ArduRover 3.1.1 Arming Issue

ArduRover Rover 3.1
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@dkemxr,
Since I competed successfully in various Rover competitions at very high speeds I found that being able to switch from Auto to Manual instantly and pull the joystick back for full reverse saved the bacon many times when my Rover was headed for a crash.
Regards,
TCIII AVD

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Thank you for the sage advise Thomas. I’m sure there are many circumstance I haven’t properly considered as I get this Rover project rolling.

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Hi, thanks for the reply.

I still have the problem of disarming after putting the “throttle” on the “pitch” channel. (mode 2)
Arming works (steering stick to the right in manual mode), serov1-out for steering, servo2-out for throttle works.

I can only disarm via hardware-safety-switch or in the GS. Not possible with steering stick (ail) to the left…

Arming (“roll”) stick to the right => warning : hardware-safety-switch => press it => tu-tu-teet beep =>
hardware-safety-switch => press it => led blinks => hardware-safety-switch => press it => tu-tu-teet beep (again) => stick to the right => armed! => hardware-safety-switch => press it => disarmed => hardware-safety-switch => press it => no beeps and just armed !

manu

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Are you using a skid steering rover? You can’t disarm a skid steering rover from the transmitter because it would turn left as you were trying to disarm. This was original on the wiki but appears to have disappeared. I’ll put it back.

manuirk if your not using a skid steering rover please attach a log file and I will have a look.

Thanks, Grant.

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@gmorph the problem is also present on SITL on both normal and skid steer !

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Really? Damn. I disarmed on my real Rover over the weekend so its odd. I’m in the middle of something but I will look into it as soon as I can.

Thanks, Grant.

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skid_steer_in and out are both 0.
apmlog_20170221.txt (145.8 KB)

Thanks
manu

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@manulrk,
Skid_Steer_Out should be 1 as a minimum for skid steering to function.
Regards,
TCIII AVD

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I have a normal rc-car, 1 servo for the steering.
Mode-2, Ch1(Elev)=Throttle, Ch2(Ail/Roll)=Left/Right
Arming= Ch1 middle, Ch2 to the right
Disarming= Ch1 middle, Ch2 to the LEFT ?

Thanks
manu

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Hi, any feedback on this issue?
thanks
manu

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I have just fixed my other issue so I will get to this shortly.

Thanks, Grant.

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Hello Grant,
Did you make any progression on this issue?
thanks
manu

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@RayN - I have tested on my skid steering rover with 3.1.1 and I can ARM no problem. Remember that disarming doesn’t work on skid steering rovers as it means you rover would turn around in circles whilst trying to disarm.

@manulrk - I tested on my standard Rover with my standard setup and I can arm and disarm. I need a log file from you to investigate further - the one you posted previously is in an odd format - a tlog would be better. I assume you have changed the RCMAP_* parameters to reflect your changed channel setup?

Thanks, Grant.

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@manulrk - I take it back I can’t disarm. I’ll figure it out and fix it now.

Thanks, Grant.

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I’ve created a new Rover release. v3.1.2 is building now and should be available in a few hours. It has arming fixed. Once it is built and available I’ll post to the main thread about the release being available.

Thanks, Grant.

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Awesome, it disarms! Thanks Grant.

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Sorry for relating this to 3.1.2 but how do you DISARM with the sticks? And most important; is there no way to simply arm and disarm with a switch on the tx?

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To arm : steer stick full left, to disarm steer stick full right, it only works on normal rover not on Skid steer ones.
For now, it is not possible to arm/disarm with a switch, it will come with the next 3.2 release

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Ok, will it also include proper tank steering in all modes? And could we
hope for this to be released say, within a couple of days? I’d be happy to
help in any way possible!

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We have completly simple normal rover and tank control, so tank mode should be much better now.
No ETA for the next release, I hope to go on new beta soon if we get time to correct current bugs found.