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New: QGroundControl 3.1 adds surveys and improved geofencing

Posted by Chris Anderson on January 5, 2017 at 7:33am

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Great news from Don Lake

Announcing the release of QGroundControl V3.1. Notable changes in this release:
- Survey mission support
- GeoFence Support in Plan View
- Rally Point support in Plan View (ArduPilot only)
- ArduPilot onboard compass calibration
- Parameter editor search will now search as you type for quicker access
- Parameter display now supports unit conversion
- GeoTag images from log files (PX4 only)
- System health in instrument panel
- Mavlink 2.0 support (no signing yet)

Updated docs and install instructions are here: https://donlakeflyer.gitbooks.io/qgroundcontrol-user-guide/content/11

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  • Don Gagne January 7, 2017 at 5:12pm

    The ArduSub usage of QGC is an interesting capability that we don't talk much about. QGroundControl has a plug-in architecture which allows third parties to customize the UI and internals of QGC to support custom vehicles. ArduSub is an example of that. So if you have your own custom vehicle that you'd like to have a custom ground station for. You can build that with QGroundControl.

    FYI: The plugin architecture is what QGC uses internally to support both ArduPilot and PX4 firmwares with all the various vehicle setup differences between the two.

  • Rustom Jehangir January 7, 2017 at 5:08pm

    QGC v3.1 also adds thorough support for ArduSub including firmware-specific plugin features, joystick button setup, Sub-specific safety setup, and frame selection.

  • Don Gagne January 7, 2017 at 4:25pm

    Internet search on "nouveau OpenGL crash" seems to show a high count of issues. I'd try a different driver.

  • Don Gagne January 7, 2017 at 4:19pm

    @andreas My guess is a problem with the video driver. Linux tends to be very stable since there are so many users on it. Video Driver OpenGL support can be flaky which in turn causes problems with ui crashing.

  • Don Gagne January 7, 2017 at 4:16pm

    Here are the docs for how to use the Plan view: https://donlakeflyer.gitbooks.io/qgroundcontrol-user-guide/content/.... Click the Add tool (+) to add waypoints to the map. Then click the command name (Waypoint) to change the command to something else.

    Plan · QGroundControl User Guide
  • Andreas Gazis January 6, 2017 at 5:06pm

    OK, downloaded the AppImage and chmoded it to executable. 

    First run, it gave me an error about some missing library (I think libespeak1 and from my limited understanding of AppImages, this is the kind of thing that shouldn't be happening with AppImages). I installed the library and it ran. It immediately detected my 3DR radio on USB port and connected to the vehicle without me having to do anything. I started browsing the menus but loading of maps when changing zoom levels was hideously slow. I think my first segfault was in the map screen (I could be wrong). My last segfault, after which I rage quit, was drawing a shape for a survey. I had a bunch of segfaults in between.

    I 'm running KDE (Kubuntu 16.04) with the nouveau driver on an Nvidia card.

  • Daniel Agar January 6, 2017 at 4:45pm

    @Andreas could you provide details? I frequently use the AppImage on Ubuntu 16.04 without issue.

  • DougB January 6, 2017 at 11:06am

    How do I get that panel to show up. On mine I only see the "H Planed Home position" and "S Survey" ? I've clicked all over the place and can't seem to find that panel.

    Thanks

  • Andreas Gazis January 6, 2017 at 10:44am

    Just tried the Linux AppImage on ubuntu 16.04, segmentation faults galore.

  • Thiago Silva January 6, 2017 at 8:14am

    Thanks!

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