I just got a reply back from the seller and I’m going to get that cable in the mail. Some of the early devices may not have shipped with the cable for the Pixhawk 2.1
uAvionix also offered to ship me a cable to help me out with this problem. I really appreciate them helping out and I’m motivated now to purchase the Ping2020 as soon as I get the PingRx working.
I’ll try and remember to post here with pictures when I get the cable and show it off.
How do you check if you are receiving any ADS-B information from aircraft? I have the Ping2020 connected to the pixhawk 2.1 from proficnc running ArduPilot 3.5 beta, and I am unable to see any aircraft on the map. I also have a PingUSB connected to my computer, so I know there are aircraft transmitting in the area.
I thought there was a way to look at MAVLINK messages and see if ADS-B tracks were being sent to the flight controller.
I can’t get tracks to show up on my Mac or my PC running on a VMware fusion virtual machine either. I’m going to try and debug later after I confirm ADS-B data on a software level.
I was able to successfully Send and Receive data from my Ping2020 transceiver.
Video of the device working:
ADSBTEST was the callsign I programmed into the Ping2020 device. As long as you have adequate GPS signal strength and the transceiver powered on correctly, it will start broadcasting data. It should not be broadcasting contingent on MAVLINK messages. It is probably part of the Uavionix design to make sure you are broadcasting ADS-B data despite having separate MAVLINK problems. The transceiver can do everything it needs to using its dedicated high precision GPS and Barometer. Contacting uAvianix can help with the understanding of this. They are a smart and professional company building many electronics for drones and private aircraft.
great video showing the information in QGroundcontrol, Im able to do the same and in mission planner too, But approaching air traffic is not displaying in mission planner or QGC as advertised that it can , and that’s the basic function of this device. by following these directions…( http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-ads-b-receiver.html ) that do not work.
displaying your TX is not our issue here, its displaying air traffic in mission planner. I sat at the air port for 30 mins with my laptop, hotspot, quad, controller and never did I see any of the air traffic in mission planner.