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Look at displaying motor number visuals #8671

Open jancoow opened 4 years ago

jancoow commented 4 years ago

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Expected Behavior

The motor should just keep spinning after I set a manual throttle value for testing.

Current Behavior

Please describe what happens instead of the expected behavior. After around 3 seconds all motors stop spinning and the slider is reset to 0

Steps to Reproduce:

Please provide an unambiguous set of steps to reproduce the current behavior

Go to motor setup
Mark the checkbox that you removed the propellors
Set a motor to a value with the slider
Wait a few seconds and it will be turned off

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QGC Version: [e.g. 3.4.4]
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Flight Controller: [e.g., Pixhawk I, Pixhawk Mini, Pixhawk 2, etc.]
Autopilot (with version): [e.g., PX4 1.8.1, Ardupilot Copter 3.6.1]

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DonLakeFlyer commented 4 years ago

This is working as designed. It turns off automatically for safety reasons.

jancoow commented 4 years ago

What safety, if you already checked the box that you take of your props? Can I turn of this safety? Or can I at least increase the time?

DonLakeFlyer commented 4 years ago

I'd have to find the original issues/pulls associated with this. There much discussion around the safety of motor test. What you see now is the end result fo those dsicussions.

DonLakeFlyer commented 4 years ago

The main focus for motor test is to verify correct motor ordering. Hence you just need to see it spin up to verify.

jancoow commented 4 years ago

Ah right, I got it. Might be worth putting a image next to it with motor order and motor numbering.

The problem is that I want to test the vibrations generated by each single motor, but I'm unable to find a way to turn one motor on for longer then 3 seconds.

DonLakeFlyer commented 4 years ago

The problem is that I want to test the vibrations generated by each single motor, but I'm unable to find a way to turn one motor on for longer then 3 seconds.

I think the motor test command available from mavlink console allow more options to do things line that.

Might be worth putting a image next to it with motor order and motor numbering.

Yeah it was there. And in fact the code for it is already there as well but it was turned off. Because it was pointed out that the airframe config can create non-standard motor ordering. I'll think about looking at that again since that likely happens almost never.

DonLakeFlyer commented 4 years ago

I'm keeping this issue open and will use it to tack motor number visuals.

jancoow commented 4 years ago

Cool, thanks! You might wanna add some description to it as well, explaining it will turn off after 3 seconds for safety reasons. That might make it more clear :)