PILOT RC Groundstaton is a Windows application designed to run with the PILOT RC wireless drone control hardware. The log tool provides automatic csv logging capabilities and real-time serial port monitoring. This software acts as a fully functional base station featuring multiple telemetric monitoring capabilities including live GPS tracking integrated with Bing Maps API.
The latest Windows installer can be downloaded in the releases section of the repo.
Installing is easy, simply follow the installer.
In order to begin logging, one must specify a data schema and COM port. There is a default data schema installed by default, though one must create a custom schema depending on the implementation. This will not affect the functionality of the application and is only used to assign labels to data columns in the csv.
Refer to the default.schema schema to create your own. It is simply a list of values stored in an array format. You can save as many schemas as you'd like. By default, the application will write output into your user Documents folder.
- Griffin Puc, basestation software developer
- Matthew Schindler, firmware author and field testing