I have an interface which is similar to the ArduCopter mission planner which I use for controlling multiple unmanned vehicles simultaneously and I'm hoping to write a plugin to interact with the ArduCopter autopilot. I can't seem to find any information about the ArduCopter's serial communication protocol though. The user guide doesn't seem to explain it anywhere. Is there an easy way to find the communication protocol other than digging through the source code or trying to reverse engineer it from the mission planner?
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Hi Nathan,
Telemetry is accomplished using mavlink. That's what MissionPlanner and other ground station software use to request data streams from an Arducopter. It's well-documented and there are lots of examples.
By the way, I encourage you to ask questions on the new robotics.stackexchange.com instead of here. You're more likely to get a quick answer.
Cheers,
Aaron