Rangefinder type 10 (mavlink)

count74 · July 19, 2016, 6:56am

Hi,

I was not able to find any documentation about this rangefinder type. How is it supposed to work?
Does it use values send from an external source via mavlink? What would I need to implement it?

Thank´s

Sebastian

TCIII · July 19, 2016, 11:37am

@count74,

Have you looked here.

Regards,
TCIII AVD

count74 · July 19, 2016, 1:47pm

Yes I did, but I can find nothing about rangefinder type 10 there.

Thanks for your reply,

Sebastian

TCIII · July 19, 2016, 2:01pm

@count74,

Ok, then we will have to have an ArduRover Developer answer you question.

It could be that rangefinder type 10 has not been implemented in the ArduRover firmware.

Regards,
TCIII AVD

gmorph · August 4, 2016, 2:33am

Its a MAVLink type rangefinder. If your rangefinder sends data over a mavlink package instead of a voltage output level. If for instance you have a range finder connected to a companion computer and you want to get its data into ardupilot you can send it via a mavlink packet.
Sorry for the delay in responding.
Thanks, Grant.

RAZOR15000 · July 9, 2021, 10:26am

hello greetings @gmorph
i was trying with arduino to get the distance sensor data via mavlink. its successful , but it only work for proximity GUI, i want to get the data into rangefinders? is it possible.
these are the arduino mavlink parameters im using.

if anyone can give me some pointers, it would awesome,
thank you
kind regards