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Introduction


Setting home location is important, controller need to know his position to perform calibrations (Accelerometer and Magnetometer). Home location is also needed for autonomous flight or Return to Base functions.
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Using GCS Map

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  • Drag the map and zoom into your current location.  
  • Do a right click and select Set the home location from the context menu.
  • Enter the WGS84 altitude in meters

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This is the normal method of setting the Home Location, you should set the Home Location every time you want to use autonomous features or Return to base.

Go into the Configuration > Attitude and select the Settings tab.

  • Hit the Clear button and wait until the Home Location remain defined again.
  • Save settings using the bottom-right Save button.
 


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If you plan to use you vehicle next day in another location, you should set the HomeLocation > Set parameter to False

This means the next time the controller start and get a good GPS fix, this new location is taken in account.

In System tab and UAVOBrowser, search for HomeLocation Uavo, change the Set parameter to FALSE and Save settings.

 

 

 

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