I’ve been researching and experimenting for about 8 hours to get my quadrino nano to arm. Below is what I have tried:
Set controller end points:
-Throttle: 1011-1978
-Yaw: 1020-1991
-Pitch and Roll similar values
Performed ACC and Mag Calibrations and good GPS lock (Steady light blinks a couple of times to indicate 6 satellites).
I re-calibrated the ESCs individually to ensure they are all still working and calibrated.
I have re-loaded the firmware with the latest FCT several times.
Tx/Rx lights flash when connected to a laptop with WinGUI. All controls on WinGUI seem to react as expected. All sensors give feedback as expected on WinGUI.
Power light is on and GPS light is generally solid.
I even tried to set arm as a command mode on channel 6 with no luck and obviously tried pulling stick to bottom right.
I am out of ideas…Is the system “smart enough” to not arm is any other conditions are not met? Maybe a bad mode or bad connection to something? I appreciate any advise in getting this running.
The controller is a FlySky FS-T6 for what its worth.
]When you power the Quadrino Nano / ESC’s what kind of chime / sound does the ESC/Motor emit ?/:m] ]Do you hear a BEEP every now and then ?/:m] ]Can you provide us with the brand and model of your ESCs ?/:m]
ESCs need to receive a minimum signal in order to arm themselves, and if that signal is not received they will beep indicating they are not armed and will not spin the motors. Same thing if the signal is too high.
Look at P.8 or the Lynxmotion UAV - Quadrino FCT User Guide V1.0.pdf[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=1][highlight=#ffffff] [/highlight][/size][/font]for information about setting these values.
What happens in the WinGUI “Flight Deck” screen whey you try to “Arm” the Quadrino Nano ?
There should be a red box “ARM” which will turn to green when properly armed. If that goes to green than the above is the most possible cause (the motor output in the copter drawing should go up to the Min Throttle value too)
Pictures of your wiring and assembly would be appreciated too.
[size=2][font=Arial]Thanks for the quick reply.
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*]*Do you hear a BEEP every now and then ?No I only hear beeps at powerup/:m]
*]*Can you provide us with the brand and model of your ESCs ?The ECSs are Simonk 30A/:m]
[/highlight][/font][/size][font=Arial][size=2][highlight=#ffffff]*What happens in the WinGUI “Flight Deck” screen whey you try to “Arm” the Quadrino Nano ?*In WinGUI nothing changes when I try to arm. The “Arm” box stays not activated.[/highlight]
[highlight=#ffffff]I’ve included a couple of pictures with this reply. I can focus on other areas if helpful.[/highlight]
If the “ARM” LED is not turning green it means the board doesn’t arm, so its not ESC related.
When you try to arm, do you make sure the board is level (orange and green status LEDs will blink if not level) and set the throttle to the lowest position ? Can you Zip your profile and attach it here ?
You should set your endpoints to be 1000 to 2000, you are close but not reaching them. We tested here and you should be fine with your numbers for arming.
We did a quick test and it could be the VBat that prevents your from arming.
Can you try to disconnect your VBat cable, reboot then try again?
My quadrino is wired to an optima 7 receiver. My drone is an X8 with MS2216 T-motors. My ESC are SimonK 30A.
I calibrated my ACC and MAG according to the procedure. I also calibrated my ESC with your procedure using the Unflyable Firmware and all went good. Then I flashed it with a flyable one.
My motors do not arm :
End points have been tuned as described in the configuration manual (1000 as minimum and 2000 as maximum)
impossible to arm with my remote control sticks
no ARM active in the FlightDeck
My quadrino is leveled off (no blinking led, all fixed green and blue)
I’m sure it’s not a RC issue as I see my rc commands moving in live in the flight deck.
A clue maybe : when I power up (connecting the batterie), I’ve got the same BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEEEEEP sound then nothing)
Can you zip and attach both your “FCT Profile” and a save of “WinGUI” ? This will greatly help diagnose the issue.
One thing you might want to look on WinGUI / Flight Deck the “I2C Error Count” bottom right. If it’s not 1 or 0 there might be an issue.
The “BEEP” sounds do not give you any hints as it’s from the Motors.
You might need to adjust the “Min Throttle” value until they all spin the same. Sometimes the value is too low or to close to the lowest value.
Try increasing by 25 points in WinGUI / FC Config / Throttle limits / Min Throttle
The attachment menu is always there, you can look at the image in attachment to know where it is. Click on it and you will have the menu.
MyFiles.zip (293 KB) Ok, I’m gonna try to play with the min-throttle value.
I noticed that when asking for a throttle up, only few motors are spinning as well as for roll, pitch and yaw.
Do you know which in my X8 configuration which motor should spin up according to throttle, pitch, roll and yaw commands ?
Fyi, I configured the spining direction according to the quadrino nano manual.
Thank you for the attachment trick !
You’ll find enclosed the files you were requiring.
Thanks again for your support, I realyy appreciate it !
Looking at your “BlackHawker” profile, you have the “Motor Stop” checked (FCT / Options / Flight)
This mean the motors should not spin when you “Arm” the controller. As soon as you raise the throttle the controller will start at “Min Throttle” so you might have to raise this to match your hardware. It’s trial and error here.
All motors are related to control the copter. There are not motor associated to throttle, pitch, roll and yaw.
The controller will adjust each one to get the movement needed. For example Lower one side and Raise the other for Roll in a direction.
Are you looking at actual prop/motor speed or in the WinGUI motor outputs ?
Do you recommend to use the “Motor stop” option ? I think it’s a good safety protection to avoid motor spining as soon as they’re armed. But, this requires to have the min_throttle / min_command well adjusted, correct ?
Regarding prop/motor speed, I did not check the actual or the outputs values in WinGUI. Is there any setting to perform or any check ?
My personal preference is “Motor Stop” to be Un-Checked so the motors spin when you arm the copter.
It has the advantage to really show you that the copter is armed and if you lift the throttle it will lift.
In both cases, the Min Throttle need to be adjusted.
It’s not needed to look in WinGUI it’s just that when standstill the motor output can induce worries that way.
Since there are not reaction, the controller could show some motors to be high but that’s just because it’s not moving.
Idle speed motors.docx (2.58 MB) OK for the “Motor stop”. I’m gonna keep for the moment and see later if more valuable.
I played with min-throttle value and find the 1064 value as the best.
Now, all my motor spin at the time. The thing is, they do not spin all at the speed.
I attached a screenchot with the speeds when throttle is idle (or just armed when armed with “motor stop” deactivatvated.
I guess I have to make some settings to get homogeneous speeds between all of them. Correct ?
One last question, my stick command for disarming the motor is not working. How should I reprogram that ?
It’s normal (as said in our earlier reply) to get different motor outputs when stand-still.
There are not reaction to the PID control when not flying.
Another factor will be to be sure all the channels are at 1500 (minus throttle) when not touching them as it will induce movement.
About the Arming - Disarming it’s most probably related to your “End Points” as you need to have the signal for each channels in WinGUI to go from 1000 to 2000.
It’s normal (as said in our earlier reply) to get different motor outputs when stand-still.
There are not reaction to the PID control when not flying.
Another factor will be to be sure all the channels are at 1500 (minus throttle) when not touching them as it will induce movement.
About the Arming - Disarming it’s most probably related to your “End Points” as you need to have the signal for each channels in WinGUI to go from 1000 to 2000.
What do you mean by being sure that all channel are at 1500 (min throttle) when not touching them ?
I found and set to 1064 the min throttle value (idle throttle). What shall be the relation between the 1500 and 1064 ?
What we said is “(minus throttle)” which is different.
All channels should show 1500 points when not touching the sticks and when they are centered. Of course you can’t have the Throttle centered as it’s not self centered that why we said “(minus throttle)”.
