Point of interest help needed
I cannot figure out how POIs change from one to the next.
I don’t understand what triggers the next POI. In this waypoint plan, I want the POI to be a cell tower 25M high.
This works fine while I only have one POI.
https://app.dronelink.com/camnicoll/mini-3/plan/XcP9YVKz68e8jvuriRc2/Lj95MRfgpvGsv7dzSoZn
I want to change the POI as I pass the tower to focus on the horizon at POI 2 but as soon as I add the second POI, it behaves strangely by changing to POI 2 before it gets to the trigger point.
I’ve tried so many things and now I’m totally frustrated. It doesn’t seem logical.
What am I missing here?
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Setting up interpolations can take some time to understand many of the ways to use them. On this plan you can move marker 1 further down the path so it won’t rotate to POI 2 until it gets to POI 2 or change the interpolation to None instead of linear.
This might be the video that you are looking for...it covers interpolation - what it is, and how it is affected by different settings and market locations.
https://youtu.be/E93pBGAHvEk
Let me know if you have questions after watching that.
Thank you Barry, that was informative.
It hasn’t solved my problem though.
https://app.dronelink.com/camnicoll/shared-HsaHgBrnrySWuGQ6mTRe/plan/ISA2lJ1ijnrJ4OtH8Vxi/w2XN54sJSDhazSeJmVtX
Here I have a POI set from WP-A. If I run that, the POI is correct for the entire plan.
The problem is when I add a second POI.
I want the view to slowly change from POI A to POI B. I want this to be completed at or around WP-C.
In this case, the POI changes to B immediately after WP-A. This is not intuitive in the slightest. Why is it doing this?
This seems entirely too complicated for what should be a simple task.
I’m starting to regret paying for this software.
Ok, so I rewatched the video and turned off interpolation and it worked although the rapid change from one POI to the next is very abrupt. I tried using linear but it didn’t change a thing.
Any ideas?
I'm currently traveling and so I really cant look at things right now. However, the best way to do this is to share the mission (use view only) and then people can see exactly what you are doing and suggest corrections.
That probably won't be me given where I am and my very limited internet connectivity. But there are many knowledgeable people that im sure would help out.
If it can wait until after the 17th I could weigh in then.
Hope you get it sorted sooner than that though. Its usually something simple but the problem with powerful technology is that it can often take a while to learn.
I look over the plan and I get what you’re saying but I believe your biggest problem is the way you set up the POI’s especially the second one which is just looking miles away with a slight gimbal pitch of about -2 to - 3°. Everything works as it should when using POI’s as designed while focusing on objects which are not miles away. I use them and have no issues when I’m focusing on objects which are visible similar to Barry’s video. You may be able to get it close to what you want using a drone heading on second point but it’s hard to test with nothing to focus on. If you’re not happy then you can request a refund from DL. Good luck.
https://support.dronelink.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500000580482-How-do-I-cancel-my-account-and-or-get-a-refund
Hey Cameron. I Looked one more time and tried a couple things to get it to look smooth from waypoint B. I changed the interpolation from linear to curved which is what I use about 99% of the time and noticeably smoothed it out and to me looks good. I think the gimbal snapping up from -4 to 0 real fast made it look worse which now looks better once I changed to curved interpolation. I didn’t want to change it a lot so I left the POI’s at the waypoints. Path markers are what I usually use because they can be placed anywhere along the path and adjusted up or back on the path to trigger at a more precise point to get the look you want.
Also remember when running the mission preview it is only an estimate add gives you an approximate idea of what it will look like. The aircraft, speed of the plan, the ascent and decent rate of the aircraft, the rotation and gimbal rate will make a difference. It’s is very close but depending on which drone you’re using and some of the drones firmware settings it may respond and look a bit different. Two of the most important settings are the gimbal rate and smoothness and the rotation (yaw) rate and smoothness. I set both my rates very low so I get slower gimbal pitch and rotations. Also set the smoothness up to get a more smooth increase and decrease for the movement. I’d suggest checking your aircraft’s firmware settings for both rates and slow them down as those will affect the way it actually flys the mission in the real world. These settings are important and will make a big difference. Check this adjusted plan of yours and see if it is more of what you want. Hope this helps. Enjoy.
https://app.dronelink.com/wyldwestaz/forum-missions/plan/beeQqxic8byu9BwEgmXL/yyHnsVmq5QTyGln3u3g8
Flew yesterday with my MA2 and your original plan set to linear. It wasn’t as bad as the mission preview for reasons I mentioned but still not as smooth as it could be. Then I ran the mission with it set to curved and it was nice and smooth. Good luck and Enjoy…..
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