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MAVLink

Supported features:

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