by emil_m » Mon Nov 12, 2012 2:29 pm
Hi Jan,
The truth is the AQ6 does not really support VN-100.
Here is e-mail from VectorNav:
"Emilian,
Thanks for your inquiry. As you were informed, we did develop an experimental VN-100 firmware for testing on Mr. Nesbitt's quadrotor platforms. The modifications required eliminating or crippling much of the typical VN-100 feature set, and as such we cannot currently support the firmware as we do our standard product. Additionally, this firmware was developed over a year ago on previous hardware and firmware revisions, and is not directly compatible with your hardware.
However, if you will agree to being a beta tester, I will begin porting the required changes into our latest firmware line for the hardware you have. I cannot guarantee a schedule, but I estimate that it will take me a couple of weeks to perform the software engineering and some initial testing. I would like to emphasize that I do not have an AutoQuad board, and I will not be able to guarantee compatibility or performance in that application. However, I would appreciate any feedback and will try to help you where I can. Of course, you will be able to revert back to the stock, supported firmware at any time if desired.
Let me know if you would be interested in working with me to test an updated experimental version of the VN-100 firmware that will support the AutoQuad and we will move forward from there.
Best regards,
James"
Emil.