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We have put the VOXL Flight deck on a custom H8 drone frame. It has been working well but we have been having an issue taking off in position mode. We also have a m500 with the VOXL flight deck so I know taking off in position mode is possible. I have been hand launching the H8 and have been very successful with this approach. We cannot do this all the time and am wondering Is there a minimum height the tracking camera needs to be off the ground for successful takeoff from an optical constraint? If not is there a parameter for setting this value? Been looking but have not found it.

Jeff

I have a generic question about this Adapter
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Can I use this with the implemented voxl-streamer app and get two video feeds sent down to qgc or would it require custom development.

Thanks

tom,

Thanks.

The reason i asked this question is because I tried a ANKER converter and it will not come up as a ethernet port in linux.

I'm trying to setup an usb to ethernet converter as described in

Doodle Labs User Guide

ModalAI technical documentation for VOXL and VOXL 2 Companion Computers for PX4 and ArduPilot Obstacle Avoidance and GPS-denied navigation, assembled in the USA

ModalAI Technical Docs (docs.modalai.com)

It references this specific adapter but it is not in stock.

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC704LL/A/apple-usb-ethernet-adapter

Are there a list of usb to ethernet adapter that can work on the VOXL usb expansion board?

I believe I found the issue. My battery was at 34% capacity while I was flying. (I am running a 4s 3300mah). I fully charged the battery and it performs as expected.

Is there some lower voltage bound we need to be aware of?

This is background I understand what I did wrong I just want to give the proper information to help me debug what is going on.
I had and incident where I did not properly check the tightness of the self tightening props and had one come off during some stabilization testing. with the loss of the prop the drone flipped upside down and hit on the GPS from about 5' AGL. I repaired everything but the system will not perform up to its previous capability. Now if I change position too much(with an external force) I get a loss of position data and it fail safes to altitude mode.
I have not touched any of the parameters or software services. the m500 is exactly as we received it.

All VIO data appears to be working correctly and I am wondering if I damaged the compass?
How do I diagnose if it is a bad compass or if I damaged something else?

Thanks,
I missed that going through the documentation.
We would prefer to use the direct add on but what we already purchased is
https://www.airborneinnovations.com/ai/products/picoradio/

We also need to incorporate FIPS 140.2 validated radios.
Currently microhard does not have FIPS 140.2 Validated radios and Doodle labs in in process. Doodle labs is borderline for us on throughput for our application. So we need to see about integrating different radios which could require a adaptor cable.

Is there a pinout for the J1 connector for the micorhard add on?

We have the airbone innovations picoradio module and the radio chip is soldered in place.
Wondering if we can make an adaptor cable to use this radio on our FlightStack?

Has anyone tried the flight deck on an octocopter?
From going through the setup it appears this is a valid option and with 8 pwm outputs I can control all the motors.

Just want to make sure I'm not missing anything

I am currently using the VOXL flight deck.

We are flying in a very confined space and would like to have more situational awareness. I can already access the 4 cameras using the VOXL-streamer. I was thinking about adding another VOXL with 3 HighRes cameras. Is this possible? Is there a way to tie two different VOXL boards to one microhard radio or would this require multiple radios?