Is it possible to setup the LUA script environment to test scripts within SITL simulations? How does one do that?
yup, if you are using sim_vehicle.py approach to simulate then create a scripts folder in your /home/user/ardupilot directory, and add your lua scripts in that folder, then just follow the rest of the instructions as given in this link: https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-lua-scripts.html
Thank you very much - it worked out beautifully! One pitfall that I discovered is that one can not control servos that are passthrough (Servo#_Function=1) with LUA scripts. Of course, this should have been obvious since the beginning but hey, I am a mortal.
Cheers!
I think you should be able to control any servo with the new override binding with a timeout.
Thanks Peter, I will give it another shot but out of the 8 channels I have, only one was pass through and failed to work. When I assigned a new function to it it started working.
For instance in the example you sent the servo function is 4 (aileron). That’s why the code works. If the function were 1, it would not work. I think it makes sense that it doesn’t because pass through should mean that the APM can not manipulate it whether with or without a script.
Thanks