I open the terminal window and select Pixhawk, choose the COM port, press connect, and all I get is garbage that continually prints. I’m using a Pixhawk 1 with Ardupilot. I want to analyze a flight failure and thought that looking at some files might help. But first I need to be able to use the terminal command line.
Start rant here: I have been trying to analyze important flight logs but find it to be a daunting job in Mission Planner. PX4 has a very nice Flight Review app that you upload the file to and get a beautiful report that is easy to understand and analyze. But the massive amount of data presented by Mission Planner flash logs is mind boggling. I’m just trying to get an education so I can get my work done. The fact that there are 7 year old obsolete tutorials still on-line in the resources I’m using doesn’t help a novice learn anything.
End rant.
Having said that, let me ask how I go about analyzing a flight to get the pertinent data regarding events and time lines so I can find out why a crash happens, or why a particular flight did something strange. That’s my goal. That’s what the PX4 Flight Review app does. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Besides the outdated videos which will be deleted, all other info is relevant in the docs. Indeed Ardupilot does not have automated tool which will tell you what went wrong. It needs some insights to find out what happened in a crash.
Hi, where can I find the terminal window in the newest MP version? I activated advanced layout in MP settings but the tab does not appear again. Could not find any notice in the manuals.
QGroundControl. At the Firmware tab after connecting USB it will give you a flash size. This is what a 1Mb Pixhawk looks like. The proper firmware for this board is Pixhawk1-1M
