The DroidPlanner team, led by Arthur Benemann, is pleased to announce the next version of its Android-based UI. DroidPlanner 2.0 offers a completely redesigned interface for controlling 3DR multirotors over Mavlink. The UI/UX has been rethought with an emphasis on simplified workflows, glanceable information, and reliability for the most common user actions.
DroidPlanner 2.0 centers around two screens: Telemetry and Planning. The telemetry screen allows users to quickly assess the state of the aircraft and perform quick actions, like loiter and land. The planning screen allows users to create missions on the fly, as well as edit them easily in the field. Other features, particularly those different from the original DroidPlanner, are listed below. The DroidPlanner 2.0 UI was specifically targeted at multirotors, but full plane support and all the features of the original DroidPlanner are coming soon!
Features:
- Completely redesigned graphical user interface
- Specifically designed for 3DR multirotors and Iris
- New telemetry screen showing quick glanceable info: HUD, battery, RSSI, distance
- Easy to use Home, Land, and Loiter buttons
- New guided mode with changeable altitude
- Quick mode switching
- New planning screen for quick mission generation
- Easy and powerful mission editing tools
- Basic radio TX setup
- Preflight checklist
Coming soon:
- Survey tools in the mission planning screen
- FollowMe 2.0 with advanced control options
- New flight tuning screens
- Improved radio configuration
The app is still in a beta release, bugs can be reported on Github.
For additional support check out the DroidPlanner forum.
If you like the app consider making a donation to support the development.
Comments
Arthur,
Maybe it is just me but I would still love to see the ability to change the units of measure. I am not very good at converting Metric to Knots and Feet. I hope this is something still in the works for the near future. I would use Droid Planner more if this option was available. I recently got a Nexus 7 Gen 1 and it works much better then my SVP. So I am looking forward to getting more use out of it.
Great work Arthur and your doing a great job on the software.
Joe
Awesome. It just keeps getting better!
i hate to ask a dumb question but i just can't seem to find an answer by searching....
does the DP record the same telemtry file on the android device (.tlog) as the mission planner program when using the 3dr telemety system? i want to get an android device to compliment the laptop we use but really would like to be able to look at the missions it supports after the fact.
thanks
Thx for your reply . Sorry, I did not know that proposals like this fit to an issue section.
The third request relates to the circumstance, that I usually take different battery sizes to the place I´m flying which would make it comfortable to have a small dropdown menue upfront for changing this fastly. Not really necessary , just a comfort feature.
Great , I love the Droidpanner tool. I have a request, would it be possible :
1. To implement a high contrast big number screen (with big letters for battery and GPS status) ?
Like shown here , sorry I did made this fake based on the former version
2 To implement a voice warning, when hp is above 2.5m and Sats are lower than 7 ..instead of GPS 3D lock ?
3. To implement a setup for different batteries (for those using different capacities out in the woods.)
Reason:
1. Since I experience the DroidPlanner as a great help because it is shouting out the status of the battery , it would be a great help as well, if it could announce usable GPS status as well (which is above GPS 3D Lock)
2. I always use the DroidPlanner , even without flying Auto Missions , because it shows battery and GPS status as well . On my small fone put on top of the Tx, it is hard to take a fast look onto the very small status letters.
It would be nice , if you would consider to offer such an option.
But even if you don´t, thanks a lot for this great tool.
My Galaxy S3 connects with my x-bee 900 to a legacy APM 1 and Radio cals just fine, but my screen is used up mostly, but still functional. Quick to connect now. Thanks for update.
Hi, I just installed DP2 -- great UI btw -- and noticed both ARM and RC are absent. Will they be returning soon?
I also posted this question in the Google DP forum -- sorry for the redundancy.
the links are working now? thanks.....
dennis
the links don't work?
dennis
When I arming my quad, the region of interest waypoint was disappear, and also the takeoff and land waypoint. Is it right way?
This is after arming
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