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Please read this instruction thoroughly for proper operation of your new DJI Ground Station and Wireless
Data-link. Full featured DJI Ground Station enables 3-D Map Way Points Editing, Flight Path Planning,
Real-time Flight State Feedback and Auto Takeoff and Landing. This product is specially designed for the
purpose of aircraft operation, BVR (Beyond Visual Range) flying in applications such as surveillance, aerial
photography, etc. Working with DJI flight control system, DJI Ground Station not only ensures stable
performance and safety of the aircraft, easy operation for the pilot, but also allows the aircraft to fly along the
flight path set before or modified during the flight mission in the Ground Station software autonomously. This
manual covers both Single Waypoint and Ground Station products. Read this manual according to your
product package. E.g., if you have ACE Single Waypoint, then you do not need to read section 4.4. Please
refer to DJI flight control system manual for semi-auto takeoff and landing.
It connects to your computer.Computersendscommandsand
receives flight data through it.
Wireless Data-link Air End 900MHz ×1 or 2.4GHz ×1
It connects to DJI autopilot system. Flight control system sends
flight data and receives commands from computer by it.
USB Cable ×1
For connection between wireless data-link ground end and computer.
4-Pin Cable ×1
For connection between wireless data-link air end and flight control system.
Warranty Card ×1
It recommends the necessary conditions for using this system and related safety issues. Please fill out the
customer & information card and return to DJI Innovations to register your product warranty.
1. The ability of penetrating of radio signal from 2.4GHz wireless data-link is weak;
please make sure the antenna of it is always visible to the ground end during the flight.
Human body, trees, buildings or hills will stop the communication between air end and
ground end.
2. You’d better put the ground end at high place. This can guarantee a good
communication range.
3. Make sure the antenna head of air end is erect down, and the antenna head of ground
end is erect up. Make sure there is no obstacle between antennas; otherwise the
communication range will be reduced.
4. Ground end Link-Alarm red light on is distance alarm, red light off is safe. When it is on,
you’d better return your aircraft.
5. When ground end Link-Alarm green light is off, this indicates the communication
between ground end and air end is off, whatever the state of red light.
6. Make sure the driver is installed correctly.
7. Please choose the right com port.
8. Check out the power supply of wireless data-links before use.
9. Please close the DJI assistant software before open the ground station. Otherwise
there will be port conflict.
10. Make sure the distance between 2.4GHz ground end and air end is over 1.5m; the
distance between 900MHz ground end and air end is over 5m.
11. Use the right cable for connection.
12. High voltage servos & FBL systems can drain the flight battery fast. Please make sure
your flight pack is sufficient for the flight time intended.
13. About control modes (Manual, Atti., GPS Atti., GPS Cruise), please refer to ACE
Control Modes in ACE Waypoint User Manual and Control Modes in A2/WKM/
NAZA-M/NAZA-M V2/ Phantom 2 User Manual.
14. Autopilot Mode (auto mode) means: GPS Atti. or GPS Cruise Mode in ACE; GPS Atti.
Mode in A2/WKM/ NAZA-M/NAZA-M V2; Ready to fly in Phantom 2.
If you have any problem you cannot solve during installation and usage, please contact our
customer service.
· You should have a DJI Ground Station installed laptop.
· Use the USB Cable supplied by us to connect the wireless data-
link ground end to you laptop. One end of the USB cable has two
heads, make sure the communication interface is plugged into
your laptop. If the power supply is insufficient using one USB port,
then plug the power interface Into the laptop also.
Air End
· 900MHz wireless data-link air end has two CAN ports. When you use it with ACE flight control
system and low voltage servo, you should connect one CAN port to spare CAN port on
autopilot system, and connect another one to a battery whose output voltage is in the range
of wireless data-link air end working voltage.
· 2.4GHz wireless data-link air end has only one CAN port.
· Usually connecting one CAN port on air end to any spare CAN port on DJI flight control
system is enough. Note that A2 uses should use CAN2 port.
· WKM user should use it with PMU.
· High voltage servos & FBL systems can drain the flight battery fast. Please make sure your
flight pack is sufficient for the flight time intended.
· Make sure the antenna head of Wireless data-link air end is erect down, then you can have
the largest range.
Network Detection, if the Network connection fails, it will go offline mode automatically.
You also can go into offline mode by clicking the OFFLINE MODE button.
(2)Connect to Main Controller
Click Connect button on the upper right corner to connect to DJI autopilot main controller.
If errors are showed, it means there may be some problem on connection, please check.
1. Check Signal Strength:shows no communication between GS and MC, please check
Troubleshooting in Appendix. is constructed, can go to next step.
2. Aircraft: When GPS signal is good enough, click Aircraft will show LATI, LONGI and ALTI of aircraft,
then the aircraft logo will be showed on the map; if the aircraft logo can’t be found, please double click
Aircraft.
3. AltitudeOffSet: Click AltitudeOffSet from Sys_set, you can just use the value recommended, and click
OK. Read the paragraph below to get more details.
4. Switch Height or Elevation Mode: Height mode shows relative height, and the 0 meter is the aircraft
height when you choose Height mode, above 0 is positive and below 0 is negative. Elevation mode
shows height above sea level, figure is showed in Fig②
5. Home Point: Home point can be found only when GPS signal is good enough. If WKM/A2/
NAZA-M/NAZA-M V2/Phantom 2, Home Point is 20 meters above the aircraft position where user
pushes the throttle stick first time; while ACE is 30 meters.
6. View Fly Trace, Instrument Board and State Information: For displaying flight track and aircraft state.
Contents are decided by flight control system. Fig①A will be displayed if you are using ACE; Fig①B will
be displayed if WKM/A2/NAZA-M/NAZA-M V2/Phantom 2. Instrument Board is showed in Fig③.
(1)Options
Fig③
Compass
Real-time
Vertical speed
Real-time
Altitude
Real-time
Ground speed
Real-time
Attitude
Fig①B WKM/A2/NAZA-M/NAZA-M V2/Phantom 2
Fig②
1.1 View Mode Procedures
1.2 System Setting
System Setting includes Options Setting, Altitude Offset Setting and Data Record Folder.
We highly RECOMMEND you to consider the relative flight height discussed during flight mission editing.
Latitude
Altitude
Longitude
Latitude
Altitude
Longitude
IN REAL WORLD
IN 3D-MAP
Latitude
Altitude
Longitude
Latitude
Altitude
Longitude
Latitude
Altitude
Longitude
Latitude
Altitude
Longitude
Before set-offset
After set-offset
Case 1
Heli stay on the
ground
Case 2
Heli stay on the roof
of building
GIS database (Google Earth™) is not precise, while Flight Path Mountain and other obstacle/building
collision checking feature performed based on this database, which is not real-time or up-to-date.
Google Earth™ plug-in is only for the purpose as a general landscape browser, for quick way points
positioning without much safety guarantee.
Pressure sensor is used for altitude sensing, leading the result varies according to weather. Therefore,
you might have different altitude values on the same location at different times. However, its relative
height may be far from precise than absolute altitude information in GIS.
Due to above problems, the following method for relative flight height calculation would be most reliable.
1) Record the aircraft altitude before take-off, as L
2) Way point altitude = Relative Flight Height + L
Please keep in mind that this method is the most reliable way for flight path collision precaution.
Gound
Gound
The Altitude Offset value given is only for the purpose to avoid visual confusion, such as Case 1 in fig.①
shown below. The aircraft represented by the red point was located on the ground in real world but
floating in the sky within 3D-Map. You have to give a negative offset value to reduce the aircraft altitude
for visual effect only. The calculate altitude offset function will give you a suggestion for offset setting but
not guaranteed to be correct. Because if the aircraft is landed on the roof of the building as in Case 2 in
figure shown below, and the building information will not appear in GIS database, which means you
cannot use the same method as in Case 1. You should calculate this offset value with a known or
Log Folder: Ground Station data recording function which is for recording all data transmitted and
received by radio module. You can open the log files in this folder by notepad. You can send the log
files to DJI customer service for analysis if you have any usage problems.
Mission Folder: Auto saves each flight route. You can open these files by Editor.
ENSURE the following requirements whenever during/before Simulation Mode:
1) You MUST NOT take off your aircraft.
2) You MUST NOT turn on your aircraft engine/motor.
3) You CAN disconnect the power supply for electric motor, or disconnect the throttle control servo
motor for fuel engine. Otherwise, incorrect operation could result in serious personal injuries.
1. Connect the whole main control system completely, including IMU、GPS, etc.
2. Hold Ctrl then Right click, you will see simulate, and the aircraft logo will be at the current mouse
position.
3. Click simulate, you will see a “Warning” window.
4. Click Yes to turn on Simulate Mode. Now GS is in Simulate Mode!!!
Notices:
We HIGHLY RECOMMEND Simulation Mode for practicing purpose for flight mission edit, try to get
familiar with all the operations of your Ground Station as much as you can.
The simulation model requires a complete main control system connection, and you can reference
to Assembly in DJI flight control system user manual.
Joystick/Keyboard mode is the 2nd permission for users, and Fly Simulation, One Key Takeoff and Joystick/
Keyboard functions can be operated.
2.1 Simulator
Pre-Flight Simulation aims to help you getting familiar with the Ground Station software. A successful flight
under simulation mode does not guarantee your aircraft to work successfully in real world, since it is only a
virtual environment based on the assumption that your aircraft is working under perfect condition with infinity
power supply, favorable weather, and also that the GIS & GPS are providing 100% correct and precise
information. The aircraft physical model in simulator might not perform the same flight characteristic as your
real aircraft.
Please follow the steps strictly for Simulation Mode use:
Real Flight® InterLink™ Plus ControllerLogitech® Extreme™ 3D Pro Joystick
Fig①
Fig.②
Please ensure GPS signal is good enough, the aircraft is already flying in air, and the control mode is autopilot
mode; then click Pause, choose joystick or keyboard mode, Fig.① shows that keyboard is chosen, and then
you can use keyboard control the aircraft, and drag the cursor to change roll, pitch and rudder control value,
the higher the cursor, the bigger the control value.
Use keys W, S, A, D, ↑, ↓ and ←, →to control the aircraft. A, D for Roll, W、S for Pitch, ←, →for Rudder
and ↑, ↓for Throttle. For example, use helicopter to be aircraft model, shown as Fig.②.
Joystick control based on a third party hardware controller, you can choose your preferred device based on
the two types of joystick indicated below (Fig③).
Type 1: Traditional R/C style flight simulation controller; or your R/C Tx with a third party simulator link.
Each control channel can be reversed, and mapped to one of the control functions listed in
corresponding drop down boxes.(Fig①)
These control function are ‘Roll’, ‘Elevator’, ‘Yaw ’&‘Collective Pitch’, they represent the cyclic and
rudder control of your aircraft. use helicopter for example, shown in the figures below(Fig②).
Where the ‘+’ represents positive channel value, ‘-’ represents negative channel value.
Push your joystick, and the channel value feedback will tell whether it matches with suggested
joystick control direction or your own settings, and then make your adjustments. For Type 1
controller, please refer to the controller’s manual.
1. Please ensure GPS signal is good enough, the aircraft is already flying in air, and the control mode
is Autopilot Mode (ACE is GPS Atti. or GPS Cruise Mode, WKM/A2/NAZA-M/NAZA-M V2 is GPS
Atti. Mode, Phantom 2 is Ready to fly or Ready to fly (non-GPS)).
2. Click ToolBox Click Go Mode to open the window as the figure shows.
3. Click Enter Click Go Mode.Now the aircraft will go into hovering station.
4. Input the waypoint Altitude and aircraft Speed.
5. Hold the Space key on the keyboard, move the mouse in the 3D map, left click to set the waypoint.
Then the aircraft will fly toward this waypoint immediately. You can also set a new waypoint during
the flight.
6. Click Exit Click Go Mode, the aircraft will hover again.
7. Click CONTINUE button to continue the previous flight.
Notices:
The aircraft will go into hovering station while the MC isn’t receive a heartbeat package from the GS
in 5 seconds;
The aircraft will go into auto go home while the MC isn’t receive a heartbeat package from the GS in
a minute.
Tips:
When in the Click Go Mode, all Tx control sticks are disabled. To regain control using the Tx, flip the mode
switch to Manual mode, and then to other control modes (ACE: Atti, GPS Atti, or GPS Cruise mode;
WKM/A2/NAZA-M/NAZA-M V2: Atti, GPS Atti; Phantom 2: Ready to fly, Ready to fly (non-GPS)).
Click Go Mode is a real-time single waypoint flight mode. Under this mode, you can send a waypoint to your
aircraft immediately.
Waypoint package includes Waypoint Mode, Auto Takeoffing/Landing, F Channel Controller, General Purpose
Servo Action, 6 Pre-Programmed Route Templates and Photogrammetry Tool.
4.1 Waypoint Mode
See the flow chart to get the information about Waypoint mode operation.
Repeat above procedure if you wish to add more new waypoints. The initial waypoint index will be 0,
incremented by 1 each new way point is added. If you want to insert a point before another point, you can
move the mouse over the point then press Ctrl with Left click.
Delete Way Points
Tips:
Repeat above procedure to delete more. Click CANCLE to delete all the way points added.
Fig①
图②
图③
Fig③
Fig②
STEP1: Click to open the mission editor, see fig.①.
STEP2: Click New to edit a new mission.
STEP3: Add waypoints.
There are two ways on adding waypoints. A maximum of 200 waypoints can
be added in the ACE waypoint mode, a maximum of 50 waypoints can be
added in the WKM/A2 waypoint mode, and a maximum of 16 waypoints can
be added in the NAZA-M/NAZA-M V2/Phantom 2 waypoint mode. If selected,
the waypoint will change to be green, see fig.②.
(1)Add Point by Point
STEP1: Click +,or press Ctrl。
STEP2: Left click on the 3D-Map where the locations you want to add a way point.
(2)Using Relative Coordinates Editor
After the first waypoint, you can use Toolbox ->Relative Coordinates Editor to add new points.
1. Select one waypoint, then press Shift+P you will see the input window shown as fig.③.
2. Use Tab to switch between these two input frames.
3. Input the relative coordinates: Angle is the relative angle to the
north of current waypoint; Distance is the relative distance to the
current waypoint.
4. Press Enter, then you will see a new waypoint after the current waypoint.
1. Select waypoint either in map or in Editing Mission Menu, and the selected waypoint is in green;
2. Click - or press delete to delete all the waypoints added.
Select the way point in 3D-Map or in the Editing Mission Menu. See figure as following, Altitude, TurnMode,
(1)Altitude
The altitude (unit m), if pointed to height mode,
means relative height; otherwise altitude mode
means the waypoint altitude.
Edit the altitude of each waypoint by clicking
the .
Type in the precise altitude in the box.
(2)TurnMode
There are three different turn modes for the aircraft
at each waypoint: StopAndTurn, Bank_Turn and
Adaptive_Bank_Turn. The default turn mode in the
system is StopAndTurn. Change it according to the
following steps.
The Hold Time in waypoint property is deactivated if
Bank_Turn or Adaptive_Bank_Turn is chosen.
Make a selection from the drop down box
after TurnMode for mission execution
mode.
(3)Forward Flight Speed
This Speed is the air speed of aircraft flying to
specific way point editing. (Unit in m/s).
In Waypoint Mode, the default speed is 4m/s,
and the maximum speed allowed is 25m/s.
Type in the precise Forward Flight
Speed in the box.
(4)HeadDegree
When the aircraft arrives at a given point where
to head towards a certain direction, you can use
this value. (Unit in degree).
Input the degree value in the item.
Right click waypoint and hold on, then
move wheel or press↑, ↓to change head
degree.
(5)HoldTime
Sets the time to stay in a particular waypoint, not
for Bank_turn, only for StopAndTurn (In second).
Type in the time to stay in a waypoint
after the TimeHold in the box.
Mission Properties Editing
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Forward Flight Speed, HeadDegree and HoldTime can be set, then press Enter to confirm.
Click Editing Mission and the Mission properties figure shown as following. Please set MissionTimeLmt,
(1)MissionTimeLmt
If the aircraft’s flying time exceeds the value, it will go
home automatically. (Default value is 65535sec. Min
value is 60sec, Max value is 65535sec.)
Type in precise time in the box after
MissionTimeLmt.
(2)Route
Selection route modes: Start_to_End or Continuous.
Start_to_End: execute once from start point to end
point; Continuous: repeat from start point to end point.
(Default setting is Start_to_End.)
Make a selection from the drop down box
after Route for mission execution mode.
(3)StartWayPoint
Setting for start waypoint from the existing waypoint
indexes. (Default start waypoint is 0.)
Make a selection from the drop down box
after StartWayPoint from the existing way
point indexes.
(4)VerticalSpeedLimitSetting
This Speed limit is the absolute velocity of aircraft in
vertical direction, up or down (Unit in m/s). The default
vertical speed limit is 1.5m/s and the maximum speed
allowed is 5.0m/s.
2. Choose a name with extension ‘.awm’. For Example: DJI_Mission_20100101.awm.
3. Mission Load
4. Click OPEN to load mission saved; choose mission file with extension ‘.awm’.
Notices:
The Altitude offset value will not be saved in mission file. Please set it every time!!!
(II) Upload Flight Mission
Final Check & Mission Transmitting: Click UPLOAD on the upper bottom of the mission Editor to send flight
Waypoint
Latitude
Longtitude
Altitude
Speed
Turn
Mode
Altidiff
Action
Module
0
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
4
StopAndTurn
-10
NULL
1
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
6
StopAndTurn
20
In meter
2
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
15
StopAndTurn
25
In second
Ground
1
2
0
-10m
20m
25m
Take-Off Point
Number [Altidiff] is the current relative height from waypoint(s) to aircraft.
Number [Take Off Point] is the relative height from waypoint(s) to take-off location.
Example shows a possible error at waypoint 0
altidiff -10 m in RED. Because the waypoint is 10
meters below ground.
Tips:
After synchronization, if mission is re-edited, you should re-do the synchronization.
(III) Take off Aircraft
(IV) Switch to Autopilot Mode
mission to DJI autopilot main controller. Here a mission review table as following example will appear for
mission final check. Press OK. The mission is ready to be executed after synchronized successfully.
Example of “Mission Review” table under 3 waypoints mission
After finishing all the above steps, take off the aircraft in one of three takeoff modes. If you want to use Auto
Takeoff and Landing function, please skip the step III and go to Step IV directly. You can take off your aircraft in
Manual Mode, please hover it at a suitable height.
Switch to any autopilot mode on your TX. Ground station is able to control the aircraft only after switching to
autopilot mode!
Making sure sufficient GPS satellite signal is acquired.
Tips:
Refer to DJI Flight control system User Manual for Manual, Atti., GPS Atti., GPS Cruise switching of your
flight control system, and also the Manual of your R/C Transmitter (Tx).
(V) GO!!
Tips:
Using EDIT to re-edit the mission, while a mission is in process. Please click EDIT in mission Editor
to do so. Then the mission editor will return to the state explained in previous section Flight Mission
Setting
Using PAUSE to pause the mission, while a mission is in process. Please click PAUSE, and the
aircraft will slow down and stay hovering. Click CONTINUE and the aircraft will resume the
un-finished mission.
MountainMountain
When you set the waypoints for the aircraft to climb a mountain, please make sure that you leave enough
distance between the aircraft and the mountain, in order to avoid collision caused by aircraft air speed.
Latitude
Altitude
Longitude
Please note that when you set a waypoint above water such as lake/sea/river, the default altitude the map
shows will be at the bottom of the water body. Please be careful in setting altitude over water.
Click Go in the mission Editor, and the aircraft will fly automatically according to the path set in the flight
mission.
ACE users need to obtain Semi Auto Takeoff and Landing permission. WKM/A2/NAZA-M/NAZA-M V2/
Phantom 2 has this function built-in.
Auto Takeoff
1. Place transmitter throttle stick to the lowest position. Otherwise, a tip The aircraft is on the ground,
but the throttle is not in the lowest position, please do not switch to manual mode! will be shown.
2. Flip the flight mode switch to either GPS-Cruise or GPS-Atti mode.
3. Press Go command on the Editor, the aircraft main rotor will begin to spool up.
Notices:
Aircraft is ascending to waypoint altitude, please place throttle to mid-stick! This warning will go away
after you place the throttle stick at mid-point, a safety feature in case you accidently bump the mode switch
to Manual mode or GPS Atti mode.
Auto Landing
Notices:
Please press pause button and select keyboard mode, before auto landing operation.
4.2 Auto Takeoff and Landing
Please read this carefully in order to work properly. It is imperative that you understand the procedures
outlined before executing auto takeoff and landing functions.
Only after assigning or editing all waypoints, the mission is ready to take off.
After mission completing or the aircraft returning home, and the aircraft
hovers within visual contact. Use Ground Station keyboard for auto
landing (Press pause button then select keyboard control). Auto Landing button will be available. Use W/S
(Pitch), A/D (Roll), ↑/↓ (Throttle) and ←/→ (Rudder) to navigate to decent landing zone, or allowing Ground
Station automatically provided a landing zone is clear of any obstacles, in order to decent the aircraft.
Use one of the methods bellow to land the aircraft.
⑴ Click Auto landing, aircraft will auto land then stop engine by itself. In the latter situation, to terminate auto
landing, please press ↑ or ↓, or deselect the keyboard control button.
⑵ Use ↓ to land the aircraft. After landing, keep holding ↓ until engine stops.
Using the F1 channel for example: If you enable “Advanced” in the A2 Assistant and F1 in “F_ChannelController” of the Ground Station at the same time, the landing gear function for F1 output
channel has the higher priority.
1. Click ToolBoxGP Servo Action Config to open the General Purpose Servo Action Config
windows;
2. Click the box Action Mode OnOff to enable the GP-Servo Action function;
3. For ACE, the GP-Servo uses the output channel F4 in the MC; for A2, the GP-Servo uses the output
channel F2 in the MC; for WKM/NAZA-M/NAZA-M V2, the GP-Servo uses the output channel F1 in
the MC.
Notices:
The servo position value is from -1000 to 1000; the Stay Time is in second.
Initial Position
STEP1
Position
STEP2
Position
STEP3
Position
GP-Servo
Action Begin
GP-Servo
ActionDone
HOLD ON 1s
HOLD ON 1s
HOLD ON 1s
One GP-Servo Action Cycle
GP-Servo Action during flight mission
1
2
3
05:50
06:05
06:10
06:15
06:20
06:25
06:40
5s
40m
Way point 1 GP-Servo
Period : 5s
Repeat Time : 5
Start Delay : 5s
Repeat Distance : 0
Way point 2 GP-Servo
Period : 0
Repeat Time : 0
Start Delay : 0
Repeat Distance : 40
Way point
GP-Servo Action
Cycle Done
DELAY
5
s
40m
40m
4.4 General Purpose Servo Action (GP-Servo Action)
GP-Servo Action is supported by one of the servo output channels in the transmitter, which will work as an
interface between DJI flight control system and external devices. This feature allows DJI autopilot to operate
your external devices automatically during basic aircraft waypoint mission.
The software aims to let you program four different servo positions, use servo for example.
Initial servo position and three specific servo working positions.
Timing of each servo transition in one GP-Servo Action cycle.
The repeat time of a GP-Servo Action assignment on a particular assigned way point.
Time gap between each GP-Servo Action assignments.
Please assign a default position for servo in natural status, and others 3 positions as well as the time to stay in
such positions for servo to work as assigned. After all settings (click Set to save the settings), then click
Trigger you review the GP-Servo Action, as we explained in One GP-Servo Action Cycle.
For A2, set F channels function through the following four methods:
“Advanced” of A2 Assistant
“RC” of A2 Assistant
“F_ChannelController”
of Ground Station
“GP Servo Action Config”
of Ground Station
F1
Landing gear (mapping
required)
Mapping
Click to enable
N.A.
F2
Servo and gimbal
Mapping
Click to enable
Click to enable
F3
Mapping
Click to enable
N.A.
F4
Parachute
Mapping
Click to enable
N.A.
When you set the F channels function through methods above, the priority of F1~F4 output channels
function is as follows:
“Advanced” of A2 Assistant > “RC” of A2 Assistant > “F_ChannelController” of Ground Station > “GP
Servo Action Config” of Ground Station.
Using the F2 channel for example: If you enable “RC” in the A2 Assistant and F2 in “GP Servo Action
Config” of the Ground Station at the same time, the mapped function for F2 output channel has the higher
priority.
Way point Action Editing
1. Click , the Mission Status will show Editing Mission label upon the Mission Editor.
2. Edit flight mission.
3. Select the waypoint either in 3D-Map or in the EditingMission menu, and get Waypoint action,
shown as Fig..
4. Give the proper parameters explained in Editor: Period, RepeatTime, StartDelay, and
RepeatDistance. Set RepeatTime and RepeatDistance zero to disable the GP-Servo Action.
Tips:
Use SetAllActioninMission properties to setup the sequence interval. For example: 0 means action
property is applied to no waypoint; 1 means action property is applied to every waypoint; 2 means action
property is applied to every two waypoints; 3 means action property is applied to every three waypoints,
etc.
Find and set the waypoint action properties according to the following procedures:
1. Open the Template Form ToolboxRoute Template, shown as Fig.①.
2. Click Add Area button to add an area, shown as Fig.②.
3. Choose the waypoint icon of the chosen area, and drag it to change the area size.
4. Left click mouse to rotate the area, rotation 30 o per click; click / to adjust the area rotation
angle and rotation 0.1o per click, as Fig. ③ shown.
5. Click one Template to generate waypoint(s), for example, choose Scan, as Fig. ④ shown.
6. Click Import to Edit List to do template edit, for example, choose Scan, as Fig. ④ shown.
Tips:
You can exchange and redo STEP3 and STEP4, until get an area needed.
Dragging the waypoint icon also can move the area, and the chosen icon shows green.
More than one area can be added; operation will effect on every chosen area, if more than one area
is chosen.
Left click mouse to choose or not choose an area, green area is chosen, and red is not.
You need to choose the area if you want to delete it by click Delete Area.
Click Scan button once or twice, the route waypoints will be assigned vertically or horizontally
Mouse on Param shows parameter meaning, row numbers for Scan and points for others.
You can set sea level at Alti, and ensure that the altitude is higher than the aircraft altitude.
Edit waypoints after clicking Import to Edit List button
5 Waypoints station will not enable Scan mode.
Fig.④
Fig.⑤
Fig.③
Fig.②
Fig.③
Use one of the six Route templates to generate points automatically.
This tool is actually a functions combination. It simplifies the parameters setup procedure for the aerial
photography.
Fig.①
Fig.②
Fig.③
1. Click ToolBox Photogrammetry Tool to open the setting window, shown as Fig.①.
2. Click Config the shooting action to setup the servo action for the camera shooting action, reference
to section 4.4.
3. Click Reference Photo to see if the camera is working as you want.
4. Fill in the right Focal Length, Sensor Height, and Sensor Width according to the camera.
5. Fill in the Fly Height, H Overlap and W Overlap as you like. H Overlap and W Overlap represent
the overlap percentage across the sensor height and width.
6. Fill in the flight horizontal and vertical speed in H Speed and V Speed separately.
7. Choose turn mode between Adaptive_Bank_Turn and Stop and Turn.
8. Click Click to draw a region which you want to scan to choose an area, reference to section 4.5 to
change the area.
9. Click Preview to preview the mission plan,shown as Fig.②.
10. If everything is OK, click Generate to generate all waypoints. Now you will have a flight mission
generated automatically in the Editor, shown as Fig. ③.
11. Use the GPSExplorer to export the attitude data when the aircraft take a photograph. Please
download this tool from our CD, or from DJI official website.
Photogrammetry tool is for creating the professional maps by aerial photography easily. In order to do that,
you need to setup the servo action and mission path correctly as follows.
Choose “run as administrator” when you right click the Ground Station icon in Windows 7.
In English version Windows XP, if customer cannot open the program and the following error is
reported: system. Format exception.
Solution:
Start Control PanelDate, Time, Language and Regional Settings Regional and Language
Options Regional Options (change to English), senior (change non-Unicode program language into
English).
Solution:
Since some areas set restriction to network access, the GS cannot access to the Google sever, which
leads to the failure in opening the map. Please use the VPN mode to launch the GS, by clicking the “VPN
Mode” button signed by the red line.
Connect button is gray and can’t be clicked after launch the Ground Station.
Solution:
Please take the following steps to uninstall the Google Earth plugin, StartAll Program Google
Earth Uninstall Google Earth Plug-in, and then use the installation CD to re-install the Google Earth
plugin for DJI.
Connect button.
Solution:
Please choose the right COM port, and make sure that the driver is installed correctly.
Make sure the transmitter and the receiver of the station are powered on.
Make sure the transmitter and the receiver are matched; do not change the setup of switches on the
radio station.
Close the Assistant Software to avoid the port confliction.
Instrument Board Failure
The Ground Station launching failure when you click to open the instrument board; the reason is that
your computer can’t support the OpenGL.
Solution:
You may choose the Style2 (shown in Fig.①, ②) in System Setting Options before you open the
instrument board.
Ground Station Software Crash
Ground Station Software Crash will not affect the aircraft under mission execution. The aircraft will
keep going on the flight mission edited even the Ground Station Software crash. The Ground Station
Software can be launched again, but loss of the following information will happen: Altitude Offset
value, Aircraft tracks and Way points.
Solution:
Click on the DOWNLOAD button, to retrieve the previously set way points from the DJI Autopilot main
controller.
Launch Flight Failure
Aircraft doesn’t execute mission after click on GO.
Solution:
If aircraft is in the air, please ensure it is in Autopilot Mode, and there is no need to set center
If aircraft is on the ground and does not takeoff, please use Assistant Software to setup the center
position and the throttle servo working range.
If Auto Takeoff fails, you may take off the aircraft and then land manually in autopilot mode, then
wait until throttle cut off automatically; or reboot the flight control system to initialize the controller.
Action Usage Faults
If there is no output change on F4 channel (ACE) / F2 channel (A2) / F1 channel (WKM/NAZA-M/
NAZA-M V2) when click on the Trigger in the Action Setting window after connect to main controller.
Solution:
Please ensure the receiver has been connected.
Please ensure it is under the Autopilot Mode or Waypoint Mode.
The action will not be valid unless the value of hold time is more than one second.
When Wireless Data-Link Doesn’t Work
If your Ground Station cannot be connected with the main controller, please check the following
issues.
Solution:
Make sure radio driver have been installed.
If the Antenna is broken, the communication distance cannot be guaranteed.
Two Wireless Data-Link Terminals had been placed too close. The valid communication distance
between 2.4GHz wireless data-links should be longer than 1.5 meters; the valid communication
distance between 900MHz wireless data-links should be longer than 5 meters.
All UAV operators should abide by all regulations from such organizations at ICAO (International Civil Aviation
Organization) and per country airspace regulations. For safety reasons, key areas have been restricted, such
as:
a) Within the radius of 8Km from the airport.
Users will not be able to build waypoints or Home points in designated special areas and the waypoint routines
go through these special areas are invalid, and the UAV will fail to cruise to those areas.
All the special areas have been restricted are specified on the DJI official website and please refer to Special
Areas List (http://www.dji.com/fly-safe/category-gs) to obtain details.