Flight plan script question

[Mitch]

Tom or anyone else,

Can't test some of this on the ground and am trying to sort out some of the scripting before I flight test. Will a flight plan script such as this function properly in ver .51? I would like to advance to the second circle only when I toggle channel 7, but stay in the first circle until then.

Circle_Relative(...)
Until(Channel 7>1500)
Until(Channel 7<1500)
Circle_Relative(...)

Also is this appropriate syntax? Does the if command execute or skip the next line based on the logical expression, same as in assembler?

If(Channel 6<1500)
GOTO(1)

I've attached the files in a zip
Thanks!

[Tom]

Hi Mitch,

"IF" only executes the next line if true, and skips the next line if false.

"UNTIL" goes back to the previous line if true.

So I guess you want to do the following:

Circle_Relative(...)
Until(Channel 7>1500)
Circle_Relative(...)
Until(Channel 7<1500)

It sure is a long flight plan
Let us know how it goes! Due to the winter weather I didnt have time to test the Until(Channel...) command thouroughly. I did/does work. But once also didn't... Maybe 1 bad channel pulse (when reception is bad) is enough to activate the command (i guess that's why it always works during ground tests ). This sample could be averaged to avoid this, but more testing will be required. I should also be noted that I use a really badly hacked receiver...

[Mitch]

I remember seeing photos of your receiver. LOL. Thanks for the info.

[Mitch]

I guess I'm searching for a positive way to control flight plan flow from the transmitter - before groundstation control is implemented. Also having great success with the HK gcs during ground tests and am anxious to flight test. Weather here is not so bad as there but still not excellent! Paul made several code changes to enhance gluonpilot implementation on the gcs. Glad to see the TC data line is implemented in v.51.

[Tom]

Good luck with your test flights!

Which modem are you using?

[Mitch]

Right now I'm using my old xbee pro 900 mhz. Seems most reliable in standard serial mode rather than the digimesh network mode. I haven't experienced any of the reset issues so I'm unsure if I need to incorporate the new code as of yet.

[Tom]

I guess it is similar to our XBee Pro 868MHz. Maybe the 900MHz band doesn't have a duty cycle limit.

[lukasz]

From what I've read is that 10% duty cycle only applies to xbee 868 - EU countries have regulatory limits.