AQ Simulator (HILS) info/discussion

[Max]

[Max]

[Max]

[afernan]

Hi Max: I´ve test the version "jMAVSim-AutoQuad-v160430.0".
Same results for me: all working fine, except the "Toileting" in PH but only in my LapTop i7, but not in the NUC i5 that works fine (as before).

I´ll try other M4 I have to see if it repeats this behaviour. Is it possible to compile the aq fw for v6? so we can search for other clue.

Angel

[chschmid]

Hi Max

Supercool. I flew a bit this morning. Thanks for the huge effort to make this happen.

A special remark on the Incl/Decl. I used the values for incl directly from AQ (= *-1). This screwed the sim. Use unchanged values.
How did you say to connect GCS. Is there a way to share the USB connection or listen/send at the JMavSim side?

Cheers
Christof

[LPR]

Christof

I connected an FTDI to the serial port on the M4 and have it connected to the PC. I use USB for the HILS connected to my laptop.

I have some practice on the HILS and now flying in ACRO is quite easy after you get the timing for flips down.

Larry

[Max]

[Max]

Hi Christof, glad you like it!

Yes as Larry says, just use a separate serial connection for telemetry data (BT, wired FTDI, XBee, whatever... I mostly use an M4 on an N4 w/on-board BT).

Even though jMAVSim has a Mavlink pass-through feature (eg. to forward all messages to QGC via UDP), it's not useful for AQ because the HILS connection type doesn't send any of the normal telemetry data, only what is required for a stable HILS. Actually using Mavlink for HILS at all is a temporary convenience and will probably be replaced by a more efficient protocol in the future.

The fact that we have to reverse the mag. incl. setting in AQ is a bit absurd... I wish there was an easy way to change that requirement at this point. Only clean way I can think of would be replacing the existing param with a new one, but that's still far from ideal.

Cheers,
-Max

[afernan]

Thanks Max: I´ll try that along this WE. Yesterday I tested on a different M4 board (my first M4, so v1, r8.5) and performed the same than before in both NUCi5 and LapTopi7. So same behaviour in M4v2 (8.6) and M4v1(8.5)

In the LapTop (HP-Spectre X-360 i7) I get 64fps in full screen and similar in a medium size window.

Angel

[afernan]

I´ve tested with a aqv6.1 using FTDI cable to serial port 1 at 115200 and 230400 bad. It oscilated a lot but I still could fly, even doing a PH (although very bad). Much better with 230400 that with 115200.

Short video here: https://youtu.be/mNbu9dxGifw

Angel