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Waypoint flying - questions before first flight

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  1. Andy Johnson-Laird

    Andy Johnson-Laird Administrator
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    Hmmm. That's disappointing -- did you not get a response?
     
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    Not yet! :)
     
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  3. Andy Johnson-Laird

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    There is this: http://wiki.mikrokopter.de/GPX

    It might be one of these:
      • <FCFlags2>0x00,0x00</FCFlags2> --> Flight control status flags 1 and 2
        • Flight control status flags 1
        • :
          • Flight control status flags 2
        • :
        • FC_STATUS2_OUT1_ACTIVE 0x08 --> The Output 1 of the FC is active
        • FC_STATUS2_OUT2_ACTIVE 0x10 --> The Output 2 of the FC is active
     
    #23 Andy Johnson-Laird, Apr 21, 2015
  4. Derek Cooper

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    Saw that, but there is no instance of that in the GPX file and we know it fired 5 times.
     
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  5. Andy Johnson-Laird

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    Hmm. That suggests that it might not be even recorded in the flight log, doesn't it?

    Andy.
     
    #25 Andy Johnson-Laird, Apr 21, 2015
  6. Derek Cooper

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    We are hoping they used a different flag.

    But you could indeed be right. Hoping that is not the issue.
     
    #26 Derek Cooper, Apr 21, 2015
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    Andy

    I have the same issues. 1.5.5 will not handle any of my GPX files generated with 2.09i or higher. I can give you examples if you need them.
     
    #27 Dave King, Apr 22, 2015
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    Derek

    Does it auto trigger on the waypoint or were you able to get it to autotrigger between the waypoints. I have been able to get it to trigger on the waypoints but not in between way points.
     
    #28 Dave King, Apr 22, 2015
  9. Derek Cooper

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    On waypoints - we are going to test between next, although we haven't decided if we will use that mode for flying jobs for clients just yet.
     
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    Hi Dave:
    I've emailed Franco (the author of MK_GPXTOOL) about the problem. Hopefully he can fix it -- unfortunately, it appears that MK may not be telling him in advance what they are going to change in the GPX file.

    I'll let you know if I get a response from Franco.
    Andy.
     
    #30 Andy Johnson-Laird, Apr 22, 2015
  11. Derek Cooper

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    Thanks Andy!

    But honestly all we care about is the flag in the GPX file identifying a trigger of the shutter. We strip out just those rows, associate them with the images and flip that data over to our mapping application that generates the GEO tagged 3D images for clients.

    Without the trigger flag, we are dead in the water.

    No response to my question on the MK forum as of yet, which isn't great!

    I know Jeff Scholl hasn't had a chance to play w it yet - he hopes to do some testing Friday w the new firmware.
     
    #31 Derek Cooper, Apr 22, 2015
  12. Andy Johnson-Laird

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    Right. I figured you wanted the data for geotagging. Worst case (which is if the GPX file doesn't contain the data), can you use a camera that does the geotagging by itself (assuming it has a good enough sky-view from under the copter to get GPS signal)?

    Andy.
     
    #32 Andy Johnson-Laird, Apr 22, 2015
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    Cameras we use don't have GPS that is accurate enough.
     
    #33 Derek Cooper, Apr 22, 2015
  14. Andy Johnson-Laird

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    Let the record show that another of my allegedly bright ideas cratered again! :)
    Andy.
     
    #34 Andy Johnson-Laird, Apr 22, 2015
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    You're the best Andy! *group hug*
     
    #35 Derek Cooper, Apr 22, 2015
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    Awww.....shucks....:D
     
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    Hi Derek:

    Check the FCFlags2 at row 308 of your GPX file. You will see that it has the status O1. Output 1. That's the camera being triggered. It shows for several rows because the log file is being written at 500 millisecond intervals. I presume there are other trigger points too (e.g. row 514).

    Also see Holger's response to you at http://forum.mikrokopter.de/topic-post538152.html#post538152

    I used MK's simple GPX Viewer to examine the log file as MK_GPXTOOL is broken. Franco Scapin is currently working on a new version of MK_GPXTOOL to correct this problem.

    Hope this helps...
    Andy
     
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  18. Andy Johnson-Laird

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    Derek: Could you check the SETTTINGS.INI file on the microSD card in your Navigation Controller. It looks like it's set to have the GPX file update every 100 milliseconds -- ten times per second. That seems way too fast. If I'm not mistaken the default is 500 milliseconds.

    Did you happen to change that?

    EDIT: It could be that the new default is 100 milliseconds....and I've overlooked that fact in the change logs from MK.

    Andy.
     
    #38 Andy Johnson-Laird, Apr 23, 2015
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    #39 Andy Johnson-Laird, Apr 23, 2015
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    Just curious what programs you guys are using to geo tag their pictures?
     
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