I started this a few weeks ago when stable was still pointed to 1.10.1, so to minimize thrashing I’ll continue with this version until I get this airborne and then I can try upgrading.
Those were the params that QGC complained about, I’m assuming versioning is taken care of behind the scenes?
Adding those BAT_ params plus SDLOG_MODE cleared the QGC warnings.
Thanks @bkueng for the pointers. Took me a second to figure out how to run commands on this platform, having come from Pixhawk and nsh. Turned out battery_status start was not in px4*.config . After I had added that I began receiving BATTERY_STATUS mavlink messages and battery indicator in QGC. navio_adc was already in the configs.
I can now arm the copter, but the motors just beep meekly and randomly (different than the power up chime). Sounds like a PWM out issue, hopefully this is the last hurdle