-- mount-poi.lua: finds the point-of-interest that the gimbal mount is pointing at using the vehicle's current Location, mount attitude and terrain database -- -- How To Use -- 1. set RCx_OPTION to 300 to enable triggering the POI calculation from an auxiliary switch -- 2. optionally set POI_DIST_MAX to the maximum distance (in meters) that the POI point could be from the vehicle -- 3. fly the vehicle and point the camera gimbal at a point on the ground -- 4. raise the RC auxiliary switch and check the GCS's messages tab for the latitude, longitude and alt (above sea-level) -- -- How It Works -- 1. retrieve the POI_DIST_MAX and TERRAIN_SPACING param values -- 2. get the vehicle Location (lat, lon, height above sea-level), initialise test-loc and prev-test-loc -- 3. get the vehicle's current alt-above-terrain -- 4. get gimbal attitude (only pitch and yaw are used) -- 5. "test_loc" is initialised to the vehicle's location -- 6. "prev_test_loc" is a backup of test_loc -- 7. test_loc is moved along the line defined by the gimbal's pitch and yaw by TERRAIN_SPACING (meters) -- 8. retrieve the terrain's altitude (above sea-level) at the test_loc -- 9. repeat step 6, 7 and 8 until the test_loc's altitude falls below the terrain altitude -- 10. interpolate between test_loc and prev_test_loc to find the lat, lon, alt (above sea-level) where alt-above-terrain is zero -- 11. display the POI to the user -- global definitions local MAV_SEVERITY = {EMERGENCY=0, ALERT=1, CRITICAL=2, ERROR=3, WARNING=4, NOTICE=5, INFO=6, DEBUG=7} local ALT_FRAME_ABSOLUTE = 0 local UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS = 100 -- add new param POI_DIST_MAX local PARAM_TABLE_KEY = 78 assert(param:add_table(PARAM_TABLE_KEY, "POI_", 1), "could not add param table") assert(param:add_param(PARAM_TABLE_KEY, 1, "DIST_MAX", 10000), "could not add POI_DIST_MAX param") --[[ // @Param: POI_DIST_MAX // @DisplayName: Mount POI distance max // @Description: POI's max distance (in meters) from the vehicle // @Range: 0 10000 // @User: Standard --]] local POI_DIST_MAX = Parameter("POI_DIST_MAX") -- bind to other parameters this script depends upon TERRAIN_SPACING = Parameter("TERRAIN_SPACING") -- local variables and definitions local last_rc_switch_pos = 0 -- last known rc switch position. Used to detect change in RC switch position -- helper functions function wrap_360(angle_deg) local res = math.fmod(angle_deg, 360.0) if res < 0 then res = res + 360.0 end return res end function wrap_180(angle_deg) local res = wrap_360(angle_deg) if res > 180 then res = res - 360 end return res end function swap_float(f1, f2) return f2, f1 end function interpolate(low_output, high_output, var_value, var_low, var_high) -- support either polarity if (var_low > var_high) then var_low, var_high = swap_float(var_low, var_high) low_output, high_output = swap_float(low_output, high_output) end if (var_value <= var_low) then return low_output end if (var_value > var_high) then return high_output end local p = (var_value - var_low) / (var_high - var_low) return (low_output + p * (high_output - low_output)) end -- the main update function that performs a simplified version of RTL function update() -- find RC channel used to trigger POI rc_switch_ch = rc:find_channel_for_option(300) --scripting ch 1 if (rc_switch_ch == nil) then gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.ERROR, 'MountPOI: RCx_OPTION = 300 not set') -- MAV_SEVERITY_ERROR return update, 10000 -- check again in 10 seconds end -- check if user has raised RC switch local rc_switch_pos = rc_switch_ch:get_aux_switch_pos() if rc_switch_pos == last_rc_switch_pos then return update, UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS end -- switch has changed position last_rc_switch_pos = rc_switch_pos if rc_switch_pos ~= 2 then return update, UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS end -- POI has been requested -- retrieve vehicle location local vehicle_loc = ahrs:get_location() if vehicle_loc == nil then gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.ERROR, "POI: vehicle pos unavailable") -- MAV_SEVERITY_ERROR return update, UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS end -- change vehicle location to ASML vehicle_loc:change_alt_frame(ALT_FRAME_ABSOLUTE) -- retrieve gimbal attitude local _, pitch_deg, yaw_bf_deg = mount:get_attitude_euler(0) if pitch_deg == nil or yaw_bf_deg == nil then gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.ERROR, "POI: gimbal attitude unavailable") -- MAV_SEVERITY_ERROR return update, UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS end -- project forward from vehicle looking for terrain -- start testing at vehicle's location local test_loc = vehicle_loc:copy() local prev_test_loc = test_loc:copy() -- get terrain altitude (asml) at test_loc local terrain_amsl_m = terrain:height_amsl(test_loc, true) -- terrain alt (above amsl) at test_loc local prev_terrain_amsl_m = terrain_amsl_m -- terrain alt (above amsl) at prev_test_loc -- fail if terrain alt cannot be retrieved if terrain_amsl_m == nil then gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.ERROR, "POI: failed to get terrain alt") -- MAV_SEVERITY_ERROR return update, UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS end -- get gimbal mount's pitch and yaw local mount_pitch_deg = pitch_deg local mount_yaw_ef_deg = wrap_180(yaw_bf_deg + math.deg(ahrs:get_yaw())) local dist_increment_m = TERRAIN_SPACING:get() -- initialise total distance test_loc has moved local total_dist = 0 local dist_max = POI_DIST_MAX:get() -- iteratively move test_loc forward until its alt-above-sea-level is below terrain-alt-above-sea-level while (total_dist < dist_max) and ((test_loc:alt() * 0.01) > terrain_amsl_m) do total_dist = total_dist + dist_increment_m -- take backup of previous test location and terrain asml prev_test_loc = test_loc:copy() prev_terrain_amsl_m = terrain_amsl_m -- move test location forward test_loc:offset_bearing_and_pitch(mount_yaw_ef_deg, mount_pitch_deg, dist_increment_m) -- get terrain's alt-above-sea-level (at test_loc) terrain_amsl_m = terrain:height_amsl(test_loc, true) -- fail if terrain alt cannot be retrieved if terrain_amsl_m == nil then gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.ERROR, "POI: failed to get terrain alt") -- MAV_SEVERITY_ERROR return update, UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS end end -- check for errors if (total_dist >= dist_max) then gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.ERROR, "POI: unable to find terrain within " .. tostring(dist_max) .. " m") elseif not terrain_amsl_m then gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.ERROR, "POI: failed to retrieve terrain alt") else -- test location has dropped below terrain -- interpolate along line between prev_test_loc and test_loc local dist_interp_m = interpolate(0, dist_increment_m, 0, prev_test_loc:alt() * 0.01 - prev_terrain_amsl_m, test_loc:alt() * 0.01 - terrain_amsl_m) local poi_loc = prev_test_loc:copy() poi_loc:offset_bearing_and_pitch(mount_yaw_ef_deg, mount_pitch_deg, dist_interp_m) gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.INFO, string.format("POI %.7f, %.7f, %.2f (asml)", poi_loc:lat()/10000000.0, poi_loc:lng()/10000000.0, poi_loc:alt() * 0.01)) end return update, UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS end return update()