Controlling APM with MAVLINK protocol

Hi everyone,

I'm new here and I'm planning to start a new project with Ardupilot (Copter). For this project I'm planning to use an APM 2.6 (the Arduino mega based in). I would need to plan a mission (waypoints) through Mavlink protocol (I've read a lot about that but I'm slightly confused about how it really works). My idea is to put and Arduino or a Raspberry Pi on board in order to communicate through serial port to the APM 2.6 and send the Mavlink commands in order to plan missions.

Is all of this possible?

Can anybody guide me a little bit in the Mavlink commands creation? For example to plan a navigation to a certain waypoint (in Ardupilot).

Has to be enabled in the APM to receive Mavlink commands or is enabled as a default?

I will really appreciate your help.

Thank you in advance,

Sergi

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