I can't take a Photo at every Waypoint. Seems stuck in 2 Second Interval Mode.
I have a Mission of 41 waypoints and a "Photo" Camera Action assigned at each one. Yet the Preview shows pictures are being taken not at the Waypoints - but seemingly every 2 seconds. How do I force photos to be taken at each Waypoints only? Am I missing something here.
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Can you please share the mission
Thank you. Here it is...
https://app.dronelink.com/daniel-snyder/map-a-peninsula/plan/s32RidlwX69CH87s3W5Y/M3fEs3Y4HgUpZEpodrlM
I tried to share the link but it is still in "Pending Approval" after 4 days! Not sure what I need to do..... BTW, almost any simple Waypoint mission seems to have photos taken outside of the waypoints themselves. Weird. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks!
to do what you want you need to stop the drone at each way point, take the photo then fly to the next waypoint, and rinse and repeat, the easy way to do this is click on each waypoint and then select hover, this will break it all up
Got it. Thanks - Add the "Hover" action on each Waypoint and take the picture.
But I am curious why when I trigger the "Camera Action - Picture" is a "Hover" also needed on each Waypoint ? Does the drone "overshoot" the waypoint and take the shot after passing the Waypoint? Is the reason basically some latency delay in the command to take the picture upon reaching the Waypoint?
It definitely would help to understand if I have to compensate for command latency when building missions.
Many Thanks!
Dan
No, no latency, the drone is still flying at what ever speed, so to take a photo at that particular point you need to stop the drone, as you've got it set up the photo is triggered at the waypoint but you're still flying at 5 mph
OK but something is buggy then. Notice how if plows right through 3 or 4 waypoints (each with a picture command) before taking the next picture. That's a lot of skipped pictures.
So it the preview accurate or in real mission flight will it really take 1 picture per waypoint.
Just trying to understand the behavior before I report a bug.
What is "Hoover"?
It's hover not hoover, the drone will just hover on the spot, I use this for taking time lapse photos
I have a flight with imported kml/kmz waypoints. It is a golf course. I want to take one single photo in each green to study the shade influence. I have -90 degrees for the Gimbal. When I select Select Arrival Component/ Camera Photo/ Single. I open Mission Estimate and it says Photos= 0.
The mission estimate is just approximate and may not indicate how many photos depending which component and how they are captured. Run the mission preview and it will show the drone, captures and gimbal commands along with all the other mission parameters. As it indicates “Estimate is approximate, use the Mission Previewer for more accuracy.”
Camera photo type single is a command to change the mode the camera is in. You are probably forgetting a camera start capture.
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