PIXHAWK

SET UP

Connect cable from COM2 port on Hyper Quick release to Telem2 (Recommend for flight stack PX4) or Telem1(PX4 does not support) on Pixhawk.

Baurate on Pixhawk should be set at 115200bps, 8 Data bits, No Parity, 1 Stop Bit (8N1)

Connect the Gimbal’s COM2 port to one of the autopilot’s Serial/Telemetry ports like Telem2 as shown above.

Connect with a ground station and set the following parameters:

• MNT_TYPE to “4” for “SToRM32 MavLink” / 6

• SERIAL2_BAUD to “115” for 115200 bps. “SERIAL2” can be replaced with another serial port (i.e. SERIAL1) depending upon the physical connection

• SERIAL2_PROTOCOL to 2 for “MAVLink2”

• SR2_EXTRA1 to 10

• SR2_POSITION to 10

The gimbal’s maximum angles can be set using these parameters:

• MNT_ANGMIN_ROL to -3000 to allow leaning left up to 30deg

• MNT_ANGMAX_ROL to 3000 to allow leaning right up to 30deg

• MNT_ANGMIN_TIL to -9000 to allow pointing 90deg down

• MNT_ANGMAX_TIL to 3000 to allow pointing 30deg up

• MNT_ANGMIN_PAN to -18000 to allow turning around to the left

• MNT_ANGMAX_PAN to 18000 to allow turning around to the right

To control the gimbal’s lean angles from a transmitter set:

• MNT_RC_IN_TILT to 6 to control the gimbal’s tilt (aka pitch angle) with the transmitter’s Ch6 tuning knob

• MNT_RC_IN_ROLL to some input channel number to control the gimbal’s roll angle

• MNT_RC_IN_PAN to some input channel number to control the gimbals’ heading