3D Robotics GPS Mast User Manual

GPS MAST

GPS mast

Four mounting screws

Four mounting nuts

Six-position GPS cable for Pixhawk

Five-to-six-position GPS cable for APM

Four-position I2C cable

Zip ties

Mount

Place the base of the mast over the four holes in your copter’s
accessory plate with the shorter side facing your copter’s left side.
Add a mounting screw to each hole, and secure with nuts.

mounting screws and nuts

mast base

accessory plate

shorter side
facing left

Connect 3DR GPS + Compass

Remove the adhesive backing from the mast and place GPS onto the mast
with the connectors facing the shorter side and the arrow on the GPS
pointing towards the front of the copter.

arrow points towards

short
side

Connect the four-position cable to the MAG
port and to your autopilot’s I2C port.

the front of the copter

four-position

cable

GPS + Compass

For Pixhawk, connect the six-position
cable to the GPS ports.

Pixhawk

For APM 2.6, connect the five-to-six-position cable
to the GPS ports.

PixhawkAPM 2.6

six-position cable

APM 2.6

five-to-six-position cable