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  • Jia WanJ Offline
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    Dear ModalAI team,
    I'm new for the VOXL system (but with enough experience for opensource DIY drones). Now I'm working on automate the Starling drone. The idea is to run programmes on a PC which connected to the drone through WIFI. The flight control command will be send to the drone through MAVLINK.
    One UDP link is provided on Starling for GCS connection. I'm wondering if this is the best chooise to send MAVLINK command? Or if there is any recomandations from the ModalAI team regarding this.
    Thnaks in advance

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    • Jia WanJ Jia Wan

      Dear ModalAI team,
      I'm new for the VOXL system (but with enough experience for opensource DIY drones). Now I'm working on automate the Starling drone. The idea is to run programmes on a PC which connected to the drone through WIFI. The flight control command will be send to the drone through MAVLINK.
      One UDP link is provided on Starling for GCS connection. I'm wondering if this is the best chooise to send MAVLINK command? Or if there is any recomandations from the ModalAI team regarding this.
      Thnaks in advance

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      ModalAI Team
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      @Jia-Wan You can specify a secondary GCS link in the voxl-mavlink-server configuration file (/etc/modalai/voxl-mavlink-server.conf). This can be used to send your mavlink commands from your automation program.

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      • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

        @Jia-Wan You can specify a secondary GCS link in the voxl-mavlink-server configuration file (/etc/modalai/voxl-mavlink-server.conf). This can be used to send your mavlink commands from your automation program.

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        Jia Wan
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        @Eric-Katzfey Thanks for your reply.
        There is one following question. Since I couldn't find relevent information on your web, would you mind confirming if this MAVLINK connection works the same as on a "normal" PX4 autopilot?
        If so, I would assume I can test my program with the PX4 SITL and the Starling will responce to the control command in the same way.

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        • Jia WanJ Jia Wan

          @Eric-Katzfey Thanks for your reply.
          There is one following question. Since I couldn't find relevent information on your web, would you mind confirming if this MAVLINK connection works the same as on a "normal" PX4 autopilot?
          If so, I would assume I can test my program with the PX4 SITL and the Starling will responce to the control command in the same way.

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          @Jia-Wan Yes, you should be able to do your testing with SITL before trying it on Starling.

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