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New Mission Planner GCS feature: integrated OSD video!

Posted by Chris Anderson on June 11, 2011 at 8:00pm

3689412367?profile=originalIf you update to the latest Mission Planner (1.05) you'll see a cool new feature Michael Oborne has just added: integrated OSD video! Just select your video input device from your aircraft's camera feed from the Configuration screen (Planner tab) and it will replace the background of the artificial horizon on the GCS, turning it into a heads-up display instead, as shown in the left window above.

 

Pretty cool, huh? It's a virtual OSD!

 

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  • Juampa June 20, 2011 at 8:16pm
    I'm using planner with googlesatellite maps, I'm getting a constant offset of about 20 meters. Is it normal? I tried to stay at different locations with same results.
  • Russell B. Sutton June 20, 2011 at 6:49pm

    I do not like the offset shadow effect around the OSD text, it's to busy for the Compass heading.  a solid thin black outline might work better.  Eagle tree systems

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    OSD dizzy

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  • John Grouse June 20, 2011 at 6:45pm
    Also, in the firmware tab, I did not see a quad X config displayed. Is there a way to add it to the list?
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    Chris Anderson June 20, 2011 at 6:32pm
    John: For quads, "x" vs "+" is configured at the setup stage. They share the same quad firmware.
  • John Grouse June 20, 2011 at 6:23pm
    Thanks Michael, it does look more readable now. Down the track you may want to try applying a black border around the entire text to make it stand out even more. Introducing opacity options for the foreground OSD as well might also be helpful in balancing the visibility of both foreground and background.

    Saw the new Joystick settings option which lets you set up the four primary axis. How does the software get the control commands to the airborne APM? Is there a way for it to create a PPM signal and interface this with the Tx or are the movements sent via the xbee (which I thought was only one way coms for now)?
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    Michael Oborne June 20, 2011 at 5:06pm
    Russell, John, please download 1.0.13 (Help > check for updates), this puts a drop shadow on all the text.
  • Russell B. Sutton June 19, 2011 at 8:10pm

    I agree, the OSD text does need a black out line.  It would help with a changing background.

     

     

  • John Grouse June 19, 2011 at 7:31pm
    Excellent interface. One more suggestion with the live video addition - the OSD text/markers probably need a black outline. I know you can change the colors however it's always going to be much easier to read if the OSD is made up of contrasting colors as a drop shadow or outline. Existing on board OSD's use this method to always allow the OSD text to be readable no matter what is going on with the colors in the live video feed.
    Itching to get my APM with the XBee 900MHz add on in the post to see how well it feeds the telemetry to this software.
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    Mark Colwell June 19, 2011 at 11:08am

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