If the drone loses connection during a mission, the resulting behavior depends on the execution engine.
Virtual Stick (default)
If you are running a standard Dronelink mission plan that uses virtual stick, you can configure DJI's connection fail-safe setting to hover in place, return to home, or automatically land. This setting can be changed manually through the user interface in DJI GO/FLY, or automatically through a command component in your mission plan. The setting itself will survive switching apps and switching batteries.
Onboard Waypoints
If you are running an onboard-compatible Dronelink mission plan that only uses DJI Waypoint components, you can configure the signal loss behavior for each component:
If you choose to exit the mission on RC signal loss, then the connection fail-safe setting (discussed above) will apply. Dronelink does require a connection between DJI Waypoint components as each component is uploaded as a separate mission to the drone and only one mission can be uploaded at once.
IMPORTANT: You can open the mission plan settings to determine if your mission plan is onboard-compatible. Mission plans that require onboard execution will be badged with the name of the required hardware vendor. This badge does not guarantee that your specific drone model supports onboard execution:
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So... what’s the answer to the question?
Are you implying, without explicitly stating so, that because of the custom on-device software “flight controller”, using DroneLink requires sacrificing the factory failsafe RTH features? If not, you should reword this article to focus on answering the question.
The answer is: whatever you have the DJI setting set to do. It it just as if you were flying manually.
Personally, a totally autonomous software/app from Dronelink for the Mini W/O all the 1,000s of options while building plans/missions, would be a great starting place to learn... then advance to the Current Dronelink Software/App/Program for more challenging flights? Just my take.
The mini does not support onboard waypoints.
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