Manual GoPro 4 Black Triggering from Mission Planner ??

[Jag]

I am trying to manually trigger the GoPro4 Black from Mission Planner v1.3.49 by right clicking on the map window, then selecting "Trigger Camera NOW". It does not work. The camera frame counter does not increase. Mission Planner thinks it has worked as it places a red area on the map indicating the camera image footprint.

I am hoping somebody can provide any easy solution ?

Thanks in advance...

 

[andrew.baker.142]

Was the camera in video mode or camera mode when you tried this?

 

[Jag]

Definitely camera mode. I selected it in the solo app, then checked the symbol on the front of the camera changed. Good suggestion though....

Anybody else .... please ...

 

[carpy]

Definitely camera mode. I selected it in the solo app, then checked the symbol on the front of the camera changed. Good suggestion though....

Anybody else .... please ...

Take a look at the following page regarding camera triggers:
Camera Shutter Configuration in Mission Planner — Copter documentation
I'm not sure it can be done with the Solo...maybe someone will prove me wrong.

 

[Jag]

Hi Carpy,

Thanks for your reply. I did read that before posting. What confuses me is that Mission Planner is able to tell the Solo to trigger the GoPro as required during a survey mission. Thus it knows how to trigger it, even if it is not obvious to the operator.

I think the problem lies in what the "Trigger Camera NOW" button does. Somehow it must be causing the Solo to issue a slightly different type of trigger message which unfortunately does not work.

Hopefully one of the Mission Planner people will see this and comment or even look at correcting the situation.

Thanks

 

[carpy]

Hi Carpy,

Thanks for your reply. I did read that before posting. What confuses me is that Mission Planner is able to tell the Solo to trigger the GoPro as required during a survey mission. Thus it knows how to trigger it, even if it is not obvious to the operator.

I think the problem lies in what the "Trigger Camera NOW" button does. Somehow it must be causing the Solo to issue a slightly different type of trigger message which unfortunately does not work.

Hopefully one of the Mission Planner people will see this and comment or even look at correcting the situation.

Thanks

You're right, it is/can be confusing. Which command are you using to trigger the camera during a mission?
MAVLink Mission Command Messages (MAV_CMD) — Mission Planner documentation