HappyKillmore Groundstation

[lukasz]

I just found an interesting project on DIY.
HappyKillmore has created following Ground station:
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/hks ... 1#comments

Project home page: http://code.google.com/p/happykillmore-gcs/

Currently the project is under translation. Once posted it's worth looking into it.
It might have some use with Gluonpilot

[Tom]

Good idea! It's an advanced version of the current visualisation. I've sent the guy an email if he's not interested to implement the gluonpilot's telemetry code

[lukasz]

I have this Ground station installed on my laptop.
Quite intuitive to use.

[Tom]

I'm happy to announce that v1.1.14 (and later) of the HappyKillMore Groundstation supports the Gluonpilot telemetry! Of course thanks to his programming skills (and the gluonpilot's super-easy protocol).

Now my funjet actually looks like a funjet in google earth

[lukasz]

Great!
Just downloaded latest version
I have readings in HappyKillmore's Ground station!

At the moment I see that some readings are reversed. when pitching down the plane the readings show opposite - plane is climbing. When rolling to left the readings are also showing opposite(rolling right).

Is this anywhere configurable?

[Mitch]

Looks like an outstanding addition. Haven't connected because I'm away from home on a trip but anxious to run it live. Any potential for running existing data files?

[Mitch]

Connected and performed well first try. Roll and pitch directions can be reversed in the file->settings menu with the pushbuttons (buttons don't display exactly right but seem to function). Xbee seems to keep up with the rate just fine using default gluonpilot telemetry settings. Need to work on optimum numbers for telemetry rates for each displayed parameter. Mission recording seems to work well. The video link works well using my usb web cam.

Sensor and servo values aren't displaying properly. I'm looking at the source code to try it looks like some of the scale factors could be adjusted. I downloaded the source via svn and it's written in an earlier version of VB net, I think 2003. It converted flawlessly to 2008 using the visual studio utilities.

So far it does look like this is a great find!