While trying to integrate a Lidar with the Pixhawk 2.1, I kept getting “Bad Lidar Health” and no rangefinder data. I attempted the configure on both Serial 2 & 3 ports.
When I removed the Edison board, the lidar worked. Did this test twice with the exact same setup, and got the same results.
Is there a configuration that needs to be changed when the Edison board is installed?
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The Edison uses serial 2, so if it’s installed you can’t use serial 2. Serial 3 is gps 1.
Thanks, James!
Yep. I just read that on the ArduPilot website. However, that seems to only be true when SERIAL2_PROTOCOL is set to 1 (Mavlink). I have it set to 9 (Lidar). Does this not matter?
Also, my mistake, I meant to say we’ve tried the Lidar on Serial 2 & 4.
The Edison serial is hardwired, so if you want to use serial 2 you need to remove it.
Serial 4 should work. I’d suggest just using tx, rx and gnd though, and separate 5v to the lidar.