Setting up Mission Planner / Ground Control
If you wish to trigger Seagull #MAP2 from a Flight Controller, setting it up in Mission Planner is also straight forward.
Start Mission Planner and follow the steps below.
1.
Click on
INITIAL SETUP
>>
OPTIONAL HARDWARE
>>
CAMERA GIMBAL
2.
"SHUTTER"
- in the drop down list, chose the channel tha11t Seagull #MAP2 is connected to.
3.
"PUSHED"
- Set the "Value" for the desired trigger mode (AF-T or IS-T see table below)
State / Mode
Value
Range
Neutral
1500
μ
S
1400 <> 1600
μ
S
AF-T
1300
μ
S
1200 <> 1400
μ
S
IS-T
1700
μ
S
1600 <> 1800
μ
S
4.
"NOT PUSHED"
– Set the value "1500" (
Neutral
state – see table above )
5.
"DURATION"
– Set the value "1" for
AF-T
mode or "10" for
IS-T
mode
(values may vary depending on how long it takes for your specific camera model and lens configuration to lock focus.
Try increasing or decreasing the values to find the sweet spot where the camera can keep up with the duration time
that the shutter is held pushed/triggered for)
Example from Mission Planner:
