Hello. Can someone point me in the direction for setting up a pwm servo motor to be operated via qgroundcontrol?

Hi @BryanGT - QGround Control is a ground control station for autopilots- it isn’t intended for standalone use! Can you share what type of autopilot / vehicle you’re working with? If using ArduSub, three servo channels are available for button-based control of peripherals, you can find instruction…

Hi we have a blueboat. Still getting used to everything so forgive my ignorance. I can see in BlueOS that I can setup Pwm outputs, but unsure how to send commands to the boat as to how to acruate the servos?

We have the pwm servo connected to the 16 channel on the pwm rail on the navigator board

Hi Tony - making some progress but further help would be appreciated. I have managed to setup a custom json action file to display the buttons on the action menu in QGroundcontrol [image] Here is a copy of the script [image] this is the error we get when triggered [image] Not fully underst…

[image] Bryan: this is the error we get when triggered [image] This means the autopilot has rejected the command. To use SET_SERVO commands in ArduRover you need to first set the corresponding SERVOn_FUNCTION parameter to Disabled (0). If that doesn’t resolve the issue then you may need to…

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tony-white (Tony White) October 16, 2024, 6:14pm 5

Hi @BryanGT -
The BlueBoat does not have the same easy servo control ability that ArduSub does. This thread gives information on how to setup control for PWM outputs on ArduRover.

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