Greetings,
We developed a Mapping Drone using Pixhawk CUBE Orange and Here3 GPS. We are using HERELINK for our telemetry and radio controls. We usually fly the drone in AUTO flight mode. We had 50+ successfull flights. Recently the drone crashed while it was in auto-mission. There were no error msg on screen and suddenly it disarmed mid air and droped from 120m height. We wanted to find the cause of the crash. Can anyone help us with the same ? . Both the flight log and flight path are attached.
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Thanks for your insignts and sorry for the delayed response. We were really busy in getting the drone in the air. We managed to sucessfully do so. Upon inspection we saw that the RCIN wire coming from Herelink Airunit was damaged and it was sending false signals to the Pixhawk. We replaced the wires and also reduced the clutter around the Pixhawk. We are also seeing reduced levels of vibrations.
I am attaching log file of the recent test flights.
Basically if it was tuned better the motor and ESC would not have been killed. The advantage of good tuning is you can easily see if some behaviour is non-standard. And you get better flight time and longer life time of components.
A crash is never good and I sympathise - however the signs were there in the previous log you posted.
Hello everyone,
After such a long time we were finally able to rebuild the drone, we took initial flight with the old parameters. The drone seemed twitchy. After hover testing it we made a small auto mission and then sent the drone in AUTO. We also added Harmonic notch filtering as suggested by @xfacta . One thing we noticed is that the CW motors have higher temperature that the CCW motors. We are also experiencing EKF compass error during the flight, the compass goes in orange. Attaching log files and videos to this post. How can we make the drone more stable ? Listing the specs of the drone as well
Did you at least create a graph from the log as @xfacta has shown in the previous post to determine if your outputs are oscillating? We are here to help you help yourself to advance the performance of your craft. This was an example for you to use for future tuning.
We can usually understand the situation from just one log file.
These copters are a whole system, so you cant really expect a result from changing 1 or 2 parameters and ignoring vibrations.
So you flew the copter with basically the same issues as before, and no surprises - it still behaves the same way!
If that is a Lipo battery then you are killing it by ignoring the correct battery settings.
X axis vibrations are bad, indicating an issue with the flight controller mounting, or something is touching it or wiring is pulling it one way. Once vibrations have been attended to (but dont fly yet), set all these:
Now just do a small test flight starting in Stabilise mode and if that is stable enough, switch to AltHold and try some gentle movements - nothing radical and do not go to Loiter or Auto missions.
The hover thrust might need some time to learn. The pilot throttle behaviour change will really help in AltHold too.
Assuming the attitude tuning can be completed OK, I think those motors and even ESCs will give you trouble in the long term. They are OK at hover throttle, but when pushed (ascending or fighting any wind) they will quickly overheat and potentially even fail.
We used the above mentioned parameters and had the test flight as instructed. Sharing the Flight log. We here having somewhat stable flight in stabilize and Alt Hold flight modes. But the vibration levels were the same. Upon checking the logs we got the same motor oscillations. We removed the canopy, and the vibrations were gone.
... should I click on the "MODE" icon and use that function to "Disarm" them?
[2]. If I do use the "disarm/arm" function, when I "arm" them, do they come right back to functioning normally without requiring me to performing any other functions, such as "RESTART" on the camera's control menu?
So, earlier I had disarmed the whole system by clicking on the "mode" icon... I chose "disarm all".
So, later I "Arm" all of them.
Everything works ok, but, I notice that when I walk by a camera later in time... like a half hour... the "movement" icon lights up, but I don't get a notification sound like normal. It shows a video recorded on the counter.... the push notification shows what caused the alarm...but I don't get a chime telling me something set it off.
What would cause that?
It may come back and start working later, but right no
Well, I just downloaded it the middle of June, when I got the camera. Got it off of Google Play Store.
On my "app" list, it's called "Arlo Secure", and at the bottom of that page it says "version 3.6.8_28460. Does that sound right?
As far as phone version, Chrome version 103.0.5060.70 and running on Android 11.
I'm pretty well up to date as far as I can tell.
@StephenB said "Restart will reboot the cameras. This is only rarely needed (generally when a camera stops behaving nicely)."
Well, when these things have been acting up and won't work right.. I restart them. Most of the time they're working right when they come back on line.
Here's another glitch. A bit ago, the phone finally dinged and alerted me that a camera had tripped!! It was the one in the living room here with me. That was a surprise. I've been in and out of here, moving around, for the last hour, and I see it had taken 22 videos of me moving around... but only one "ding". [By the way, the 2.4ghz wifi modem is right here on the desk, 15 foot away from the camera.]
Anyhow, I thought that while I was messing around I would disable that camera so it wouldn't set there and keep recording me while I type all this. Chose that camera and clicked the settings icon, so I could disable it. Toggled the switch... and it did nothing but set there "thinking", then timed out and the cam was still on. Did it again, same story.
About that time I noticed that the "movement" icon was lit up..
So, I held still so as not to trip it any more... but it never went off. I even left the room... it never stopped.
I don't think it was actually recording, because there wasn't a long video in the library.
I tried "disarming" the camera... that didn't turn off the icon. Tried disabling it again... nothing. This was in about a 5 minute span. I put the phone down and typed some more here, and when I looked back at it.. the camera showed the "disabled" screen.
There must be some software/hardware gremlin causing this thing to do that.... get stuck on record. I had one other cam do that this morning, and it took a long time to get it to let go.
There is another question to follow.
After the camera finally shut off, the yellow dot highlighting appeared in the "setting" icon.
What does that icon being highlighted indicate... that something random needs attention, or is it something specific.
I just asking all these rapidfire questions because the available information in your instructions is not specific enough. I want to know everything that could possibly go wrong with these things and be able to take care of it.
I want to learn all this stuff before the 3 month trial even gets close to ending. I've got a lot of money invested in these things, and don't want to end up with some expensive paperweights.
Here's another glitch. A bit ago, the phone finally dinged and alerted me that a camera had tripped!! It was the one in the living room here with me. That was a surprise. I've been in and out of here, moving around, for the last hour, and I see it had taken 22 videos of me moving around... but only one "ding". [By the way, the 2.4ghz wifi modem is right here on the desk, 15 foot away from the camera.]
Also, keep in mind that the motion is detected using passive infrared (PIR) sensors, not by analyzing the image. It is possible that something is creating thermals that the camera is detecting. For instance, an air conditioning/heating vent. You might need to adjust the motion sensitivity for the camera.
Well, I'm not real keen on the names of some things, and of what some icons actually mean.
We're talking around in circles.. some of the things I'm trying to figure out, you're talking about one thing and it turns out I'm looking at something completely different because I don't know the names or locations of some of the things.
Hell, I'm still trying to master the "Filter" thingy. That icon at the top of each camera page.. looks like a green funnel... that's supposed to be the "filter" icon? Coulda fooled me.
It's not explained in laymens terms what happens when you make multiple choices... and what happens if you make none. It doesn't come right out and explain it.
Basically, the instructions may be thorough and understandable to some people, but they don't make the explanations make sense.
We're talking around in circles.. some of the things I'm trying to figure out, you're talking about one thing and it turns out I'm looking at something completely different because I don't know the names or locations of some of the things.
If I don't think I understand what you mean, then I will follow up with a question. If you don't think I am answering the right question, then just clarify what you want to know in your own follow-up.
Sometimes posting a screenshot makes things more clear. It's a bit easier to grab them from a PC browser (my.arlo.com). Note if you use an iPhone, the file extension for the screenshot needs to be changed from .jpeg to .jpg. I've asked Arlo several times to allow .jpeg, but so far they haven't gotten to it.
In addition to looking at the manual, you might also try searching for knowledge base articles. You can do that with google search by adding site:kb.arlo.com at the end of your search string. Do make sure that the articles you read apply to your camera (model VMC2030).
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