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Permalink Reply by Mike M on March 19, 2012 at 9:02pm

Technically, it's pretty simple. You need to read input from the joystick (there are numerous examples on the Internet of interfacing to a joystick with .Net) and then send output to the XBee (a simple UART over USB). The work, on your part, will be to modify Mission Planner and APM firmware to support. You might want to proof-of-concept as a stand alone app and a separate Arduino board.

-Mike

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Permalink Reply by Joseph on March 21, 2012 at 6:23am

Can't this just get mapped via Mission Planner? You can already control flight surfaces via joystick. I just don't know what axis in mission planner will move servo outputs 5-6.

I really didn't want to re write software here. I am not a programmer. I am just a pilot... 

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Permalink Reply by Samo on April 7, 2012 at 4:14pm

I want to know this also, I already have auto-takeoff and land procedure working 100%, i don't use RC anymore.

I know there is a way, it is enabled in APM mission planner, but only for arducopter code. It would be nice to have it in arduplane also. servo PAN, servo TILT, servo RETRACT. Retract could be initiated by APM mission planner and not joystick.

You could then also autohide/show sensor in specific altitudes. 

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Permalink Reply by Tommy Larsen on April 7, 2013 at 5:41am

Hi

I have the same plan so i would like to know this also :-)

 

Tommy

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