Fly View UI Overview
An overview of the main UI elements in this view is provided below.
The top bar is used to monitor high level vehicle state and modes, and to set the current vehicle, mode, and armed state.
Icon | Name | Description |
 | Menu / icon | |
   | High-level status of the current vehicle (colour and status description).
Also used to select the current vehicle. | |
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 | Armed/Disarmed State | Display/select the armed state. The states are Armed (motors spinning), Disarmed. (motors stopped), Emergency Stop (motors stopped in flight, potentially causing the drone to crash). |
  | Indicates that the collision/avoidance system is ready to protect the vehicle (green) or not (red). | |
 | Pairing status. | |
  | ROI Status | Position Mode POI Defined/Undefined. If defined, the icon can be selected to remove the existing position mode POI. |
 | RC Status | Remote control RSSI status |
 | GPS Status | GPS count, lock, HDOP, VDOP, course over ground.  |
  | RTK status and number of satellites.
Select the icon to display additional detail.
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 | Battery capacity remaining (percentage). For multiple batteries, the capacity of the battery that has the lowest percentage. | |
   | Select to display notification log.
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The map shows the vehicle current position, home position, the direction it is facing (which may be different from where it is heading). It also shows the recent flight path (in red) and the expected path if one is defined (e.g. a goto or orbit destination, or the mission path).
Pan (move) and zoom the map using the normal mechanisms for your ground station computer (mouse drag, pinch, etc.).
In addition, the map can be zoomed in/out using the on screen buttons next to the map scale marker.
Map Zoom Buttons and Scale
Icon | Name | Description |
 | Home | Home location. This is location where vehicle first gets acceptable position lock. Usually this is the arming location/takeoff point. |
 | Orbit map-action target (center of planned orbit). | |
 | Goto map-action target location. | |
 | Position mode POI target location. |
The fly toolbar is used to execute most flight and preflight operations. The toolbar only displays valid tool options for the current vehicle state (invalid options are hidden or greyed out).
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 | Plan | |
 | Checklist | |
 | Takeoff | Arm vehicle and takeoff (option visible if landed). |
 | Land | Land vehicle and disarm (option visible if flying). |
 | Return | Fly to a safe point. The path/landing behaviour depends on vehicle configuration. |
 | Pause | Pause current operation. |
 | Action | Display additional actions for current vehicle state. May be used to start, pause, restart missions, etc. |
 | POI | Adds a Point of Interest on the map |
 | Goto | Adds a Go-to point on the map. |
 | Orbit | Adds an Orbit point on the map. |
 | COT | Enables the Cursor on Target. The vehicle position will be send to a specific IP following the ATAK Protocol (adaptable in the Settings) |
Actions must be confirmed using a slider before they will be executed.
Confirmation prompts are displayed in the bottom center of the map (if an altitude can be set for an operation, a vertical slider will be displayed at the same time).
Confirmation prompt/slider: Land Action
The Telemetry Panel displays information about the vehicle (e.g. speed, position) and about the flight (e.g. distance traveled). The panel can be toggle between two views, which have slightly different information.
Telemetry Panel (1)
Telemetry Panel (2)
Object Proximity Indicators show how close the vehicle is to nearby objects when flying in first-person view.
AMC indicating an object 6 to 9 meters in front of the vehicle
This feature is available in Position Mode when the collision prevention system is active and video is displayed full-screen.
Up to three colored bars are are used to indicate the proximity and direction of any detected objects closer than 12 meters (the top of the screen indicates the front of the vehicle). The indicators can show proximity in any direction that the vehicle has appropriate sensors.
The video switcher in the bottom left of the map displays video feed from a connected camera. Select anywhere in the widget to toggle the video full screen (the map appears in the switcher).
Video Switcher: Toggle Video/Map Full Screen
The switcher is only visible if enabled in the Application Settings. Several other UI features are only available if the video is displayed full screen (e.g. camera controls).
The switcher can be resized, minimized or undocked. Select/hover on the switcher to see the options.
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 | Undock | Undock switcher into own window (if supported by OS). |
 | Resize | Resize switcher window (drag/drop). |
 | Minimize | Minimize switcher window |
 | Maximize | Maximize/restore switcher window. |
The Camera and Gimbal controls are used to capture images or video, change where the camera is pointing, and zoom in/out. They also display available memory and provide access to other settings.
Camera Gimbal and Zoom Controls (Optional Joystick and Camera-Selector not shown)
The camera and gimbal controls are only visible when there is a connected camera and video is displayed full screen (using the video switcher).
Important notifications (only) are displayed in a highly visible popup. Where possible notifications include both the cause of a problem and any actions that should be taken.
Last modified 2yr ago