Has anyone tried using the Tower App with their Solo?
If so, how did you get it working (how did you connect to the Solo)?
UPDATE:
Per Brad's comment below. Here are the steps.
- Connect your Android device to the Solo wifi network.
(you won't be needing the MavLink cable that Iris owners use). - Launch the Tower App and select connection type *UDP* in settings.
- Click "Connect" on Tower app's main screen.
Careful: Crashes while using Tower are not covered by 3DR. Use at your own risk. See post below for more info.
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Are you sure you uploaded the mission from Tower before you pressed arm and auto. You need to "upload" not "download"!
Is there a Tower manual so to speak? I haven't figured out how to use the select all feature to change all the wpt's altitude instead of having to do each one. Or,,, how to set the default altitude. Great app! Seems more solid than the DP I've used in the past. Very slick.
A lot of info and links here:
http://3drobotics.com/kb/tower-support/
Thanks Martin I do see that but with all the wpt's selected that slide out on the right says no available options??? If only one wpt is selected then I do the option to change altitude.
ps this is with a pixhawk not Solo
Just following through on my own issue..... it seems if there are too many wpts it doesn't work to select all and change the altitude. Works fine with less wpts.
Tested Tower today.
Pretty good. One big bug. It works like Tower for Iris+. You have access to params and everything. I didn't push it to far, but I was able to upload and download waypoint missions while the Solo was in the air. I was able to Arm, Take Off, and start auto waypoint missions with Tower. Splines and ROIs worked great. Follow Me mode worked perfectly.*
Solo Controller takes precedence.
Clicking "Fly" or the panic/pause button on the Solo controller stops the Auto mission and gives you control back (your in Loiter).
Crash Bug:
Every time I clicked Auto in the Tower App to start a mission, the Tower would crash. Solo continued the missions while I was able to quickly relaunch Tower and reconnect.
Tower + Solo App at Same Time:
The cool thing is that you can be connected to the Solo with two devices at the same time... one running the Solo App and one running the Tower App. The Solo app gives you the live feed and access to smart shots. You use the Tower app for the constant map view and the verbal status updates every 30 seconds (which I find very useful, especially as it relates to battery life).
Mix and match Solo app and Tower app commands:
At anytime you can seamlessly switch between the Solo App and the Tower App. One minute you might be doing a Cable Cam, and the next your running a waypoint mission, but in the middle of that you interrupt the mission to run a quick Orbit smart shot. Its very fluid working between the two apps. It actually feels like one big app that runs on two screens.
A picture of the setup with both Tower and Solo app running at the same time. I actually took it after I flew. The iPad is just paused on one of the videos from the flight school. Still, this gives you the idea. Someone could come up with a much better arrangement.
* Follow me is limited vs. an Iris+ that uses MavLink. With Solo, the device running Tower is connected to the controller via WIFI. If the Android device is on a biker for example, and that biker rode down a hill out of range of the wifi connection to the controller, I'm not sure what would happen. Because the Iris+ uses a MavLink antenna plugged directly into the Android device, the Iris will follow that device regardless of how far it moves from the controller. Bottom line, it probably means longer range follow me missions on the Iris.
Really great news, thanks for the details.
Which version of Tower/Android are you using? I used Auto mode every day with Tower, and have never had the app crash when I press that button. Seems rock solid on Solo here.
Tower Version:
Tower-v3.1.6
Phone info:
Sony Xperia Z3v (Verizon).
Android 4.4.4
I'm using Android 5.1 . That might be the difference.
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