Has anyone here actually changed this parameter and flown a Tower mission with RTL disabled? Reason I ask is because according the this parameter's description it makes reference to another setting called RC_OVERRIDE. See below. Anyway, since this parameters default value is 0 it didn't make a whole lot of sense to me because 0 states that RTL is disabled. Well that's not true or else we'd all be screwed if we lost controller communication with the SOLO. Then I read the description a little more and it states that "GCS Failsafe is only active when RC_OVERRIDE is being used to control the vehicle"
Million dollar question is how do you set RC_OVERRIDE? I checked my parameter's list and its not a parameter. So where is it set? Do we need it? What happens if I just set FS_GCS_ENABLE to 2? Will Solo continue its mission when it loses contact with the controller? I really need this functionality and I'm starting to think no one has actually done this on Solo yet. I hope I'm wrong and would love to hear from anyone who has.
Here is the parameter definition webpage:
http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/arducopter-parameters/
Here is the description:
Ground Station Failsafe Enable (ArduCopter:FS_GCS_ENABLE)
Controls whether failsafe will be invoked (and what action to take) when connection with Ground station is lost for at least 5 seconds. NB. The GCS Failsafe is only active when RC_OVERRIDE is being used to control the vehicle.
Million dollar question is how do you set RC_OVERRIDE? I checked my parameter's list and its not a parameter. So where is it set? Do we need it? What happens if I just set FS_GCS_ENABLE to 2? Will Solo continue its mission when it loses contact with the controller? I really need this functionality and I'm starting to think no one has actually done this on Solo yet. I hope I'm wrong and would love to hear from anyone who has.
Here is the parameter definition webpage:
http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/arducopter-parameters/
Here is the description:
Ground Station Failsafe Enable (ArduCopter:FS_GCS_ENABLE)
Controls whether failsafe will be invoked (and what action to take) when connection with Ground station is lost for at least 5 seconds. NB. The GCS Failsafe is only active when RC_OVERRIDE is being used to control the vehicle.
VALUE MEANING
0 Disabled
1 Enabled always RTL
2 Enabled Continue with Mission in Auto Mode