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Telemetry protocol

Telemetry field registration

Before any telemetry can be sent to the UCS it must be registered.

Each telemetry field supported by the vehicle should be registered via Register_vehicle.register_flight_controller.telemetry_fields message (See Register_field message).

All telemetry values are considered valid until explicitly reported as N/A by the VSM.

VSM will send N/A automatically depending on timeout upon field creation. This timeout value is used only by VSM-SDK and not communicated to UCS.

Built in telemetry field names

VSM can register any set of telemetry fields but there are some built in telemetry field names which are treated specially by UCS.

Registering different semantic for these values will lead to undesired results.

Field name Semantic Subsystem Notes
adsb_altitude FIELD_SEMANTIC_ALTITUDE_AMSL ADSB
adsb_altitude_internal FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL ADSB
adsb_error_gps FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL ADSB
adsb_error_icao FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL ADSB
adsb_error_squitter FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL ADSB
adsb_error_temperature FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL ADSB
adsb_error_xpdr FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL ADSB
adsb_flight FIELD_SEMANTIC_STRING ADSB
adsb_icao FIELD_SEMANTIC_ICAO ADSB
adsb_ident_active FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL ADSB
adsb_registration FIELD_SEMANTIC_STRING ADSB
adsb_squawk FIELD_SEMANTIC_SQUAWK ADSB
adsb_transponder_mode FIELD_SEMANTIC_ADSB_MODE ADSB
adsb_version FIELD_SEMANTIC_STRING ADSB
air_speed FIELD_SEMANTIC_AIR_SPEED FC
altitude_amsl FIELD_SEMANTIC_ALTITUDE_AMSL FC
altitude_origin FIELD_SEMANTIC_ALTITUDE_AMSL FC
altitude_raw FIELD_SEMANTIC_ALTITUDE_RAW FC
autopilot_status FIELD_SEMANTIC_AUTOPILOT_STATUS FC
autopilot_status_text FIELD_SEMANTIC_STRING FC
control_mode FIELD_SEMANTIC_CONTROL_MODE FC
course FIELD_SEMANTIC_HEADING FC Course over ground relative to North. Range 0..2Pi, East is positive
current FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC Main battery current in Amperes
current_command FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC Current command_id vehicle is executing now. Command number in mission as sent to the vehicle.
current_mission_id FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC Mission ID reported by VSM. VSM generates this on mission upload.
downlink_present FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL FC
fence_enabled FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL FC True if fence is enabled
field_of_view FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC Camera
flight_mode FIELD_SEMANTIC_FLIGHT_MODE FC
gcs_link_quality FIELD_SEMANTIC_LINK_QUALITY FC
gps_fix FIELD_SEMANTIC_GPS_FIX_TYPE FC
ground_speed FIELD_SEMANTIC_GROUND_SPEED FC
heading FIELD_SEMANTIC_HEADING FCYaw relative to North. Range 0..2Pi, East is positive
home_altitude_amsl FIELD_SEMANTIC_ALTITUDE_AMSL FC
home_altitude_raw FIELD_SEMANTIC_ALTITUDE_RAW FC
home_latitude FIELD_SEMANTIC_LATITUDE FC
home_longitude FIELD_SEMANTIC_LONGITUDE FC
is_armed FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL FC
latitude FIELD_SEMANTIC_LATITUDE FC
longitude FIELD_SEMANTIC_LONGITUDE FC
remaining_power_level FIELD_SEMANTIC_CAPACITY_LEVEL FC 0..1
main_voltage FIELD_SEMANTIC_MAIN_VOLTAGE FC
motor_pwm_1 FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC
motor_pwm_2 FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC
motor_pwm_3 FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC
motor_pwm_4 FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC
motor_pwm_5 FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC
motor_pwm_6 FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC
motor_pwm_7 FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC
motor_pwm_8 FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC
motors_ok FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL FC true - ok, false - not ok.
native_flight_mode FIELD_SEMANTIC_STRING FC Autopilot specific flight mode name
pitch FIELD_SEMANTIC_PITCH FC Pitch relative to horizon. Range -Pi..Pi, pitch up is positive
payload_status FIELD_SEMANTIC_STRING PAYLOAD_CONTROLLER Status of an attached payload.
payload_data FIELD_SEMANTIC_STRING PAYLOAD_CONTROLLER Any payload telemetry.
rc_link_quality FIELD_SEMANTIC_LINK_QUALITY FC
roll FIELD_SEMANTIC_ROLL FC Roll relative to horizon. Range -Pi..Pi, roll right is positive
safety_battery_active FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL Winch
safety_battery_voltage FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC Winch
satellite_count FIELD_SEMANTIC_SATELLITE_COUNT FC
standby FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL FC Standby means system is grounded and on standby. It can be launched any time.
takeoff_latitude FIELD_SEMANTIC_LATITUDE FC
takeoff_longitude FIELD_SEMANTIC_LONGITUDE FC
target_altitude_amsl FIELD_SEMANTIC_ALTITUDE_AMSL FC
target_altitude_raw FIELD_SEMANTIC_ALTITUDE_RAW FC
target_latitude FIELD_SEMANTIC_LATITUDE FC
target_longitude FIELD_SEMANTIC_LONGITUDE FC
uplink_present FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL FC
vertical_speed FIELD_SEMANTIC_VERTICAL_SPEED FC
vibration_x FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC
vibration_y FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC
vibration_z FIELD_SEMANTIC_NUMERIC FC
winch_connected FIELD_SEMANTIC_BOOL Winch

Sending telemetry data

Any message from VSM can contain a set of telemetry fields from vehicle specified by device_id (Vsm_message.device_status.telemetry_fields).