Page 1 Ignis II Operational Manual Hardware Version v2.0 Firmware Version 2.2.2+ Android App Version 2.15.3 Drone Ampliﬁed, INC...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Contents 1 General 1.1 Overview 1.2 Size and Weight 1.3 Battery and Power 1.4 Safety Systems 1.5 Android App 1.6 Controls 1.6.1 DJI controls 1.6.2 Alta X and IF 1200 Controls 1.7 LEDs 1.8 Error Messages 1.9 Environmental Limitations 1.10 Ignition Spheres and Fluid 1.11 Antifreeze Jug Pump Setup...
Page 3 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 4 Ignis Speciﬁc Ampliﬁed Normal Procedures 4.1 Normal Procedures 4.1.1 Ignition, Flight Plan and Emergency Procedures 4.1.2 Environmental Conditions and Forecast 4.1.3 Inspect for Visible Damage 4.1.4 Hatches 4.1.5 Dropper Attached to Hopper 4.1.6 Dropper Needle 4.1.7 Emergency Release Toggled 4.1.8 Battery Install and Connect 4.1.9 Verify Puncture Motion...
Page 4 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 6 Ampliﬁed Emergency Procedures 6.1 Communication Failure Checklist 6.1.1 Stop Ignitions and Dropping 6.1.2 Alert Operators and Bystanders 6.1.3 Visually Verify Dropping Stopped 6.1.4 Perform Post Flight Inspection 6.2 In-Flight Fire Checklist 6.2.1 Check for In-Flight Fire 6.2.2 Disarm Ignis 6.2.3 Fly Over Safe Ignition Area 6.2.4 Trigger Dropper Emergency Ejection...
Page 5 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.7.4 Px4 Compass Calibration 7.7.5 Px4 Automated Procedures 7.7.6 Arducopter Compass Calibration 7.7.7 Arducopter Automated Procedures 7.8 Pixhawk Advanced Conﬁguration 7.8.1 MAVLink Communications 7.8.2 App control via RC channels 7.8.3 Px4 Flight Controller Parameters 7.8.4 Arducopter Flight Controller Parameters 7.8.5 Gremsy Gimbal Parameters 7.9 DJI Drone Setup 7.9.1 Camera Settings...
Page 6 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.18 Drawing Map Annotations 7.18.1 Flight Path Drawing 7.18.2 Line Drawing 7.18.3 Marker Drawing 7.18.4 Erasing 7.18.5 Undo & Redo 7.18.6 Saving 7.18.7 Loading 7.19 Privacy Mechanisms 8 Service and Maintenance 8.1 Every Flight Maintenance 8.2 Daily Maintenance 8.3 Periodic Maintenance 8.3.1 Inspecting Screws...
Page 7: General
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 1 General This manual covers the operation of the Ignis system with the following conﬁguration: • Hardware version v2.0 • Firmware version 68+ • Android App version 2.15.3 Ensure that you are using the proper manual for the version of your system. This section provides a general overview and discusses the requirements and limitations of the system.
Page 8: Overview
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 1.1 Overview Figure 1.1: Overview of the Ignis 2 system. The Ignis system is shown in Figure 1.1. The top component of it is called the Hopper and holds the ignition spheres. The bottom component is called the Dropper and performs the puncturing and injection of the ignition spheres.
Page 9: Size And Weight
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed • Integrating and modifying these checklists based on your speciﬁc operating setup and conditions. • Setting up the drone operational area away from the ignition area, but at a location that can easily be defended in case of ﬁre. •...
Page 10: Battery And Power
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed The Ignis 2 system is approximately 20 x 33 x 40 cm as shown in Figure 1.2. With no ignition spheres or antifreeze, the system weighs 2.02kg. With a full load of 400 ignition spheres and antifreeze, the total weight is 4.015kg. 1.3 Battery and Power The Ignis 2 requires a separate 2 Cell LiPo battery (nominal voltage of 7.4V, fully charged voltage of 8.4V) with a standard XT60 connector (One such example is...
Page 11: Android App
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 1.5 Android App Ignis is primarily controlled from a custom Android app we have developed. This app integrates software to control the drone, give access to online and ofﬂine satellite maps, and control of Ignis to allow safe and easy aerial ignitions anywhere. The app can be used to control Ignis over a convenient short-range Bluetooth connection for bench testing.
Page 12: Controls
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 1.6 Controls 1.6.1 DJI controls Figure 1.6.1: Ignis control switches for M600 Physical safety switches are also incorporated onto a switch bar attached to the remote controller. This includes switches to manually trigger an emergency release, as well as an Arm/Disarm switch.
Page 13: Alta X And If 1200 Controls
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 1.6.2 Alta X and IF 1200 Controls Figure 1.6.2: Herelink Blue Button Layout for Alta X and IF 1200. Similar to the M600 controls, there are buttons to manually trigger an emergency release, arm/disarm Ignis, and control the camera/gimbal. To trigger the E-Release hold button B and C.
Page 14: Leds
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 1.7 LEDs Feedback on the current status of the Ignis system is provided through the app and by an indicator LED on the rear of Ignis 2. The table below outlines the status information from the LEDs.
Page 15 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed If Ignis encounters an error, dropping will automatically stop and Ignis will perform recovery operations to return to a safe state. Dropping cannot be restarted until the error is resolved. The following is a list of the status messages that can be displayed in the app: HIGH TEMP …: Ignis’s temperature sensor is detecting a high temperature above the injection chamber.
Page 16 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed you may see this message if you have not activated the onboard SDK on an M600 (Section 9.4). LOST CONNECTION TO APP: Ignis stopped receiving messages from the app and disabled dropping. Reconnect the app to the controller. WRONG DRONE MODE: For M600 only.
Page 17 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed S1 NOT CCW: For the M600 only. Dropping is disabled because the knob on the control bar labeled “S1” is not twisted counter-clockwise all the way. This knob is used to trigger the emergency release, and Ignis will not allow dropping until this knob is ready. An emergency release is triggered when S1 and S2 are twisted all the way clockwise within 2 seconds of each other in order.
Page 18: Environmental Limitations
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed If these troubleshooting steps do not resolve the issue, contact Drone Ampliﬁed for support. 1.9 Environmental Limitations The Ignis system has been designed to operate under the following conditions: ● System temperatures ranging from 5 °...
Page 19: Antifreeze Jug Pump Setup
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed require adjustment of this parameter. We recommend testing under controlled conditions to ensure the results are as expected whenever changing antifreeze types or when there are signiﬁcant changes to the ambient temperature. 1.11 Antifreeze Jug Pump Setup Reﬁlling Ignis with antifreeze is made faster and easier by using the included hand pump and jug mount.
Page 20 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 1.11b: Snap pump mounting bracket on the cap and zip-tie the other end to the handle. The coupler stores on the two pins protruding from the front of the pump mounting bracket as shown in Figure 1.11c. Figure 1.11c The coupler stores on the front of the pump mounting bracket when not in use.
Page 21: Storage And Transport
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 1.12 Storage and Transport Figure 1.12: Ignis 2 storage container and parts. Before storage and transport, the Ignis system should be prepared as outlined in Section 3.5. Figure 1.12 shows the storage container and parts as typically shipped. The system should always be stored and transported in its original transport case.
Page 22: Supporting Equipment
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 2 Supporting Equipment 2.1 General 2.1.1 Generator If you want to do many ﬂights, you’ll need to recharge your batteries in the ﬁeld, we recommend a 2.2 kW generator. This will be able to run 2 M600 chargers and 1 IF 1200/Alta X charger.
Page 23: Antenna Improvements
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed reconﬁgure the drone’s PWM and API settings. There have been instances in which the M600 spontaneously reset its settings and needed to be reconﬁgured in the ﬁeld. The drone may also become “Locked” after a ﬁrmware update, and DJI Assistant 2 or the ofﬁcial DJI Go app can be used to unlock the drone.
Page 24: Normal Procedures
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 3 Normal Procedures This section contains the normal procedure checklists. See the Ignis speciﬁc ampliﬁed normal procedures in Section 4 for details. Last Updated Apr 13, 2022 Page 24...
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Page 26: Start Dropping Checklist
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 3.1 Start Dropping Checklist 1. Arm Ignis: ARMED 2. Check Ignis Status: IDLE 3. Ensure Drop Area Clear and Safe: CLEAR AND SAFE 4. Press Start Dropping button in App: PRESSED 5. Check Ignis Status: DROPPING 3.2 Stop Dropping Checklist Press Stop Dropping button in App: PRESSED Check Ignis Status: IDLE...
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Page 29: Post Flight Inspection Checklist
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 3.4 Post Flight Inspection Checklist 1. Drone Safe: SAFE 2. Slipper Block: EMPTY 3. Ignis Battery: DISCONNECTED 4. Inspect for Visible Damage: NO DAMAGE 3.5 Preparing for Storage Checklist 1. Remove Needles from Dropper and Store: COMPLETE 2.
Page 30: Environmental Conditions And Forecast
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 4.1.2 Environmental Conditions and Forecast Environmental Conditions and Forecast: WITHIN LIMITS Ensure that the weather and the forecasted conditions are within limits for both the Ignis system and the drone. See Section 1.9 for detailed speciﬁcations. In addition, storage in hot conditions or leaving the system exposed to direct sunlight may cause the system to exceed its operational temperature even if the air temperature is within limits.
Page 31: Hatches
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 4.1.4 Hatches Hatches: HATCHES A AND B CLOSED Figure 4.1.4: Left: Hatches closed, blocking spheres from feeding into dropper. Right: Hatches open Ensure that the hatches are in the closed position as shown in Figure 4.1.4. If they are not, the hatches can be moved by hand with minimal force.
Page 32: Dropper Needle
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 4.1.5b: To lock the Dropper in place, push the emergency release lock on each side of the dropper back 4.1.6 Dropper Needle Dropper Needle: A AND B CLEAR AND INSTALLED Before each ﬂight the needle should be removed and it should be veriﬁed that it is clear of any foreign material and that it is sharp.
Page 33: Emergency Release Toggled
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 4.1.6b: Locking the needle assembly. To lock the needle assembly in place, push inward on the black knob labeled “IGNIS” (as shown in Figure 4.1.6b), and twist the knob clockwise until it stops, then pull back on the knob to click it in place.
Page 34: Battery Install And Connect
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 4.1.7: Left: Ignis control switches for the M600. Right: Ignis control switches for the Alta X and IF 1200. 4.1.8 Battery Install and Connect Battery Install: INSTALLED and CONNECTED Figure 4.1.8a: Left: Battery install location. Right: Locate battery all the way forward and to the outside edge.
Page 35: Verify Puncture Motion
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 4.1.8b Connecting the battery. Figure 4.1.8b shows where to connect the battery. This will immediately turn the system on. Ensure that all ﬁngers and other items are clear of all moving parts. The battery voltage will be displayed as soon as the system is powered.
Page 36: Attach To Aircraft
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Once power is applied, the puncture actuator, shown in Figure 4.1.9, should travel back and forth as the calibration procedure is performed. Verify that it moves smoothly along the full length. 4.1.10 Attach To Aircraft Hopper Attached to Drone: SECURED Figure 4.1.10: Attaching hopper to Drone.
Page 37: Connect Ignis Usb Cable
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Snap the Hopper onto the rails of the drone, as shown in Figure 4.1.10 (left/right), and slide it along the rails to ensure that the Hopper is aligned with the center mass of the drone. Finally, reinstall and lightly tighten the red thumb screws to secure the Hopper to the drone.
Page 38: Fill Hopper
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 4.1.12 Fill Hopper Fill Hopper: FILLED Note: Use the app “AGITATE” button when ﬁlling to ensure chutes are ﬁlled. Figure 4.1.12: Left: Filling the Hopper with ignition spheres. Right: Approximate capacities. Fill the Hopper with the desired number of ignition spheres as shown in Figure 4.1.12. Filling the Hopper to the bottom of the aluminum brackets is approximately 400 ignition spheres.
Page 39 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed increase in resistance to turning when the antifreeze enters the pump. Once this resistance is felt, stop turning the handle. Figure 4.1.13a: Prime pump by cranking rapidly clockwise until antifreeze enters the pump. To ﬁll the reservoir, grasp the ﬁll coupler, placing thumb in the depression on top and splitting foreﬁnger and middle ﬁnger with the protrusion on the back as shown in ﬁgure 4.1.13b.
Page 40 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 4.1.13c: Left: Align the tubes on the coupler with the check valve barbs. Right: Press the coupler onto the reservoir until it stops. Crank the hand pump clockwise just like when priming until the reservoir is completely full.
Page 41 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed To purge the air out of the tubing between the reservoir and needles, hold the button in the center of the status LED (4.1.13e) below the reservoir for 3 seconds. Figure 4.1.13e: The status LED with multi-function button is located below the reservoir. This will run both pumps forward for approximately 3 seconds to draw ﬂuid from the reservoir towards the needles.
Page 42: Start Ignis App
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 4.1.14 Start Ignis App Start Ignis App: OPEN Open the Ignis app on your tablet or phone. On start the app will show a main menu as shown in Figure 4.1.14. Figure 4.1.14: Main Menu of the Ignis app. 4.1.15 Disarm Ignis Disarm Ignis: DISARMED Disarm Ignis on a M600 system by ﬂipping the arm/disarm switch.
Page 43: Ignis App Ignis Setup
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 4.1.16 Ignis App Ignis Setup Ignis App Ignis Setup: CONNECTED Figure 4.1.16a: Ignis Setup Menu for choosing how to connect to Ignis. Press the IGNIS SETUP button to see the connection options screen as shown in Figure 4.1.16a.
Page 44: Ignis Battery Level
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 4.1.16b: App when connected to Ignis Touch the connection option corresponding to the Ignis’s Bluetooth Address, which is shown inside the battery compartment or on the back of the Hopper, to begin connecting to Ignis over Bluetooth.
Page 45: Create Geofence
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 4.1.19 Create Geofence Create Geofence: CREATED Figure 4.1.19 Creating a geofence for Ignis in the Ignis app. Touch the ignition sphere icon in the top right corner of the ﬂight screen to open the Ignis controls , then touch the Geofence icon (the boxed drone icon) to open the Geofence controls (see Figure 4.1.19).
Page 46: Clear Drop Area
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 4.1.21: Right: Ignis Menu. Center: Drop Spacing menu. Left: Drop Spacing Slider. 4.1.22 Clear Drop Area Ensure Drop Area is Clear and Safe: SAFE AND CLEAR Before dropping ignition spheres, verify that all personnel, vehicles, equipment, etc. are safe and clear from the drop zone.
Page 47: Stop Dropping
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed ● The app status indicates dropping. This process will perform injections on both A and B sides until stopped. 4.1.24 Stop Dropping Stop Dropping: DISARMED, IGNIS STOPPED Press the Stop button in the app to stop dropping. To disarm Ignis in order to prevent accidentally starting again, move the Arm/Disarm switch (S3) on the control bar into the disarm position (down and away from the user), as shown in Section...
Page 48: Communication Failure Checklist
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 5.1 Communication Failure Checklist 1. Stop Ignitions and Dropping: SWITCHES OFF, SYSTEM STOPPED 2. Alert Operators and Bystanders: ALERTED 3. Visually Verify Dropping Stopped: DROPPING STOPPED If dropping does not stop and the drone is under control, keep the drone over an area where ignitions are safe before proceeding to the next step.
Page 49: Alert Operators And Bystanders
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed stop dropping at any point, although additional ignition spheres may be dispensed as they are cleared from the chutes. Note that the stopping process can take 2-3 seconds while the system purges any additional ignition spheres and performs a calibration process. 6.1.2 Alert Operators and Bystanders Alert Operators and Bystanders: ALERTED Alert all personnel in the area of the loss of communications.
Page 50: Disarm Ignis
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 6.2.2 Disarm Ignis Disarm Ignis: DISARMED On the M600 system, move S3 on the control bar into the disarmed position (down and away from the user). On the Alta X and IF 1200 systems press the C button. This will automatically cause Ignis to stop dropping.
Page 51: Stuck Ignition Sphere After Landing Checklist
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 6.3 Stuck Ignition Sphere After Landing Checklist 6.3.1 Remove Needle Assemblies Remove Needle Assemblies: NEEDLES REMOVED Remove the needle assemblies (Section 4.1.6). This will ensure that no antifreeze can be injected into the ignition sphere. 6.3.2 Trigger Dropper Emergency Ejection Trigger Dropper Emergency Ejection: TRIGGERED, EJECTED On the M600 system, rotate both dials fully clockwise within 2 seconds of each other to...
Page 52: Ignis Android App
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7 Ignis Android App 7.1 System Requirements The app is compatible with Android Lollipop (5.0) and above. The Android operating system can be upgraded by going to Settings, About, System update. Minimum System Requirements: Operating System: Android Lollipop (5.0) CPU: Quad-Core, 1.2 GHz RAM: 1GB Recommended Tablets:...
Page 53: Privacy And Versions
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed ● PHANTOM ™ 4 ● PHANTOM ™ 4 Pro ● PHANTOM ™ 4 Advanced ● MAVIC ™ Air ● MAVIC ™ Pro ● MAVIC ™ 2 Pro ● MAVIC ™ 2 Zoom ● MAVIC ™ 2 Enterprise ●...
Page 54: Main Menu
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.3 Main Menu Figure 7.3: Main Menu of Ignis app. The ﬁrst time you launch the app, you will be asked to agree to the End User License Agreement, and to give the app certain permissions. The app can function without the Location permission, but it will not be able to display your device’s location on the map.
Page 55: Connecting The Remote Controller
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed In the privacy-enhanced version of the app, the ﬁrst-time registration process must be manually started, and will temporarily disable the ﬁrewall. Follow the instructions displayed on the main menu. 7.3.2 Connecting the Remote Controller When you connect the remote controller to your mobile device using a USB cable, you may see a prompt to pick which app should be opened when this USB accessory is connected.
Page 56 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Use Tablet Location: If this is enabled, the app will utilize the tablet’s location capabilities to display the user’s location on the map. Location must also be enabled on the tablet for this to work. However, locating the device will consume a signiﬁcant amount of the tablet’s battery power.
Page 57 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed location. This should be a fairly accurate elevation measurement unless the terrain data at your location is erroneous. The other emulates the altitude reading that a manned aircraft would use. This is useful to integrate with manned aircraft operations, but you’ll need to set the Altimeter Setting in order for it to be accurate.
Page 58: Download Maps
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Ignis Control Interface: Selects which version of Ignis you want the app to show controls for. Ignis 1 uses time between drops, and Ignis 2 uses distance between drops. This will automatically get set to the version of the Ignis you connect to. App Version: The version number of the app.
Page 59: New Offline Region
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.5: Ofﬂine Regions Screen Pressing the “DOWNLOAD MAPS” button on the main menu will open a screen similar to Figure 7.5. This screen will display all of the maps you’ve downloaded, but it is currently empty in this Figure.
Page 60 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed played on the screen. You can press the “KMZ / PDF” button to select a map overlay to display, which can help you ﬁnd the region you want to download. Once the map has been zoomed in far enough, download buttons will appear in the bottom right corner of the screen, as shown in Figure 7.5.1a.
Page 61: Managing Regions
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed leave this screen and use the app for other things. However, if the app is closed, then the download will fail. If the download fails for any reason, then the app will attempt to redownload the elevation maps once every minute. Once the elevation map download for the region completes, the “No elevation data”...
Page 62 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.5.2a: Viewing a downloaded region. Pressing the “VIEW” button will show the downloaded region, as in Figure 7.5.2a. The downloaded region you selected will be surrounded by a white rectangle. Any other down- loaded regions will be shown as gray rectangles. The map tiles shown in this view are not an accurate representation of what tiles are saved for ofﬂine usage, as Mapbox will down- load tiles to ﬁll this view in if the app is connected to the internet.
Page 63: Elevation Data
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.5.2b: Viewing the elevation of a downloaded region. If you touch the map while viewing an ofﬂine region, it will show the elevation of the region above mean sea level, as shown in ﬁgure 7.5.2b. Touch the map again to hide it. 7.5.3 Elevation Data The elevation maps used in this app are from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), which collected elevation data of the Earth’s surface between 60 degrees north and...
Page 64 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.6a: Map Overlays Screen Pressing the “MAP OVERLAYS” button on the main menu will open a screen similar to Figure 7.6a. This screen will display all of the map overlays loaded by the app, but it is currently empty in this ﬁgure.
Page 65 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Unfortunately, Android's ﬁle browser isn't very intuitive, so if you can't ﬁnd the ﬁle you're looking for, touch the three horizontal lines in the top left corner, and then select the entry with the model of your tablet, shown in Figure 7.6c. On older versions of Android, you might have to ﬁrst select the three dots in the top right corner and then select "Show Internal Storage".
Page 66 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.6d: Browsing the Download folder for pdf and kmz ﬁles. Figure 7.6d shows a pdf and kmz ﬁle inside the Download folder. Touch a ﬁle to select it. This will return to the Map Overlays Screen, and the app will start processing that ﬁle, as shown in Figure 7.6e.
Page 67 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed of these overlays every time you start the app. When you ﬂy, you will be able to select the overlay you want to display on the map. Figure 7.6f: A pdf, kmz and ﬂight log that have been processed by the app into overlays. The list can also be used to manage the overlays.
Page 68: Pixhawk Drone Setup
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Viewing the overlay will allow you to see it on the map, as shown in Figure 7.6h. Touch the screen to hide or show the overlay. Figure 7.6i: Viewing a kmz overlay. Remove overlays from the list when you have no further use for them. 7.7 Pixhawk Drone Setup This section is for users of the Alta X or IF1200.
Page 69 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.7: Pixhawk Drone Setup Pressing the ”DRONE SETUP” button from the main menu of the Ignis Px4 app will open a screen where you can set up the connection to the drone, adjust the drone’s settings, and view advanced information.
Page 70: Mavlink Connection
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Compass (Magnetometer): Indicates if there is an error with the compass, and lets you perform a compass calibration. Automated Procedures: Takes you to another screen for conﬁguring the drone's lost-link, low battery, and return to launch procedures Advanced conﬁguration: Takes you to another screen for conﬁguring all other settings of the drone, camera, and gimbal.
Page 71 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed This option also exists in case there's a bug in the app's connection code. Selecting this option and then going back to your desired connection option should reset the state of the connection. Herelink Wiﬁ (running Contrast app): This is the default option. This option should be selected when the Ignis Px4 app is running on a tablet that is connected to a Herelink's Wiﬁ...
Page 72 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Pressing the "Conﬁgure Custom Connection" button at the top will allow you to deﬁne your own MAVLink connection in case one of the listed options doesn't work for your setup. You can only have one custom connection deﬁned at a time. There are the following options: Connection Type: Select "None"...
Page 73: Video Feed Connection
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.7.2 Video Feed Connection Figure 7.7.2 Video Feed Connection Pressing the Video Feed Connection option under Drone Setup will show you the above screen with a button for conﬁguring a custom connection, and a list of connection options.
Page 74 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed The list will also show all of the connected USB devices, but currently, streaming video via USB is deprecated, so don't use them. We might reimplement some in the future, so we’ve left them in the list for now. Pressing the "Conﬁgure Custom Connection"...
Page 75: Workswell Camera Config
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.7.3 Workswell Camera Conﬁg Figure 7.7.3: Workswell Camera Conﬁg The Workswell Camera Conﬁg button in the Pixhawk drone setup screen will display the video feed and an on-screen directional pad. The directional pad buttons send menu navigation commands to the Wiris Pro so you can navigate their menus and conﬁgure the camera.
Page 76: Px4 Automated Procedures
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed The main portion of the screen will display the diagnostic log, which will contain information about the progress of the compass calibration. With a large drone, it's best to have one or two people responsible for holding the drone and another that watches the app. Hold the drone out with the bottom down, then press the Start Calibration button.
Page 77 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Return Altitude: What altitude above the takeoff location the drone will ascend to when it executes a return procedure. There's a checkbox in this setting to show more options, which will be described later. Critical Battery Procedure: What the drone should do when its battery gets low. Options are "Warning", which does nothing;...
Page 78: Arducopter Compass Calibration
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Procedure if drone exceeds ﬂight limits: What the drone should do if it exceeds the Max Flight Altitude or Max Flight Radius. "No procedure" does nothing. "Warning" also does nothing. "Hold position" makes the drone hover in place. "Return" makes the drone return to the takeoff location.
Page 79: Arducopter Automated Procedures
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed The visualization is currently incorrect. Ignore it. 7.7.7 Arducopter Automated Procedures Pressing the Automated Procedures option on in Drone Setup while connected to an Arducopter drone will take you to another screen with options for conﬁguring the drone's automated procedures.
Page 80: Pixhawk Advanced Configuration
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.8 Pixhawk Advanced Conﬁguration Skip ahead to Section 7.10 if you are reading through this manual as training. This section is primarily intended as a reference for system managers. Figure 7.8 Advanced conﬁguration menu Pressing the "Advanced conﬁguration" option in Drone Setup will take you to the above screen.
Page 81: Mavlink Communications
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.8.1 MAVLink Communications Figure 7.8.1 Mavlink communications This screen is useful to check what devices the app is currently receiving MAVLink messages from. You can verify that the gimbal, camera, and ﬂight controller are all connected and functioning.
Page 82: App Control Via Rc Channels
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.8.2 App control via RC channels Figure 7.8.2 Default app control via RC channels settings The App control via RC channels button in Advanced Conﬁguration will take you to the above screen. This lets you change how the app operates in response to the PWM channel values on the radio.
Page 83: Px4 Flight Controller Parameters
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Toggle between Visible / Thermal feed of Workswell Camera momentary button: When this value rises above 1500µs, the app will toggle the Wiris Pro between displaying the thermal and visible video feeds on the main display. Toggle Map/Video in Fly screen momentary button: When this value rises above 1500µs, the app will toggle the map and video feed maximization.
Page 84 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Allow arming without GPS signal: A very important parameter to disable. MAVLink Connection 1, 2, 3: Px4 only allows 3 Mavlink devices to be connected to the ﬂight controller, even though it has more than 3 serial ports. Each of these takes you to a screen where you can conﬁgure which serial port the Mavlink connection is on and what baud rate that serial port operates at.
Page 85 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Serial Port: Which serial port on the ﬂight controller the device is connected to. Baud Rate: What speed the serial port is conﬁgured for. This needs to match the baud rate the device operates at. Forward messages to/from other MAVLink devices: If enabled, the ﬂight controller will repeat the messages it hears on this serial port to the other connected MAVLink devices, and will repeat the messages it hears from other MAVLink devices to this device.
Page 86 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed The options are: Pitch, Roll, Yaw, Throttle control: Displays which channel is currently mapped to the control of the drone's motors. You cannot edit these parameters in this screen. Flight Mode Switch: The RC channel that controls what ﬂight mode the drone is in (e.g. Altitude Hold vs Position Hold).
Page 87 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.8.3d: Flight Mode Switch conﬁguration Selecting the Flight Mode Switch option in the RC Channels Assignment will show a screen for conﬁguring the behavior of the Flight Mode Switch, as shown in Figure 7.8.3d. The Flight Mode switch in Px4 can switch between up to 6 different modes, and so the range of channel values is divided into 6 approximately-equal spaced ranges.
Page 88 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.8.3e: Gimbal control conﬁguration Selecting Gimbal control from the Px4 Flight Controller Parameters screen will show options for conﬁguring how the gimbal is controlled. The options are: Control signals the ﬂight controller expects to receive from the pilot: How the pilot should send signals to the ﬂight controller.
Page 89 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed App control via RC channels: This setting appears if you didn't select "RC Channels". This links to Section 7.8.2. Stabilize Servo Mount: If you're using a servo as a gimbal, you can enable this to make the ﬂight controller attempt to compensate for the pitch and roll of the aircraft in its control signals.
Page 90: Arducopter Flight Controller Parameters
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed ﬂight controller stops receiving MAVLink messages from the batteries, it'll think the batteries are at the same energy level they were at the last time it heard from them, and it won't alert you of anything wrong while it crashes due to running the batteries dry. ADC channel for voltage monitoring: Which Analog-to-digital converter the ﬂight controller should use to monitor voltage.
Page 91: Gremsy Gimbal Parameters
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.8.5 Gremsy Gimbal Parameters Figure 7.8.5: Gremsy Gimbal parameters Touching the Gremsy Gimbal Parameters button from the Advanced conﬁguration screen will allow you to conﬁgure some settings of a Gremsy gimbal and view its ﬁrmware version, as shown above.
Page 92: Dji Drone Setup
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.9 DJI Drone Setup Skip ahead to Section 7.10 if you are using a Pixhawk drone. Figure 7.9: DJI Drone Setup Pressing the ”DRONE SETUP” button from the main menu of the Ignis or Ignis GE app will open a screen where the drone’s settings can be changed, and advanced information can be viewed.
Page 93 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Maximum Flight Radius: Allows you to adjust the drone’s maximum allowed distance from home. Move the slider all the way to the right to disable this. Low Battery Warning Threshold: Sets the battery percentage that will make the controller start beeping.
Page 94 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed EXT Video Input Port: This is part of the advanced video feed conﬁguration controls. Enabling this will allow the use of a Zenmuse camera. Disabling this will only use the video feeds from the HDMI and AV sources. LB / EXT Video Bandwidth Allocation: This is part of the advanced video feed con- ﬁguration controls.
Page 95: Camera Settings
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.9.1 Camera Settings Figure 7.9.1a: Thermal Camera Setup. If a DJI camera is connected to the drone, then you will see a Camera setting in the Drone setup menu that displays the model of the camera. If you touch this, you will go to a new screen with settings for that camera.
Page 96 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Restore Factory Settings: This will cause the camera to restore its factory settings and restart. The following settings appear if you are viewing the settings for a thermal camera (e.g. Zenmuse XT2 IR). Thermal Display Mode: This allows you to switch the display between Visible-only, Thermal- only, Picture-in-picture, or MSX.
Page 97: Sd Card
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.9.1b: Maximized camera view. Area Metering is enabled, and the app shows crosshairs over the hottest and coldest parts of the video feed. For easy conﬁguration, the video feed will be displayed in the corner of this screen. Touch- ing the video will maximize or minimize it, as shown in Figure 7.9.1b.
Page 98: Remote Controller Settings
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed The SD Card screen is displayed when you touch the SD Card setting in the Camera screen. When you go to this screen, it may be blank. Give it a little bit of time to get the list from the drone.
Page 99 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.10a: Browsing ﬂight logs. Each ﬂight log shows a small preview image of the ﬂight path, the date and time the drone took off, the duration of the ﬂight, and how many ignition spheres were dropped. The preview is color coded so that the yellow paths are the sections of the ﬂight where Ignis was dropping, and the blue paths are the parts where Ignis was not dropping.
Page 100: Ignis Setup
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed The ﬂight path is color coded so that the yellow paths are the sections of the ﬂight where Ignis was dropping, and the blue paths are the parts where Ignis was not dropping. A red path indicates that Ignis has a hard error during that section of the ﬂight.
Page 101: Connecting Through Bluetooth
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.11.3 Connecting through Bluetooth Figure 7.11.3a: App when connected to Ignis 1 through Bluetooth. Figure 7.11.3b: App when connected to Ignis 2 through Bluetooth. To set up Ignis through Bluetooth, ﬁrst ﬁnd Ignis’s Bluetooth address located in the battery cover or on the back of the Hopper, then touch the corresponding name in the connection option screen shown in Figure 7.11.1.
Page 102 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed drone. Once the app begins to receive messages from Ignis, Ignis’s status will be displayed on the right, as shown in Figure 7.11.3a. The following is a description of each button: EMPTY A: (Ignis 1 only) Completely empties syringe A. EMPTY B: (Ignis 1 only) Completely empties syringe B.
Page 103: Connecting Through The Drone
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.11.4 Connecting through the Drone Figure 7.11.4a: App when connected to Ignis 1 through the Drone. Figure 7.11.4b App when connected to Ignis 2 through the Drone. In case Ignis cannot be connected through Bluetooth, there is the option to set up Ignis through the drone.
Page 104: Flying
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.12 Flying Touching the “FLY” button from the main menu will open the screen used to ﬂy the drone and control Ignis. Figure 7.12 shows an example of this ﬂight screen, and enumerates important interface elements. Figure 7.12a: Main interface elements while ﬂying.
Page 105 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed MOTORS OFF: The motors are off. MOTORS ON: The motors are on. GOING HOME: The drone is returning home or auto-landing. Use the go-home button on the controller to leave this state. FLYING: The drone is ﬂying and is under the control of the remote controller. WAYPOINTS: The drone is following programmed waypoints.
Page 106 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 10. Ignis Menu Button & Number of Ignition Spheres Dropped: Touching this icon will open the Ignis Menu. This icon will spin while Ignis is dropping. If Ignis is connected, the “?” will display the number of ignition spheres that have been dropped. 11.
Page 107: Map Recentering
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.12b: Touch a location on the map while no other menus are open, and an info bubble about that location will appear. Touch the info bubble to hide it. If you tap a location on the map, information about that point will be displayed, as shown in Figure 7.12b.
Page 108 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Touching the GPS satellite icon at the top of the screen will open the Map Recentering Menu, shown in Figure 7.12.1a. If you do not have any map overlays loaded, touching the GPS satellite icon will directly open the Map Recentering Menu. Touch either “Drone”, “Home”...
Page 109 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.12.1c: Viewing elevation maps while ﬂying. When the Elevation overlay is enabled, the map will display a colorized elevation map of the nearby region and a legend that indicates what elevation above mean sea level the colors correspond to, as shown in Figure 7.12.1c.
Page 110: Auto Takeoff / Auto Landing
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.12.2 Auto Takeoff / Auto Landing Figure 7.12.2: Auto Takeoff / Auto Landing Menu. Touching the controller icon at the top of the screen will open the Auto Takeoff / Auto Landing Menu, shown in Figure 7.12.2. Touch “Auto Takeoff” when it is white to initiate an automatic takeoff.
Page 111: Battery Info
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.12.3 Battery Info Figure 7.12.3: Battery Menu. If the drone has multiple batteries, then touching the battery icon at the top of the screen will open the Battery Menu, shown above. This displays the percentage of the energy remaining in each battery on the drone.
Page 112: Camera Controls
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.13 Camera Controls Figure 7.13a: Moving the gimbal with a virtual joystick in the maximized camera view. Touching the minimized video feed in the corner of the screen will maximize the video feed so it ﬁlls the screen, as shown in Figure 7.13a. Dragging your ﬁnger along the maximized camera view will create a virtual joystick that you can use to move the camera on the drone around with the gimbal.
Page 113 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.13b: Camera menu. Touching the video camera icon at the top of the screen will open the Camera Menu, shown in Figure 7.13b. Additionally, if the drone has a DJI camera, a sidebar with some camera controls will appear.
Page 114 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed The camera menu shows options for changing the Video Feed, the Exposure, the Focus, and the Photo Mode. The exposure, focus, and photo mode can only be adjusted on DJI cameras. If no DJI camera is connected, the Camera Menu will instead show the Video Feed Menu.
Page 115: Focus
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.13d: Thermal Menu. If a thermal camera is connected, you will see an additional “Thermal” option, which will allow you to change between Visible, IR, Picture in Picture, or Multi-Spectral Dynamic Imaging (which enhances the IR view with edges detected by the visible camera), as shown in Figure 7.13d.
Page 116: Exposure
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed The video feed will automatically maximize when you choose to Focus the camera. The next time you touch the video feed, the camera will automatically focus on that point. Touching the video feed again will have the normal minimizing/maximizing functionality. 7.13.2 Exposure Touching the Exposure option from the Camera menu will show the Exposure Menu, shown in Figure 7.13.2a.
Page 117 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed EV: Exposure Compensation in EV units. This is a rating of how bright or dark the image Depending on the current exposure mode, different settings are adjustable. The adjustable settings are indicated by being bolded and underlined. In Manual mode, as in Figure 7.13.2a, the ISO and Shutter speed can be adjusted (Aperture would also be adjustable if this camera had an adjustable aperture).
Page 118 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Touching the ISO option in the Exposure Menu will open the ISO setting selector, shown in Figure 7.13.2c. Figure 7.13.2c: ISO Setting Selector. Swipe left and right along the ISO setting selector to scroll through the possible values. The ISO will be set to the center setting, which is contained within the two indicator triangles.
Page 119: Ignis Controls
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.14 Ignis Controls Figure 7.14: Ignis Menu. Touching the ignition sphere icon at the top right of the screen will open the Ignis Menu, shown in Figure 7.14. This displays the current status of Ignis, as well as the temperature sensor reading, and the battery voltage.
Page 120 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed LOW BATTERY: Ignis battery voltage dropped below a safe level (11.4 V on Ignis 1, 6.8 V on Ignis 2). Use the app to check that the battery voltage is above this safe level. If it is, and you don’t need to drop many more ignition spheres, attempt to restart dropping.
Page 121 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed EMERGENCY RELEASE TRIGGERED: The emergency release has been triggered. Dropping is disabled until you power-cycle Ignis. S1 NOT CCW: (M600 Only) Dropping is disabled because the knob on the control bar labeled “S1” is not twisted counter-clockwise all the way. This knob is used to trigger the emergency release, and Ignis will not allow dropping until this knob is ready.
Page 122: Geofencing Menu
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed If these troubleshooting steps do not resolve the issue, contact Drone Ampliﬁed for support. The status is normally displayed with white text, but the status may become yellow or red to emphasize errors. If the status is yellow, then Ignis is unable to start dropping. If the status is red, then Ignis may have encountered a hard error that disables dropping until Ignis is power-cycled.
Page 123: Waypoints
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Touching the boxed drone icon in the Ignis menu opens the Geofencing Menu, shown in Figure 7.14.1. While this menu is open, touching spots on the map will mark that location as a corner of the area constraining Ignis to. Touch each corner of the burn area in a clockwise or counter-clockwise order to specify the burn area.
Page 124 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed waypoints to add a new waypoint there. Touching a waypoint will select it and give you the option to delete it, as shown below. Figure 7.15b: Touch a waypoint to select it and make the delete bubble appear above it. Touch the delete bubble to delete that waypoint.
Page 125 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.15c: Side view of waypoint mission. Touch the “Side View” button to see a side view of the waypoint mission, as shown in Figure 7.15c. This side view shows the elevation of the terrain below the waypoint mission, with the brown area representing the ground.
Page 126 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.15d: Touch the plus button in the middle of a waypoint path segment to create a new waypoint there. If you touch the plus button in the middle of a waypoint segment a waypoint will be created there, as shown above.
Page 127 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed altitude line, its altitude was snapped to the snap altitude (represented by the larger orange dot appearing under the waypoint). Figure 7.15f: The path through waypoint 2 doesn’t change heading, which allows you to move waypoint 2 left and right in the side view. Because the newly-added waypoint 2 was added at the midpoint between waypoints 1 and 3, the path segments into and out of waypoint 2 are aligned in the same direction, as shown above.
Page 128 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.15g: Waypoint mission settings. Press the “Settings” button to conﬁgure other parameters of the waypoint mission, shown above. Estimated Mission Duration: An estimate of how long it will take to ﬂy the mission, given the current settings.
Page 129 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed and drop at a consistent spacing. However, Ignis can’t drop faster than 0.5 seconds per sphere, or slower than 7 seconds per sphere. Curve range: This will make the drone follow a curved ﬂight path. This is the distance from the waypoint the drone should start turning at.
Page 130 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.15h Automatic low altitude checking Before uploading the mission, the app will scan it to see if it descends below the low altitude warning anywhere, and if so, it will display that location in the side view and won’t proceed with the upload.
Page 131 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed The waypoint path will become solid instead of dashed to indicate it is being uploaded and executed, as shown in the above ﬁgure. A status message will appear at the bottom of the screen to describe the status of the upload. If the upload fails, you can retry the upload by pressing the “Start”...
Page 132: Ignition Lines
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.15.1 Ignition Lines Figure 7.15.1a: Touch dashed lines of the waypoint path to toggle dropping along that part. Ignis will drop ignition spheres along yellow lines. Figure 7.15.1b: You can also toggle dropping along lines by touching them in the side view.
Page 133 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed path. The last waypoint is always blue, indicating that Ignis will automatically stop dropping at the end of the waypoints. You cannot activate/deactivate a part of a waypoint path after that part has been uploaded and turned solid. The waypoint settings menu in Figure 7.15g will display helpful information about the planned mission, such as the estimated number of ignition spheres required for the mission, and the average spacing between each ignition sphere.
Page 134: Transect Lines
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.16 Transect Lines The Transect Lines feature allows you to generate a sequence of waypoints that will ﬂy over an area in a series of parallel lines. Touch the zig-zagging arrow icon in the top bar to open the transects menu, as shown in Figure 7.16a.
Page 135 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.16b: The Settings button shows controls for the length and orientation of the transect lines. If you touch the Settings button, you will see controls to conﬁgure the transect lines. Touch the Settings button again to close these controls. Zig-zag Heading: The direction of the arrow pointing towards the last transect lines, in degrees clockwise from North.
Page 136 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.16c: Touch the Generate Waypoint button to generate waypoints that follow the transects. Once you are satisﬁed with the position and orientation of the transect lines, touch the Generate Waypoints button to generate waypoints that will ﬂy along these transects, as shown in Figure 7.16c.
Page 137 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.16e: The generated waypoints of the transect region will start near the end of the ingress route. If you want the waypoints to start at the other end, place some waypoints along your desired ingress path before generating the waypoints, as shown in Figure 7.16d. If you do this, the app will generate the ﬁrst waypoint of the transect lines so that it is closer to the last waypoint of the ingress path, as shown in Figure 7.16e.
Page 138 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.16f: You can change the orientation and spacing of the transect lines even after generating waypoints. Figure 7.16g: Generating waypoints again will replace the part of your waypoint mission that passes through the transect region. If you’ve generated some waypoints, but now you want to change the spacing or angle of the transects without hitting undo a whole bunch of times, that’s not a problem.
Page 139: Ignition With Transects
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed transects. The waypoints that are in the transect region will be replaced with the new transect region waypoints when the Generate Waypoints button is pressed, as shown in Figure 7.16g. 7.16.1 Ignition with Transects Figure 7.16.1: When the usage is set to Ignition, the generated waypoints will be automatically activated for dropping along the transects.
Page 140: Mapping With Transects
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.16.2 Mapping with Transects The transects feature can also be used to plan missions in which you’ll take photos of an area with a downward-facing camera. However, we do not yet support taking photos with a DJI camera, so right now it’s only useful if you have a separate camera mounted on the drone.
Page 141 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Estimated photo overlap: Calculates how much of your photos will overlap, given the current settings and assuming the drone maintains a constant altitude above ground level. Adjusting this slider will modify the transect spacing, cruise speed, and time between photos (if necessary) to achieve the speciﬁed overlap.
Page 142 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 3. Set altitude above ground level: Select the mapping usage. Adjust the Altitude above ground level to the desired altitude. 4. Set time between photos: Adjust the time between photos to the desired setting. The minimum value of 2 seconds will result in the fastest mission.
Page 143 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.16.2b: After you generate waypoints, the app will simulate where photos might be taken along the waypoint mission, and how much area they’ll cover (white rectangles). In this ﬁgure, the terrain rises to a peak underneath the drone, preventing its photos from overlapping, even though the app estimates 66% overlap.
Page 144: Saving And Loading Missions
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.17 Saving and Loading Missions After you’ve placed some waypoints, a transect region, and/or a geofence, you can save them as a mission ﬁle. Figure 7.17a: Touch the Save Current Mission button to save the current waypoints, transect region, and geofence as a mission ﬁle.
Page 145 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.17b: When you save a mission, you will be prompted to enter a new name for it. Touch Save Changes to conﬁrm the name you’ve entered, or Cancel Changes to use the default name. You will have the opportunity to give the mission a distinctive name, as shown in Figure 7.17b, or you can touch Cancel Changes to use the default name.
Page 146 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Once you’ve ﬁnished naming the mission, it will show up in a list in the missions menu, as shown in Figure 7.17d. If you touch the mission, you can toggle whether its entry is expanded. When it is expanded, you’ll see buttons to Load it, Rename it, or Delete it. If you touch the Rename button, you’ll see the interface for naming the mission, like in Figure 7.17b.
Page 147 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 7.17e: You can load multiple missions that contain different components to combine them together. Since loading a mission only loads the data the mission ﬁle saved, you can combine missions that save different kinds of data. For example, in Figure 7.17e, I’ve loaded both the Waypoint Mission and the Transect Region Mission simultaneously.
Page 148: Drawing Map Annotations
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 7.18 Drawing Map Annotations The app allows you to make your own map overlays and export them as kmz ﬁles. Touch the pencil icon at the top of the ﬂy screen to open the drawing tools menu and enable drawing on the map.
Page 149: Line Drawing
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Color DD0000 Orange DD7000 Yellow FFDD00 Aqua 00CCCA Blue 0064E3 Purple 83029E White FFFFFF The app will simplify the path that the drone draws in order to keep the number of vertices low. Long, straight parts of the ﬂight path will only generate a single line segment. If the drone hovers in place, small oscillations as the drone tries to hold position won’t create more vertices, because there is a minimum distance that must be traveled before a new vertex is placed.
Page 150: Marker Drawing
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Touch the zig-zagging line icon with a circle at the end to select it as the current tool. This tool will be surrounded in a colored box while it is selected. Touch it again while it is selected to change to a different color, as shown in Figure 7.18.2.
Page 151: Erasing
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Touch the ﬂag icon to select marker drawing as the current tool. Touch it again to open a menu that shows all the available markers, as shown in Figure 7.18.3. From left to right, these are: White Flag: For marking generic locations of interest.
Page 152: Saving
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed You cannot undo lines drawn by the ﬂight path drawing tool. You’ll have to erase those to remove them. 7.18.6 Saving Figure 7.18.6: The interface for saving your drawing. Touch the Save button to open a list of the overlay ﬁles you’ve made with these tools, shown in Figure 7.18.6.
Page 153: Loading
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed When your drawing gets exported to a kmz ﬁle, the app will export the lines you drew as Polylines and Polygons. Lines of a single color that loop back around will be converted into Polygons, so that you can conveniently ﬁll them in if you load the kmz into some other software.
Page 154: Privacy Mechanisms
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Loading a kmz ﬁle generated by another program into this app’s drawing tools won’t preserve all of its styling and features, as this app’s drawing tools don’t support all of the capabilities of the kmz format. The app uses the same width for all lines, and adds a black border to them.
Page 155: Service And Maintenance
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 8 Service and Maintenance The Ignis system was designed with minimal maintenance requirements. Key to the longevity of the system is to regularly clean any dust or other buildups from the system and ﬂush the ﬂuid reservoir system with clean water as outlined in Section 4. We also recommend inspecting the needles for clogs or other damage before and after each ﬂight and replacing them as needed.
Page 156: Periodic Maintenance
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 8.3 Periodic Maintenance 8.3.1 Inspecting Screws Figure 8.1: Replacement screws and drivers. In addition to daily checks of the system when it is in use, we recommend a more detailed check of all screws and connections every 5-10 days of operation. During this more detailed inspection, look for any visibly loose or missing screws.
Page 157: Cleaning Dropper
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 8.3.2 Cleaning Dropper Figure 8.3.2a: Cleaning kit. We provide a cleaning kit to clean the dropper that includes a brush, cotton swabs and dry lubricant. The frequency at which the dropper should be cleaned will vary greatly based on the operational conditions.
Page 158 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 8.3.2c: Cleaning the oval cutout where the Hopper and Dropper mate. Build up of antifreeze or ash here could cause the Dropper to stick to the Hopper and not emergency release properly when triggered, allowing an in-ﬂight ﬁre to propagate to the rest of the drone.
Page 159 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 8.3.2d: Remove four socket head cap screws with 2.5mm driver to disassemble and clean dropper. To reassemble the dropper, slide the slipper block into the bearing tracks with the magnets facing up, then install the top plate with the small end of the teardrop shaped slots towards the magnets as shown in Figure 8.3.2e.
Page 160: Replacing A Needle
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed 8.3.3 Replacing A Needle If a needle is broken or bent and needs to be replaced, you will need to remove the needle assembly to replace the needle. Unscrew the four screws that clamp the needle retainer over the needle, then remove the broken needle.
Page 161 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 8.3.3b: The needle can only ﬁt through the rectangular hole in one orientation. Slide the needle through the rectangular hole in the retainer, as shown in Figure 8.3.3b. Figure 8.3.3c: Needle tabs aligned with the cutouts on the retainer. Rotate the needle 45 degrees so that the tabs on the base of the needle ﬁt in the cutouts on the needle retainer, as shown in Figure 8.3.3c.
Page 162 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 8.3.3d: O-ring fully seated on needle mount. Ensure the o-ring is fully seated on the needle mount and in good condition, as shown in Figure 8.3.3d. Figure 8.3.3d: Needle hole oriented so that it will face downward when inserted in Ignis. Last Updated Apr 13, 2022 Page 162...
Page 163: Installation On Dji Matrice
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Place the needle and retainer on the needle mount and make sure that the side port hole of the needle will be oriented downward once installed in IGNIS, as shown in Figure 8.3.3d. Incrementally tighten the screws until the retainer is fully seated on the needle mount. 9 Installation on DJI Matrice 600 Installing Ignis on a DJI Matrice 600 requires: •...
Page 164 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 9.1 shows the interface cables provided in the kit. Figure 9.2b: Unscrew top cover and remove bottom cover. To install the control cables, start by removing the top and bottom cover on the Matrice 600 Pro as shown in Figure 9.2b.
Page 165 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 9.2d: Three connectors installed. Next, plug in the three cables as shown in Figure 9.2d. Make sure that the black wires on the connectors are all on the left. The yellow and green cables should be installed on the lower row of connectors labeled sBus (green on right, yellow on left).
Page 166: Dji Software Configuration
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Clamp the USB port attachment to the upper rail under battery bay 6 by unscrewing the four screws holding the tube clamps together, sliding the usb attachment into the proper place, and then screwing the tube clamps back together. Figure 9.2f: Ziptie the connectors in place.
Page 167 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Figure 9.3a: DJI Matrice 600 PWM Output Conﬁguration. Figure 9.3b: DJI Matrice 600 Onboard SDK Conﬁguration. Next, go to the SDK tab, shown in Figure 9.3b. Select the “Enable API Control” box (Note, on some versions of the DJI software it is very hard to tell if this is selected or not, so try toggling it to select the on state).
Page 168: Dji Onboard Sdk Activation
Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed Controller Channel Data to 1Hz. The rest of the settings should be conﬁgured to “Do Not Send” as shown in the ﬁgure. Restart the Matrice 600 to apply these changes. 9.4 DJI Onboard SDK Activation Finally, the Matrice 600 needs to perform another activation in order to be able to forward messages from Ignis to the Android app.
Page 169 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed internet. Ignis will automatically perform the activation. When it is successful, you will see a message as in Figure 9.4b. Figure 9.4b: Message displayed when the DJI Onboard SDK is Successfully Activated. If it is unsuccessful, you will instead see an error message on this screen. If it says that DJI Assistant could not connect to the internet, check your computer’s internet connection.
Page 170 Ignis Operations Manual Drone Ampliﬁed You have now completed the setup. Connect and test Ignis with the Matrice 600. You should test the conﬁguration by going through the normal procedures without spheres to ensure that Ignis can be properly controlled from the DJI controller. Last Updated Apr 13, 2022 Page 170...

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