User's Manual

Planning and simulating a flight
1 Planning and simulating a flight
Goal of this section: This section introduces the eMotion software
used to interface with the eBee. It describes the steps required to
plan, simulate, and save a simple mapping flight. A more detailed
description of eMotion and its advanced functions is presented in the
eBee Extended User Manual.
1.1 Installing eMotion, PostflightTerra3D, and the ground mo-
dem drivers
You can download the latest version of eMotion and Postflight Terra 3D at:
http://my.sensefly.com
We recommend that you download and install Google Earth
TM
to take full advan-
tage of the features of eMotion. You can find more information at the following
address:
www.google.com/earth/
To install eMotion on Windows, simply execute the provided installers for eMotion
and Postflight Terra 3D and follow the on-screen instructions. The eMotion and
PostflightTerra 3D softwarewill be available in the ‘Start’ menu. Driversfor the USB
groundstation ground modem will automatically be installed along with eMotion.
In case a problem arises after connecting the ground modem to the computer for
the first time you can find the drivers in one of the following directories (depend-
ing on your version of Windows):
C:\Program Files\senseFly\eMotion 2\usb driver\
C:\Program Files (x86)\senseFly\eMotion 2\usb driver\
See the eBee Extended User Manual if you have any difficulty with software instal-
lation.
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