Frequency of photos during a waypoint mission
During a waypoint mission I have noted that the camera on my Mini 2 switches from single photo to 5s timer photos on reaching the first waypoint without any prompt from me. Maybe that setting best fits what the camera is actually doing which leads to the second part of my question. Is there a way to adjust the frequency of single photos during the mission? In a map session that is determined by the overlap etc but I can see no adjustment for a waypoint one. I also note that the mission preview says there should be 829 photos but only 316 were taken.
My plan is the hobbyist Elite.
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Can you possibly share the mission you're seeing this happen on
I will try to do that later. Do I generate a link or copy the whole mission to somewhere? It’s a grid mission for an area survey made from many waypoints since I can’t use mapping with AGL with my subscription.
If you have automatic photo capture configured on the waypoint component, all it is doing behind the scenes is switching the camera to interval photo mode. The actual interval is saved on the drone from whatever was previously used, but the estimate has no way of knowing this before the mission because the drone is not plugged in, so it assumes the default of 2s. You can either add a command yourself to force it to 2s, or just manually set it to 2s through the UI before the mission.
After taking off with the DJI Fly app, I always check that the camera is in single-shot mode before switching to DL. You are saying that in waypoint missions it automatically uses interval timing instead of single shots like a map session? When you say set to 2s, do you mean in the Fly app or is there an option in DL? Since I don't routinely use interval shots I'm assuming that it must be set to 5s if I were to check the Fly app interval setting.
The viewing link is here: https://app.dronelink.com/kerrowman/fred-s-field/plan/Jtq89tT26q3owu1UR2Al/JP7Ip7wjvUqpddIaPGPx
Looking at the above mission, I'm guessing you are doing some mapping, so why not use a mapping component, using a grid and setting the gimbal to -85, both options are available in the Elite Hobbyist package.
I've produced you plan but just with a map component you can copy it from here https://app.dronelink.com/martin-reading/public-test/plan/UH5OSY6yiLYeEPR3HWIv
I think jim has answered your question about the interval however I've put a list in before the map component that will set the photo interval to 2 seconds.
Oh another tip, you don't need to use DJI Fly, you can take off using Dronelink, all I use DJI Fly for is checking and updating firmware
Ok but the reason I can’t use mapping is that, as I stated above, I need AGL and the Elite package won’t do that. Thanks for the mission but it would hit the hill at the altitude I need. :)
Ok, nothing on you mission you posted showed AGL, and showed a height of 50 feet
You have to look inside the Waypoint settings as in the attached - under Reference. I also stated it in my second post above.
You need to either set the camera in the DJI app to the interval time first or just add a camera list at the very top of the plan to set the camera. Once you set the camera the settings are kept in the firmware so whatever was used the last time is what will be used again regardless of how you set it. You can set the camera before any mission by either setting it first in the DJI app, DL app or by adding a camera component list and placing it at the very top of the plan. Several ways to set the camera and trigger the captures depending on how you want it to work with your plan. All I did was added the photo interval list to set it for 2 seconds. You can change it, remove or add anything you want in the list. Also have you checked a map component to see if Terrain follow can be enabled and view it in 3D to see if it follows.
https://app.dronelink.com/wyldwestaz/forum-missions/plan/tWfDNjaiKTIS6Aik0WJQ/KZjz3J3Gw4EzOqt9se03
Useful to know, thanks
DL is a very powerful app and there is so much to learn it will take time. Always pilots here to help. Enjoy.
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