# VOXL ArduPilot not starting up

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/4488/voxl-ardupilot-not-starting-up
Category: VOXL 2 and VOXL 2 Mini (https://forum.modalai.com/category/26/voxl-2-and-voxl-2-mini)
Tags: voxl-2
Posted: 2025-06-09 14:54:32 UTC by teddy.zaremba
Replies: 0 · Views: 350

## teddy.zaremba · 2025-06-09 14:54:32 UTC

For anybody running into an issue with Ardupilot not starting up even while VOXL-PX4 is working, check your power module. You can check that Ardupilot isn't working properly by disabling all the services and running just voxl-ardupilot and voxl-mavlink-server as shown in the screenshots. Unlike PX4, Ardupilot will wait until it receives battery info so a broken power module causes it to stall forever.

This is what voxl-ardupilot output looks like with a broken power module:
![f9659fa4-991e-4552-9216-9022cdf70d58-image.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1749480359870-f9659fa4-991e-4552-9216-9022cdf70d58-image.png) 

This is what voxl-ardupilot output looks like with a working power module:
![a4c2eca0-eab9-44a3-b312-6c8634cfefc8-image.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1749480726855-a4c2eca0-eab9-44a3-b312-6c8634cfefc8-image.png)