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Permalink Reply by Don Brooks on February 1, 2012 at 8:38am

Your video camera doesn't connect to APM and cameras do not provide telemetry... it gets connected separately to a video transmitter of your choice.

Also, using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS is really quite rude and unnecessary.

Permalink Reply by r.v.bhanu praveen on February 1, 2012 at 8:41am

ok for APM what should i use ,,,for telemetry.......please suggest

Permalink Reply by Don Brooks on February 1, 2012 at 8:44am

http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/Wireless

Permalink Reply by r.v.bhanu praveen on February 1, 2012 at 8:58am

i am new to this APM whether two way telemetry is enough for osd.no need of cameras....what should i must do if i want see video on my screen directly if my uav is airborne.

Permalink Reply by Don Brooks on February 1, 2012 at 9:06am

Please state clearly what you want to do. There are a lot of options and ways to get something done. OSD requires a camera, so that there is a video feed to add it's telemetry to. This is mostly for FPV...

Another variation of OSD is done in the mission planner software on the computer screen, where a video feed is added to the display. In this case, the telemetry comes over wireless link, using xbee modules.

Permalink Reply by r.v.bhanu praveen on February 1, 2012 at 9:10am

Actually i am planning to use APM and also i need OSD so how would i get the things ...so what kind of camera required for this purpose so that i can connect to it..thanks for above suggestions please help me regarding this i am confused .

ModeratorPermalink Reply by Sgt Ric on February 1, 2012 at 9:47am

Reading a bit more, for example the link mentioned by @Don, would help.

The basics are that video (camera and OSD) are separate from the APM and do not use the XBees.  The data is added to the video stream and sent via the video transmitter.

Or, the data from APM can be sent via XBees to the mission planner (GCS) and displayed, just as Don mentioned.

 

Permalink Reply by r.v.bhanu praveen on February 1, 2012 at 9:50am

so video is not related with apm so i can use any kind of canera for my application ....is it correct??

Permalink Reply by TheGiantUfo on February 1, 2012 at 11:42am

Hello,

Yes u can use any camera for FPV, and any wireless connection for telemetry lixe zigbee. Totally different things.