Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Joystick/Simulator

[Felix Ruess]

Hi Eric,

as the booz sim was mainly meant for testing control algorithms it
currently does not integrate normal operation that well ;-)
GPS is simulated though.
Currently the mode is always set to AUTO2 in the booz sim. And for the
BOOZ_A1 airframe (see autopilot section) that corresponds to ATTITUDE
as horizontal mode and Z_HOLD as vertical mode. So the quad will hold
the the altitude which makes sense for testing (usually done via the
scripts). The only thing that happens in this mode if you reduce
throttle with the joystick, is to limit it.
So this is why the quad always stays at around 2.5m (which is the
initial altitude defined in
conf/simulator/jsbsim/aircraft/reset00.xml).

Cheers, Felix

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 4:40 AM, Eric Parsonage <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> While in acquisition mode I have been playing with booz simulator. I made one 
> of these http://alessioandrea.altervista.org/rcjoyng2.html this morning (I 
> could have bought a Joystick but this was fun)  It is working fine in the 
> booz simulator since it is just emulating a joystick.
>
>
> I just have a couple of niggles that I am hoping someone might be able to 
> help me with.
>
>
> 1) The GPS is not being emulated. So I cannot get booz sim to follow a flight 
> plan.
> 2) When I manually control using the joystick the altitude I can fly to is 
> limited to around 2 metres from the ground.
>
> I am using the BOOZ2_A1 airframe virtually unmodified and since I have no 
> hardware this is all software simulation.
>
> Any suggestions ?
>
> Regards
>
> Eric Parsonage (Snr).
>
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