Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Paparazzi UAV data link

[Eric Parsonage]

Hi Rui,

The multimon software is still in the tree but you can only use it under linux. 
The OSX port does not support it.

Eric

On 03/06/2011, at 2:36 AM, Martin Mueller wrote:

> Hi Rui,
> 
> in "the early days" of Paparazzi the audio channel of the video downlink was 
> used for telemetry.
> 
> http://www.nongnu.org/paparazzi/ground_station_hardware.html
> 
> Not sure if you still can get those CMX modem chips for en/decoding. Later an 
> adapted version of the ham-radio 'multimon' software was used to decode the 
> telemetry with a sound card. It should still be somewhere in the software 
> tree.
> 
> Using ready-to-go digital modems is definitely more fun.
> 
> Martin
> 
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> Betreff: [Paparazzi-devel] Paparazzi UAV data link
> Gesendet: Do, 02. Jun 2011
> Von: Rui Costa
> 
> Hi all,  I would like to have a range of 50Km for my UAV. For it I can use: - 
> For RC control the Long Range EZUHF 433MHz system (someone archieved 80Km+ 
> range);- For video transmission the PST1 PCB Video Transmitter [2.4GHz - 2 W] 
> from: http://www.advmw.com/uav_transmitter_pst1.html- And the data-link for 
> the paparazzi communication I'm using the Aerocomm 868MHz but is limited to 
> 250mW and have a duty Cycle of 10%.  I have an ideia to improve the range of 
> the telemetry data-link for paparazzi. Maybe I can use the PST1 Video TX to 
> send also in the data carrier the telemetry data from paparazzi autopilot. 
> And use another modem system to carrier the link from the GCS to airborne. 
> Maybe I can use the XBee Pro 868MHz just to send the commands from the GCS to 
> the airborne autopilot. What you think? It's a good solution? Will work? It's 
> easy to implement? Please, give some sugestions about this issue. It would be 
> nice to archieve a mission UAV with a range of 50Km.   Best regards 
> Rui Costa
> 
> 
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