Solo app and Tower

[dcdopson]

I'm completely new to any of this, and its terminology. I am using a the 3Dr Solo app on the iPhone; is this separate from the Tower app? If so, can I download Tower separately and set missions as I become more comfortable with the Solo, or will one override the other? Thanks in advance. If it doesn't make sense, that's all I have hahaha. Thanks.

 

[RichWest]

Tower is an Android app only at this point and by 3DR. The IOS version that is similar is MAV Pilot and is made by others at a cost. See thread below:

Mav Pilot ground control station for iphone/ipad | 3D Robotics Drone Forum

I'm unaware if the IOS apps function when run on top of each other, Solo and MAV Pilot. Maybe reply your question within the linked thread. Once you have that answered, then you can move on to your other questions.

For the Android based devices you can run both the Solo app and Tower at the same time. Tower missions are literally uploaded to Solo, your controller is a over ride device once a mission is started.

 

[erikgraham]

Yes you can run the Solo app and Tower at the same time.

I run Tower on an android phone wedged between the controller and my iPad mini, which runs the Solo app. I mostly use the Solo app for the live video feed and the smart shots. I use Tower for pre-planned "auto" missions. Even when I'm not running an auto mission, it's nice to have the live video feed on the iPad, while the tower app shows me where the drone is on a map. (You can do that in the Solo app by itself, but I like giving the live video feed my full screen).

If I'm running a mission in Tower I can interrupt it by hitting the fly button on my Solo controller. Then do stuff like a smart shot. When I hit "Auto" again in Tower resumes the mission from where it left off. You just have to be careful the Solo doesn't fly through a house or trees trying to get back to where it left off in the mission.

Full disclosure: I haven't done this in a couple months and there have been updates to the Tower app since that time (and the Solo app). I'm pretty confident it will still work - maybe I'll give it a test run in the next couple of weeks.

Anyway, my advice would be not to mess with Tower or the Mav Pilot software linked to above - at least not for awhile. Get used to the Solo app and it's smart shots. By the time you've got it mastered, they will probably have a version of Tower released for iOS anyway.

 

[dcdopson]

Thank you both for your insight!!!

 

[jacko2511]

I'm trying to do something similar with 2 android tablets. However 1 tablet is saying it cannot find any devices when trying to connect from tower. Any advice?

When pressing the connect button on tower it then says connection failed no devices found.

However on my usual tablet it connects fine