Installation Instructions

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7.4 UPLOADING A FLIGHT PLAN TO THE TRINITY
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information of the mission template and the area planning.
1. Select
in the right section.
2. Select Write Flight Plan
Write
Flight Plan
.
3.
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A: UAV Type Check
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B: Distance Retransition to Home
The user is warned if the distance between the home waypoint and the retran-
sition waypoint exceeds 50 meters. If the distance exceeds 100 meters it is not
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C: Predicted Battery Usage
A warning comes active if the required battery capacity exceeds 75 %.
D: Trigger Interval
The required payload trigger interval should not be shorter than the minimum
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4. Select Write Flight Plan. The button is disabled if one of the criteria is not met. The window is closed automatically after
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7.5 DOWNLOADING A FLIGHT PLAN FROM THE TRINITY
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is transferred from the Trinity to QBase. The current QBase mission is overwritten.
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7.6 MONITORING AND CONTROLLING THE TRINITY DURING FLIGHT OPERATION
With QBase it is possible to monitor and to control the Trinity during a mission. When the Trinity is connected to QBase via the
QBase modem the actual position of the Trinity is shown on the map
. To connect QBase with the Trinity see chapter 8.3
& 8.7.
Monitoring UAV
The current status of the Trinity can be seen in the header section. UAV status messages and error messages are dis-
played on the left.
UAV Command
The
UAV Command panel provides the user with the possibility to control the Trinity during a waypoint
based mission.
Payload Info
During the mission the current state of the payload board can be displayed by selecting Payload Info in
the footer section.
7 QBase – ground control station