# V1.3.0 beta testing **URL:** \ **Category:** Flight Testing & Log Analysis\ **Created:** [March 30, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283 "2016-03-30T19:17:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LorenzMeier](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/lorenzmeier/32/17_2.png) [@LorenzMeier](https://discuss.px4.io/u/LorenzMeier)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/1 "2016-03-30T19:17:47Z")
I just pushed the current work in progress to the beta branch, which is available in QGroundControl. We’re currently looking mostly for general regression testing. Main improvements / changes: - EKF2 estimator added (instructions to follow) - LPE estimator added (instructions to follow) - Snapdragon Flight driver rewrite - VTOL performance improvements - Pixracer R14 S.BUS input fix - Lots of other smaller bugfixes and improvements ---
**Author:** ![Sn0west](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/sn0west/32/102_2.png) [@Sn0west](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Sn0west)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/2 "2016-03-31T05:39:47Z")
Would it be possible to know what are major changes, improvements or bug fixes? Like a release note for this version? I wil test it asap on my auav-x2 and my pixracer. ---
**Author:** ![LorenzMeier](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/lorenzmeier/32/17_2.png) [@LorenzMeier](https://discuss.px4.io/u/LorenzMeier)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/3 "2016-03-31T07:24:42Z")
I did just that. Need to add instructions how to test the new estimators as well. ---
**Author:** ![gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/gervais/32/42_2.png) [@gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/u/gervais)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/4 "2016-03-31T08:14:47Z")
Thx for creating this thread. Q: Since I usually flash Master Dev build, should I go back to beta ? ---
**Author:** ![LorenzMeier](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/lorenzmeier/32/17_2.png) [@LorenzMeier](https://discuss.px4.io/u/LorenzMeier)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/5 "2016-03-31T08:39:28Z")
You can always test on master and provide feedback. Beta is just for people with less “ambitions” in terms of taking risk. ---
**Author:** ![gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/gervais/32/42_2.png) [@gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/u/gervais)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/6 "2016-03-31T09:46:42Z")
Sorry, I was not talking about risks, just was thinking that you could add in your post, where users can find the changelogs (because a report is useless if talking about a major differences between Master/Beta.) The only risk for me is a roof /tree landing cause I still don´t know, how to turn off RTH (since LAND isn´t offered as alternative). All your dev builds were pretty stable so far. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sn0west](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/sn0west/32/102_2.png) [@Sn0west](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Sn0west)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/7 "2016-03-31T15:07:09Z")
> [@gervais](#): > > since LAND isn´t offered as alternative You mean as a failsafe option right? Because land is a flight mode that you could assign to a switch. What I’m wondering is if land require a gps or if it would also work without. But this is not the right place to discuss it. ---
**Author:** ![gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/gervais/32/42_2.png) [@gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/u/gervais)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/8 "2016-03-31T15:29:11Z")
Sure, I´m talking about Failsafe. My FS options are strongly associated to testing 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sn0west](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/sn0west/32/102_2.png) [@Sn0west](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Sn0west)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/9 "2016-04-01T20:59:19Z")
Unfortunately the versions number is still a mystery to me. I downloaded the latest daily build of qgc on my mac, the newest beta version on android and flashed the latest master firmware on it. Some quick feedbacks: - compass calibration GUI is buggy. The yellow box doesn’t appear if calibrating a side and it switch then from the red box to the green one. This happened on both android and mac. This happened randomly and is not always the case. - flightmode #2 is in my case ACRO but when testing in my basement this flightmode dose not appear on the menu bar on top of the screen. All other works fine. - please place the versions number of qgc and px4 (stable, beta, master) on the menu bar on top of the screen. I’ve not been outside flying with my new copter, feedback will come soon. ---
**Author:** ![gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/gervais/32/42_2.png) [@gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/u/gervais)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/10 "2016-04-01T21:35:21Z")
**Confirm issue:** MAG calibration doesn´t work @ beta and current master. It´s working with stable. **Not a QGC issue** , tried older versions as well.Drove me nuts, because I installed a new mag and suspected a hardware issue. Weird, that QGC showed green sensor / Mag status after some re-boot, obviously regaining old offsets, despite of new (failure) cali. **Old issue :** Its possible to arm @ ALTHOLD , but the motors just stick @ idle, don´t spin up independent of throttle position. Switch back to Stab, throttle up and return to Alt again works (silly workaround) **Flight** : Nothing noticable wrong with Stab.Alt,Pos Ctl. Except, that the latter suffers of very sensitive throttle response \> it was almost impossible to keep a steady height. Tuning issue ? Tuning sliders keep their position, this is obviously fixed,thx. ---
**Author:** ![LorenzMeier](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/lorenzmeier/32/17_2.png) [@LorenzMeier](https://discuss.px4.io/u/LorenzMeier)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/11 "2016-04-01T21:58:24Z")
@gervais does the mag cal issue persist on current master? I suspect no, but please let me know if it still is there. ---
**Author:** ![gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/gervais/32/42_2.png) [@gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/u/gervais)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/12 "2016-04-01T22:44:09Z")
Update 4/02 : Still doesn´t work with current master. But the offsets (generated with cali @ stable) stay valid, when Compass Cali is cancelled. So its no problem to test it. ---
**Author:** ![gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/gervais/32/42_2.png) [@gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/u/gervais)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/13 "2016-04-02T16:29:21Z")
> [@gervais](#): > > But the offsets (generated with cali @ stable) stay valid, when Compass Cali is cancelled. So its no problem to test it. **Cancel this statement** : Due to a pilot error , I crashed pretty early this morning and did not test this a couple of times. So better be careful. ---
**Author:** ![Sn0west](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/sn0west/32/102_2.png) [@Sn0west](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Sn0west)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/14 "2016-04-02T18:57:29Z")
> [@Sn0west](#): > > flightmode #2 is in my case ACRO but when testing in my basement this flightmode dose not appear on the menu bar on top of the screen. All other works fine. What about this issue? Anyone the same problem? ---
**Author:** ![gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/gervais/32/42_2.png) [@gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/u/gervais)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/15 "2016-04-02T20:02:30Z")
Flash back to beta, it will work again. Current master ´s got some RC (setup) probs. I haven´t even been able to do a new cali with it. ---
**Author:** ![FogKite](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/fogkite/32/144_2.png) [@FogKite](https://discuss.px4.io/u/FogKite)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/16 "2016-04-03T15:37:49Z")
How could i know i used witch version，i use git clone [https://github.com/PX4/Firmware.git](https://github.com/PX4/Firmware.git) ---
**Author:** ![tumbili](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/tumbili/32/3779_2.png) [@tumbili](https://discuss.px4.io/u/tumbili)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/17 "2016-04-04T05:22:46Z")
If you clone and flash via terminal then by default you are using master. ---
**Author:** ![Sn0west](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/sn0west/32/102_2.png) [@Sn0west](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Sn0west)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/18 "2016-04-04T06:43:04Z")
@LorenzMeier can you tell me if our issues are now being analysed or if there are opened issues somewhere? Did you notice it as well? I’m talking about the flightmode#2 and the GUI problem with the compass. I don’t know what is going on right now! ---
**Author:** ![Sn0west](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/sn0west/32/102_2.png) [@Sn0west](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Sn0west)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/19 "2016-04-05T18:19:01Z")
@gervais an issue has been open one day ago. > > > This is using a PixRacer over WiFi. Important messages which trigger the QGC state machine to move to the next step... It should be fixed now. ---
**Author:** ![gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/gervais/32/42_2.png) [@gervais](https://discuss.px4.io/u/gervais)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283/20 "2016-04-06T11:14:22Z")
MAG calibration is working with PX4 current master, but I couldn´t test it wireless (3DR telemetry @ Telemetry 2) , QGC is reporting constantly: _Vehicle did not respond to request for parameters,re-trying_. (everything else works) Same with an old QGC version. Its not a hardware problem, since parameter transfer is working with current APM master. [Next page](https://discuss.px4.io/t/v1-3-0-beta-testing/283.md?page=2)