AeroGCS ORANGE
  • 1. AeroGCS ORANGE User Manual
  • 2. Introduction
  • 3. Getting Started
    • 3.1 . System Requirements
    • 3.2. Getting Your AeroGCS ORANGE Software
    • 3.3. Installing and Configuring AeroGCS ORANGE Software
  • 4. Dashboard on Home Screen
  • 5. Home Menu
  • 6. General Settings
  • 7. Projects
    • 7.1 Create a New Project
    • 7.2 Setting Location
    • 7.3 Add a New Flight Plan
    • 7.4 Using Existing Flight Plan
    • 7.5 Edit a Flight Plan
      • 7.5.1 Survey plan
      • 7.5.2. Waypoint plan
      • 7.5.3. Corridor Plan
      • 7.5.4. Vertical Plan
      • 7.5.5. Circular Plan
    • 7.6 Save a Plan
    • 7.7 Export a Plan
    • 7.8 Delete a Plan/Project
      • 7.8.1. Delete a Plan
      • 7.8.2. Delete a Project
  • 8. Connecting a Drone
    • 8.1 Utilizing Serial Port
    • 8.2 Utilizing TCP
    • 8.3 Utilizing UDP
    • 8.4 Bluetooth Connection
    • 8.5 Drone Registration
  • 9. Settings (RPA Settings)
    • 9.1 Sensors
      • 9.1.1 Device Accelerometer Calibration
      • 9.1.2 Device Compass Calibration
      • 9.1.3 Level Horizon Calibration:
      • 9.1.4 Pressure Sensor Calibration
      • 9.1.5 Flow Sensor Calibration
    • 9.2 Safety Settings
      • 9.2.1 Battery Settings
      • 9.2.2 Return to Launch (RTL)
      • 9.2.3 Geofence
      • 9.2.4 Arming Checks
      • 9.2.5 Parachute
      • 9.2.6 Terrain
    • 9.3 RC Calibration
    • 9.4 Flight Modes
    • 9.5 Camera
      • 9.5.1 Camera Setting
      • 9.5.2 Gimbal Setting
    • 9.6 Joy Stick
  • 10. Mission Planning
    • 10.1 Mission Type
    • 10.2 Vehicle Type
    • 10.3 Flight Type
    • 10.4 Flight Plan
    • 10.5 Survey Planning
      • 10.5.1. Camera Details:-
      • 10.5.2. Survey Details:-
      • 10.5.3. Survey Statistics
      • 10.5.4. Fence Boundary
    • 10.6 Waypoint Planning
      • 10.6.1. Waypoint Details
      • 10.6.2. Fence boundary:
    • 10.7 Read From Device
    • 10.8 Corridor Planning
      • 10.8.1. Camera Details:
      • 10.8.2. Corridor Details:
      • 10.8.3. Corridor Survey Statistics
      • 10.8.4. Fence Boundary
    • 10.9 Vertical Planning
      • 10.9.1 Vertical details
      • 10.9.2 Fence Boundary
    • 10.10 Circular Planning
      • 10.10.1 Circular Details
      • 10.10.2 Circular Statistics
      • 10.10.3. Fence Boundary
    • 10.11 Import KML
  • 11. Flight View
    • 11.1 Flight Controls
    • 11.2 Status details and settings option
    • 11.3 Flight Details
    • 11.4 Live Camera Feed and Camera Control
    • 11.5 Plan View
    • 11.6 Arm and Disarm Navigation Bar
  • 12. Flight logs (Notifications)
    • 12.1 Logs from Home Menu
    • 12.2 From Selected Plan
  • 13. Data Verification Tool
    • 13.1 Geo Tagging
    • 13.2 GCP (Ground Control Point)
    • 13.3 Upload Data
    • 13.4 Image settings
    • 13.4 Image Verification
    • 13.5 Missing and Overlap
    • 13.6 Image Quality
  • 14. Teams
  • 15. VTOL Support
    • 15.1 Survey Plan For VTOL
      • 15.1.1 Camera Details
      • 15.1.2 Survey Details
      • 15.1.3 Survey Statistics
      • 15.1.3 Fence Boundary
    • 15.2 VTOL Flight Mode
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8. Connecting a Drone

Take command of your drone's connection: AeroGCS ORANGE offers multiple pathways to link your device and software.

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For seamless drone operation, it's crucial that the drone accurately interprets and responds to Remote Control (RC) commands. This relies on a robust wireless connection between the drone, Ground Control Station (GCS), and RC. Users need to provide essential details to ensure effective communication.

In AeroGCS ORANGE, users have multiple methods to establish drone connectivity, offering different mechanisms for the vital link between the drone and the software.

Drone connectivity in AeroGCS ORANGE includes options like Setting Communication Links through Serial, TCP, UDP, and Bluetooth.

Access drone connection functionality by clicking on the three dots on the home screen, As shown in the following screen.

Once you select the "Connect" menu option, highlighted in orange, a window will appear, providing the option to choose a communication port, as shown in the following screen.

Connection Type:

AeroGCS ORANGE provides compatibility with four distinct protocols for establishing a connection:

1. Serial

2. TCP

3. UDP

4. Bluetooth.

Let's walk through the steps systematically to establish a connection between the drone and AeroGCS ORANGE.

Connect Option
Communication port