Antenna Tracker - Step By Step Setup and Simulator

lorbass · January 6, 2020, 10:07am

I found another Gimbal for this application:

Matt · April 11, 2020, 1:37am

I was unhappy with the amount of GPS ‘wander’ I was getting with a normal M8N GPS using GPS/SBAS/GLONASS. So I installed a second GPS to blend in Beidu and Galileo, which it improved quite a bit. However, the setting that made a major difference was GPS_NAVFILTER.

A summary of the setting is available here: https://discuss.ardupilot.org/uploads/short-url/jBfmt7aXvG31ldCiktTQsNG0Jfh.pdf.

I’d strongly recommend setting GPS_NAVFILTER to 2 (stationary) if you’re having any problems with GPS wander.

Ktrpilot · May 20, 2020, 2:37am

This is excellent! thanks! I have a problem on arming where an error pops up “InternalError iomcu_reset” and the tracker then freezes. has anyone else come across this? and how did you fix it?

herdmay1 · August 19, 2021, 4:24am

I wish there was a way to simply change the default direction. From north to the direction of the mission , a regular 180/90 degree servos / Maestro would be good enough for most of the missions that are south and east/ west bound … super simple to setup and pretty accurate too… is it so difficult to do?

silahsor · September 20, 2021, 11:30pm

hi… i have same proplem .
i try to build tracker pixhawk 2.4.8 i make all… all calibrations ok. i follow all tips .
but last when i make arm AT , its give me İnternalError 0x1000 . i dont find any solutions

did you find it ?
someone ?

flat-earther · July 2, 2024, 1:29pm

I experienced the same problem as Lars_Meadoworth when trying to test my tracker with simulator with the tracker connected to Mission Planner via USB cable;
when I set the Mavlink output to the trackers COM and baud it gives me the message ‘if using com0com please rename the ports to COM??’

Lukas6231 · October 1, 2024, 5:35pm

ive ran into the same issue, what ill do is set the tracker to auto mode, then disconnect it leaving the com port open. That allows the serial forwarding to function and ill get the long audible tone, however even though I get the tone indicating track, the tracker stays in what looks like a scan function, looking left and right by a few degrees for about a minute before tilting all the way up, rotating about 30 degrees before tilting down and starting its scan again