ArduPilot/ardupilot

Copter: Activate buzzer when autolanding / buzzer modes

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#441 opened on Jul 14, 2013

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Description

AC3 does autolanding in certain failsafe conditions. For safety reasons and to help locate the copter after a failsafe-induced autolanding, buzzing the buzzer in intervals when in autoland mode would be good. Interval-buzzing is also likely to carry a psychological "do not touch me"-imperative in case, bywalkers find the copter after a failsafe-induced autolanding.

Buzzer could be controlled by a parameter: BUZ_WARN: 0=never (only ARM/DISARM beeps), 1=failsafe autolandings, 2=any autolanding (including manual set LAND mode), 3=any failsafe condition

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Research direction
Locate the buzzer control code in the ArduPilot Copter firmware. Understand how autoland mode is triggered. Implement a new parameter (e.g., BUZ WARN) to control when the buzzer activates, and add interval beeping during autoland or failsafe conditions.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
embedded iotrobotics
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2
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1-3 hours
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75