Copter-4.5.0-beta3 has been released for beta testing and can be installed using Mission Planner or QGC’s “beta firmwares” links. Alternatively it can be directly downloaded from firmware.ardupilot.org.
The changes vs -beta2 can be seen in the ReleaseNotes and they’re also copied below.
Board specific changes
added PixFlamingo F7 board
support ICM42688 on BlitzF745AIO
fixed IMU orientation of CubeRedSecondary
enable all FPV features on SpeedyBeeF405WING
System level changes
improved robustness of CRSF parser
reduced memory used by DDS/ROS2
added filesystem crc32 binding in lua scripting
support visual odometry quality metric and added autoswitching lua script
allow for expansion of fence storage to microSD for larger pologon fences
allow FTP upload of fence and rally points
fixed vehicle type of ship simulation for ship landing
make severity level depend on generator error level in IE 2400 generator
speed up initial GPS probe by using SERIALn_BAUD first
allow NanoRadar radar and proximity sensor to share the CAN bus
added MR72 CAN proximity sensor
only produce *_with_bl.hex not *.hex in builds if bootloader available
fixed check for GPS antenna separation in moving baseline yaw
added GPS_DRV_OPTIONS options for fully parsing RTCMv3 stream
fixed logging of RTCM fragments in GPS driver
fixed video recording while armed
robostness and logging improvements for ExternalAHRS
fixed RPM from bdshot on boards with IOMCU
fixed accel cal simple to remove unused IMUs
Copter specific changes
check fence breaches more often on copter for smaller overrun
improved copter follow mode at close distances
fixed default for FLTD for yaw
fixed reset_target_and_rate method in attitude control
In terms of when will the 4.5.0 stable version be released, we still have a few issues to overcome so there will certainly be at least one more beta. Still, we’re getting there and any and all feedback helps us get there sooner!
I’m having issues reading the settings from a Lumenier Elite Pro 4in1 60A ESC using BLH passthrough. It always returns ESC#1 UNKNOWN, while the others work fine. I tested my ESC spares too but I got the same result. I’m using a CubeOrangePlus with Dshot600 enabled running the latest Copter-4.5-beta3 FW.
Yes, regarding @andyp1per’s comment on the CubeOrange AUX1 issue, it’s mentioned here on the AP wiki. Of course we don’t expect every person to read every line in the wiki but just for future reference.
Flying 4.5Beta2 on an X8 and Orange Cube H7 using DShot and DShot working great! However, having problems with log files on the SD card being overwritten/replaced (i.e arm, fly a sortie, disarm, after starting with an empty SD card, and log file 01 is created, but when power down, replace battery, power up, arm, fly another sortie, disarm, and then go to retrieve the second log file, its numbered 01, and there is only one file. Perhaps I have a setting wrong, but I haven’t experienced this issue before moving over to 4.5 Beta2. Am I missing something, or could this be a bug. Yesterday completed several flights without the issue (i.e. multiple log files created), but intermittently suffered the same problem.
