From aaf22457e5cffe04fe7134957bd25e687e2272bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Tridgell Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:42:55 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] AntennaTracker: added a note on simulating an antenna tracker --- Tools/AntennaTracker/AntennaTracker.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/Tools/AntennaTracker/AntennaTracker.txt b/Tools/AntennaTracker/AntennaTracker.txt index ad1a4df618..fa2adb6b17 100644 --- a/Tools/AntennaTracker/AntennaTracker.txt +++ b/Tools/AntennaTracker/AntennaTracker.txt @@ -171,3 +171,23 @@ wp sethome AntennaTracker will now remember this as its HOME location whenever it is started. + +Simulating an antenna tracker +----------------------------- + +To run a full antenna tracker simulation with a simulated APM:Plane as +the vehicle, cd to the ArduPlane directory and run this: + + ../Tools/autotest/sim_arduplane.sh -T --aircraft test + +The -T flag tells sim_arduplane.sh to start an entenna tracker +simulator and also start a virtual antenna tracker in a window. + +To start the antenna tracker running run "tracker start" in the +mavproxy window. + +To then connect to your antenna tracker with mavproxy you would run: + + mavproxy.py --master tcp:127.0.0.1:5770 + +then you can configure it as needed.