So I got MP and USB drivers ok.
Connected up and loaded Plane, then Copter 3.5.3. MP said wait for Tones before clicking OK. I waited 15 min but got no tones , however, the MP log verified checksums and indicated it rebooted and was done.
Rebooted Solo and Artoo and was able to pair but still waiting on Solo.
Was able to Putty into Solo and peeked at PIX_VERSION, which said "Unknown":
root@3dr_solo:/# cat PIX_VERSION
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
Wonder why 4 times?
Then looked at VERSION:
root@3dr_solo:/# cat VERSION
2.4.9
3dr-solo-imx6solo-3dr-1080p-20170926204223
Open Solo 2.5-RC2
Build Date: 20170926204521
Then, looking at ARTOO:
root@3dr_controller:/# cat VERSION
2.4.9
3dr-controller-imx6solo-3dr-artoo-20170909031428
Open Solo 2.5-RC1
Build Date: 20170909032002
Earlier build date, so this looks to be RC1 on the controller.
Also, when I look at the firmware, the versioning is Goofy. MP clearly said it was going to install Copter 3.5.3, yet
when I look at the version that was written, I see this:
root@3dr_solo:/firmware# ls green/
./ ../ ArduCopter-v3_3.5.x.px4
So it looks like there are two issues that remain:
Controller version mismatch
unknown /invalid firmware
I'm not sure why the MP firmware upload is not working properly. Since I can now FTP into Solo, can't I just drop the correct firmware into /firmware/green
Also, couldn't I just flash the controllcer with RC2?
Thanks