Ammeter module documentation

Module handling extracting voltage and current of batteries connected to pichawk via mavlink.

Requirements

• Computer with Windows
• Installed Mission Planner, Python3 and git

Installation

1. Download com0com binary (https://sourceforge.net/projects/com0com/)
2. Install com0com. Select CNCA0 <-> CNCB0 and COM# <-> COM# components.
3. Run com0com and create 2 viratual COM-CNC ports pairs.
4. Download hub4com binary (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tu9aX4mCEOHgi2uEXvhgcwaqeJsB-Luq/view?usp=sharing) 5Create python virtual environment and then install required libraries

pip install -r requirements.txt

Using module

Setting up package splitter

From command prompt go to folder containing hub4com.exe adn run:

hub4com.exe --octs=off --route=0:1,2 --baud=<baudRate> \\.\COM12 \\.\CNCA0 \\.\CNCA1

<baudRate> - replace with baud rate, typically 57600
COM12 - port to which pixhawk antenna is connected
CNCA0, CNCA1 - virtual ports created during installation
Remember to plug in antenna before running this command!

Setting up mission planner

Run Mission Planner and connect it to COM port from first virtual port pair used in hub4com command.

Running script

In command prompt go to folder with your virtual environment and then its Script folder. Run activate.bat to activate python's virtual environment. In this environment go to folder containing cloned repository and run:

python main.py --port COM14

where COM14 is second virtual prot pair used in hub4com command.