With the continuous advancement of science and technology, the integration of artificial intelligence and drone technology, technological innovation, policy support and market promotion, drones play an important role in inspection, mapping, emergency rescue, logistics and distribution, etc. The rapid development of low-altitude economy has gradually become a new trend in global economic development, attracting more and more people to join the unmanned system industry.
However, when novices first come into contact with flight control, choosing which ground station becomes a difficult problem. Mission Planner (MP) and QGroundControl (QGC) are two well-known and commonly used open source ground stations: MP ground station is powerful but has poor cross-platform support, lacks a mobile terminal, and has a complex interface and a high learning threshold; QGC ground station has a more modern interface, is friendly to novices, but lacks advanced functions.
◆ For novice pilots, we optimized the mandatory checklist, encrypted the parameter interface, and added the flight mode lock function to better guide novice pilots to do pre-takeoff checks, while avoiding incorrect parameter settings and incorrect use of high-difficulty flight modes, helping novices fly safely.
◆ For specific usage scenarios, we optimized or added functions to QGC, such as adding network RTK, inter-machine communication, video stream forwarding, remote ID message display and other functions.
Features List
1. New Features:
◆ Support network RTK (CORS/NTRIP);
◆ Add airborne ADSB function for ArduPilot models;
◆ Support GCS flight mode lock, limit and hide high-risk flight modes;
◆ Support one-key correction of route altitude;
◆ Support MAVlink forwarding, support drone forwarding to drone, realize inter-machine communication;
◆ Support RTMP video streaming, and can stream videos to live broadcast platforms;
◆ Support scanning and displaying remote ID messages in the surrounding area;
◆ Support viewing real-time flight data of multiple aircraft at the same time.
2. Explore the experimental features
◆ LGC supports cluster formation flight, suitable for fixed-wing/vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing/multi-rotor models, and optimizes the control logic of one station to multiple aircraft. It provides a variety of formation options, supports switching between a single formation for one mission and multiple formations for one mission (the function is still under testing, and everyone is welcome to experience and communicate).
3. Optimizational function
◆ Optimize the mandatory checklist and guide novices to check before flight;
◆ Encrypt all parameter interfaces to prevent novices or misoperation from causing flight parameter adjustments;
◆ Optimize MAVLINK pod gimbal control to support simultaneous display of two images;
◆ Modify the QGC video encoder from decodebin3 to decodebin to support some H264 RTSP video streams;
◆ Optimize the display of battery information, increase current, and set the display percentage/voltage;
◆ Optimize the flight view of vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing; add wind vane indication and wind speed; add real-time height and speed change shortcut instructions, circling radius instructions; add airspeed zeroing and starting point update;
◆ Optimize the configuration entry and configuration function of remote ID to adapt to China’s policy requirements;
◆ Optimize the restart reminder window and support one-click restart.
4. Fixed issues
◆ Fixed the problem that some serial ports could not be found in the connection configuration.
Welcome to experience and communicate
You are welcome to share your experience with the LGC Ground Station Technology Explorer Edition and the problems you encounter through the following email address.
*Email:
pm@cuav.net
*LGC download path:
https://dl.cuav.net/software/lgc.html
Note: [1] The LGC Ground Station Technology Exploration Edition is based on the secondary development of QGroundControl and is only for testing purposes. It is not a product accessory and is prohibited from being used for commercial purposes. The final right of interpretation belongs to Guangzhou Leixun Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.
