Setup Interface To Ardupilot - UGCS SkyHub User Manual

Setup Interface to ArduPilot

Setup Interface to ArduPilot
UgCS SkyHub can be connected to the flight controller flashed with the ArduPilot 4.x.x
firmware.
1. Make sure you have the UgCS version 4.3 or higher (download links can be found in
Prerequisites
2. Configure UgCS Ardupilot VSM that is installed with UgCS. Open
vsm-ardupilot.conf in text editor, the file is located in the UgCS installation
folder. Find and uncomment the following settings:
3. Make sure that
vehicle.ardupilot.custom_payload.onboard.component_id is equal to
the COMPONENT_ID value in the [MAV] section of the UgCS SkyHub config. See
ArduPilot/PX4 Configuration
descriptions.
4. Within [AUTOPILOT] section set to true for the only MAVPILOT parameter and
false for others:
[AUTOPILOTS]
DJI=false
DJI_M=false
MAVPILOT=true
4. Restart UgCS SkyHub
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section).
Figure 12.11 — ArduPilot VSM configuration file
to find all available settings with default values and
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