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    Best posts made by Gary Holmgren

    • RE: voxl 2 external rangefinder compatibility

      @jonathankampia Was able to configure the correct startup script as described here. Thanks!

      posted in Ask your questions right here!
      Gary HolmgrenG
      Gary Holmgren
    • RE: Holybro VL53L1X Lidar Support?

      @Gary-Holmgren Figured it out, I hope this helps others with a similar setup.

      I didn't notice before but in the usr/bin/voxl-px4-start script there is a comment:

      # qshell vl53l1x start -X -b 4
      

      Which you can make or replace to change the DISTANCE_SENSOR condition to:

      if [ "$DISTANCE_SENSOR" == "VL53L1X" ]; then
      	# Make sure to set the parameter SENS_EN_VL53L1X to 1 
      	qshell vl53l1x start -X -b 4
      	# qshell lightware_laser_serial start -d 7
      

      Then you can change the voxl-px4-conf to:

      DISTANCE_SENSOR=VL53L1X
      

      After setting the relevant distance sensor / EKF2 params in QGC you should be able to restart voxl-px4 and the distance sensor will appear!

      posted in Ask your questions right here!
      Gary HolmgrenG
      Gary Holmgren
    • Holybro VL53L1X Lidar Support?

      Hi i have been following along on this forum post about connecting an external rangefinder to VOXL 2's J19 QUP3 i2c connector for altitude/landing purposes. I have the Holybro version of this VL53L1X sensor. Supported in PX4. I am wondering if anyone else has tried to make this work directly with PX4 through the DSP.

      I had tried editing the parameters for EKF2_HGT, and EKF2_RNG_CTL. As well as adding SENS_EN_VL53L1X 1 to the startup script. when I manually configure SENS_EN_VL53L1X 1 in QGC with the mavlink console (parameter is normally hidden) it works to enable it. However when I try to use SENS_EN_VL53L1X 1 in the voxl-px4.conf in EXTRA_STEPS=() file and restart voxl-px4 then QGC is no longer able to connect to voxl 2's px4 instance. Either way the distance sensor data is not being published or working correctly. I have triple checked my wiring to be as follows:
      c6c030f0-7782-494c-875a-976aaba5891f-image.png

      I also noticed for DISTANCE_SENSOR=NONE a comment states: "Options include: [NONE, LIGHTWARE_SF000] " is there a plan to include more options here or is this being replaced by the voxl-rangefinder-server.

      It appears ModalAi's forked PX4 does include the drivers for this as shown:

      c603790b-07c9-40e0-94f1-14a9f6015ec0-image.png

      posted in Ask your questions right here!
      Gary HolmgrenG
      Gary Holmgren