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  • Samuel BryanS Offline
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    I need to take screenshots off the hires camera feed from the M500 every quarter second and save the screenshots to my computer. Is there a way to modify the voxl streamer script or another script on board the aircraft to do this?

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    • Samuel BryanS Samuel Bryan

      I need to take screenshots off the hires camera feed from the M500 every quarter second and save the screenshots to my computer. Is there a way to modify the voxl streamer script or another script on board the aircraft to do this?

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      @Samuel-Bryan This command: voxl-send-command hires_snapshot snapshot will take a snapshot and save it to the /data/snapshots directory. You could write a small script to call that every quarter second.

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      • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

        @Samuel-Bryan This command: voxl-send-command hires_snapshot snapshot will take a snapshot and save it to the /data/snapshots directory. You could write a small script to call that every quarter second.

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        @Eric-Katzfey I tried that command, but I got the error "Unable to find valid pipe that accepts control commands at: hires_snapshot". I am using voxl-suite 0.9.4, with system image 4.0.0.

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        • Samuel BryanS Samuel Bryan

          @Eric-Katzfey I tried that command, but I got the error "Unable to find valid pipe that accepts control commands at: hires_snapshot". I am using voxl-suite 0.9.4, with system image 4.0.0.

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          @Samuel-Bryan Can you update to the latest SDK and try with that? With what you have now what do you see in the /run/mpa directory?

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          • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

            @Samuel-Bryan Can you update to the latest SDK and try with that? With what you have now what do you see in the /run/mpa directory?

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            @Eric-Katzfey I tried update it with the latest SDK but it says it is out of space. I have a Windows machine, are there instructions for installing the latest SDK onto the Modal M500?

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            • Samuel BryanS Samuel Bryan

              @Eric-Katzfey I tried update it with the latest SDK but it says it is out of space. I have a Windows machine, are there instructions for installing the latest SDK onto the Modal M500?

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              @Samuel-Bryan I would recommend setting up a Linux workstation (ideally Ubuntu) as you'll have an easier time working with that.

              Can you post a screenshot or paste the output of the error you're getting?

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                I was able to get the SDK upgraded to Voxl 1.2.0. However now it won't communicate with Q Ground Control. When I open it, it shows that it is disconnected despite there being a wifi connection between between the laptop and the M500. It connects to the laptop fine and I can SSH into the aircraft. Is there a setting somewhere on the aircraft that I have to change for it to connect with QGC again?

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                • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

                  @Samuel-Bryan This command: voxl-send-command hires_snapshot snapshot will take a snapshot and save it to the /data/snapshots directory. You could write a small script to call that every quarter second.

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                  @Eric-Katzfey Do you have a list of voxl-send-command commands, or is it listed in the documentation somewhere?

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                  • Samuel BryanS Samuel Bryan

                    @Eric-Katzfey Do you have a list of voxl-send-command commands, or is it listed in the documentation somewhere?

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                    @Samuel-Bryan There are some examples here: https://docs.modalai.com/mpa-camera-interface/#sending-commands-back-to-the-server

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