It would be very useful for environmental mapping to select a waypoint range wich is send to the mav.

An additional button "Send Waypoint Range" wich opens a window where you can select the first and last waypoint to be send. Maybe a dialog which asks for "RTL after last waypoint?"

So its very easy to split the whole mission into small missions for each lipo.

Hi Michael,
When connected to a Rover, the "set mode" button always sends this packet regardless of the mode selected:

2013-05-09 11:12:04.69: SET_MODE {target_system : 1, base_mode : 0, custom_mode : 0}

It needs to fill in custom_mode and also set MAV_MODE_FLAG_CUSTOM_MODE_ENABLED in base_mode.

Cheers, Tridge
PS: Tested with MP 1.2.50

Mission Planner has worked really well on linux using Mono for most of its history.

Every once in a while one of the updates breaks it. I just tried to upgrade from 1.2.33, which worked great, to 1.2.38. Now I get the following error:

aaron@thunkpad:~/arducopter/Mission Planner 1.2.38$ mono ArdupilotMegaPlanner10.exe
If your error is about Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput, please install the latest directx redist from here http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35

Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for System.Windows.Forms.XplatUI ---> System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'System.Configuration.Internal.ConfigurationManagerInternal, System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'.
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Type:internal_from_name (string,bool,bool)
at System.Type.GetType (System.String typeName, Boolean throwOnError) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.TypeUtil.CreateInstanceWithReflectionPermission (System.String typeString) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManagerInternalFactory.get_Instance () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticsConfiguration.Initialize () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticsConfiguration.get_Sources () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.Initialize () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.get_Switch () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Net.Logging.InitializeLogging () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Net.Logging.get_On () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket..ctor (AddressFamily addressFamily, SocketType socketType, ProtocolType protocolType) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUIX11.SetDisplay (IntPtr display_handle) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUIX11..ctor () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUIX11.GetInstance () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUI..cctor () [0x00000] in :0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.EnableVisualStyles () [0x00000] in :0
at ArdupilotMega.Program.Main () [0x00000] in :0
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for System.Windows.Forms.XplatUI ---> System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'System.Configuration.Internal.ConfigurationManagerInternal, System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'.
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Type:internal_from_name (string,bool,bool)
at System.Type.GetType (System.String typeName, Boolean throwOnError) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.TypeUtil.CreateInstanceWithReflectionPermission (System.String typeString) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManagerInternalFactory.get_Instance () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticsConfiguration.Initialize () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticsConfiguration.get_Sources () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.Initialize () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.get_Switch () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Net.Logging.InitializeLogging () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Net.Logging.get_On () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket..ctor (AddressFamily addressFamily, SocketType socketType, ProtocolType protocolType) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUIX11.SetDisplay (IntPtr display_handle) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUIX11..ctor () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUIX11.GetInstance () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUI..cctor () [0x00000] in :0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.EnableVisualStyles () [0x00000] in :0
at ArdupilotMega.Program.Main () [0x00000] in :0

It would be helpful for people to be able to see the sonar distance on the mission planner. This distance is separate from altitude so similar to other sensor's it would be good to see it's output separately.

A TCP pass-trought would be realy good for the DroidPlanner Android app. Just redirecting the received serial data to a client on a TCP link.

Mission planner works as the TCP host with the click of a button (and shows the current IP address), and all the data received by serial is passed to the TCP port.

Would that be to hard to implement?

For the last couple of versions of mission planner (since about 1.2.28 I think) the option to embed video into the HUD is broken on my machines (3 of them, running XP, 32 and 64 bit Win7). It works fine after initialization in the configuration tab - but once any tab other than flight data is selected the video is replaced with a white box and the desired input device needs to be selected again.

Starting somewhere around version 1.2.47 or so of the Mission Planner, the sequence of steps in Auto WP > Grid diverged from the sequence in Auto WP > GridV2. Specifically, Grid no longer presents a dialog box asking about Shutter Triggering - that question is only asked by the GridV2 setup. These two sequences should be the same, i.e., it should be possible to set up shutter triggering in both Grid and GridV2.

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Hold down ALT key and draw a rectangle on the map in the flight data screen.
2. Right click in rectangle and select prefetch of map.
3. After finishing prefetching, map moves around if mouse is moved. If clicked on the map to stop the movement, mp sets a waypoint.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Map should not move around after prefetching, first click on the rectangle or somewhere else should not set a waypoint.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Using MP version 1.2.36 MAV 1.0 on Windows 7 and Windows 8

With 3DR Power Module and 4s LiPo full charged the planner show "16.0V" instead of "16.8V" (the right value).
I spoke with other users and all have this problem with 4s LiPo, the average is "0.8V".
Possible "bug" of the default VOLT_DIVIDER value.
Tested with the latest Mission Planer V1.2.50.

Marco Robustini

Hello,
When I start Mission planner 1.2.45 I get:

..$ mono ArdupilotMegaPlanner10.exe

Unhandled Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'ArdupilotMega.Program' from assembly 'ArdupilotMegaPlanner10, Version=1.1.4856.13370, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'ArdupilotMega.Program' from assembly 'ArdupilotMegaPlanner10, Version=1.1.4856.13370, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.

This started from MP 1.2.43

Feature that you'd like us to add or change you'd like us to make:
Before mission or flight starts, one could draw a circle with defined radius to mark the limit of fpv or telemetry tx range. If the airplane/copter comes close to the limit, a spoken warning and text should be displayed to inform the pilot.
Future enhancements could be to submit a command to the aircraft to turn around to prevent flying out of range.

I've noticied when trying to set AUTO landing or takeoff, in flight planner tab, on Mission Planner 1.2.45 or 1.2.47 didn't showed each column parameter names.

I know that the first is for Pitch Angle, but others one, since I fill it, is not displayed the names.

I don't know why!

Sorry poor, very poor english.

If you attempt to run the accelerometer calibration more than once, it does run in the background but doesn't ask the user to move the copter to it's various positions.

Note: this behavior exposes a bug in the arducopter code in which it will save an uninitialized roll/pitch trim to the AHRS_TRIM_X and Y parameters.

The temporary solution is for the user to restart the mission planner and do the calibration again.

Here is a video demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ3EgkuOHB4

A recent update (1.2.43, I believe, I can check later when I have more time) caused a bug which only occurs for me when running Planner on linux under Mono (Ubuntu 12.10 x64). In the configuration screen, I have Radio Calibration, Flight Modes, FailSafe, ArduCopter Level, > Hardware Options, + Battery Monitor, but then the rest of the menu items are missing. I've attached a screenshot.

If speech is enabled in the Mission Planner and the battery warning is checked, it is quite common to get an occasional announcement of "WARNING - battery at zero volt, zero per cent remaining" or words to that effect, even with a freshly charged battery. This occurs with telemetry connection when APM 2.5 is powered by a battery. The HUD in the MP never shows zero volts when this occurs - it shows a steady reading of the actual battery voltage. I have noted this behavior in MP version 1.2.47 and 1.2.48. It appears as if the MP simply missed a read of the battery voltage from the telemetry link, and the property transiently took on a default value of zero, kicking off the warning. Suggestion: average multiple reads of the voltage, or do an outlier rejection from a short sequence of reads, and don't give the voice warning unless the voltage is below the threshold for several readings in a row. Whatever, don't give the voice warning if only one reading is zero.

I'm setting up a tilt gimbal using MPv1.2.36 connected with a 3DR 433MHz radio.
I've set up the servo limits and angle limits, however when I change the Input Ch from 'disabled' to 'Ch6' the following errors come up, (I am connected to the 'net so not sure about the second one).
Also at this point my APM2 becomes completely unresponsive, requiring a cold reboot.
Ch6 Opt in ArduCopter Config is set to CH6_0NONE.

Hi,
it is not possible to build, because there are files missing in the repo.
Sorry it is German, error message mean "The file XX could not be found"

c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.CSharp.targets(67,9): error MSB3041: Für "SerialOutputPass.resx" kann kein Manifestressourcenname erstellt werden. Die Datei "XXXX\Documents\GitHub\MissionPlanner\SerialOutputPass.cs" konnte nicht gefunden werden.
c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.CSharp.targets(67,9): error MSB3041: Für "SerialOutputMD.resx" kann kein Manifestressourcenname erstellt werden. Die Datei "XXXX\Documents\GitHub\MissionPlanner\SerialOutputMD.cs" konnte nicht gefunden werden.
c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.CSharp.targets(67,9): error MSB3041: Für "SerialOutputNMEA.resx" kann kein Manifestressourcenname erstellt werden. Die Datei "XXXX\Documents\GitHub\MissionPlanner\SerialOutputNMEA.cs" konnte nicht gefunden werden.
c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.CSharp.targets(67,9): error MSB3041: Für "Swarm\FollowLeaderControl.resx" kann kein Manifestressourcenname erstellt werden. Die Datei "XXXX\Documents\GitHub\MissionPlanner\Swarm\FollowLeaderControl.cs" konnte nicht gefunden werden.
c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.CSharp.targets(67,9): error MSB3041: Für "Swarm\Grid.resx" kann kein Manifestressourcenname erstellt werden. Die Datei "XXXX\Documents\GitHub\MissionPlanner\Swarm\Grid.cs" konnte nicht gefunden werden.

Reopened here. One would think, this here being a rather sophisticated ticket management system, that admins/mods could easily move tickets from one folder to another. Apparently not.

The Calibration procedure displays a button with the caption "Done" and the message "Calibration successful". Clicking that button sends you into a new round of calibrations. I fell for that. After 6 steps of "Done, turn drone" that button entices you to click it...can you remove the button or catch the click into a "yay, you done it" page?

This is not a repeat of the "calibration starts again in the background" issue. You have to manually repeat the entire set of calibration steps, which themselves work fine.

I am using several batteries and different capacities based on the payload and mission on the same plane and would love to have an option to monitor the battery consumption in mAh. Please consider adding a configurable option to handle and display all consumption figures in mAh in addition or instead of percentages.

cheers
-mikko

Similar to the battery warning, can we please have GPS warning?

It would work the same way, but instead of the user inputting their preferred low volts and battery percentage, you would input min satellite count (e.g. 6) and max hdop (e.g 3).

I've had intermittent GPS interference on a new build recently, and it would have been great to know when it is not safe to use LOITER and other modes that rely on a solid GPS lock.

On windows, i get an update warning and MP gets updated to 1.2.35 as usual.

On linux I don't get this warning (from 1.2.33) and when updating by hand through the help menu there is an error message:
Update: Failed error getting response stream (Write: The authentication or decryption has failed.): Sendfailure.

I just found out that after months of testing this option does not work. Its a drop down selection for camera trigger method at the top of the standard parameters menu.

This is a very important feature for those doing aerial mapping and having it work would cut n hour out of setup time as now you have to manually put each camera trigger point in the waypoints section, then set each one's PWM and CH number every time.

Please! Can someone make this happen?

Geo-reference (CTRL+F>Geo Ref Images) function on Mission Planner needs to be modified to project the photos on the ground correctly.

Right now it rotates and sets the photo at the right spot on the KMZ file. But the projection is not calculated, the photo is just centered on the spot with the size entered by the user.

We need to calculate the projection of the photo on the ground using photogrammetric theory. We already have the 6 external orientation parameters at hand ( 3 coordinates, 3 attitude) and the internal parameters of the camera can be typed or selected by the user (as is implemented on Planning>Right Click>Map Tool>camera), all that is missing is some math.

So if you know your photogrammetric formulas please share! I will look up but if someone has the experience that would be handy. To state clearly what is needed:

Input:

• 3 Coordinates for the camera position (lat,lon,alt)
• 3 angles for the orientation of the camera (pitch,roll,yaw)
• Camera sensor size
• Camera focal length

Required output

• 4 coordinates for the corners of the projected picture

With the coordinates when can use this specification of KML to add the photos: nonrectangular quadrilateral ground overlays

I also started a discussing on drones-discuss about this topic.

I can not set to "0.other" sensor, i do but it goes back to otto90.

Planner just keeps getting more broken for us Linux users :-(

Clicking on "log browse" causes this:

System.Windows.Forms.SplitContainer doesn't implement interface System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize

Stacktrace:

at ArdupilotMega.Log.LogBrowse.InitializeComponent () <0x00216>
at ArdupilotMega.Log.LogBrowse..ctor () <0x00153>
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) ArdupilotMega.Log.LogBrowse..ctor () <0xffffffff>
at ArdupilotMega.GCSViews.Terminal.BUT_logbrowse_Click (object,System.EventArgs) <0x0001f>
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick (System.EventArgs) <0x00069>
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick (System.EventArgs) <0x00053>
at ArdupilotMega.Controls.MyButton.OnClick (System.EventArgs) <0x00013>
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.OnMouseUp (System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) <0x00101>
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp (System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) <0x00013>
at ArdupilotMega.Controls.MyButton.OnMouseUp (System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) <0x00027>
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmLButtonUp (System.Windows.Forms.Message&) <0x00128>
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message&) <0x00207>
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message&) <0x00093>
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message&) <0x00013>
at System.Windows.Forms.Control/ControlWindowTarget.OnMessage (System.Windows.Forms.Message&) <0x00024>
at System.Windows.Forms.Control/ControlNativeWindow.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message&) <0x00036>
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.WndProc (intptr,System.Windows.Forms.Msg,intptr,intptr) <0x002f0>
at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUIX11.DispatchMessage (System.Windows.Forms.MSG&) <0x0001f>
at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUI.DispatchMessage (System.Windows.Forms.MSG&) <0x00024>
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.RunLoop (bool,System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationContext) <0x00c9b>
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run (System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationContext) <0x0005f>
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run (System.Windows.Forms.Form) <0x00033>
at ArdupilotMega.Program.Main () <0x003f3>
at (wrapper runtime-invoke) object.runtime_invoke_void (object,intptr,intptr,intptr) <0xffffffff>

Native stacktrace:

    mono() [0x4961e9]
    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0xfbd0) [0x7f6d8f9aabd0]
    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x37) [0x7f6d8f60a037]
    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x148) [0x7f6d8f60d698]
    mono() [0x5cdd7f]
    mono() [0x5cde02]
    mono() [0x497eaf]
    mono() [0x4985c4]
    [0x41a78bba]

Debug info from gdb:

warning: File "/home/aaron/arducopter/binary/MissionPlanner/.gdbinit" auto-loading has been declined by your `auto-load safe-path' set to "$debugdir:$datadir/auto-load".
Could not attach to process. If your uid matches the uid of the target
process, check the setting of /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope, or try
again as the root user. For more details, see /etc/sysctl.d/10-ptrace.conf
ptrace: Operation not permitted.
To enable execution of this file add
add-auto-load-safe-path /home/aaron/arducopter/binary/MissionPlanner/.gdbinit
line to your configuration file "/home/aaron/.gdbinit".
To completely disable this security protection add
set auto-load safe-path /
line to your configuration file "/home/aaron/.gdbinit".
For more information about this security protection see the
"Auto-loading safe path" section in the GDB manual. E.g., run from the shell:
info "(gdb)Auto-loading safe path"
No threads.

Got a SIGABRT while executing native code. This usually indicates
a fatal error in the mono runtime or one of the native libraries

used by your application.

Aborted (core dumped)

In the Mission Planner, there appear to be two flight parameters which are redundant - Vertical Speed and Climb Rate. Moreover, the units displayed for both parameters always reflect the Speed Units chosen in the Planner parameters, even if those units are not particularly relevant. For example, I'm not sure that if users have chosen to display speed in mph, that they necessarily want rate of climb displayed in these units. I may be wrong, but it is my understanding that in full-scale aviation, rate of climb is always expressed in per-minute units, never per-hour units. I actually prefer per-second units. While I suggest that you seek the consensus of the user community on this issue, my vote would be for units of either feet per minute or meters per minute, or perhaps per-minute units on one (Climb Rate) and per-second units on the other (Vertical Speed) so user can choose which one to display in the "Quick" tab - but never miles-per-hour, which is almost impossible to make use of in actual flying.

The Ctrl+F geotagger isn't working for me. No matter what log I put in, the readout says that the log begins and ends 05/09/2013 05:00:00 PM, thus no matches are made.

I tried an older version of mission planner, and geotagger worked.

As of the 1.2.37 release, the project no longer builds (again). There are a bunch of "missing" references and new missing projects. I had added the HintPaths to fix the missing references in #20, but my changes were apparently reverted in the latest release.

I appreciate that you're pretty much the lone developer on this project, but would it be possible to do a clone of your working repo and verify that the clone builds before pushing each release? That would make it a lot easier for others to track this project.

Three potential defects illustrated in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31FZlZ-2I_s

I am trying to calibrate I and V for a 3DR power module with APM 2.5. I'm running MP 1.2.51.

1. The "calibration" textfields marked read-only are not a consistent function of the Monitor, Sensor, and APM Version chosen from the dropdowns.
2. Only the blur event on a user-supplied field will save its value. I'd suggest the enter keypress be allowed to trigger bindings that validate and save. Sometimes only one TXT field is enabled, so blur isn't possible.
3. Some left sidebar navigations will cause the calculated voltage to revert to a non-calibrated calculation. Other left sidebar navigations will cause both the calibrated value and the calibration input (in this case, field 2 "Measured battery voltage") to be lost.

I read the docs and know that entering field 1, "APM Input Voltage" is the only one mentioned for calibration. Changes to this field do not seem to affect the calculated voltages displayed, so my video illustrates attempting to get results from field 2, "Measured battery voltage". The wiki seems to imply a time when 4-4-2 would allow APM Input voltage to be user-entered (and this would calibrate things), but not field 2: Measured battery voltage.

I wish I knew C Sharp and could contribute a pull request. For #1, may I suggest you glance at these lines of code to consider adding the appropriate field disabling to the (selection == 0) and (selection == 4) cases above. Also note the field enabling/disabling here and here.

For #3, I don't fully understand the intended behavior (I think we want to scale a measured value using a calibration into a calculated value for display), but perhaps these lines shouldn't override fields that allow themselves to be user-supplied, such as TXT_measuredvoltage.

Fixing these may close issue 42 and issue 44 as well. Please let me know if I can help in any way short of getting an entire C# dev environment going :)

If compass offsets change while the user is on the Advanced Params screen, then the next time they push the Write Params button (on that screen) the compass offsets x, y and z will be updated to old value.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fdSlL9PkvA

We also found an issue by Marco in which the offsets were saved to values that were 1000 times too big. We can't reproduce this issue but it happened at the same time as the unnecessary offset update.

On a Win PC: pressing CTRL + S normally saves any open document. Please can this be added to the Mission Planner to save or write parameters after editing?

When you write and read a mission, the "default alt" change to 0, that is very dangerous¡¡¡
Also do it if you save and load a mission at APM

Tried twice 24/4/2013, auto update and manual.
No v1.2.46 in http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/downloads/list

Testing with 1.2.45 on Ubuntu Linux with mono. Runs and operates just fine, but the advanced params screen, with all the different parameter settings is no longer displayed. Last time I saw it was with version 1.2.32 or something iirc.

Am I missing something obvious here?

The Vcc can only be seen in the logs, nowhere can it be seen "live" in the MP, so for example one cannot see the moment a brownout occurs or if there is a volt drop in the system when a servo is plugged in or operated.
Therefore request please for visible Vcc?

Unchecked autohide for the top nav bar and it disappeared completely. Came back only after restart. Has happened twice but I can't reproduce the problem again, maybe just a glitch in the matrix.

Planner: Ch6 option refresh

Add a "Refresh" button to ArduCopter Pids screen when Ch6 option has been enabled. Clicking Refresh button would only update values related to Ch6 option.
If no Ch6 option is enable. disable button.

Currently when using Ch6 options you need to refresh whole parameter list to get values from copter.

Hi Michael,
Randy and I have implemented a better MAVLink method for 3D accel calibration in both plane and copter using MAVLink STATUSTEXT and COMMAND_ACK packets.
You can see the implementation in MAVProxy here:
tridge/MAVProxy@4e13efd
Basically the flow is this:

• if in CLI, then old text based flow is used
• if connected with MAVLink then APM sends MAVLink STATUSTEXT messages starting with "Place APM "
• the ground station should show the text of these messages to the user, then should send COMMAND_ACK MAVLink response messages back to the APM when the user has acknowledged the message.
  If you could add this to MP that would be great! Currently accel cal over MAVLink is broken with the 3.0 beta

Today I confirmed that there is a bug in the auto WP (Waypoint) feature. In the MP 1.2.35 when using the AUTP WP feature for creating grids or lawnmower patterns. I have the MP set up to read in feet and the Default Alt set to 500, HOWEVER when the auto waypoints are created their altitude is displayed as 152. I assumed that there was a problem with the displayed altitude, indicating 152 meters when in reality it was 500 feet. WRONG! It is actually 152 FEET!

The current log system is poorly explained and well not great to be honest.

It is archaic in the way you have to access everything, now if i could code i would do something about it but i cannot, so i thought i would post here,

I would suggest a dedicated tab called Logs
This is what i visualize
Maximize the image for detail

Update: Sorry, you can go ahead and close this issue as a duplicate. I thought I could attach commits to an issue, but apparently not. I created a separate pull request.

The NMEA-0183 standard specifies that sentences are terminated with a CR/LF sequence.

Also, since NMEA sentences are written out more than once per second, it would be nice to have timestamps with millisecond (well, at least sub-second) resolution.

when the waypoints list achieve hundreds, the numeration doesn't shows the third digit

.. if you don't have a 3DR radio connected and accidentally hit the Find Trim Pan button in antenna tracker configuration, the pan slider and the servo value move about apparently randomly for a long time, and there is no way to stop it. Could it be made to quit early if no 3RD radio RSSI is correctly received?

Possible to connect to APM automatically on USB connect without intervention?

Add +1, +5, -1, -5 degrees change buttons on Mission Planner Actions tab.

They are really useful when flying in Guided mode, by clicking buttons use can change heading of the copter easily. Can be also -+1 and -+10 degrees. Or optionally can set angles from Planner configuration screen.

Hi Michael,
The HUD in MP displays MSL for ArduPlane and MAGL for ArduCopter. It seems to be using VFR_HUD.alt for both, but unfortunately ArduCopter fills in VFR_HUD.alt with MAGL (the common.xml spec says it should be MSL).
Can you change the HUD to use GLOBAL_POSITION_INT.relative_alt*0.001 instead? That will work for both.
Alternatively, a check box in planner config to choose MSL or MAGL for the HUD would be nice, in case some plane users would prefer to keep MSL.
Thanks!
Cheers, Tridge

In the Flight Planner section of the Mission Planner, if the Elevation Graph is selected (right click, Map Tool > Elevation Graph) with too many or too few waypoints, a dialog box is displayed which is grammatically incorrect (see attached). It should read "Too many/few WPs or too big a distance (n km)". This is an extremely minor quibble, but also extremely quick to fix.

Im having an issue where GRID V2 will only fill in 1 or two "lawnmower" passes in the polygon before it makes the next waypoint as RTH. It will never completely fill in the polygon with passes and waypoints. Grid V1 works well.

Picture showing problem here:
http://www.diydrones.com/forum/topics/grid-v2-does-not-work-developers-please-read?xg_source=activity