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Hello

i've been searching this for some time, but still not sure about this. 

my objective with mission planner/ardupilot is to get the autopilot to run parallel lines on a constant altitude and take ortophotos in a certain distance interval, so i can generate a mosaic with those photos.

what i wish is to set up a mission with a servo controlling the camera shutter, so it needs to have a pwm for standby, then it goes for the shutter for half a second and returns to standby. First, i thought about the repeat servo function, but it only accepts time as variable. If groundspeed is constant it is ok, but with wind, it would change.

So i've seen that the grid now can add waypoints with X meters of distance. After it is programmed, can i use the function of set servo instead of waypoint? how can i set for how much time does it stays on the trigger position? maybe i can use repeat servo with repeat times=1.

my doubt is: when the command changes from waypoint to set servo, it disappears from the map. will it execute the command if the plane passes by that point or it is threated a waypoint, and when it reaches that point it triggers?

i would appreciate if someone could make a tutorial or point a way to configure that. geotagging the photos is simple enough, and as soon as i get it to work i'll try to combine the commands.