MINDS-I Marz Rover, Manual

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Switching Between Ground and Air Mode
To switch the dashboard between ground drone and air drone mode, Open the configuration
window, press “Toggle ground/air mode”, and then restart the dashboard
Artificial Horizon
When in air mode, the artificial horizon widget can be clicked on to open a full size window with
altitude and heading overlaid on the right and top edge respectively.
Waypoint Targeting
When in ground mode, clicking the map will place a GPS waypoint at that location that a
connected rover will attempt to drive to. To add a waypoint at the end of the path, click on the
map. Click on an existing path’s line to “break” it and add a new point in-between. Right click on a
point to delete that waypoint
Log Files
The dashboard makes a .log and a .telem file in the log directory each time its run.
.log files contain a record of errors, warnings, and messages received from the robot while its
running.
.telem files contain the robots telemetry data storing in CSV format with the first column
containing the timestamp that data was stored at, and the remaining columns being each index
of telemetry in order.
The frequency that received telemetry is logged can be changed in the telemetry window,
accessible from the left navigation box in the dashboard.