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Ability to set Telemetry to USB and None in Vehicle Component Editor

Open ChasinSpin opened this issue 7 months ago • 3 comments

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Feature description

ArduPilot has the ability to run without Telemetry, Telemetry over USB and with telemetry over the RC link on the same serial port as the RC RX. None of these use cases are supported by Vehicle Component Editor.

Desired solution

Additional FC Connection options other than SERIAL and CAN. Suggested additional options are:

NONE USB

Alternatives considered

None

Additional context

No response

ChasinSpin avatar May 16 '25 15:05 ChasinSpin

  1. run without Telemetry is not supported yet.
  2. Over USB is strongly not recommended from the ArduPilot development team.
  3. The "telemetry over the RC link on the same serial port as the RC RX" is supported already.

I will see about supporting None.

amilcarlucas avatar May 16 '25 16:05 amilcarlucas

Re: 2. It's common to hook up a drone via USB when configuring on the bench. There's a use case for No Telemetry and getting the telemetry status via OSD, especially where weight is a concern. I.E. USB use during configuration and not during flight or pre-flight.

ChasinSpin avatar May 17 '25 15:05 ChasinSpin

When using USB for bench configuration you do not need to change any parameter at all. It works out of the box. That is not even considered to be telemetry. It is after all, local not remote at all.

amilcarlucas avatar May 18 '25 13:05 amilcarlucas

Fixed by #524

amilcarlucas avatar Jun 12 '25 22:06 amilcarlucas