[SOLVED] Calibrating ESCs pixhawk

#1

Hi all!

I have a Pixhawk drone just assembled, with FS-X6B RC Receiver with PPM encoder all in one.
The ESCs are connected to the pixhawk, and 3 of the 4 have the red wire out.
Mi RC emitter is bound with the receiver, but no success trying to calibrate, here is my try: My Try (I’ll try to improve the video), but basically I’m:

1 - Power on the RC emitter with throtler down
2 - Power the drone
3 - Pull up the throttler
4 - Push the switch for few seconds

The videos I saw shows how some beeps should sound, and the engines do some move… nothing of this is happening…

Any suggestion would be appreciated!

Best regards and marry christmas!

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#2

Matias

The steps should be -

  1. Power transmitter with stick up.
  2. Connect LiPO battery
  3. Disconnect battery with stick still high.
  4. Re-connect battery.
  5. Push safety swtich (if applicable)
  6. Wait for tones (from motors)
  7. Pull throttle stick down.
  8. A long tone should then be heard.
    [See https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/esc-calibration.html]

Alternatively, you can use Mission Planner as described here -

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#3

Thank you very much!

I had two problems: first of all, I was trying to calibrate after removing red wire from ESCs.
After fixing that, I have a double flashing yellow led on Pixhawk when powering on.

#4

You can calibrate without any of the red ESC wires in the flight controller rail.

Regarding the LEDs, see https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-leds-pixhawk.html. A double flashing light simple means it hasn’t passed the pre-arm check.

#5

Thank you very much jax200! The issue was I didn’t flash the ardupilot firmware into the pixhawk before calibrating!
I flashed the firmware and later on I could calibrate without problems.

Best regards,
Matías.

#6

Good to hear.

#7

After flashing the firmware to the pixhawk, is calibrating the compass and radio needed before calibrating the esc’s?

#8

No, but I usually do.