1.5 KiB
EFI Halo6000 Driver
This driver implements support for the Halo6000 generator for hybrid multicopters, using CAN protocol.
Parameters
The script used the following parameters:
EFI_H6K_ENABLE
this must be set to 1 to enable the driver
EFI_H6K_CANDRV
This sets the CAN scripting driver number to attach to. This is normally set to 1 to use a CAN driver with CAN_Dx_PROTOCOL=10. To use the 2nd scripting CAN driver set this to 2 and set CAN_Dx_PROTOCOL=12.
EFI_H6K_START_FN
This is the RC option to use to monitor start control. This should be set to one of the scripting RC options (from 300 to 307). Then an RCn_OPTION should be set to the same value. When this switch goes high the generator start function will be sent to the ECU. When this switch goes low a generator stop will be sent. A value of 0 disables the starter control.
EFI_H6K_TELEM_RT
This is the rate in Hz at which NAMED_VALUE_FLOAT messages are used to send additional telemetry data to the GCS for display to the operator.
Operation
This driver should be loaded by placing the lua script in the APM/SCRIPTS directory on the microSD card, which can be done either directly or via MAVFTP. The following key parameters should be set:
- SCR_ENABLE should be set to 1
- EFI_TYPE should be set to 7
then the flight controller should rebooted and parameters should be refreshed.
Once loaded the EFI_H6K parameters will appear and should be set according to the parameter list above.
The GCS will receive EFI_STATUS MAVLink messages which includes RPM, and temperatures.