WAYPOINT REACHED

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Javier Cerna July 10, 2017 at 5:55pm

Hi Melvin,

You can send commands in an Auto mission by using the camera commands:

http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-camera-control-and-auto-mis...

Particularly, you should use DO_SET_CAM_TRIGG_DIST or DO_DIGICAM_CONTROL depending on your application. Again, I haven't tested it, but you should be able to send these commands with dronekit according to this guide:

http://python.dronekit.io/guide/auto_mode.html

Hope it helps!

Javier

Camera Control in Auto Missions — Copter documentation
Melvin July 10, 2017 at 11:07am

Adding an observer/listener didnt work but your first idea did, thank you very much!
I got one more question, could you point me to somewhere regarding camera control via dronekit if possible? I read something about gimbal control but nothing around camera triggers.

Thanks,

-Melvin

Javier Cerna July 10, 2017 at 3:56am

Hi Melvin,

Check this guide and the source code in the bottom of that page. There is some code to execute some actions based on the waypoint the drone is currently heading to. You could store the next_waypoint in a variable and as soon as it changes, it means the waypoint has been reached.

# Monitor mission.  
# Demonstrates getting and setting the command number

# Uses distance_to_current_waypoint(), a convenience function for finding the

# distance to the next waypoint.

while True:

     nextwaypoint=vehicle.commands.next

     print 'Distance to waypoint (%s): %s' % (nextwaypoint, distance_to_current_waypoint())

     if nextwaypoint==3: #Skip to next waypoint

         print 'Skipping to Waypoint 5 when reach waypoint 3'

         vehicle.commands.next = 5

     if nextwaypoint==5: #Dummy waypoint - as soon as we reach waypoint 4 this is true and we exit.

         print "Exit 'standard' mission when start heading to final waypoint (5)"

         break;

     time.sleep(1)

Alternatively, you could try to add a listener for this variable (vehicle.commands.next), though I'm not sure it works, you have to test it first.

Observing parameter changes

Best,

Javier

Melvin July 9, 2017 at 5:00pm

Hi Javier,

As it did help quite a lot in part, see im trying to make the drone stop at the waypoint so it can execute a script from its computer companion. In order to do that in code i need something to tell me it reached it so it can execute. Think of it as if(waypoint_reached: Execute script.

Any ideas if that's possible?
Javier Cerna July 9, 2017 at 2:25pm

You could add a delay of 3 to 5 s in the command:

http://python.dronekit.io/automodule.html#dronekit.Command

Hope it helps!

Javier

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