ArduPilot / ArduPilot/MissionPlanner

Create Landing Gear setup page (AC3.3)

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arducopter enhancement
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Description

Copter-3.3 includes support for Landing Gear but a number of people seem to have problems following the wiki instructions. http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-optional-hardware/landing-gear/

It just needs 3 controls:

Drop-down to specify which servo plugs into Pixhawk;
Set RCn_FUNCTION to 29 “Landing Gear”, where n is the number for the connected servo (e.g. RC9_FUNCTION for AUX1, RC10_FUNCTION for AUX2 etc.)

PWM selector for these two params:
LGR_SERVO_DEPLOY — servo PWM value required to deploy the landing gear.
LGR_SERVO_RTRACT — servo PWM value required to retract the landing gear.

Maybe it should have a note at the bottom telling the user to next go to the Extended Tuning screen and set one of the auxiliary switches (ch7, ch8) to Landing Gear ("29")

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Research direction

Start with the Landing Gear wiki instructions linked in the issue and inspect the existing Mission Planner setup pages to find the appropriate entry point. Add controls for the servo plug, deployment and retraction PWM values, and the optional Extended Tuning switch guidance; done means the page exposes the requested parameters clearly and matches the documented workflow.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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