Reading the SIYI A8 manual, there is nothing about how to get the MavLink telemetry messages to the A8.
On a hunch, I connected the A8’s UART to Serial4 on my carrier board, and configured it as MavLink and baud of 115200. I tried both MavLink 1 and MavLink 2. Connection info was taken from this doc in the ArduPilot wiki:
Looking at the SIYI documentation again, it appears my idea of connecting telemetry from the autopilot to the gimbal is wrong.
In the SIYI documentation, which is geared towards SIYI control radios, it appears that telemetry on SIYI control radios is similar to how it’s done on the HereLink. That is there’s a serial telemetry connection from the autopilot to the SIYI control radio Air Unit.
The SIYI custom Qgroundcontrol app is able to extract the telemetry data from the HereLink ground unit, and make it available to the app.
I’m guessing now that the SIYI FLY app is designed to work the same way - but for some reason cannot get access to the telemetry data stream on the HereLink.
Perhaps there’s a configuration change on HereLink that’s required for the SIYI FLY app to get the telemetry data stream.
Hi @jstroup1986 I’m planning to achieve a similar setup with the H16, and I’m interested to know if you’ve managed to find a solution for the SIYI FLY app’s telemetry access on the HereLink.I want to get that Mavlink Osd on the app through the H16 setup, tried every setup but of no use. According to SIYI, it seems they don’t provide support for any other AU (Air Unit). If you have any insights or progress on this matter, I’d really appreciate your input.
Hi there,
I need some help on camera mount that you worked on ,if possible can you share some details or files for the camera mount ,i too have the similar setup
I simply used a piece of carbon fiber sheet. It’s screwed onto the bottom plate. And then it’s screwed on to the top plate of the camera’s vibration damper.
