Hi, Currently I am using ping360 scanning sonar its working fine in Blueos and showing data in ping viewer.Now I am trying to take the data of ping360 sonar in QGC but i am unable to get the data.Is there any method to get the data in QGC?

Hi @Empire10 - QGround Control does not support external sonar data of any type… Besides using PingViewer in another window, you could also see the data via SonarView , standalone or BlueOS extension. The extension version of SonarView can be embedded alongside the video stream with an iFrame widg…

Hi @tony-white Thanks for replying, As much I know cockpit is an extension of the BlueOS. Is it available as external software?

Hi @Empire10 - A standalone version of Cockpit, based on Electron, is available and mentioned in the post I linked! You can download and run it on mac, windows, or linux just like QGC. There are some advantages vs. using the extension - videos can be downloaded without the BlueOS instance being con…

Hi @tony-white Thanks for providing the links.I installed Cockpit and also embedded sonarview extension of BlueOs into it and getting ping360 sonar data. Can i use this sonar data for collision avoidance? Is it anything related to collision avoidance available in Cockpit?

Hi @tony-white Thanks for clearing this.Now I am working on obstacle avoidance…If i encounter any issue related to cockpit i will post here. Thanks

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tony-white (Tony White) December 17, 2024, 6:16am 6

Hi @Empire10 -
Cockpit wouldn’t be the right place to do things like obstacle avoidance…
Ardusub does not have anything baked in for automatic collision avoidance , as discussed on the forum before. That doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be possible to develop!

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