clover/docs/en/connection.md

Connecting Pixhawk/Pixracer to Raspberry Pi

To program autonomous flights work with Pixhawk (Pixracer) over Wi-Fi, use [of a phone transmitter] (rc.md), and other functions, it is necessary to connect Raspberry Pi to Pixhawk (Pixracer).

Check operability of the connection by running on Raspberry Pi:

rostopic echo /mavros/state

The connected field should contain value True.

Connection via USB

Connect Pixhawk/Pixracer to micro USB in Raspberry Pi with a USB cable.

Make sure that in Clever launch file (~/catkin_ws/src/clever/clever/launch/clever.launch), connection type is set to USB:

<arg name="fcu_conn" default="usb"/>

After the launch file is edited, restart package clever:

sudo systemctl restart clever

Hint For correct operation of the Raspberry Pi connection to Pixhawk via USB, set value of parameter CBRK_USB_CHK to 197848.

Connection via UART

TODO connection diagram

Make sure that in Clever launch file (~/catkin_ws/src/clever/clever/clever.launch), connection type is set to UART:

<arg name="fcu_conn" default="uart"/>

After the launch-file is edited, restart package clever:

sudo systemctl restart clever

Hint For correct operation of the Raspberry Pi connection to Pixhawk via UART, set value of parameterSYS_COMPANION to 921600.

Connection to SITL

To connect locally/remotely to a running SITL, set argument fcu_conn to udp, and fcu_ip to the IP address of the machine where SITL is running (127.0.0.1 for local):

<arg name="fcu_conn" default="udp"/>
<arg name="fcu_ip" default="127.0.0.1"/>