APM Planner and SOLO

Posted by Mike Muscroft on August 19, 2015 at 11:46pm

Hello.

Has anyone started using APM Planner with their SOLO for mission planning?

If you have, would you please share with me how I can make the connection. Do I have to dismantle my SOLO to get to the Autopilot or can it be done via the SOLO's wireless system?

Many thanks.
Mike.

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  • Developer
    Bill Bonney October 16, 2015 at 5:48pm

    APM Planner 2.0 works with Solo as it works with any other Ardupilot based product (Rover/Plane/Copter/Boat)

    see http://ardupilot.com/downloads/?category=35

    and beta releases with Copter 3.3 support http://firmware.diydrones.com/Tools/APMPlanner/beta/

  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson August 23, 2015 at 8:19pm

    We supplied APM Planner specifically for Mac users to have autonomous flight planning. It works great with Solo (I use it every day). Just connect to Solo via your Mac's wifi and APM Planner will automatically detect it and connect over UDP. 

    • Brad Roekle > Chris Anderson October 18, 2015 at 6:28pm

      I use Mission Planner on a Mac using VMWare Fusion and Windows 7 or 8.1. Is it possible to connect through this as well? What settings would need to be used for the network part of VMWare Fusion.

    • RichWest October 12, 2015 at 5:28pm

      I'm assuming APM Planner offers the same tools as Mission Planner....Once connected to Solo, try the following.

      Initial Setup >> Optional Hardware >> Motor Test

      Hope that is the answer....

  • Justin L August 20, 2015 at 5:27am

    Its fairly straight forward. Ill do a step by step for you in the morning if you need it. But basically you just need to connect your device to the solos wifi and instead of connecting via a port, you connect using udp. Tower and mission planner both work well. Just note that by using these mission control programs and changing settings will violate your warranty if you crash.

    • DG > Justin L October 16, 2015 at 7:04pm

      Simply using Tower or MP will not violate the warranty if the Solo crashes. I was told that specifically by a 3DR rep here at DIY. If parameters are modified such that can be traced to have caused the crash, that's a different story.

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