Re: [Paparazzi-devel] reply to "Funjet with Futaba T6EXAP radio (Bernard Davison)"

[Bernard Davison]

Thanks Chris,

That's got it working as I had through it should have been. :-)
So all mixing is done in the airframe config / autopilot software.
I assume now that any tuning of servo positions I should do in the  
airframe config file?

Thanks,
Bernie.

On 14/06/2009, at 2:17 AM, chris wrote:

> I think i know what you are doing  (thinking) wrong.
> The lines:
>   <servo name="MOTOR"         no="0" min="1000" neutral="1000"  
> max="2000"/>
>   <servo name="AILEVON_LEFT"  no="2" min="1130" neutral="1500"  
> max="1880"/>
>   <servo name="AILEVON_RIGHT" no="6" min="1980" neutral="1515"  
> max="1170"/>
> Those servo numbers refer to the paparazzi autopilot board servo  
> outputs and not
> to the transmitter radio.
> Set up your transmitter for a normal single channel aileron model  
> with no mixing what so ever.
> Do not use any mixing from your transmitter as the elevon mixing is  
> done in the airframe file.
> In the radio.xml file make sure that  the transmitter channels  
> correspond to those of the
> radio.xml file.
> If your transmitter has aileron on channel 1, elevator on channel 2  
> and throttle on channel 3
> the radio.xml file should read something like that:
>
> <!DOCTYPE radio SYSTEM "radio.dtd">
> <radio name="Futaba T6EXAP" data_min="900" data_max="2100" sync_min  
> ="5000" sync_max ="15000">
> <channel ctl="1" function="ROLL"     max="1074" neutral="1526"  
> min="1942" average="0"/>
> <channel ctl="2" function="PITCH"    min="1109" neutral="1520"  
> max="1938" average="0"/>
> <channel ctl="3" function="THROTTLE" min="1933" neutral="1933"  
> max="1107" average="0"/>
> <channel ctl="4" function="YAW"      min="1937" neutral="1524"  
> max="1103" average="0"/>
> <channel ctl="5" function="GAIN1"    min="1100" neutral="1500"  
> max="3000" average="1"/>
> <channel ctl="6" function="MODE"     min="1900" neutral="1500"  
> max="1100" average="1"/>
> </radio>
>
> Finally connect the left elevon to paparazzi servo 2 and the right  
> elevon to paparazzi servo 6
> molex connector.
> Chris
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