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Does anyone have a Dashware profile/tool for APM:Copter or APM:Plane?

Posted by Scott Pritchett on March 8, 2015 at 5:09pm

Dashware looks to be a pretty nice tool for overlaying telemetry/log data onto HD video.

It was recently acquired by GoPro and is now free to download and use.

http://www.dashware.net/dashware-download/

It doesn't have built-in support for APM log files for some reason, only through something called "flytrex".

There are a few videos on youtube where people say they used their own method to convert APM logs to Dashware data (it can operate on .CSV files) so It should be pretty straight-forward, but I don't want to spend a bunch of time on this if someone else already has a tool or script.

Please share if you know where such a thing is available.

Thanks!

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- - - electrolics inc > Mirko February 19, 2016 at 7:11am
      
      yes there is and it contains the right info
      - Mirko > electrolics inc February 19, 2016 at 7:13am
        
        can you attach your bin log?
        
        electrolics inc > Mirko February 19, 2016 at 7:22am
        
        bin file click here
        
        2016-02-15 17-24-13.bin
        
        Shared with Dropbox
        
        Mirko > electrolics inc February 19, 2016 at 8:02am
        
        there are some missing columns...
        
        for example NTUN_PosX used to calculate distances.
        
        Btw using your bin i see the hdop.
        
        Cattura1.PNG
        
        https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3702913665?profile=original
        
        electrolics inc > Mirko February 20, 2016 at 2:24am
        
        thank you for testing the bin file
        
        Did you choose the 'APM Copter' profile or the just 'APM'? because I was using just the 'APM' because this is meant for arduplane.
        
        Mirko > electrolics inc February 21, 2016 at 11:50am
        
        i've selected APM Copter, i've modified only this data profile (i've some copters but no plane to test).
        
        In the APM profile i don't have added the hdop and the others mod.
Mirko February 18, 2016 at 4:28am

I've opened an issue to https://github.com/OverloadUT/apm-dashware to support the new structure of ardupilot logs.

The author, very kindly, has fixed the parser and now the conversion is ok!

I've forked the project and i've added a new profile a template and some new datatypes (Battery Ampere, Flightmode, Hdop) and requested a push to the original git project.

If someone wants to try https://github.com/gulp79/apm-dashware

here a simple test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2T-lYvApbY

OverloadUT/apm-dashware

Collection of scripts for getting APM flight logs to play nice with Dashware - OverloadUT/apm-dashware
Pascal P. February 11, 2016 at 3:19am

I used it yesterday, with BIN file from Iris+ (APM 3.2.1).
You need python installed first, than look at the readme file for command sample
That will create a .csv file from your .bin
Copy the xml files in your C:\Users\xxx\Documents\DashWare\DataProfiles
Launch Dashware, you have now access to APM data format when you import data file.
- electrolics inc > Pascal P. February 11, 2016 at 6:14am
  
  thank you,
  
  I have tried running the the script
  
  gave error mentioned below
  
  Am I doing anything wrong?
  
  C:\Python27>sdlog2_dump.py "C:\LOGS\3.bin" -e -f 3.csv -m GPS -m ATT -m NTUN -m
  CTUN -m MODE -m CURR
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\sdlog2_dump.py", line 154, in <module>
  _main()
  File "C:\Python27\sdlog2_dump.py", line 79, in _main
  (columns, rows) = parser.process(filename)
  File "C:\Python27\sdlog2parser.py", line 116, in process
  self.__parseMsgDescr()
  File "C:\Python27\sdlog2parser.py", line 187, in __parseMsgDescr
  raise Exception("Unsupported format char: %s in message %s (%i)" % (c, msg_n
  ame, msg_type))
  Exception: Unsupported format char: d in message GRAW (172)
- Mirko > Pascal P. February 11, 2016 at 3:28am
  
  maybe the Iris+ log is different...
  
  can you try to convert this log (Pixhawk 3.3.2) ?
  
  2016-01-30 12-50-20.bin
  
  https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3702617767?profile=original