I am trying to set params in a newly checked out SITL run but it is failing as follows:
$ python3 ~/ardupilot/Tools/autotest/sim_vehicle.py -v ArduCopter -f quad -L KSFO --console --map --udp
SIM_VEHICLE: Start
SIM_VEHICLE: Killing tasks
SIM_VEHICLE: Starting up at [37.619373, -122.376637, 5.3, 118.0] (KSFO)
SIM_VEHICLE: WAF build
SIM_VEHICLE: Configure waf
SIM_VEHICLE: "/home/user/ardupilot/modules/waf/waf-light" "configure" "--board" "sitl"
Setting top to : /home/user/ardupilot
Setting out to : /home/user/ardupilot/build
Autoconfiguration : enabled
Setting board to : sitl
Using toolchain : native
Checking for 'g++' (C++ compiler) : /usr/lib/ccache/g++
Checking for 'gcc' (C compiler) : /usr/lib/ccache/gcc
Checking for c flags '-MMD' : yes
Checking for cxx flags '-MMD' : yes
CXX Compiler : g++ 10.2.1
Checking for need to link with librt : not necessary
Checking for feenableexcept : yes
Checking for HAVE_CMATH_ISFINITE : yes
Checking for HAVE_CMATH_ISINF : yes
Checking for HAVE_CMATH_ISNAN : yes
Checking for NEED_CMATH_ISFINITE_STD_NAMESPACE : yes
Checking for NEED_CMATH_ISINF_STD_NAMESPACE : yes
Checking for NEED_CMATH_ISNAN_STD_NAMESPACE : yes
Checking for header endian.h : yes
Checking for header byteswap.h : yes
Checking for HAVE_MEMRCHR : yes
Configured VSCode Intellisense: : no
Checking for program 'python' : /usr/bin/python
Checking for python version >= 2.7.0 : 3.9.2
Checking for program 'python' : /usr/bin/python
Checking for python version >= 2.7.0 : 3.9.2
Source is git repository : yes
Update submodules : yes
Checking for program 'git' : /usr/bin/git
Checking for program 'size' : /usr/bin/size
Benchmarks : disabled
Unit tests : enabled
Scripting : enabled
Scripting runtime checks : enabled
Debug build : disabled
Coverage build : disabled
SITL 32-bit build : disabled
Checking for program 'rsync' : /usr/bin/rsync
'configure' finished successfully (0.747s)
SIM_VEHICLE: Building
SIM_VEHICLE: "/home/user/ardupilot/modules/waf/waf-light" "build" "--target" "bin/arducopter"
Waf: Entering directory `/home/user/ardupilot/build/sitl'
Embedding file locations.txt:Tools/autotest/locations.txt
Embedding file models/Callisto.json:Tools/autotest/models/Callisto.json
Waf: Leaving directory `/home/user/ardupilot/build/sitl'
BUILD SUMMARY
Build directory: /home/user/ardupilot/build/sitl
Target Text (B) Data (B) BSS (B) Total Flash Used (B) Free Flash (B)
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bin/arducopter 3551596 170101 201320 3721697 Not Applicable
Build commands will be stored in build/sitl/compile_commands.json
'build' finished successfully (1.665s)
SIM_VEHICLE: Using defaults from (ardupilot/Tools/autotest/default_params/copter.parm)
SIM_VEHICLE: Run ArduCopter
SIM_VEHICLE: "/home/user/ardupilot/Tools/autotest/run_in_terminal_window.sh" "ArduCopter" "/home/user/ardupilot/build/sitl/bin/arducopter" "-S" "--model" "+" "--speedup" "1" "--slave" "0" "--defaults" "ardupilot/Tools/autotest/default_params/copter.parm" "-I0" "--home" "37.619373,-122.376637,5.3,118.0" "--uartA" "udpclient:127.0.0.1:5760"
SIM_VEHICLE: Run MavProxy
SIM_VEHICLE: "mavproxy.py" "--out" "127.0.0.1:14550" "--out" "127.0.0.1:14551" "--master" ":5760" "--sitl" "127.0.0.1:5501" "--map" "--console"
RiTW: Starting ArduCopter : /home/user/ardupilot/build/sitl/bin/arducopter -S --model + --speedup 1 --slave 0 --defaults ardupilot/Tools/autotest/default_params/copter.parm -I0 --home 37.619373,-122.376637,5.3,118.0 --uartA udpclient:127.0.0.1:5760
Connect :5760 source_system=255
Loaded module console
Loaded module map
Log Directory:
Telemetry log: mav.tlog
Waiting for heartbeat from :5760
MAV> param set SIM_WIND_DIR 180
STABILIZE> Unable to find parameter 'SIM_WIND_DIR'
STABILIZE>
It used to work fine until this recent checkout of arducopter. I can see that the only param I can set is STAT_RUNTIME. Does anyone know what I have done wrong? Thanks.
