Rover Pixhawk to/from FrSky X8R issues

ArduRover Rover 4.0
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Hi all,
I have connected X8R to the Serial 4/5 port.
I used Serial 4, Options = 0 and both Protocol 4 and 10.
With all of that, I get an accurate GPS signal back to my Taranis.
But no other sensor! What am I missing?
I believe there are supposed to be several other sensors available.
Thanks

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@jwcalvert,

So I guess this is all about FrSky Telemetry?

I don’t personally use this (sadly it’s not legal for use in Japan) but if you’re up for some experimentation I think we could narrow down on the issue:

  1. try loading AP Rover “latest” onto the autopilot. If using MP then go to the Install Firmware screen and press Ctrl-Q and the version should change to “ArduRover V4.0.1-dev”. We’ve resolved a lot of issues as part of the Copter-4.0.x releases.
  2. try loading AP Copter 4.0.2 onto the autopilot and make sure it works. Doing this will wipe the autopilot’s parameters though so be sure to take a backup of the Rover parameters before doing this.

If (2) works but not (1) then it means we’re missing some features in Rover that are causing the problem.

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This sounds like a plan; I like experimenting.

I will try this tomorrow for sure.

Thanks

Jim Calvert

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