Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant)
Drone Amplified
Figure 92: Uploading a waypoint mission.
The waypoint path will become solid instead of dashed to indicate it is being uploaded
and executed, as shown in Figure 92. A status message will appear at the bottom of the
screen to describe the status of the upload. If the upload fails, you can retry the upload by
pressing the “Start” button again. Once the mission is done uploading, the drone will begin
to fly along it, and its status will change from FLYING to WAYPOINTS.
You can press the “Stop” button to stop the drone from flying the waypoint mission and
regain normal control.
You cannot modify the waypoint mission while it is uploading or executing. If you place
new waypoints, the drone will not automatically fly to them unless you stop and restart the
waypoint mission. Each waypoint will be automatically removed as the drone reaches it,
allowing you to easily resume the waypoint mission if you stop it. The drone will hover in
place once it reaches the last waypoint.
If you press the “Start” button while a waypoint mission is executing, the current mission
will be stopped, and a new one will be started.
Due to limitations of the DJI Mobile SDK, the app can only infer that the drone is flying
a waypoint mission based on the the success of the start and stop operations. It’s possible
that a miscommunication could cause the app to display “WAYPOINTS” when the drone is
not flying a waypoint mission. In this case, start a new waypoint mission and immediately
stop it to make the app realize the drone is not flying a waypoint mission.
It’s also possible that the app could display “FLYING” even though the drone is following
a waypoint mission. This could happen if the app is restarted while the drone is mid-mission.
In this case, you can still use the “Stop” button to stop the mission.
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