Are there parrots on Java?

I’d like to get your feedback on the new UI. Do you like it? Here’s a picture of how it will look like:

I’m currently working on a new UI for the drone control library. It will look a lot like a cockpit and much less like a Windows program anymore. Since restyling WPF applications is quite a bit of work, this will still take a few weeks.

I’m also trying to improve the netcode, but this is not an easy task using .NET sockets. But I promise to do my best.

So stay tuned.

The new version is finally here.

You can download the binaries from here.
The GitHub page contains the source code, as usual.

Here is a short list of bug fixes:

• Support for all firmware versions (beginning from 1.3.1 to 1.7.11)
• For some drones, the drone configuration was not determined correctly. This is fixed now.
• Bugfixes for the video recording and snapshot functionality
• There will be no more network errors when your drone is currently not connected to any network.
• There will be a specific error message when your network adapter is disabled
• The software will by default choose the correct firmware version from the drone configuration. Nevertheless, you can also specify another version, if you wish to.
• Starting with a push from one of the other committers, the drone did not react to flight commands, any more. This is fixed again.

If there are still bugs, you can report them to me as usual via the GitHub issue tracker.

Have fun!

I have some good news for you. Recently, I have had some time to work on the drone control library. There will be a new version soon, but I’m currently still working on it. If you want to report a bug, feel free to post them here or in the GitHub issue tracker.

Here are the new features I have already integrated:

• Support for all firmware versions (beginning from 1.3.1 to 1.7.11)
• For some drones, the drone configuration was not determined correctly. This is fixed now.
• Bugfixes for the video recording and snapshot functionality
• There will be no more network errors when your drone is currently not connected to any network.
• There will be a specific error message when your network adapter is disabled

Are there some of you out there who do not receive correct video output? According to the developer guide, there should be some problems with the new firmware version, but video always worked for my drones, no matter what the firmware version was.

I hope that I’ll be able to fix some of the remaining bugs within the next week. So I think that the new version will already be released by next Friday.
Stay tuned!

First the bad news:
Since I’m currently working for three different projects, I still don’t have much time left for the drone. But I’ll try to do more again, as soon as these projects are finished.

But there are also some good news:
Andrew is now working on the project. His first effort will be a configuration manager that you can use to manipulate the drone config. Thanks, Andrew.
And there is also Anders who has been very busy in the past and was trying to solve some issues of the control library. Thanks for that and keep up the good work.

So stay tuned, there are multiple things to come up in the nearer future.

It’s been a while since my last post. I’ve been busy working on some other projects, so unfortunately I didn’t have the time to work on the drone library. I’ll try to fix some urgent bugs, but I don’t really have much time left, at the moment.
If you want to help me with the development of the library, don’t be afraid to contact me.

There is a new version of the firmware out there that has introduced a bunch of new features:
- A new video codec (which is the default codec when you start the drone)
- New config settings (especially config profiles)

So there would be a lot to do.

In the meantime, I held a presentation at the Big Techday conference. Here is a picture of me flying the drone: