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"set_position_target_local_ned: coordinate frame 0 unsupported" error in QGroundControl

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  • Hector GutierrezH Offline
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    Hector Gutierrez
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    Hello -
    After upgrading SDK from 1.5.0 to 1.6.3, I am unable to calibrate the Starling 2 in QGroundControl (Version 4.4.4)
    Error message: "set_position_target_local_ned: coordinate frame 0 unsupported"
    It seems the Starling 2 is sending a Mavlink message that is trying to set the coordinate frame to 0 (MAV_FRAME_GLOBAL), which cannot be processed by the local NED setpoint command.
    Any suggestions on how to correct this error would be appreciated.
    Thanks

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    • Hector GutierrezH Hector Gutierrez

      Hello -
      After upgrading SDK from 1.5.0 to 1.6.3, I am unable to calibrate the Starling 2 in QGroundControl (Version 4.4.4)
      Error message: "set_position_target_local_ned: coordinate frame 0 unsupported"
      It seems the Starling 2 is sending a Mavlink message that is trying to set the coordinate frame to 0 (MAV_FRAME_GLOBAL), which cannot be processed by the local NED setpoint command.
      Any suggestions on how to correct this error would be appreciated.
      Thanks

      Eric KatzfeyE Offline
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      Eric Katzfey
      ModalAI Team
      wrote on last edited by
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      @Hector-Gutierrez What calibration step is not working? Are you running any custom software, like ROS or MAVSDK based applications? If you disable voxl-vision-hub does the error go away?

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      • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

        @Hector-Gutierrez What calibration step is not working? Are you running any custom software, like ROS or MAVSDK based applications? If you disable voxl-vision-hub does the error go away?

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        @Eric-Katzfey : I'm not running any custom software other than voxl-vision-hub.
        If I stop and disable voxl-vision-hub, the "set_position_target_local_ned: coordinate frame 0 unsupported" error goes away !
        With this I am able to complete calibration (compass and IMU) successfully in GQC, BUT drone fails to arm in Position mode even though QGC shows "Ready to Fly" and all Sensor status show as "normal".
        Checking VIO in VOXL Portal shows correct operation of VIO: VIO plot follows drone motion, which seems to indicate that VIO is working fine, but
        QGC shows "Yaw estimate error" , and "--" as altitude estimate, which prevent the drone from arming in Position mode.
        Then I re-enable and restart voxl-vision-hub.
        Now GQC receives altitude estimates and I'm able to arm the drone in position mode !
        So the trick seems to be to disable/stop voxl-vision-hub, calibrate IMU if needed, and enable/restart voxl-vision-hub, to be able to arm in Position mode.
        Seems odd but I'll take it ! Let me know if you have any comments or suggestions. Thanks.

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        • Hector GutierrezH Hector Gutierrez

          @Eric-Katzfey : I'm not running any custom software other than voxl-vision-hub.
          If I stop and disable voxl-vision-hub, the "set_position_target_local_ned: coordinate frame 0 unsupported" error goes away !
          With this I am able to complete calibration (compass and IMU) successfully in GQC, BUT drone fails to arm in Position mode even though QGC shows "Ready to Fly" and all Sensor status show as "normal".
          Checking VIO in VOXL Portal shows correct operation of VIO: VIO plot follows drone motion, which seems to indicate that VIO is working fine, but
          QGC shows "Yaw estimate error" , and "--" as altitude estimate, which prevent the drone from arming in Position mode.
          Then I re-enable and restart voxl-vision-hub.
          Now GQC receives altitude estimates and I'm able to arm the drone in position mode !
          So the trick seems to be to disable/stop voxl-vision-hub, calibrate IMU if needed, and enable/restart voxl-vision-hub, to be able to arm in Position mode.
          Seems odd but I'll take it ! Let me know if you have any comments or suggestions. Thanks.

          Eric KatzfeyE Offline
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          Eric Katzfey
          ModalAI Team
          wrote on last edited by
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          @Hector-Gutierrez Well, I'm happy that worked, but you shouldn't have to disable voxl-vision-hub like that. I only suggested that as a debug step. We'll take a look and see if we can reproduce the error and come up with a better solution.

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            Hey @Hector-Gutierrez
            I tried recreating your issue, however I am able to calibrate the imu over QGC and then arm the drone too, while running voxl-vision-hub and voxl-open-vins-server
            May I know what changes you made to voxl-vision-hub? Could you share your voxl-vision-hub.conf file too?
            Am I correct to assume that you made your changes to the voxl-vision-hub dev branch then installed it on the starling 2?

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            • A ApoorvThapliyal

              Hey @Hector-Gutierrez
              I tried recreating your issue, however I am able to calibrate the imu over QGC and then arm the drone too, while running voxl-vision-hub and voxl-open-vins-server
              May I know what changes you made to voxl-vision-hub? Could you share your voxl-vision-hub.conf file too?
              Am I correct to assume that you made your changes to the voxl-vision-hub dev branch then installed it on the starling 2?

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              Hector Gutierrez
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              @ApoorvThapliyal : the problem (Error message: "set_position_target_local_ned: coordinate frame 0 unsupported") appeared in QGC after updating VOXL SDK from 1.5.0 to 1.6.3.
              The error blocked me from being able to use QGC to calibrate or arm the drone. Stopping and restarting voxl-vision-hub solved the problem.
              For now I'm using voxl-vision-hub as it comes on SDK 1.6.3 (no changes yet) and have not made changes to the .conf file (yet).

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