Send MAVLink command with MATLAB
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Hello, I'm searching if there is a way for interact and send commands to my quadcopter with MATLAB, instead of a Ground Control Station. I tried with MATMAV but seems not working. I also tried with MAVLink Support and also this seems not working for send command to my quadcopter. This is my code:
dialect = mavlinkdialect('common.xml');
mavlink = mavlinkio(dialect);
connect(mavlink, 'UDP', 'LocalPort', 14550);
%%
client = mavlinkclient(mavlink, 1, 1) % specify client (1 client = 1 drone)
connectionList = listConnections(mavlink)
clientsList = listClients(mavlink)
topicsList = listTopics(mavlink)
%%
message_num = 400;
cmdMsg = createcmd(dialect, 'int', message_num)
cmdMsg
num2enum(dialect,"MAV_CMD", message_num)
%%
sendudpmsg(mavlink, cmdMsg, '0.0.0.0', 14550)
There are other approaches to send commands to quadcopter through MATLAB?
Thanks in advance!
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Jianxin Sun
on 7 Oct 2022
Hi Paolo,
First the mavlink message needs to be refined:
For arm UAV:
cmd = dialect.createcmd("LONG", "MAV_CMD_COMPONENT_ARM_DISARM");
cmd.Payload.target_component(:) = 1;
cmd.Payload.target_system(:) = 1;
cmd.Payload.param1(:) = 1;
For disarm UAV
cmd = dialect.createcmd("LONG", "MAV_CMD_COMPONENT_ARM_DISARM");
cmd.Payload.target_component(:) = 1;
cmd.Payload.target_system(:) = 1;
cmd.Payload.param1(:) = 0;
Also since you are emulating a ground control station in MATLAB, you will need to keep sending out heartbeat from MATLAB to help the UAV find it:
heartbeat = createmsg(dialect,"HEARTBEAT");
heartbeat.Payload.system_status(:) = enum2num(obj.Dialect,'MAV_STATE',"MAV_STATE_STANDBY");
heartbeatTimer = timer;
heartbeatTimer.ExecutionMode = 'fixedRate';
heartbeatTimer.TimerFcn = @(~,~)sendmsg(obj.IO,heartbeat);
start(heartbeatTimer);
If UAV is also broadcasting its heartbeat, your listClient call should show UAV client as well, then you can send message to the uav client:
sendmsg(mavlink, client);
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vahe
on 11 Jan 2023
I have written the following codes to monitor gimbal variables for UAV through Mavlink codes in MATLAB:
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dialect = mavlinkdialect('common.xml');
sender = mavlinkio(dialect,'SystemID',1,'ComponentID',1,...
'AutopilotType',"MAV_AUTOPILOT_GENERIC",...
'ComponentType',"MAV_TYPE_FIXED_WING");
connect(sender,'UDP');
destinationPort = 14551;
destinationHost = '127.0.0.1';
receiver = mavlinkio(dialect);
connect(receiver,'UDP','LocalPort',destinationPort);
info = msginfo(dialect,"GIMBAL_DEVICE_ATTITUDE_STATUS");
msg = createmsg(dialect,info.MessageName);
info.Fields{:};
subscriber = mavlinksub(receiver,'GIMBAL_DEVICE_ATTITUDE_STATUS',...
'NewMessageFcn',@(~,msg)disp(msg.Payload));
for msgIdx = 1:10
sendudpmsg(sender,msg,destinationHost,destinationPort);
pause(1/50);
end
--------- in the command window ------
time_boot_ms: 0
q: [0 0 0 0]
angular_velocity_x: 0
angular_velocity_y: 0
angular_velocity_z: 0
failure_flags: 0
flags: 0
target_system: 0
target_component: 0
---------------------------------------------
--------- But how can I show only 'q' in the command window?
Because I want to convert it to Euler angles = quat2eul(q)
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