Mode 2 stick PixHawk pins

ArduRover Miscellaneous
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I am at a lost at this point - I am sure it’s something silly i’m doing wrong but at this point, i’m stuck.
I am trying to set the throttle to Ch3 and the steering to Ch4 as it stats in the PixHawk quick start guide. Throttle works properly, right stick as I wanted but Steering will not. I also tried tiring it to the CH4 100% RUD but that did not work either. If I leave things setup the same way my quadrocopter I can get it to work with left stick by using different pins on pixhawk,

  1. What am i doing wrong?
  2. Can I change the pins that Pixhawk uses for throttle and steering?

Current Setup:
PixHawk

Turnigy er9x - mode 2
PPM Encoder

Mixes
CH3 100% ELE
CH4 100% AIL
CH5 100% P3

-Patrick

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I should probably add that my Receiver mapped 1:1 to the PPM inputs. 1-1, 2-2, 3-3 I did not mix which cross channels like it says in the APM2.6 setup instructions… Maybe that’s my problem?

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Guess I’ll keep posting my updates in case someone else has the same problems…

Ok, I have it working now. I guess I just was not reading the “right” directions. :confused:

In the APMRover instructions found here -> rover.ardupilot.com/wiki/common- … ick-start/

It says to use channel 1 for ESC and 3 for steering. – IT NOW WORKS!
I had to remap the channels:
CH1 100% ELE
CH3 100% AIL
CH5 100% P3 (6 positions switch mod)
Be sure you are NOT in hold mode when testing… seems obvious but yeah I forgot that too sometimes which makes troubleshooting impossible!

-Patrick

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i seem to be having a similar problem.
Dx6i Tx
(new) AR7700 w/ remote (spektrum now offers ppm) Rx
did my reciever switch.
ppm output seems to be in mode [right throttle] i need mode [left throttle]
(i can never remember which is which)
all my flight modes are still intact n such
seems there should be a box i can check in ardupilot to recognise the change