After 2 new green cube installs

Pedals2Paddles · Oct 25, 2017

Are you familiar with using Mission Planner and hooking up to the Pixhawk by USB?

Thomannjf · Oct 25, 2017

Answers is no. I know how to hook it up. I have mission planner which i think is fully loaded. I knew this day would come. Be gentle.

Thomannjf · Oct 25, 2017

I hooked it up today and it tries to connect but never quite makes it. Ill keep trying tomorrow. One question. The ligts on the battery goes off but the green cube keeps flashing on the left side and solid on the other, so i guess its still drawing power form the bat.

Pedals2Paddles · Oct 25, 2017

The pixhawk gets power from the USB when you're plugged. Plug in and open Mission Planner. Set the connection type to com port whatever but do not connect. Go to initial setup > install firmware. Hit the quad 3.5.3 button. That should get it to load firmware and undo whatever is screwed up on it now. It will also allow the solo to boot completely and connect to the controller.

Thomannjf · Oct 27, 2017

How to I fix this in order to load firmware onto Solo from mission planner.

Pedals2Paddles · Oct 27, 2017

Did you not set the connection type drop-down to the correct com port?

Thomannjf · Oct 28, 2017

Yes. If fact I tried all 3 comports on my lap top and got the same message.
The laptop found it on one of the ports and only then did I proceed. MP downsloads the firm ware and then this error message pops up , next box that pops up after the error messages says "Error uploading firmware". Then or says " are you sure you want to upload APM:Copter V3.5.3 y6? I say yes hit enter, it looks like it's loading and then back to original error message. Now I'm in a loop.

Thomannjf · Oct 28, 2017

Above should have 3.5.3quad

carpy · Nov 1, 2017

Try running Mission Planner as Administrator.
Right mouse click on Mission Planner icon and select "Run as administrator".

skyhax · Nov 1, 2017

I always turn off Windows firewall to be safe.

Thomannjf · Nov 2, 2017

Carpy, I am going to try that, but what is the difference? Just trying to learn!

Thomannjf · Nov 2, 2017

skyhax said:
I always turn off Windows firewall to be safe.

Thanks I'll do it.

carpy · Nov 2, 2017

Thomannjf said:
Carpy, I am going to try that, but what is the difference? Just trying to learn!

Well, looking at the stack trace it looks like access was denied to the location in System32 so I thought it might be worth trying to see if a user with administrator rights would work.

Dom · Nov 2, 2017

I installed the green cube through the Solex in my 3dr drone solo and I can not make it fly.
When I connect 3dr solo in mission planner it appears that it is upside down.
What happened to my drone?

Thomannjf · Nov 2, 2017

I thank you for the advice. I ran It as administer and no go. We got close, now it indicates that my USB is not working, welllll I tryed 3 more USBs and it's still won't connect. I tried wifi and that will not work. Finally I hook at me backup solo (black cube) and it hook right up. I'm not saying that the green cube is at fault because no one else seems to be having any real problems just saying what happened today. It might be time to make this trouble maker a parts drone. Thanks again.

carpy · Nov 3, 2017

Dom said:
I installed the green cube through the Solex in my 3dr drone solo and I can not make it fly.
When I connect 3dr solo in mission planner it appears that it is upside down.
What happened to my drone?

Reload the parameters.