# Is BlueOS not designed to be used on its own?

**URL:** <https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/is-blueos-not-designed-to-be-used-on-its-own/22613>\
**Category:** BlueOS\
**Created:** [March 12, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/is-blueos-not-designed-to-be-used-on-its-own/22613 "2026-03-12T13:52:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brehmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Brehmer](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/Brehmer)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/is-blueos-not-designed-to-be-used-on-its-own/22613/1 "2026-03-12T13:52:43Z")

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I’m building my own ROV from scratch and I was planning on using Ardusub BlueOS as the software to control it. I have managed to boot and find my vehicle with blueos.local but there are many parameters that I am unable to set and I can’t configure much at all it feels like. For example, I am unable to change the current and voltage sensing parameters anywhere and I always get “battery 2 below minimum arming voltage” even though I don’t even have a battery 2. I can’t find where I change these parameters and all guides and blogs online do it in QGC. I was under the impression that you could blueos independently but now I’m questioning that. Am I just completely lost here or am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![tony-white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/tony-white/32/18385_2.png) [@tony-white](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/tony-white)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/is-blueos-not-designed-to-be-used-on-its-own/22613/2 "2026-03-12T17:00:09Z")

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Hi @Brehmer -  
Have you tried changing [autopilot parameters?](https://blueos.cloud/docs/latest/usage/advanced/#autopilot-parameters)

While intended for a BlueROV2 or BlueBoat, BlueOS can be used for any ROV - or even aerial drones like quadcopters!

You can load default BlueROV2 parameters to get started, and tweak things as you like from there. Our documentation still covers using QGC, but a large update to the docs that transitions them to [Cockpit](https://blueos.cloud/cockpit/docs/latest/usage/overview/) + BlueOS is coming soon!

To disable that message, check the relevant [battery 2 parameters.](https://ardupilot.org/sub/docs/parameters-Sub-stable-V4.1.2.html#batt2-parameters)