Antenna Tracker¶
module load tracker
This is an improved antenna tracker, where the APM is mounted on an antenna tracker (with a GPS module) which in turn is connected to the ground station. Using the positions of the APM on the UAV and the APM on the antenna, this module will send commands to the antenna APM to alter its azimuth/elevation (via servos on the APM) to maintain tracking with the UAV.
Use tracker set port <portname.`
and tracker set baudrate <n>`
to
set the serial port and baudrate of the tracker.
Use tracker arm
and tracker disarm
to arm and disarm the servos
on the tracker respectively.
tracker level
will perform the level calibration routine and
tracker calpress
will calibrate the barometer, so that air pressure
corrections can be sent back to the UAV (for a more accurate altitude
estimation).
tracker start
will start the tracking.
There are several parameters for the tracker, to specify the serial port
that the antenna tracker APM is on. Use
tracker param [set|show|fetch|help]
to manage the parameters. There
are three parameters - port, baud and debug.