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Boise, ID


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Starting a UAS company to perform Precision Agriculture and Natural Resources support.


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Craig Thompson replied to Craig Thompson's discussion Solo Providing Telemetry Data to FLIR Vue Pro?...
"So far, I've been able to tag the images with GPS location data only with the JPEG format.  Also, I can only view the radiometric data values in the "FLIR Tools" set of software.  I was hoping that I could view them and do my analysis in a GIS…"
Feb 8, 2018
Craig Thompson replied to Craig Thompson's discussion Solo Providing Telemetry Data to FLIR Vue Pro?...
"Hey Matthew, 
As Joel mentioned, the cable that I purchased had the Rx and TX wires reversed. Also, if you're using the Accessory Board on your Solo the Ch6 and Ch7 pins need to have the PWN Dupont connectors attached to them. I just found out last…"
Jun 12, 2017
Craig Thompson replied to Craig Thompson's discussion Solo Providing Telemetry Data to FLIR Vue Pro?...
"Hi Joel,
I used PixHawk firmware 1.5.3

https://github.com/3drobotics/ardupilot-solo/releases Joel Newman said:
Awesome, glad I could help.
Out of interest which Pixhawk firmware version did you end up using?"
Apr 26, 2017
Craig Thompson replied to Craig Thompson's discussion Solo Providing Telemetry Data to FLIR Vue Pro?...
"Hi Joel,
Thanks for the info on how to check for GeoTag data.  And thanks so much for your suggestion that you posted over at the 3DR Pilots forum about the Rx (green) and Tx (white) wiring.  You were right!!  They were in the opposite slots on the…"
Apr 26, 2017
Craig Thompson replied to Craig Thompson's discussion Solo Providing Telemetry Data to FLIR Vue Pro?...
"Hi Gary,
Thanks so much for the reply.  Appreciate you answering me so quickly.
Warm regards,
- Craig yangdaonline said:
Hi Craig,

Sorry the gimbal can not do that currently.

Best regards,
Gary Chen"
Apr 26, 2017
Craig Thompson replied to Craig Thompson's discussion Solo Providing Telemetry Data to FLIR Vue Pro?...
"Mr YangdaOnline Representative,
Is your gimbal able to write the telemetry data (latitude, longitude, altitude, etc.) from the Solo PixHawk2 autopilot to the JPG still images collected on the FLIR Vue Pro?  I would definitely be interested in…"
Apr 25, 2017
Craig Thompson replied to Craig Thompson's discussion Solo Providing Telemetry Data to FLIR Vue Pro?...
"Hi Quevauvillers Samuel,
Well, I've connected my Vue Pro to the Solo, upgraded the firmware on the Pixhawk and setup the Mission Planner for the correct parameters on the SERIAL2_PROTOCOL.  I've got the radiometric temperature values on the JPEG…"
Mar 18, 2017
Craig Thompson replied to Craig Thompson's discussion Solo Providing Telemetry Data to FLIR Vue Pro?...
"Hi Joel,
Well, I've connected my Vue Pro to the Solo, upgraded the firmware on the Pixhawk and setup the Mission Planner for the correct parameters on the SERIAL2_PROTOCOL.  I've got the radiometric temperature values on the JPEG images but I'm not…"
Mar 18, 2017
Craig Thompson replied to Craig Thompson's discussion Solo Providing Telemetry Data to FLIR Vue Pro?...
"Hi YnagdaOnline Representative,
Do you have any photos on how your Sky Eye-II Vue Pro Gimbal attaches to a 3DR Solo?  Also, I'm a bit confused on how the gimbal would be wired to the Solo.  Would you have any diagrams that explain how the wires…"
Feb 23, 2017
Craig Thompson replied to Craig Thompson's discussion Solo Providing Telemetry Data to FLIR Vue Pro?...
"Hi Joel,
Thanks again for all you assistance in this!  I'll give it a try with all of your suggestions (and the instructions on the other Solo Blogs) and let you know what happens.
Warm regards,
- Craig"
Feb 14, 2017
Craig Thompson replied to Craig Thompson's discussion Solo Providing Telemetry Data to FLIR Vue Pro?...
"Hi Joel and Quevauvillers,
Thanks every so much for the replies.  I'm not sure I have the wiring correct.  I've attached a photo showing how I connected a wire I purchase form Viresity between the Solo and my Accessory Board.  As you can see, I've…"
Feb 13, 2017
Craig Thompson replied to Craig Thompson's discussion Solo Providing Telemetry Data to FLIR Vue Pro?...
"Hi Joel,
No I haven't been able to get the telemetry data to be collected from the Solo accessory board to the FLIR Vue Pro R USB micro SD card.  I've been doing a work around by syncing up the individual images on the FLIR card to the GPS log from…"
Jan 7, 2017
Craig Thompson posted a discussion
Hello Everyone,I just updated Mission Planner to ver 1.3.41 build 1.1.6110.31287 and have started seeing errors in the flight paths generated by the Auto WP:Survey (Grid) option.  Whereas in the Flight Plan:Survey Grid window the flight paths are…
Oct 27, 2016
Craig Thompson posted a discussion
Hello Everyone,I have mounted a FLIR Vue Pro R thermal camera core to my 3DR Solo for obtaining still thermal-IR images.  The Vue Pro has an Accessory Port cable that is pre-terminated to connect properly with the 3DR PixHawk TELEM 1 port (see…
Aug 25, 2016
Craig Thompson replied to RG's discussion Anyone used MicaSense RedEdge? in Agricultural UAVs
"Hi Ian,
Your website appears to be down...
- Craig"
Apr 26, 2016
Craig Thompson replied to RG's discussion Anyone used MicaSense RedEdge? in Agricultural UAVs
"Hi Ian Soler,
I'm very interested in purchasing a MicaSense RedEdge3 mount for my 3DR X8+ and my 3DR Solo.  What is the process for securing such mounts?
Best regards,
- Craig Thompson"
Apr 26, 2016
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