# Single thruster control

**URL:** <https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/single-thruster-control/2970>\
**Category:** QGroundControl\
**Created:** [July 12, 2018, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/single-thruster-control/2970 "2018-07-12T06:29:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/single-thruster-control/2970/2 "2018-07-12T14:52:42Z")

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> [@Sending MAVProxy messages from a python program?](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/sending-mavproxy-messages-from-a-python-program/1515/12):
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> You can not put a setpoint on motor channels. Only non-motor channels are allowed with this command. It’s not supported. Use [SET\_MODE](http://mavlink.org/messages/common#SET_MODE). An enumeration is a list of possible options, states, related things. The [mavlink message spec](http://mavlink.org/messages/common) will tell you when the items from a particular enumeration are to be used as a parameter to the command.

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