Just a quick post to highlight Michael Oborne's great work evolving the Mission Planner, which seems to get better with every day! Above you can see the new frame selection screen, which gives a sense of the dizzying variety of configurations that APM:Copter supports.
There's a new desktop icon, too
If you hit CTRL-W, you can see an alpha preview of what will be the new Setup Wizard:
And if you're feeling really brave, play around the with the alpha Swarming interface (CTRL-F). We'll be posting a tutorial on multi-UAV swarming in a few weeks, so I recommend you wait for that before trying it. But it's just a glimpse of how powerful the Mission Planner is. Bravo Michael!
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One small suggestion for next release: Compassmot needs to be moved under "Mandatory hardware", not hidden in the terminal.
Just needs a V8 frame (ie coaxial V4) option now, and you'll have a full house!
did the tutorial mentioned at the end of this blog ever get posted?
@dr0n3droid
Well said
The LOUDEST voice isn't always right. I like the new MP. Willing to bet I'm not the only one.
Some things are done while connected, others while not connected, makes sense to me. Get a grip.
Until I create my own GCS,(never) I'll be content having access to such a capable program. With new features added on the reg. there's bound to be changes to the interface. Gotta roll with the punches.
Michael O, keep it up. We all appreciate your work. Well, most of us.
Joe, the developers are reading this, but there is not yet consensus on the right approach. I personally agree with you and have suggested changes in that direction, but there are differing views and much discussion about how best to implement.
In the current iteration of MP (1.2.67) the H and X configurations do NOT appear to have the same motor assignments! Change frame type with extreme caution.
My full post on my experiences with the X versus H configuration
Keith, the latest ArduPlane no longer requires that so it's been removed. I'm sure the doc team will catch up with that change shortly.
I fully agree with other users' frustration on this new interface. It is a regression to user friendliness.
Plus there is an important argument to get back to the old graphical menus and interface : not only is it clearer but also in the sun the old menus give a better contrast. It is gives better visibility.
Why not asking the community to vote on a choice of graphical interface or even better to allow users to apply their own skin ?
For the vote I can provide the tool to allow users to vote online. Let me know.
You shouldn't be. Just grab the lower right comer of the reply box with your mouse and make it as big as you like. Three diagonal lines = subtlety.
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