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dji ACE User Manual

Ground station wireless data-link
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Ground Station
Wireless Data-link
User Manual
V 2.7
www.dji-innovations.com
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©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Page 1 Ground Station Wireless Data-link User Manual V 2.7 www.dji-innovations.com - 1 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 2: Profile

    Single Waypoint and Ground Station products. Read this manual according to your product package. E.g., if you have WKM Single Waypoint, then you do not need to read section 4.4. Please refer to DJI autopilot manual for semi-auto takeoff and landing.
  • Page 3  Automatic Takeoff & Landing    F Channel Controller    General Purpose Servo Action    Six Route Templates No photogrammetry Tool   Photogrammetry Tool - 3 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 4: In Box

    Warranty Card ×1 It recommends the necessary conditions for using this system and related safety issues. Please fill out the customer & information card and return to DJI Innovations to register your product warranty. - 4 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Appendix ..............................- 39 - List of Ground Station Shortcut Keys ....................- 39 - Troubleshooting ..........................- 40 - Data-link LED Introduction ......................... - 43 - Wireless Data-link Specification ......................- 44 - - 5 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 6: Matters Need Attention

    Control Modes in ACE Waypoint User Manual and WKM Control Modes in WKM User Manual. Autopilot Mode (auto mode) means: GPS Atti. or GPS Cruise Mode in ACE; GPS Atti. Mode in WKM. If you have any problem you cannot solve during installation and usage, please contact our customer service.

  • Page 7: Connection

    2.4GHz wireless data-link air end has only one CAN port. · · Usually connecting one CAN port on air end to any spare CAN port on DJI autopilot system is enough. Ground Station WKM user should use it with PMU.

  • Page 8: Ground Station Software

    Check if Internet Explorer 8 has been installed. If not, click Install Internet Explorer 8 to install. If yes, go to step 3. STEP3: Click Install Google Earth Plugin For DJI to install Google Earth. STEP4: Click Install GS Radio USB Driver to install driver.

  • Page 9: Start Software

    You also can go into offline mode by clicking the OFFLINE MODE button. (2)Connect to Main Controller  Click Connect button on the upper right corner to connect to DJI autopilot main controller.  If errors are showed, it means there may be some problem on connection, please check.

  • Page 10: Application

    Tx Switch Tx Switch Manual Mode GPS Cruise Mode Atti. Mode Tx Signal Tx Signal Lost Resume HOVERING MODE Line Protection Tx Signal Lost time > 10s AUTOMATIC GO HOME Line Protection - 10 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 11: Gui

    Sound: Turn on or off the sound.  Instrument Board Style: Choose different style of the Instrument Board.  Action Setting: Action number display interval.  Pause Mode Control Interval: Frequency of data packages sent to MC. - 11 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 12  Check for Update: Update software here.  About: Check your DJI Ground Station version here. Enter location: Go to the location of your input. Fly Trace: Click to show the trace of aircraft. PathExtrude: Click if you want to see flight Path Extrude during mission editing.
  • Page 13  WKM:  MotorVoltage: Battery voltage.  ACE:  ServoVoltage: Servo output voltage.  Pitch%: Real-time pitch percentage.  Throttle%: Real-time throttle percentage. Download and upload progress bar. Cancel: Cancel button. - 13 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 14: View Mode

    STEP5: Home Point: Home point can be found only when GPS signal is good enough. If WKM, Home Point is 20 meters above the aircraft position where user pushes the throttle stick first time; while ACE is 30 meters. STEP6: View Fly Trace, Instrument Board and State Information: For displaying flight track and aircraft state.
  • Page 15 Setting parameters for the communication between MC and GS. Usually just keep DEFAULT parameters.  The waypoint number of one package  Upload one package retry times  Retry one package timeout - 15 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 16 IN 3D-MAP IN REAL WORLD Before set-offset After set-offset Case 1 Heli stay on the ground Longitude Longitude Longitude Case 2 Heli stay on the roof of building Longitude Longitude Longitude - 16 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 17 Log Folder: Ground Station data recording function which is for recording all data transmitted and received by radio module. You can open the log files in this folder by notepad. You can send the log files to DJI customer service for analysis if you have any usage problems. ...

  • Page 18: Joystick/Keyboard Mode

    Ground Station as much as you can.  The simulation model requires a complete main control system connection, and you can reference to Assembly in DJI autopilot system user manual. - 18 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 19: One Key Takeoff

    "The aircraft is auto Takeoff!" Error messages "Auto Takeoff failure, GPS is not ready!" “The aircraft is Takeoffing!" "Auto Takeoff failure, the aircraft is already flying!" "Auto Takeoff failure, please switch to auto mode!" - 19 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 20: Joystick And Keyboard Mode

    Real Flight® InterLink™ Plus Controller Logitech® Extreme™ 3D Pro Joystick Fig③  Technology Requirements  At least 4 linear control channels are necessary; otherwise the joystick function will not work properly.  Use USB connection. - 20 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 21 Move the sticks through their motion range completely 3D motion range completely Step 3 several times. When several times, including pitch. completed, click Finish. When completed, click Finish.  Channel Mapping - 21 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 22 Push your joystick, and the channel value feedback will tell whether it matches with suggested joystick control direction or your own settings, and then make your adjustments. For Type 1 controller, please refer to the controller‟s manual. Fig① Fig② - 22 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 23: Click Go Mode

    When in the Click Go Mode, all Tx control sticks are disabled. To regain control using the Tx, flip the mode switch to Manual mode, and then to other control modes (ACE: Atti, GPS Atti, or GPS Cruise mode; WKM: Atti, GPS Atti).

  • Page 24: Waypoint(Single Waypoint User Skip This)

    2 Upload Flight Mission 2 Upload Flight Mission 3 Take off Aircraft 3 Take off Aircraft 4 Switch to Autopilot Mode 4 Switch to Autopilot Mode 5 Go！！ 5 Go！！ Mission Editor - 24 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 25 Latitude & Longitude: Units are in degree.  Altitude: Unit is in meters.  TurnMode: Set the turn mode individually.  Forward_Flight_Speed: Velocity from previous point to current point is limited to <= 25 m/s. - 25 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 26 StartDelay: (Unit: second) Setting when to activate assigned servo actions if the flight arrives this way point.  RepeatDistance: (Unit: meter.)Setting the repeat action in distance. Set the editor box transparent. Set the editor box size. - 26 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 27: (I) Flight Mission Setting

    There are two ways on adding waypoints. A maximum of 200 waypoints can be added in the ACE waypoint mode, and a maximum of 50 waypoints can be added in the WKM waypoint mode. If selected, the waypoint will change Fig②...
  • Page 28 Sets the time to stay in a particular waypoint, not Type in the time to stay in a waypoint for Bank_turn, only for StopAndTurn (In second). after the TimeHold in the box.  Mission Properties Editing - 28 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 29  SetAllWPsSpeed single waypoint‟s properties  SetAllWPsTurnMode individually, then the corresponding waypoint  SetAllAction properties will change.  Examples for Way Point turning mode: Shown as figure A1/A2 as following. - 29 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 30 Mission Load Click OPEN to load mission saved; choose mission file with extension „.awm‟. STEP1: Notices: The Altitude offset value will not be saved in mission file. Please set it every time!!! - 30 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 31: (Ii) Upload Flight Mission

    Final Check & Mission Transmitting: Click UPLOAD on the upper bottom of the mission Editor to send flight mission to DJI autopilot main controller. Here a mission review table as following example will appear for mission final check. Press OK. The mission is ready to be executed after synchronized successfully.

  • Page 32: (V) Go

    Please note that when you set a waypoint above water such as lake/sea/river, the default altitude the map shows will be at the bottom of the water body. Please be careful in setting altitude over water. - 32 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 33: Auto Takeoff And Landing

    Tips: ACE users need to obtain Semi Auto Takeoff and Landing permission. WKM has this function built-in. Auto Takeoff Only after assigning or editing all waypoints, the mission is ready to take off.

  • Page 34: F Channel Controller

    Click Exit and Holding to exit and keep the range value; Click Exit without Holding to STEP6: exit and forget the range value. Tips: ACE supports F1, F2, F3 and F4; WKM supports F1 and F2 only。 - 34 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 35: General Purpose Servo Action (Gp-Servo Action)

    STEP2: Click the box Action Mode OnOff to enable the GP-Servo Action function; STEP3: For ACE, the GP-Servo uses the output channel F4 in the MC; for WKM, the GP-Servo uses the output channel F1 in the MC. Notices: The servo position value is from -1000 to 1000; the Stay Time is in second.
  • Page 36 1 means action property is applied to every waypoint; 2 means action property is applied to every two waypoints; 3 means action property is applied to every three waypoints, etc. Fig. ① Fig. ② - 36 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 37: Six Pre-Programmed Route Templates

    You can set sea level at Alti, and ensure that the altitude is higher than the aircraft altitude.  Edit waypoints after clicking Import to Edit List button  5 Waypoints station will not enable Scan mode. Fig.② Fig.③ Fig.① Fig.⑤ Fig.④ - 37 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 38: Photogrammetry Tool

    If everything is OK, click Generate to generate all waypoints. Now you will have a flight mission generated automatically in the Editor, shown as Fig. ③. Tips: You can edit any waypoint in the Editor after generate all waypoints. - 38 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 39: Appendix

    Head Degree Setting then Mouse Roll Up or Mouse Roll Down Left click waypoint then ↑ or ↓ Head Degree Setting Left click waypoint then then Shift+P Open the Relative Coordinates Editor - 39 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 40: Troubleshooting

    The Ground Station launching failure when you click to open the instrument board; the reason is that your computer can‟t support the OpenGL. Solution: You may choose the Style2 (shown in Fig.①, ②) in System SettingOptions before you open the instrument board. - 40 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 41 Software can be launched again, but loss of the following information will happen: Altitude Offset value, Aircraft tracks and Way points. Solution: Click on the DOWNLOAD button, to retrieve the previously set way points from the DJI Autopilot main controller. Launch Flight Failure ...
  • Page 42 Two Wireless Data-Link Terminals had been placed too close. The valid communication distance between 2.4GHz wireless data-links should be longer than 1.5 meters; the valid communication distance between 900MHz wireless data-links should be longer than 5 meters. - 42 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 43: Data-Link Led Introduction

    Data Light Light on indicates communication is on. Link Power Light Light on indicates working well. Power Transmit Light Light on indicates data transmit. Receive Light Light on indicates data receive. - 43 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 44: Wireless Data-Link Specification

    Ground end: 100g Weight (Has Antenna) Air end: 20g Air end: 60g Power Requirement Supply Voltage 4.5V~12V 4.5V~12V Transmit Current 220mA 1300mA Receive Current 62mA 100mA Regulatory Approvals FCC (USA) IC (Canada) - 44 - ©2012 DJI Innovations. All Rights Reserved.

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