Windows 7 Desktop / Laptop App
So I am using the dronelink out in the field. I bring laptop and connect to internet. Instead of using web browser, can we use a local app solely for dronelink or any dronelink subscription plans?
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You can use the mission planner in a browser on your mobile device if that is what you mean. If you are looking to use it offline, it only has limited support:
https://support.dronelink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052251234-Can-I-use-Dronelink-while-offline-
If I'm understanding the OP correctly, this is something I'd want as well - the ability to connect to my DJI remote directly from my laptop, instead of using a mobile device.
I understand the support for this is quite limited on DJI's side, but it appears that it does exist, at least for a small subset of drones.
I was planning on looking into the USB protocol for the remote soon. If it's unencrypted then eavesdropping on it and reverse engineering their API shouldn't be a huge problem. Is that something that Dronelink would be interested in using if I find that I'm able to create a usable library?
The vendor adapter layers are open source (iOS | Android) so if you are motivated to create adapters for other platforms / vendors, you can use those as a starting point and we could discuss the project with you in more detail.
I've only just begun to investigate this on my end, and don't yet have all of the tools I need to make it work - I normally develop on Linux or macOS, but am on my Windows 10 laptop at the moment - but if I were able to emulate DJI's Android API either as a C library or a local service, would you be able to adapt your existing codebase to provide a desktop app with the same functionality as your iOS and Android apps?
I realize this is very much an "in theory" conversation, for what it's worth. I know myself better than to commit to something this large, and am experienced enough to know that it isn't a trivial project. :)
It is theoretically possible but we are unlikely to spend any of our own resources on it right now because we have too much other higher priority stuff that we are working on at the moment.
Fair enough.
I may spend some time seeing if I can get Dronelink running in a virtualized Android device and connecting to my quad that way. As it stands, my biggest limiting factor in using Dronelink effectively is phone's battery life.
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