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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
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