MAVLink
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MAVLink

Supported features:

Tracking of drone (incl. status)
Send drone using interventions to position
Gimbal control

Installation instructions:

create a subsystem “MAVLink”
- set type to “MAVLink”
create a tracking device, type “MAVLink”
- select sub type MAVLink
- enter URL of drone
  - If drone telemetry is send to Terra4D server by GCS usually the URL is “udp:0.0.0.0:14550”. Adjust the port 14550 if necessary.
  - For using a Mavproxy you can use “tcp:1.2.3.4:5760” as URL.
- Set System ID of the drone; either select a drone from the list or enter manually. E.g. 1
create a control port, type “MAVLink”
- enter the same URL as in the tracking device
- select the same System ID
- select the correct sub type for the control port; either MAVLink
- enter the configuration details for non-MAVLink control ports; like gimbal URL with ip and port number
create a PTZ camera, type “VLC”
- enter camera stream URL; e.g. “rtsp://1.2.3.4:554”; You can verify the URL by opening it as network stream in the VLC application.
- select the newly create control port
- ensure that you have a “VLC” subsystem configured as well
To use a drone within an intervention you have to create a resource for each drone and a resource type “Drone”:
- Switch to “Users” tab, select “Resource Types”
- Create a new resource type, name e.g. “Drone”, select type “UAV”
- For “Intervention QML”, press the “Browse” button and select “mavlink_intervention.qml”
- Switch to “Users” tab, select “Resources”
- Create a new resource, name e.g. “Drone”
- Select the resource type previously e.g. “Drone”
- Select the tracking device of the drone; e.g. MAVLink
- Enter the “System ID” as unique identifier for the resource; e.g. 1

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MAVLink

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