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MAVLink messages to monitor payload status
Which MAVLink messages can be used to report or monitor payload status in ArduPilot?
I'm working with ArduPilot and a custom payload system. I can send payload commands (e.g., deploy, release, ...
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Can I use Dronekit to control pixhawk?
I am using Pixhawk 6C hardware with firmware version Pixhawk13.2, a Raspberry Pi 3B as the onboard computer, and Dronekit as the software.
I am trying to control the flight using only the laser sensor ...
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Ardupilot SITL (ArduCopter) - is it possible to move the vehicle to desired Lat\Lon?
Is it possible to set position of simulated vehicle in such way that will move the vehicle almost instantly, without simulating it actually flying there? Distance between current and desired locations ...
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My DJI drone simulator can't switch into 'GUIDED' mode
I am running a simulator for my DJI drone so I can learn to use the drone before flying it in person. However, whenever I initialize the code the drone fails to enter GUIDED mode. This is my code:
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What is the correct way to install dronekit on windows and ubuntu?
I am new in this. I've been having trouble installing dronekit for the past few days.
I followed one of the tutorials on YouTube where on Windows using python version 3.6.0 I managed to install ...
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how do i set the speed when using the dronekit lib to create way points "mavutil.mavlink.MAV_CMD_NAV_WAYPOINT"
what i am doing is basically building a mobile app that sends waypoints to the companion computer of the autopilot(pihawk), it works fine but the problem i have is that, its default speed is too much ...
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Dronekit-sitl fails to bind on default port 5760
I have dronekit-sitl installed in a python3 virtual environment on my Windows 10 machine and have used it before by running dronekit-sitl copter with no issues. However, as of today I am running ...
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How to get specific values (eg. battery2, servo outputs) available in Mission Planner through Dronekit?
I am currently using dronekit-python to implement somewhat of a Mission Planner clone, as an API. I've generally been able to replicate most important features from Mission Planner; however, some ...
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Python Dronekit Installation on Raspberry Pi 4
I'm having a bit of trouble installing python dronekit on my raspberry pi 4B (8GB) (bullseye).
I know that dronekit does not support Python3, hence I am running a virtual python environement (...
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How to implement RC override and make it stop at certain conditions/seconds in Ardupilot?
I'm a little bit confused about this one. As what I understood, rc channel_overrides are one-liner codes that sends a command for three seconds (as what I've observed. I tried running only the rc ...
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Socket crashing
I was streaming video using UDP steam in python using the socket module, it somehow crashes after some time and sometime randomly works perfectly as well, sometimes changing the network somehow stops ...
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UAV spy drone Location Problem. locationg a 3d vector from another
So I randomly got bored and am now trying to figure out how to make the call of duty spy plane using a drone. I figured its basic geometry and I posted my math below. I am looking for help to make ...
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DRONEKIT - WARNING:dronekit:Link timeout, no heartbeat in last 5 seconds
I started to using the Dronekit, Dronekit-STIL and Mavlink to simulate my python scripts. Afters some days using it without problem I started to receive the error: WARNING:dronekit:Link timeout, no ...
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Ardupilot - Dronekit Setting the Current Location of the Vehicle
Hello everybody, hope you are all doing well.
I am doing in a project in which I receive GPS data (Longitude, and Latitude) from an Android device via an SQL server. What I am trying to do is to send ...
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Drone-kit function for getting x, y, and z position relative to a start point or take off location?
During a flight, say with a pixhawk, I want to save the current location of the drone in reference to its initial start location. Ideally that would be the x, y, and z positions in meters. I ...
