ROV data output

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Hi guys,

Any update on when we can get the ROV data out of qgc for 3rd party softwares?

I know we’ve discussed this topic in length. Just wondering if there is any progress.

Depth, heading, etc out to UDP port will do. No need for anything fancy.

Cheers,
E

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You can access it via mavlink, but we are planning to have something with REST API soon.

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yeah I am already doing this with mavlink but its a bit cumbersome especially for some of my clients who are not tech savvy.

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4

I regularly have clients asking for a heading, depth, pitch and roll output to integrate into the survey software. Is this feature still in development?

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Hi,

Our latest version has mavlink2rest, you can read more about it here:
http://www.ardusub.com/reference/companion/mavlink-rest.html

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My Oceanvault - Data Server software can retrieve the mavlink2rest information and output a string to com port or UDP port for 3rd party software to read.

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Thanks Etienne. That’s just what I’m looking for.

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Hi, Is it possible to output the AHRS data from Cockpit into Tritech’s Genesis software ?

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Hi @Seair,

Autopilot AHRS data is available over MAVLink, so you’d need to convert that to messages that Genesis understands.

If you want to do that through Cockpit then the recently introduced HTTP or Javascript Actions[1] are likely your best bet, but from a quick look through the Genesis manual, it seems to only accept input via COM Ports, so you might need some additional software to act as a COM port emulator, or contact Tritech and ask whether there’s some way to talk to Genesis via HTTP requests instead of serial.

  1. We’re working to document and provide examples for both of these, but the possibilities are very broad, so it may take some time to develop a thorough coverage of the most useful functionalities. ↩︎