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Odometry not showing in QGC mavlink inspector

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    Samuel Marchetti
    wrote on last edited by
    #1

    Hi all,

    As the title states, I have no odometry showing up in QGC, and I'm getting X/Y position error. My voxl-vision-hub and voxl-open-vins-server are all up and running, and I have tested with voxl-inspect-vins and voxl-portal to confirm that features are good and extrinsics are correctly configured. I have attached a copy of my Vision Hub and OpenVins server conf files. I also have all the default params for the indoor no-GPS drone configuration. Here you can see all of the params from this log.

    For reference, I am building a custom x8 quad using the VOXL 2 mini as my flight controller with no GPS or mag attached, as it is an indoor drone.

    {
            "en_auto_reset":        true,
            "auto_reset_max_velocity":      20,
            "auto_reset_max_v_cov_instant": 0.20000000298023224,
            "auto_reset_max_v_cov": 0.20000000298023224,
            "auto_reset_max_v_cov_timeout_s":       0.5,
            "auto_reset_min_features":      5,
            "auto_reset_min_feature_timeout_s":     10,
            "ok_state_grace_timeout_s":     2,
            "auto_fallback_timeout_s":      3,
            "auto_fallback_min_v":  0.600000023841858,
            "en_cont_yaw_checks":   false,
            "fast_yaw_thresh":      5,
            "fast_yaw_timeout_s":   1.75,
            "yaml_folder":  "/usr/share/modalai/voxl-open-vins/VoxlConfig/custom_tunnel",
            "using_stereo": 0,
            "takeoff_alt_threshold":        0.1,
            "takeoff_occlude_stereo_left":  false,
            "takeoff_occlude_stereo_right": false,
            "sync_config":  true,
            "fusion_rate_dt_ms":    33,
            "imu_body_frame_mode":  true,
            "quality_low_thresh_initial":   15,
            "quality_low_thresh_good":      14,
            "quality_high_thresh":  35,
            "quality_initial_to_bad_count": 20,
            "quality_initial_to_good_count":        50,
            "quality_bad_to_good_count":    60,
            "quality_good_to_bad_count":    45
    }
    
    {
            "config_file_version":  1,
            "en_localhost_mavlink_udp":     false,
            "localhost_udp_port_number":    14551,
            "en_vio":       true,
            "vio_pipe":     "ov",
            "secondary_vio_pipe":   "ov",
            "vfc_vio_pipe": "ov",
            "en_reset_vio_if_initialized_inverted": true,
            "vio_warmup_s": 3,
            "send_odom_while_failed":       true,
            "horizon_cal_tolerance":        0.5,
            "en_hitl":      false,
            "offboard_mode":        "vfc",
            "follow_tag_id":        0,
            "figure_eight_move_home":       true,
            "robot_radius": 0.300000011920929,
            "collision_sampling_dt":        0.1,
            "max_lookahead_distance":       1,
            "wps_move_home":        true,
            "wps_stride":   0,
            "wps_timeout":  0,
            "wps_damp":     1,
            "wps_vfc_mission":      true,
            "wps_vfc_mission_loop": false,
            "wps_vfc_mission_to_ramp":      25,
            "wps_vfc_mission_to_kp":        0.10000000149011612,
            "wps_vfc_mission_cruise_speed": 1,
            "tracking_trigger_ch":  12,
            "tracking_trigger_ch_thresh_temp":      1200,
            "tracking_trigger_ch_thresh_new":       1800,
            "en_tag_fixed_frame":   false,
            "fixed_frame_filter_len":       5,
            "en_transform_mavlink_pos_setpoints_from_fixed_frame":  false,
            "en_voa":       false,
            "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
                    }]
    }
    

    If anyone has any recommendations, please let me know. I've been stuck on this for a while.

    Thanks,
    Sam

    Eric KatzfeyE 1 Reply Last reply
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    • S Samuel Marchetti

      Hi all,

      As the title states, I have no odometry showing up in QGC, and I'm getting X/Y position error. My voxl-vision-hub and voxl-open-vins-server are all up and running, and I have tested with voxl-inspect-vins and voxl-portal to confirm that features are good and extrinsics are correctly configured. I have attached a copy of my Vision Hub and OpenVins server conf files. I also have all the default params for the indoor no-GPS drone configuration. Here you can see all of the params from this log.

      For reference, I am building a custom x8 quad using the VOXL 2 mini as my flight controller with no GPS or mag attached, as it is an indoor drone.

      {
              "en_auto_reset":        true,
              "auto_reset_max_velocity":      20,
              "auto_reset_max_v_cov_instant": 0.20000000298023224,
              "auto_reset_max_v_cov": 0.20000000298023224,
              "auto_reset_max_v_cov_timeout_s":       0.5,
              "auto_reset_min_features":      5,
              "auto_reset_min_feature_timeout_s":     10,
              "ok_state_grace_timeout_s":     2,
              "auto_fallback_timeout_s":      3,
              "auto_fallback_min_v":  0.600000023841858,
              "en_cont_yaw_checks":   false,
              "fast_yaw_thresh":      5,
              "fast_yaw_timeout_s":   1.75,
              "yaml_folder":  "/usr/share/modalai/voxl-open-vins/VoxlConfig/custom_tunnel",
              "using_stereo": 0,
              "takeoff_alt_threshold":        0.1,
              "takeoff_occlude_stereo_left":  false,
              "takeoff_occlude_stereo_right": false,
              "sync_config":  true,
              "fusion_rate_dt_ms":    33,
              "imu_body_frame_mode":  true,
              "quality_low_thresh_initial":   15,
              "quality_low_thresh_good":      14,
              "quality_high_thresh":  35,
              "quality_initial_to_bad_count": 20,
              "quality_initial_to_good_count":        50,
              "quality_bad_to_good_count":    60,
              "quality_good_to_bad_count":    45
      }
      
      {
              "config_file_version":  1,
              "en_localhost_mavlink_udp":     false,
              "localhost_udp_port_number":    14551,
              "en_vio":       true,
              "vio_pipe":     "ov",
              "secondary_vio_pipe":   "ov",
              "vfc_vio_pipe": "ov",
              "en_reset_vio_if_initialized_inverted": true,
              "vio_warmup_s": 3,
              "send_odom_while_failed":       true,
              "horizon_cal_tolerance":        0.5,
              "en_hitl":      false,
              "offboard_mode":        "vfc",
              "follow_tag_id":        0,
              "figure_eight_move_home":       true,
              "robot_radius": 0.300000011920929,
              "collision_sampling_dt":        0.1,
              "max_lookahead_distance":       1,
              "wps_move_home":        true,
              "wps_stride":   0,
              "wps_timeout":  0,
              "wps_damp":     1,
              "wps_vfc_mission":      true,
              "wps_vfc_mission_loop": false,
              "wps_vfc_mission_to_ramp":      25,
              "wps_vfc_mission_to_kp":        0.10000000149011612,
              "wps_vfc_mission_cruise_speed": 1,
              "tracking_trigger_ch":  12,
              "tracking_trigger_ch_thresh_temp":      1200,
              "tracking_trigger_ch_thresh_new":       1800,
              "en_tag_fixed_frame":   false,
              "fixed_frame_filter_len":       5,
              "en_transform_mavlink_pos_setpoints_from_fixed_frame":  false,
              "en_voa":       false,
              "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
                      }]
      }
      

      If anyone has any recommendations, please let me know. I've been stuck on this for a while.

      Thanks,
      Sam

      Eric KatzfeyE Offline
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      Eric Katzfey
      ModalAI Team
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      @Samuel-Marchetti Perhaps this can help with the odometry? https://forum.modalai.com/topic/3341/odometry-message/3?_=1782862595827

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