I plan to communicate with SIYI A8 mini over PX4 using MAVLink gimbal protocol v2. However, I don’t know whether I can do this without modifying PX4. It seems they solved this issue for ardupilot by adding drivers for this gimbal and some other gimbals.
Unfortunately, I could not make any progress in developing a driver for this module. Connecting this module to a companion computer seemed more straightforward to me (at least for my use case). However, It would be nice if we had such a driver. I asked the company again on their YT channel and they said they are working on MAVLink control.
@sibujacob thanks for sharing the video, it helps. However, I am not planning to do this at this moment.
FYI, I have received a sample SIYI A8 mini 4K and I will look into how to wire it up and hopefully talk to the gimbal and camera via MAVLink as SIYI says they have added support for the MAVLink protocol. This would mean that we shouldn’t need any separate drivers as such.
Hi @JulianOes . I have bought an SIYI a8 mini but could find any support or documentation regarding the usage of the camera in PX4. In ardupilot, they have drivers. However, I want to stick to px4 and use the camera. Any assistance in this regard is highly appreciated.
Also note: SIYI have released their own modified version of QGC which has camera controls popping up once a connection has been established. (Unfortunately based on earlier version 4.2.4)
→ Handy for those using an Android device (touch-screen)
