QGC & Open Solo

BeaconGeoscience · Feb 27, 2019

I run a UAS program and teach about data acquisition and analysis at a university. I have a small fleet of Solos most still running 3DR firmware. I'd like to switch over to Open Solo and I'm wondering if it is possible or if anyone has used QGroundControl with Open Solo?

Last year for this class I had students using Tower and it appears that Tower is not only no longer being developed/supported it is no longer available in the Play Store. Yes, I do have Solex (with Missions and other add-ons), but I am just wondering about QGC at this time.

Thank You

Wetstone · Feb 28, 2019

QGC always connects flawlessly on Open Solo, but I've never used it for flight. The great advantage is that it has both IOS and Android versions.

I believe Tower has morphed into another app and I forget the new name...

Pedals2Paddles · Feb 28, 2019

If you're using the stock cube with the archaic ArduCopter 3.2ish firmware, there may be some things QGC doesn't like because that firmware is so old. If you're using the green cube with more modern ArduCopter versions, QGC will certainly be fine. And if you jump on the ArduCopter 3.7 beta with Open Solo, you will be even better with no green cube required.

Arny58 · Mar 1, 2019

You can use the replacement for Tower. It's called Mission Maker for Ardupilot

fvincent · Mar 1, 2019

BeaconGeoscience said:
I run a UAS program and teach about data acquisition and analysis at a university. I have a small fleet of Solos most still running 3DR firmware. I'd like to switch over to Open Solo and I'm wondering if it is possible or if anyone has used QGroundControl with Open Solo?

Last year for this class I had students using Tower and it appears that Tower is not only no longer being developed/supported it is no longer available in the Play Store. Yes, I do have Solex (with Missions and other add-ons), but I am just wondering about QGC at this time.

Thank You

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fvincent · Mar 1, 2019

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BeaconGeoscience · Mar 2, 2019

Pedals2Paddles said:
If you're using the stock cube with the archaic ArduCopter 3.2ish firmware, there may be some things QGC doesn't like because that firmware is so old. If you're using the green cube with more modern ArduCopter versions, QGC will certainly be fine. And if you jump on the ArduCopter 3.7 beta with Open Solo, you will be even better with no green cube required.

Pedals - Unfortunately I don't have the time or money to upgrade this fleet to GC. Is the 3.7 beta available through Solex's update functions?

BeaconGeoscience · Mar 2, 2019

Arny58 said:
You can use the replacement for Tower. It's called Mission Maker for ArdupilotView attachment 9976

Thank you very much, I did manage to track that down. I had students working with it yesterday!

yt lee · Mar 2, 2019

The app & source code are available at ArduPilot firmware : /Tools/MissionPlanner

BeaconGeoscience · Mar 19, 2019

Following up, and perhaps I should start a new thread...Regarding Mission Maker for Ardupilot...has anyone used it with stock firmware or Open Solo? If so, did it connect via UDP? I receive the same error using both stock FW and Open Solo...Connection failed: bind failed: EADDRINUSE (Address already in use). Any help is appreciated.

Pedals2Paddles · Mar 19, 2019

BeaconGeoscience said:
Pedals - Unfortunately I don't have the time or money to upgrade this fleet to GC. Is the 3.7 beta available through Solex's update functions?

Yes it is. Open Solo is required. Instructions are on the open solo github link in my signature.

BeaconGeoscience · Mar 19, 2019

Pedals2Paddles said:
Yes it is. Open Solo is required. Instructions are on the open solo github link in my signature.

Ok, upgraded two to the beta. I wonder if it will solve the missing parameters and arming alarm conflicts with QGC?

Pitot Bandito · Mar 19, 2019

Pedals2Paddles said:
If you're using the stock cube with the archaic ArduCopter 3.2ish firmware, there may be some things QGC doesn't like because that firmware is so old. If you're using the green cube with more modern ArduCopter versions, QGC will certainly be fine. And if you jump on the ArduCopter 3.7 beta with Open Solo, you will be even better with no green cube required.

Is the 5v signalling mod necessary on a stock cube to use AC 3.7 beta to operate safely?