Perhaps we can help people trying to read their own logs.
To do this get Mission Planner.
You can download it here:
http://ardupilot.com/downloads/?did=82
Here is the 3DR forum for Mission Planner:
http://ardupilot.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=12
Keep in mind that we can easily get the Telemetry logs, the 'dataflash' logs may take more work.
When you create a 3DR support ticket, your log files are attached to the email as a .zip file.
Here is some documentation on how to download logs:
http://3drobotics.com/kb/downloading-flight-logs-mission-planner/
You will want to rename your logs from file names like solo.tlog, solo.tlog1, solo.tlog2, to solo1.tlog, solo2.tlog, etc. This way Mission Planner can easily open the log files.
If you have the .zip from a support ticket, save it to your PC in a folder where you can find it. Unzip the contents, and rename the files as mentioned above.
Then using Mission Planner (MP), on the left below the HUD, click the 'Telemetry Logs' tab. Then click the 'Load Log' button. Brows to your saved, unzipped log files, and go into the 'support_logs' folder. Find the latest .tlog for the latest flight.
Now there are two things you can do. 1: click the play/pause button to watch the flight. You can also click the speed to go slow or faster.
If you click on the 'Tuning' option on the bottom of the map, you can bring up a graph. Double click on the graph and you can pick what you want to see on the graph. The graph will auto scale, so don't put too many data points on the graph you may not be able to see details. You can right click on the graph to set some options and reset zoom, scaling, etc. You can also click and drag to zoom in to data.
Here is the power tool:
Under the 'Play' button, click the Tlog > Kml or Graph button. Then click the Graph Log button. Browse again to your .tlog file and open it. Now you can choose what to graph on the right. This is your complete flight.
Here is the definitions of the data logs: EDIT: This is a list of tunable parameters, may or may not be useful to know how to read the data in the logs:
http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/configuration/arducopter-parameters/
Similar to the other graph, there are many options, and it will auto scale. Each time you click on a data item, it should change its color, so keep this in mind if it picks a color that is hard to see. You can right click on an option to turn it off. Remember the zoom (click and drag) option and right click on the graph to reset the zoom if needed.
I stole this info from Steve that posted it in another thread:
My guess is that Steve needs to calibrate his sticks as I would think that ch3in should center at 1500 like the other sticks, but I could be wrong (I'm basing this on my PixHawk experience). But I could be wrong as my 'uncalibrated' sticks seem to show the same thing, Ch3in is at 1450 centered instead of 1500.
I noticed that remrssi seems to be the signal strength of the solo controller. I also see data in the rxerrors data.
I also notice different data is available in the two different graphs (the run/pause Tuning graph vs the 'Graph Log' data), I'm not sure why or what difference they play.
If anyone has any more points or tips to add add them here.
Note: Good luck if you get support to acknowledge any log issues. I asked about some strange data that I saw and their answer was "We don't train users how to read the logs".
To do this get Mission Planner.
You can download it here:
http://ardupilot.com/downloads/?did=82
Here is the 3DR forum for Mission Planner:
http://ardupilot.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=12
Keep in mind that we can easily get the Telemetry logs, the 'dataflash' logs may take more work.
When you create a 3DR support ticket, your log files are attached to the email as a .zip file.
Here is some documentation on how to download logs:
http://3drobotics.com/kb/downloading-flight-logs-mission-planner/
You will want to rename your logs from file names like solo.tlog, solo.tlog1, solo.tlog2, to solo1.tlog, solo2.tlog, etc. This way Mission Planner can easily open the log files.
If you have the .zip from a support ticket, save it to your PC in a folder where you can find it. Unzip the contents, and rename the files as mentioned above.
Then using Mission Planner (MP), on the left below the HUD, click the 'Telemetry Logs' tab. Then click the 'Load Log' button. Brows to your saved, unzipped log files, and go into the 'support_logs' folder. Find the latest .tlog for the latest flight.
Now there are two things you can do. 1: click the play/pause button to watch the flight. You can also click the speed to go slow or faster.
If you click on the 'Tuning' option on the bottom of the map, you can bring up a graph. Double click on the graph and you can pick what you want to see on the graph. The graph will auto scale, so don't put too many data points on the graph you may not be able to see details. You can right click on the graph to set some options and reset zoom, scaling, etc. You can also click and drag to zoom in to data.
Here is the power tool:
Under the 'Play' button, click the Tlog > Kml or Graph button. Then click the Graph Log button. Browse again to your .tlog file and open it. Now you can choose what to graph on the right. This is your complete flight.
Here is the definitions of the data logs: EDIT: This is a list of tunable parameters, may or may not be useful to know how to read the data in the logs:
http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/configuration/arducopter-parameters/
Similar to the other graph, there are many options, and it will auto scale. Each time you click on a data item, it should change its color, so keep this in mind if it picks a color that is hard to see. You can right click on an option to turn it off. Remember the zoom (click and drag) option and right click on the graph to reset the zoom if needed.
I stole this info from Steve that posted it in another thread:
My guess is that Steve needs to calibrate his sticks as I would think that ch3in should center at 1500 like the other sticks, but I could be wrong (I'm basing this on my PixHawk experience). But I could be wrong as my 'uncalibrated' sticks seem to show the same thing, Ch3in is at 1450 centered instead of 1500.
I noticed that remrssi seems to be the signal strength of the solo controller. I also see data in the rxerrors data.
I also notice different data is available in the two different graphs (the run/pause Tuning graph vs the 'Graph Log' data), I'm not sure why or what difference they play.
If anyone has any more points or tips to add add them here.
Note: Good luck if you get support to acknowledge any log issues. I asked about some strange data that I saw and their answer was "We don't train users how to read the logs".
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