After several months of development and testing, Tower v3.2.1 is finally ready for release to the wider community!
This release is significant as it marks the transition of Tower from a 3DR project to a community developed project under the wing of the Dronecode foundation.
Of note for this release are several major features that were contributed by members of the community.
These features are highlighted below and the full set of changes can be found in the release notes on github.
Tower v3.2.1 changelog:
- Support for FPV video streaming using UVC Devices by Guilherme Blanco
- Support for ArcGIS Online map tiles
- ArcGIS Online is an online collaborative web GIS. With the added support, you can access and cache ready to use maps and layers provided by the service.
- Support for custom video stream provider
- This allows anyone to experiment with and/or send a digital video stream to Tower for viewing through the video widget
- https://github.com/DroidPlanner/Tower/wiki/Custom-video-stream
- Google cardboard support thanks to the integration of the DronePro app by Shawn Fraser
- Improved Mission Editor
- Added support for the Reset ROI mission item
- UX update for the telemetry connection preferences
- Removal of the droneshare account integration pending rehabilitation of the site api
- Material design update for the navigation drawer thanks to jandrop
- Improved spanish, german, chinese, and portuguese translations
- Numerous bug fixes and under the hood improvements!
Thanks to all the members of the beta testing group for helping iron out the issues and bugs in order to make this release possible.
Note:
Those interested in testing the latest and greatest can get access to the beta release at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.droidplanner.android.beta
And please report any encountered issues on the Tower issues tracker.
Comments
Great! Huge thanks!
Some questions
Is it possible to restart the mission or change the WP. Like in Mission planner
And why is DO_Digicam_Control not supported?
Even after loading a mission from the drone, the commands disappear.
Even if they are not supported it should be possible to view them or pass through.
Reason is I want a generic mission and use Tower to fly it and don't want to bring the laptop with me.
@benbojangles it's possible, and that's being done when connecting to a solo vehicle.
Can you shoot me a message with the details of what you're trying to accomplish.
you got a deal Fredia
Hello, Is it possible to connect to Tower 3.2.1 using UDP for both Video & Telemetry?
I've been attempting this test, but was unable to do it, so I thought I would ask so I can rule it out and focus on adjusting my UDP streams.
Wonderful work btw :)
Thumbs up for video support!
Thanks @DavidFolts, but the app doesn't ask for monetary contributions, and the only contributions we ask of our users is for their feedback so we can keep improving the app!
We also appreciate additions to the Tower wiki and/or the Tower source code :)
Great News! I'll contribute if asked in the app.
Nice, thank's Fredia :D
Fantastic! I'm super happy to see this released especially because of the video support. Last weekend I had a bunch of people flying Solos and I had to get them all to download the Tower Beta 'cuz they wanted missions and video together.
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