1 Connecting Microdrones autopilot to UgCS
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Connecting Microdrones autopilot to UgCS
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First time vehicle connection
See
Disclaimer
.
Please follow these steps to connect an Microdrones vehicle to the UgCS:
1. Microdrones vehicle must be properly configured, calibrated and tested using tools and instruction from the
official
Microdrones web site
prior to using it with UgCS. UgCS does not support initial configuration,
setup and calibration of Microdrones vehicles.
2. Turn on the vehicle. There are two communication channels in a drone - uplink and downlink. Uplink channel
is connected via USB-serial cable, plug it in the drone connector (you should connect to FC, not NC - connec-
tor flat side to the battery, see manufacturer manual for detailed explanation) and to the computer where VSM
is running. The uplink channel can be used for mission uploading and commands execution. For telemetry
reception you need downlink channel which is connected to the downlink wire on the drone bottom. You can
use manufacturer provided downlink equipment which uses video transmitter sound channel for telemetry
data transferring and downlink decoder ground unit. Alternatively you can connect your own USB-serial cable
or radio-modem to the downlink wire. Before that you should switch the telemetry output to digital mode using
a jumper on the drone board, see manufacturer manual for the details.
For initial vehicle set up in UgCS you can connect either uplink or downlink whichever is more convenient for
you.
For all connection options you will have USB-serial device on the PC side so proper OS driver for virtual serial
port should be installed. Please refer to your communication equipment manufacturer documentation about
driver installation instructions.
3. Open
Vehicles
window in UgCS Client and wait until new vehicle appears there automatically. Either Uplink
or Downlink connection should be available. Select the necessary vehicle and click
Edit
to start editing the
corresponding vehicle profile. Now you can change the default vehicle name to be convenient for you:
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