@Eric-Katzfey said in Issues with controller and drone:
In your earlier screen shot voxl-px4, and voxl-mavlink-server were both enabled and running.
Just to be clear, that image you are referencing was the second photo related to the voxl-inspect-services after I enabled and started the px4 service. The first photo shows it not enabled and not running.
Upon power cycling, I have to enable it every time we attempt to fly.
@Eric-Katzfey Hello Eric I have downloaded the PX4 logs- I managed to get a link for one of the logs, the internal timestamp is messed up and I believe this is the most recent one. Here is the link : https://logs.px4.io/plot_app?log=db2c6cd3-f6c9-4bf8-b5bc-dc5ac185c752
@Eric-Katzfey I have the PX4 log files in a zipped folder but I do not see a way to upload them to the forum.
@Eric-Katzfey Hi Eric Im not at the computer right now and the px4 logs are the same as the ones above, the props arent spinning even when armed on QGroundControl.
@Eric-Katzfey It gets armed but the drone does not fly/respond to the controller inputs.
@Eric-Katzfey I understand that but do you know why the controller inputs arent being received by the drone? We have no idea what is causing this.
@Eric-Katzfey That is the problem. Every time I power cycle the system, it does not keep the services necessary for flight enabled. I will power cycle the drone to show that it does not stay enabled. After power cycling I enabled the px4 service because it was not enable on start up so that I can view the vehicle status.
The preflight failed in the adb shell. But is passing in QGC.
I can see the radio RC transmitter moving the joysticks in QGC but the drone does NOT take off. So movement commands sent via the controller are being seen but not used by the drone. 
This is what I mean by the joystick inputs not working. These photos show that the controller is connected and the inputs are being read. However, the drone is not using them.
@Eric-Katzfey The desicion to use systemctl start voxl-px4 was because from what i understand it is that the system boots and services necessary to flight should be enabled and running once a preflight has passed. Our preflight was showing pass but the systems never enabled even though the preset is enabled.
So I am trying to force it to start.
When I force it to start I can run the following commands to verify that my preflight has failed in the px4.
Now the system is up and running
Now to check the preflight status:
Here the preflight has failed but in QGround Control its stating a pass and that we are ready to fly.
@Eric-Katzfey Hello Eric! Thank you for replying, we were doing that because it was what chatgpt asked and recommended us to do to try to reboot the PX4 system.
@Eric-Katzfey Hello again Eric! It seems the PX4s servers arent running.
voxl2:/$ systemctl stop voxl-px4
voxl2:/$ /usr/bin/voxl-px4-start
AIRFRAME:
GPS:
RC:
ESC:
POWER MANAGER:
AIRSPEED SENSOR:
DISTANCE SENSOR:
OSD:
ARTIFACT_MODE:
EXTRA STEPS:
Running on M0054
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
Starting IMU driver with no rotation
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
Looking for qmc5883l magnetometer
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
Looking for ist8310 magnetometer
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
Looking for ist8308 magnetometer
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
Looking for ncp5623c RGB LED
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
No ESC type specified, not starting an ESC driver
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
ERROR [px4] PX4 server not running
/usr/bin/voxl-px4-start: line 199: [: =: unary operator expected
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@Eric-Katzfey Eric let me clear some things up. I have a Starling 2 that has a new esc and a new cable that connects the ESC to the Voxl and I have another self made drone made using parts from a starling 2 (lets call this drone the personal drone). Right now the personal drone's ESC is working and is also connected to the Commando 8 controller BUT. this drone is not receiving inputs from the RC despite being connected. Q Ground Control IS still seeing the connection and seeing the switches on the Commando controller being moved. Please advise! Thank you.
@Eric-Katzfey Hello Eric, I am using the Commando RC transmitter, and the joystick are the sticks on it sorry if I phrased that weird but essentially on Q Ground Control I am getting a reading from the RC controller and when I move the sticks I see it moving on Q Ground Control. Another issue I found was that I ran a voxl-esc check on the Starling 2 and it wasnt detecting any ESCs. I then swapped the current ESC with a new ESC and a new data cable and when it started I heard a different chirp and then ran the voxl-esc command again and this was the output:
starling2 (D0014):/$ voxl-esc
What do you want to do?
ERROR: not all ESCs found
FAILED to ping ESCs when calling scan script
disabling bridge
Sending kill slpi command!
re-enabling voxl-px4
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/voxl-px4.service → /etc/systemd/system/voxl-px4.service.
restarting voxl-px4
bridge disabled
DONE
I don't think the ESC and the VOXL are communicating from my limited understanding of the output; am I right to assume that?
I have a starling 2 that was working a week ago, today I plugged in the Titan battery and despite being connected on QGround Control and showing that its connected on the controller as well the joystick inputs will not read. The arm and disarm are reading along with the switches and the joysticks are reading in the calibration page on QGroundControl. What can I do to get the drone flying?
