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    Paul Carff

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    • RE: 5G modem

      @M-al-khatib
      I followed the directions :https://docs.modalai.com/sentinel-user-guide-connect-gcs/#vpn-setup
      There is a link in the middle
      "In order to install the Tailscale client on VOXL 2, follow these instructions: Installing Tailscale on Ubuntu 18.04."
      That worked settng up TailScale for me very easily.

      posted in Sentinel
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      Paul Carff

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    • Increasing the number of radio channels

      Hi All,

      I am using a Spectrum ix14 transmitter, QGC and SDK 1.3.5 on the Sentinel. I can see channels 1-7 during calibration. How do I add channels?

      posted in Sentinel
      Paul CarffP
      Paul Carff
    • RE: 5G modem

      @M-al-khatib
      I followed the directions :https://docs.modalai.com/sentinel-user-guide-connect-gcs/#vpn-setup
      There is a link in the middle
      "In order to install the Tailscale client on VOXL 2, follow these instructions: Installing Tailscale on Ubuntu 18.04."
      That worked settng up TailScale for me very easily.

      posted in Sentinel
      Paul CarffP
      Paul Carff
    • WiFi connectivity

      I have a Sentinel with the 5G modem installed.

      I have not put in a sim card yet and have been operating using the alpha WiFi antenna. I had my maiden flight today including doing a waypoint mission wiht QGC.

      I had a lot of disconnect / reconnect announces. I was not flying far - 50m max and no more than 10m high.
      I have a travel router taped to the top of my monitor as the connection point.

      What can I look at to see if the signal is fluxuating and really that weak?
      Do I need to shift to 5G? (maybe the SANAV anntennas will make a difference?)

      I am also starting to learn how to use logs. If there is a good tutorial I can look at I will certainly spend time there.

      posted in Sentinel
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      Paul Carff
    • RE: Calibrating Cameras

      @Paul-Carff OK I guess 4th time is a charm. I completed successfully on the 4th try.

      posted in Sentinel
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      Paul Carff
    • Calibrating Cameras

      I seem to have successfully calibrated the tracking camera and the front stereo cameras.

      However the rear stereo cameras are not so easy:
      This is on a sentinel wiht SDK 1.0.0

      voxl2:~$ voxl-calibrate-camera stereo_rear -s 6x9 -l 0.036
      Please open voxl-portal in a web browser to view the camera calibrator overlay stream
      Calibrating Left Camera
      Matrix
      [501.6341078021471, 0, 312.0570434152602;
      0, 501.6987891542731, 222.2877324066488;
      0, 0, 1]
      Distortion
      [-0.1502441527526627;
      0.03136514258800416;
      5.047978211251211e-06;
      0.0007012198359013242;
      0]
      distortion_model: plumb_bob
      Re-projection error reported by calibrateCamera: 0.339971
      Calibration Succeded!
      Calibrating Right Camera
      Matrix
      [499.4811952338386, 0, 314.4191622715103;
      0, 499.6489291511509, 227.6223607658805;
      0, 0, 1]
      Distortion
      [-0.1549310463664996;
      0.03293348747609434;
      -0.0007877854337037341;
      0.0003367908453812461;
      0]
      distortion_model: plumb_bob
      Re-projection error reported by calibrateCamera: 0.322899
      Calibration Succeded!
      Calibrating Extrinsics
      4 frames will be processed
      R
      [0.9986976114002246, -0.05097017966660664, -0.002263132395515557;
      0.05095755996436296, 0.9986866400336852, -0.005321851248074788;
      0.002531415802302149, 0.005199596424927816, 0.999983277925713]
      T
      [-0.08038782105206063;
      -0.005256904223362341;
      0.003021027838004832]
      Re-projection error reported by stereoCalibrate: 0.524123
      Detected horizontal stereo pair
      Distance between cameras: 0.0804
      Extrinsics Calibration Failed
      exceeded allowable max reprojection error: 0.5

      Saved intrinsics to: /data/modalai/opencv_stereo_rear_intrinsics.yml
      Exiting Cleanly
      voxl2:~$

      posted in Sentinel
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      Paul Carff
    • RE: How to load parameters

      @Eric-Katzfey Thank you

      posted in Sentinel
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      Paul Carff
    • RE: How to load parameters

      @Paul-Carff I have upgraded to voxl2_sdk1.0.0 onto my Sentinel.

      I believe this SDK uses px4 version is 1.14 Should I be using the v1.14 params now?

      posted in Sentinel
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      Paul Carff
    • RE: Detected 0 radio channels. To operate PX4 you need at least 5 channels

      @Paul-Carff
      Well that is embarassing. -s not -t

      Thanks all for the help - can close this one out as operator error.

      posted in Sentinel
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      Paul Carff
    • RE: Detected 0 radio channels. To operate PX4 you need at least 5 channels

      @Paul-Carff OMG - I just read my notes when I first configured and I wrote down that I used voxl-bind -s
      Can't wait to test when I get home tonight.

      posted in Sentinel
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      Paul Carff
    • RE: Detected 0 radio channels. To operate PX4 you need at least 5 channels

      @RichieRich
      Connected a new radio and have the same issue.

      This is curious as I can put it into bind mode via adb shell or ssh and voxl-bind -t or voxl-bind-spektrum -t depending on the SDK version.
      So it does communicate.

      Confirm I am using the 22 ms setting and now that I just re-read your note and looking at the githhub:

      Command Line Options

      -d, --debug enable debug messages
      -h, --help print this help messsage
      -t, --DSM2_22 3 pulses (DSM2 1024/22ms)
      -f, --DSM2_11 5 pulses (DSM2 2048/11ms)
      -s, --DSMX_22 7 pulses (DSMX 22ms)

      I will give the -s command a test tonight.

      I am doing this on my own time in the evenings - sorry I am so slow to respond.

      posted in Sentinel
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      Paul Carff