- handle SET_POSITION_TARGET_LOCAL_NED and SET_POSITION_TARGET_GLOBAL_INT with ORB_ID(trajectory_setpoint)
- FlightTaskOffboard not needed at all
- bypass position_setpoint_triplet entirely (start removing extraneous fields)
- simplify offboard_control_mode to map to supported control modes
- keep `vehicle_control_mode` last state in commander and use appropriate flags in place of various main_state and nav_state checks
- consolidate scattered arming requirements in `arm_disarm()`
- there were a number of different requirements from arming via RC vs Mavlink that don't make any sense
- if geofence enabled require valid home before arming
- throttle requirements for manual modes
- remove unnecessary mavlink feedback that differs between arming interfaces (mavlink vs RC)
- let the preflight/prearm checks respond directly in most cases
Co-authored-by: Matthias Grob <maetugr@gmail.com>
Instead of directly doing the link loss reaction which by default is RTL a delay
can be configured such that the drone first switches to hold and waits
for the link to be regained.
- parameter updates can be quite expensive because they trigger nearly all modules to reload all of their parameters immediately
- limit modules from updating faster than once per second
- updating the global position validity should happen regardless of
being in manual position control mode with only optical flow
- condition_global_position_valid needs to be accurate to adjudicate
main state changes (eg going into AUTO MISSION)
- split out switches from manual_control_setpoint into new message manual_control_switches
- manual_control_switches published at minimal rate (~ 1 Hz) or immediately on change
- simple switch debounce in rc_update (2 consecutive identical decodes required)
- manual_control_switches logged at full rate rather than sampled at (5-10% of messages logged)
- manual_control_setpoint publish at minimal rate unless changing
- commander handle landing gear switch for manual modes
- processing of mode_slot and mode_switch is now split so we only do one or the other (not both)
- a future step will be to finally drop mode_switch and accompanying switches entirely
Co-authored-by: Matthias Grob <maetugr@gmail.com>
- ekf2 can now run in multi-instance mode (currently up to 9 instances)
- in multi mode all estimates are published to alternate topics (eg estimator_attitude instead of vehicle_attitude)
- new ekf2 selector runs in multi-instance mode to monitor and compare all instances, selecting a primary (eg N x estimator_attitude => vehicle_attitude)
- sensors module accel & gyro inconsistency checks are now relative to the mean of all instances, rather than the current primary (when active ekf2 selector is responsible for choosing primary accel & gyro)
- existing consumers of estimator_status must check estimator_selector_status to select current primary instance status
- ekf2 single instance mode is still fully supported and the default
Co-authored-by: Paul Riseborough <gncsolns@gmail.com>
- Introduced COM_LKDOWN_TKO parameter
- Introduced auto disarm for lockdown state
- Do not trigger flight termiantion if system is in lockdown
Signed-off-by: Claudio Micheli <claudio@auterion.com>
