PX4FLOW Setup Help for Mission Planner 1.3.74

ArduCopter Copter 4.0
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Hey,

I am trying to setup the PX4Flow and I’ve followed the instructions (linked below) until step 7 for mission planner. When I click PX4Flow, I see a black screen with a picture of the PX4Flow and the focus mode button. Exactly the same screen that would appear if I had no PX4Flow at all. I do not see any kind of video or image feed on my screen. What have I done wrong or what can I do to fix this? Thanks so much.

Best, Cole

PX4FLOW Optical Flow Camera Board — Copter documentation (ardupilot.org)

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What flight controller are you using? Some of them, like the old Pixhawks, only support some features. https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-limited-firmware.html#common-limited-firmware

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@Derek

I am using a Pixhawk 2.1 Black Cube flight controller. I’ve looked at the page you linked. Would the Pixhawk that I have be excluded from using the PX4Flow under “older versions of the Pixhawk (with the RevA, RevY and Rev1 of the STM32F427 chip)”?

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The older version of the Pixhawk is something different from what you have. Yours, despite the odd naming convention of a lower value “2.1” is actually newer than the Pixhawk 2.4.5 and 2.4.8. Should be able to run the optical flow so it must be something else. Wish I could help further but my knowledge is limited