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How can I use MAVLINK to obtain odometry values

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  • José QuintanillaJ Offline
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    wrote on last edited by
    #1

    I already have the code working with a SITL but I want to be able to connect my laptop to the drone and obtain the data, im able to connect through QGC but not through the code

    from pymavlink import mavutil
    import asyncio
    
    async def run():
        while True:
            # Start a connection listening on a UDP port
            the_connection = mavutil.mavlink_connection('udpin:localhost:14550')
    
            # Wait for the first heartbeat 
            #   This sets the system and component ID of remote system for the link
            the_connection.wait_heartbeat()
            print("Heartbeat from system (system %u component %u)" % (the_connection.target_system, the_connection.target_component))
            asyncio.sleep(2)
            # Once connected, use 'the_connection' to get and send messages
            msg = the_connection.recv_match(type ='ODOMETRY',blocking=True)
            msg = str(msg)
            msg = msg.split(',')
            print(msg[17])
            #print(msg)
            asyncio.sleep(2)
    if __name__ == "__main__":
        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
        loop.run_until_complete(run())
    
    

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    • José QuintanillaJ José Quintanilla

      I already have the code working with a SITL but I want to be able to connect my laptop to the drone and obtain the data, im able to connect through QGC but not through the code

      from pymavlink import mavutil
      import asyncio
      
      async def run():
          while True:
              # Start a connection listening on a UDP port
              the_connection = mavutil.mavlink_connection('udpin:localhost:14550')
      
              # Wait for the first heartbeat 
              #   This sets the system and component ID of remote system for the link
              the_connection.wait_heartbeat()
              print("Heartbeat from system (system %u component %u)" % (the_connection.target_system, the_connection.target_component))
              asyncio.sleep(2)
              # Once connected, use 'the_connection' to get and send messages
              msg = the_connection.recv_match(type ='ODOMETRY',blocking=True)
              msg = str(msg)
              msg = msg.split(',')
              print(msg[17])
              #print(msg)
              asyncio.sleep(2)
      if __name__ == "__main__":
          loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
          loop.run_until_complete(run())
      
      

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      Screenshot from 2023-06-26 14-47-45.png Screenshot from 2023-06-26 14-47-56.png

      José QuintanillaJ Offline
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      José Quintanilla
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      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      @tom @Chad-Sweet

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