Other AP / GCS Support

QGroundControl

Follow these next steps to configure QGroundControl for SmartLink:

Configuration settings

  • Connection type: UDP

  • Host: smartlink.local

  • Port: 14555

  • Autopilot UART: 57600 8N1 3V3 TTL

Mission Planner

Configuration settings

  • Connection type: UDP

  • Host: smartlink.local

  • Port: 14555

  • Autopilot UART: 57600 8N1 3V3 TTL

Telemetry

Make sure to select UDPCI as the connection type and click Connect:

Type in SmartLink IP address (192.168.168.100) or host name (smartlink.local) and click OK:

Type in SmartLink port number (14555) and click OK:

The connection will be established and Mission Planner will start reading parameters:

Video

Right click on the primary flight display and select Video > Set GStreamer source:

Use the following GStreamer pipeline to start the real time video in Mission Planner:

rtspsrc location=rtsp://smartlink.local:8554/camera/0 ! rtph264depay ! avdec_h264 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=BGRA ! appsink name=outsink sync=false

In case your system doesn't support local DNS (smartlink.local addressing) you will need to change smatlink.local to the static IP address of SmartLink: 192.168.168.100

Click OK to start the video feed:

After a few seconds the video feed will appear:

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