Ignis Operations Manual
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7.7.7 Arducopter Automated Procedures
Pressing the Automated Procedures option on in Drone Setup while connected to an
Arducopter drone will take you to another screen with options for configuring the drone's
automated procedures. The options are as follows:
Return Altitude:
What altitude above the takeoff location the drone will ascend to when it
executes a return procedure. There's a checkbox in this setting to show more options,
which will be described later.
Lost Link Procedure:
What the drone should do when it loses connection to the controller.
Options are "Do Nothing", which does nothing; "Land", which lands in place; "Return to
Home, or Land if there's no GPS Signal", which makes the drone automatically return to
home along a straight path; "Return to Home via simplified flight path, or Land if the
path is too complex or if there's no GPS signal" which makes the drone return to home by
retracing its path, or land if it forgot the path back; and "Return to Home via simplified
flight path, or Return to Home directly if the path is too complex, or Land if there's no
GPS signal", which makes the drone return to home by retracing its path, or return
directly if it forgot the path.
Low Battery Procedure:
What the drone should do when its battery gets low. Options are
the same as the Lost Link Procedure. Expand this option to adjust the battery threshold
this triggers at.
Critical Battery Procedure:
What the drone should do when its battery gets low. Options
are the same as the Lost Link Procedure. Expand this option to adjust the battery
threshold this triggers at.
Arducopter adds a bunch of complexity to the actual altitude the drone ascends to when
it returns. You can check a checkbox in the Return Altitude option to see more options.
Return Speed:
How fast the drone will fly when it's returning to the takeoff point. Setting
this to the minimum will cause it to use the Waypoint mission cruise speed setting.
Return Pause Time:
How long the drone should pause for before landing. Keep this short.
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