Capture and save manual flight path/mission for later use

Posted by Mike Sousa on March 8, 2019 at 1:10pm

Hi

I'm thinking that Joystick more or Manual Mode would be the way to do this. I'd like to fly the quad, have the flight path captured and saved so that it can be reloaded and used again automatically. Are there tutorials or more directions available for using the Joystick or Manual modes? If those aren't the ways to do this, would UgCS be capable using other its facilities?

Thanks...

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  • Janis Jonins March 15, 2019 at 6:59am

    Hi Mike,

    No, there is option in route "Parameters" menu - "Duplicate route".

    Best regards,
    UgCS Support Team
    Janis Jonins

  • Mike Sousa March 15, 2019 at 6:57am

    Thanks Jonis

    "You can also duplicate route, and change drone for route copy"

    Would this duplicate/copy of a route be created by exporting the original route to KML and then importing it into the new route?

    Thanks...

    Capture and save manual flight path/mission for later use
    Hi I'm thinking that Joystick more or Manual Mode would be the way to do this. I'd like to fly the quad, have the flight path captured and saved so t…
  • Janis Jonins March 15, 2019 at 1:12am

    Hi Mike,

    You can change drone in route Parameters in existing mission. If you have created and tested mission with Mavic 2, select route Parameters, choose Matrice 200, and UgCS will recalculate route for Matrice.

    You can also duplicate route, and change drone for route copy, this way, you will have the same route for 2 drones.

    Best regards,
    UgCS Support Team
    Janis Jonins

  • Mike Sousa March 14, 2019 at 5:42am

    Would this be done in a new mission, or in an existing mission but with new route?

    Mike Sousa said:

    Thanks Janis, this sounds like it. I'll give it a try.

    Janis Jonins said:

    Hi Mike,

    1) By clicking "Joystick" or "Manual mode", drone control is passed to Joystick or remote controller. You can perform flight manually, flight data is stored. 

    2) Replay stored flight in Telemetry player, export flight to KML. 

    3) In Mission planner create new mission, choose exported KML file in  "Import from file" option, perform import. Mission planner will create mission from telemetry export. 

    Best regards,
    UgCS Support Team
    Janis Jonins

    Capture and save manual flight path/mission for later use
    Hi I'm thinking that Joystick more or Manual Mode would be the way to do this. I'd like to fly the quad, have the flight path captured and saved so t…
  • Mike Sousa March 11, 2019 at 5:58am

    Thanks Janis, this sounds like it. I'll give it a try.

    Janis Jonins said:

    Hi Mike,

    1) By clicking "Joystick" or "Manual mode", drone control is passed to Joystick or remote controller. You can perform flight manually, flight data is stored. 

    2) Replay stored flight in Telemetry player, export flight to KML. 

    3) In Mission planner create new mission, choose exported KML file in  "Import from file" option, perform import. Mission planner will create mission from telemetry export. 

    Best regards,
    UgCS Support Team
    Janis Jonins

    Capture and save manual flight path/mission for later use
    Hi I'm thinking that Joystick more or Manual Mode would be the way to do this. I'd like to fly the quad, have the flight path captured and saved so t…
  • Janis Jonins March 11, 2019 at 5:43am

    Hi Mike,

    1) By clicking "Joystick" or "Manual mode", drone control is passed to Joystick or remote controller. You can perform flight manually, flight data is stored. 

    2) Replay stored flight in Telemetry player, export flight to KML. 

    3) In Mission planner create new mission, choose exported KML file in  "Import from file" option, perform import. Mission planner will create mission from telemetry export. 

    Best regards,
    UgCS Support Team
    Janis Jonins

  • Mike Sousa March 11, 2019 at 5:30am

    Hi

    I've looked at Telemetry player, I'm not sure that's what I was thinking. In watching this UgCS video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sXaDmp_WaQ

    JoyStick mode is discussed at about 1:28:30 into the video (Telemetry player is at 1:05:45) and it looked that it could fly with UgCS using the quad's controller (Joystick or Manual mode's?).

    So what  I would like to do, is fly my Mavic 2 Zoom (less expensive) quad on a mission, see how it went, then fly my Matrice 210 (much more expensive) quad using the previously flowed flight path. The Mavic would be like a test flight system, maybe done many times, once the path is determined, then use that path to fly the Matrice.

    Hope this makes sense.

    Thanks...

  • Janis Jonins March 11, 2019 at 4:59am

    Dear Mike,

    If drone is connected to UgCS during flight, telemetry data is saved. Saved flights can be replayed in UgCS Telemetry player. From UgCS Telemetry player saved flights also can be exported to KML files. Telemetry KML can be imported as mission, based on telemetry data UgCS calculates new mission. Please, note, such “reverse-mission planning” can result in a mission with unreasonably many waypoints, decreasing the efficiency of flights.

    Please provide a more detailed information for you application scenario, so we could provide the best solution for you.

    Best regards,
    UgCS Support Team
    Janis Jonins

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