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Setup Pypilot motor controller with MacArthur HAT

So today I received my pypilot motor controller and tried to set it up using this tutorial: https://github.com/pypilot/workbook/wiki...Controller

Connected the controller to 12V supply, ok

But when I tried to connect to the Rpi UART0, i see that it's already used by MAIANA. Acording to MacArthur HAT docs, UART3 and UART5 are also used (or can be used) by NMEA0183 connections.

So I tried to enable UART4 which aparently use GPIO 8 (CE0_N) and 9 (MISO). By doing so, i see that a new device appears as "ttyAMA1", but when I change the Pypilot app to "Enable autopilot" instead of "IMU only", i get the warning  saying "The device /dev/ttyAMA0 in UART0 should be added to the list of serial ports pypilot manages":


  pypilot_1.JPG (Size: 79.51 KB / Downloads: 3)

But even if I add an alias to ttyAMA1, and go to Pypilot Serial settings and add that device, the same message stays there


  pypilot_2.JPG (Size: 77.35 KB / Downloads: 3)

I have no idea what i'm doing wrong or how can I start to diagnose, any help will be much appreciated



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