The ARK DIST is connected to the CAN bus using a Pixhawk standard 4 pin JST-GH cable. For more information, refer to the CAN Wiring instructions.
Multiple sensors can be connected by plugging additional sensors into the ARK DIST's second CAN connector.
The ARK DIST can also be connected with UART and communicates over MAVLink sending the DISTANCE_SENSOR message.
ARK DIST runs the PX4 DroneCAN Firmware. As such, it supports firmware update over the CAN bus and dynamic node allocation.
Set the following in QGroundControl and reboot the flight controller.
Set the following on the sensor and reboot the node. CAN node parameters can be configured using either:
QGroundControl — each CAN node appears as a separate Component X entry under Vehicle Settings > Parameters.
The DroneCAN GUI Tool.
CANNODE_TERM
Set to 1 if this is the last node on the CAN bus
Set the following in QGroundControl and reboot the flight controller.
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