I bought a pixhawk from Holybro that shipped with the PX4 flight stack. I would like to install the ArduPilot flight stack, particularly the latest Arduplane.
When I plug in the usb in order to get to the installing firmware page, nothing appears except a white screen with the ability to select the firmware upload com port. I’m not connected to the board but when I select the port, nothing changes then either. Do I need to change a setting in APM possibly?
I came across this post that sounded like the same problem. I’m on a mac as well running High Sierra. The last response sounds like it’s a problem with which server APM was pointing to in order to get firmware. He says the problem was fixed back in March/April with the official build. Is this correct, or do I need to build the software from the GitHub repository?
I started with QGroundControl but tried APM because QGC could not find the specified firmware download location (verbatim error message). I then tried to install a custom firmware by downloading the Arduplane firmware and installing it as a custom firmware. My board ID is listed as 50 but I don’t seem to see one for that that on the Arduplane download link.
Is this the correct repository/software for the board I have?
Edit: I also found this set of firmware for a board with an ID of 50 but QGC only allows me to install .px4 files.
I tried removing the v2.0.25 APM and installing the beta v2.0.26-rc2. I still had a blank screen when I tried to install the firmware.
I’ve downloaded the fmuv5 beta firmware but QCG doesn’t allow me to select any file except a .px4 file. I’m looking at this firmware, which doesn’t have a .px4 file.