Unable to connect multiple VOXL2 mini drones to QGroundControl using different UDP ports
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I am trying to connect multiple VOXL2 Mini drones to QGroundControl (QGC) by assigning different UDP ports per drone, but I am unable to connect on any port other than the default 14550.
My Setup
Hardware: VOXL2 Mini
GCS: QGroundControl
QGC running on host PCGoal
Drone 1
IP: 192.168.1.16
UDP Port: 14551
Drone 2
IP: 192.168.1.15
UDP Port: 14552
QGC successfully connects when using UDP port 14550 but not with 14551/14552
kindly look at the attached screenshots:
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I am trying to connect multiple VOXL2 Mini drones to QGroundControl (QGC) by assigning different UDP ports per drone, but I am unable to connect on any port other than the default 14550.
My Setup
Hardware: VOXL2 Mini
GCS: QGroundControl
QGC running on host PCGoal
Drone 1
IP: 192.168.1.16
UDP Port: 14551
Drone 2
IP: 192.168.1.15
UDP Port: 14552
QGC successfully connects when using UDP port 14550 but not with 14551/14552
kindly look at the attached screenshots:
file:///home/idr/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot%20from%202025-12-23%2016-10-25.pngfile:///home/idr/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot%20from%202025-12-23%2016-26-45.png@Sarika-Sharma How are you setting up your network? Are you using WiFi? Station mode or AP mode? If you are using WiFi and station mode then you want to set the primary_static_gcs_ip of each drone to the IP address of the computer that is running QGC. Since each drone will have a different IP address you don't need to specify different UDP ports.
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@Sarika-Sharma How are you setting up your network? Are you using WiFi? Station mode or AP mode? If you are using WiFi and station mode then you want to set the primary_static_gcs_ip of each drone to the IP address of the computer that is running QGC. Since each drone will have a different IP address you don't need to specify different UDP ports.
@Eric-Katzfey yes, I am using wifi and station mode.And I am able to connect multiple drones having different IP Address on the default 14550 UDP port .But I wanna ask can I specify different ports for each drone having different IP address???
For ex:
Drone 1 : IP->192.168.1.15 On port no 14551
Drone 2: IP-> 192.168.1.16 On port no 14552 -
@Eric-Katzfey yes, I am using wifi and station mode.And I am able to connect multiple drones having different IP Address on the default 14550 UDP port .But I wanna ask can I specify different ports for each drone having different IP address???
For ex:
Drone 1 : IP->192.168.1.15 On port no 14551
Drone 2: IP-> 192.168.1.16 On port no 14552@Sarika-Sharma You can specify a different port to connect to at the GCS for each drone but their own port is hard-coded to 14550. https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-sdk/services/voxl-mavlink-server/-/blob/dev/src/gcs_io.c?ref_type=heads#L979
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@Sarika-Sharma You can specify a different port to connect to at the GCS for each drone but their own port is hard-coded to 14550. https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-sdk/services/voxl-mavlink-server/-/blob/dev/src/gcs_io.c?ref_type=heads#L979
@Eric-Katzfey If you would be so kind as to tell how can i specify a different port to connect to at the GCS for each drone?
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@Eric-Katzfey If you would be so kind as to tell how can i specify a different port to connect to at the GCS for each drone?
@Sarika-Sharma It's in the configuration file but you'll need a more recent version of voxl-mavlink-server. I would recommend updating to SDK 1.6.2 and then grabbing voxl-mavlink-server 1.4.13 from here: http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/dists/qrb5165/sdk-1.6/binary-arm64/voxl-mavlink-server_1.4.13_arm64.deb.
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@Sarika-Sharma It's in the configuration file but you'll need a more recent version of voxl-mavlink-server. I would recommend updating to SDK 1.6.2 and then grabbing voxl-mavlink-server 1.4.13 from here: http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/dists/qrb5165/sdk-1.6/binary-arm64/voxl-mavlink-server_1.4.13_arm64.deb.
@Eric-Katzfey Thank you.
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@Eric-Katzfey Thank you.
@Sarika-Sharma Kindly resolve this issue also https://forum.modalai.com/topic/4952/pmd-tof-not-detected-on-voxl2?_=1766730439331.
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