ArduPilot documentation describes dataflash logs “with a .bin or .log extension” - but I have both. I am running ArduPlane 3.9.11. After a flight the UAV sdcard contains a .bin file as well as a .log file. The .log file is roughly twice as large as the .bin file. Both files are parsable by mavlogdump.py. What is the difference between these two files? Thanks!
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think a .log file is a plain-text .bin file.
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Ah yes you are exactly right @Georacer . Is .log just the text counterpart to the .bin file? Does .log get generated onboard during flight, or did I somehow generate it afterwards? Thanks!
Some tools may accept .bin but not .log. As for the rest, I don’t know the answer right now, sorry.
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One’s probably text equivalent of the other. Conversion may lose
precision - I’d suggest working with the .bin files.
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