ArduPlane 2.70 released

by Andrew Tridgell [ http://diydrones.com/profile/AndrewTridgell ]
DIYDrones.com

February 20, 2013

I've just released ArduPlane 2.70 [ http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/downloads/detail?name=ArduPlane-2.70.zip&can=2&q=#makechanges ]

This is a bug fix release, primarily because of the telemetry rate bug that several people reported in 2.69. That bug caused Mission Planner to not display attitude information unless you forced the telemetry rate for the EXTRA1 stream by setting SR0_EXTRA1 to a non-zero value. This release fixes the bug so normal telemetry stream rate setting works again.

The changes in this release are:

fixed the telemetry rate bug
fixed the rate of altitude change in AUTO mode. This fixes a problem with poor altitude control during auto landing
enabled MAV_CMD_DO_DIGICAM_CONTROL for camera shutter control in missions
enabled USB console support on PX4, so telemetry is enabled both on the radio telemetry port and the USB port
added automatic AHRS trim support after 6 axis accelerometer calibration (thanks Randy!)
improved scheduling priorities on PX4
fixed a serial buffer handling bug on PX4
added automatic PX4IO firmware update on PX4 (if a new px4io.bin is put on the SD card it will be installed on next boot if you hold the arm button while booting)

Happy flying!

4:30pm