1.1 First time vehicle connection See Disclaimer. Please follow these steps to connect an Microdrones vehicle to the UgCS: 1. Microdrones vehicle must be properly configured, calibrated and tested using tools and instruction from the official Microdrones web site prior to using it with UgCS. UgCS does not support initial configuration, setup and calibration of Microdrones vehicles.
4. Repeat steps above for each your Microdrones vehicle. Note that if both uplink and downlink are connected only uplink will be active because the Microdrones stops telemetry sending after reception of commands via uplink. The downlink can be activated either by issuing "A- RM"...
Continue Aircaft continues mission 1.6 Configuration file Default configuration file of the Microdrones VSM suits most needs and it is generally not necessary to modify it. Configuration file location: • On Microsoft Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\UgCS\bin\vsm-microdrones.conf • On GNU/Linux: /etc/opt/ugcs/vsm-microdrones.conf...
• Example: vehicle.microdrones.serial_port.1.name = com1 vehicle.microdrones.serial_port.1.baud = 38400 1.6.3 Model name override By default the VSM sets ’MD’ model name for the Microdrones vehicles. It can be overriden to more specific name in the VSM configuration. Example: vehicle.microdrones.custom.my_drone.serial_number = 1102 vehicle.microdrones.custom.my_drone.model_name = MD4-200...
CONTENTS 1.7.3 Mission dump path Optional. • Name: [prefix].mission_dump_path = [path to a file] • Description: File to dump all generated missions to. Timestamp is appended to the name. Delete the entry to disable mission dumping. All directories in the path to a file should be already created. •...
1.8 Communication with vehicle 1.8.1.2 Port baud rate Optional. • Name: [prefix].[port index].baud.[baud index] = [baud] • Description: Baud rate for port opening. [baud index] is an optional arbitrary name used when it is necessary to open the same serial port using multiple baud rates. [port index] is an arbitrary port indexing name. •...
CONTENTS 1.8.2.2 remote TCP port Optional. • Name: [prefix].detector.[con index].tcp_port = [port number] • Description: Remote port to connect to. • Example: vehicle.ardupilot.detector.1.tcp_port = 5762 1.8.3 UDP connection configuration Optional. VSM which communicates with vehicles via network should define at least one network connection, otherwise VSM will not try to connect to vehicles.
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