Direction towards waypoint

Hello, I would like to fly my Matrice 200 manually but have the software controlling the direction of the drone. Reason for this is because I`m carrying a directional antenna on the drone  which need to be pointing towards a ground based receiver. Please note that it`s not the camera (gimbal) that should be facing the receiver but the actual drone. Can this be achieved with dronelink?

Regards from a cold and snowy Sweden!

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  • Comment author
    Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff

    Look at Focus mode.

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  • Comment author
    Torben Gustavsson

    Tried to find documentation. Please send me a link. If possible. And to clarify; I need the drone heading (not the gimbal) to be locked to a waypoint or at least to the starting/home point.
    Thanks for your support.

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  • Comment author
    Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D4ey0kbQik

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  • Comment author
    Torben Gustavsson

    Thanx, great video! But can you or someone confirm that the drone heading remains towards the point if interest even on a drone with a gimbal that can pan eg. Inspire or Matrice? I understand that this must be the case with the smaller drones like Mavic simply because they don’t have a gimbal with pan capability.

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  • Comment author
    Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff

    The gimbal remains in yaw follow mode, which means it follows the nose of the drone.

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  • Comment author
    Torben Gustavsson

    Sounds good. I use a Matrice M200. In your documentation it is not listed as supported, but I cannot see why it shouldn`t work since it is basically the same drone as the M210? I guess I need the professional version of your software? And finally, is the price $39 or $59 per month?

    Regards, Torben

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  • Comment author
    Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff

    it is not listed as supported, but I cannot see why it shouldn`t work since it is basically the same drone as the M210?

    It may work, but we don't have one and haven't tested it.

    is the price $39 or $59 per month?

    It is cheaper per month if you sign up for the annual billing.

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  • Comment author
    Torben Gustavsson

    Ok, please send me a link where I can sign up for a year at $39 per month.

    Regards, Torben 

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  • Comment author
    Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff

    https://app.dronelink.com/pricing/professional

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  • Comment author
    Torben Gustavsson
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    Hello again!

    It seems to work as far as the drone really points towards my POI or the controller GPS position.👍 (Tested with the Matrice M200 v1) However, to be able to use the function as I intended I need the drone to point (yaw) towards a position several km`s away. If it was possible to either enter coordinates for the POI or alter the coordinates set at start this could be accomplished. Can this be done in any way? If not - I’d like to add a humble request for such a function in a future upgrade. I guess it`s quite a small code mod, but would be a great feature for any POI-mission. 😇

    Best regards from Sweden!

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