Running Gimbal Autonomously via sbus out - Pixhawk-4

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Hi,
I try to run a gimbal with help of a companion computer which makes drone execute a mission.
Is it possible running autonomously a gimbal (Tarot Peeper 10X) that connected on SBUS OUT port of Pixhawk-4 with using MAVSDK-python?
Or are devices that connected on SBUS OUT port only controlled by RC?

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@altug , I am hitting the same wall!! Did you ever figure this out? Any help would be much appreciated!!

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Yeah.
To correct sth, the gimbal was Topotek T10X Pro.
For autonomously it is impossible for now.
But for manual control, you need to define custom mixer.

https://docs.px4.io/master/en/concept/mixing.html#px4-mixer-definitions

My suggestion, if you use a SimpleBGC and you have a companion computer, to drive autonomously, try to make serial connection btw gimbal and computer.

But in that situation I faced another problem: yaw drifting on gimbal.

Good luck. :blush: