From e20d3a3676a464c685b06009835567adc24baf1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Oborne <mich146@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:18:29 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] add method of detecting if motors are armed

---
 ArduCopter/GCS_Mavlink.pde | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ArduCopter/GCS_Mavlink.pde b/ArduCopter/GCS_Mavlink.pde
index c02dd9d570..06397209f9 100644
--- a/ArduCopter/GCS_Mavlink.pde
+++ b/ArduCopter/GCS_Mavlink.pde
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ static NOINLINE void send_extended_status1(mavlink_channel_t chan, uint16_t pack
     }
 
     uint8_t status 		= MAV_STATE_ACTIVE;
+    
+    if (!motor_armed) {
+        status 		= MAV_STATE_STANDBY;
+    }
+    
     uint16_t battery_remaining = 1000.0 * (float)(g.pack_capacity - current_total)/(float)g.pack_capacity;	//Mavlink scaling 100% = 1000
 
     mavlink_msg_sys_status_send(