdi@amirmahdi:~$ ssh -X root@192.168.1.45 root@192.168.1.45's password: Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.19.125 aarch64) * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com * Management: https://landscape.canonical.com * Support: https://ubuntu.com/pro This system has been minimized by removing packages and content that are not required on a system that users do not log into. To restore this content, you can run the 'unminimize' command. Last login: Mon Jul 15 15:58:42 2024 from 192.168.1.5 ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ ▂▄▆▆██▛▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▜████▆▆▄▂ ███╗ ███╗ ██████╗ ██████╗ █████╗ ██╗ ▗▆████▀▔ ▔▔▀▀▀▀▚▄ ████╗ ████║██╔═══██╗██╔══██╗██╔══██╗██║ ▗▟████▀ ▗██▖ ▐█ ▝▀▆▄▄▄ ██╔████╔██║██║ ██║██║ ██║███████║██║ ▟████▀ ▗█▘▝█▖ ▐█ ▜█▀█▄ ██║╚██╔╝██║██║ ██║██║ ██║██╔══██║██║ █▌ ▐█▌ ▗█▘ ▝█▖ ▐█ ▐▄ ▄█ ██║ ╚═╝ ██║╚██████╔╝██████╔╝██║ ██║███████╗ ▀████ ▗█▘ ▝█▖ ▐█ ▂▄███▀ ╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝╚══════╝ ▀▀██▄▄ ▂▆███▀ ▀▀██▄▄ ▀▀▆▄▄▄▄▆██▀▀▀▘ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- system-image: 1.7.8-M0054-14.1a-perf kernel: #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 17 23:29:23 UTC 2024 4.19.125 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hw platform: M0054 mach.var: 1.0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- voxl-suite: 1.3.1~beta1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- current IP: wlan0: 192.168.1.45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ``` ``` voxl2:~$ more /home/mavros_test/ros_environment.sh #!/bin/bash # # load main ros environment if [ -f /opt/ros/melodic/setup.bash ]; then source /opt/ros/melodic/setup.bash elif [ -f /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash ]; then source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash elif [ -f /opt/ros/indigo/setup.bash ]; then source /opt/ros/indigo/setup.bash fi source catkin_ws/install/setup.bash unset ROS_HOSTNAME # configure ROS IPs here export ROS_MASTER_IP=127.0.0.1 export ROS_IP=192.168.1.45 export ROS_MASTER_URI=http://${ROS_MASTER_IP}:11311/ # mavros needs to know what PX4's system id is export PX4_SYS_ID=1 ``` And here is the voxl-vision-hub.conf: ``` voxl2:~$ more /etc/modalai/voxl-vision-hub.conf . . . { "config_file_version": 1, "qgc_ip": "192.168.1.5", "en_localhost_mavlink_udp": true, "localhost_udp_port_number": 14551, "en_vio": true, "vio_pipe": "qvio", "secondary_vio_pipe": "ov", "en_reset_vio_if_initialized_inverted": true, "vio_warmup_s": 3, "send_odom_while_failed": true, "horizon_cal_tolerance": 0.5, "offboard_mode": "off", "follow_tag_id": 0, "figure_eight_move_home": true, "robot_radius": 0.300000011920929, "collision_sampling_dt": 0.1, "max_lookahead_distance": 1, "backtrack_seconds": 5, "wps_move_home": true, "wps_stride": 0, "wps_timeout": 0, "wps_damp": 1, "en_tag_fixed_frame": false, "fixed_frame_filter_len": 5, "en_transform_mavlink_pos_setpoints_from_fixed_frame": false, "en_voa": true, "voa_upper_bound_m": -0.15000000596046448, "voa_lower_bound_m": 0.15000000596046448, "voa_voa_memory_s": 1, "voa_max_pc_per_fusion": 100, "voa_pie_max_dist_m": 20, "voa_pie_min_dist_m": 0.25, "voa_pie_under_trim_m": 1, "voa_pie_threshold": 3, "voa_send_rate_hz": 20, "voa_pie_slices": 36, "voa_pie_bin_depth_m": 0.15000000596046448, "voa_inputs": [{ "enabled": true, "type": "point_cloud", "input_pipe": "dfs_point_cloud", "frame": "stereo_l", "max_depth": 8, "min_depth": 0.300000011920929, "cell_size": 0.079999998211860657, "threshold": 4, "x_fov_deg": 68, "y_fov_deg": 56, "conf_cutoff": 0 }, { "enabled": true, "type": "point_cloud", "input_pipe": "stereo_front_pc", "frame": "stereo_front_l", "max_depth": 8, "min_depth": 0.300000011920929, "cell_size": 0.079999998211860657, "threshold": 4, "x_fov_deg": 68, "y_fov_deg": 56, "conf_cutoff": 0 }, { "enabled": true, "type": "point_cloud", "input_pipe": "stereo_rear_pc", "frame": "stereo_rear_l", "max_depth": 8, "min_depth": 0.300000011920929, "cell_size": 0.079999998211860657, "threshold": 4, "x_fov_deg": 68, "y_fov_deg": 56, "conf_cutoff": 0 }, { "enabled": true, "type": "tof", "input_pipe": "tof", "frame": "tof", "max_depth": 6, "min_depth": 0.15000000596046448, "cell_size": 0.079999998211860657, "threshold": 3, "x_fov_deg": 106.5, "y_fov_deg": 85.0999984741211, "conf_cutoff": 125 }, { "enabled": true, "type": "rangefinder", "input_pipe": "rangefinders", "frame": "body", "max_depth": 8, "min_depth": 0.300000011920929, "cell_size": 0.079999998211860657, "threshold": 4, "x_fov_deg": 68, "y_fov_deg": 56, "conf_cutoff": 0 }] } ``` Note 2: I could manually arm/disarm the Sentinel drone with QGC and RC. The motors are working properly. But this ros example is not working here! Can anyone help me? Note 3: I also tryied to change the mode channel to 5 and 6, but still not working! ## Reply by Captain 7th · 2024-07-15 16:28:26 UTC (in reply to Captain 7th) @Eric-Katzfey @Jetson-Nano Here is a photo fo my QGC: =![WhatsApp Image 2024-07-15 at 18.27.52.jpeg](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1721060893575-whatsapp-image-2024-07-15-at-18.27.52.jpeg) ## Reply by Eric Katzfey (ModalAI staff) · 2024-07-15 16:55:13 UTC (in reply to Captain 7th) @Captain-7th Can you please start a new forum post if you are now moving on to a different issue? ## Reply by Captain 7th · 2024-07-16 10:19:13 UTC (in reply to Eric Katzfey) @Eric-Katzfey Sure. Here is the link of the new post: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/3649/trouble-in-running-the-mavros_test-project-simple-example?_=1721124109041