APM Planner 2.0 has been released. This is the location of the official stable release of AP2, which is the cross-platform (Mac/Windows/Linux) ground station/setup utility for APM/Pixhawk-based UAVs. Here’s a list of features
APM Planner General Release Notes
Here’ the first official release of APM Planner 2.0.
Features
General
Auto Update. new stable versions will be notified automatically.
will add a feature to also add daily builds to this.
Flight Data View
Real time monitoring of telemetry information (Quick View & more detailed Status View)
Real-time control of UAV
Message view tat shows PreArm warning messages
Primary Flight Display (HUD)
Flight Plan View
Waypoint editing
Saving and Loading waypoint files
Map Vendor selection
Initial/Config & Tuning Views
Full Configuration of APM:Plane and APM:Copter (APM:Rover is a work in progress)
Reworked Battery Monitor setup where you can select known presets
Parameter Download for known frame types
Graph View
Real-time plotting of MAV link telemetry values
Dataflash Log analysis
Value are plotted on a range that is scaled automatically
Values can be group on in same range (up to 4 groups)
Ranges can be set manually
Terminal View
Allows access to the APM CLI Interface
Used to download Dataflash logs (MAVLink downloading of logs coming soon)
Option to convert logs to KML format for Goole Earth view.
Known Issues:
Google Maps shows only outlines at some zoom factors
When switching between APM:Plane/APM:Copter/APM:Rover restart is required
Multiple MAV support is not fully tested and is a work in progress
more detailed issues can be found here github.com/diydrones/apm_planner/issues
For support please post here first APM Planner Support Forum
Enjoy: and please report any issue you have, the next stable update is scheduled in about 2 weeks. We want this to be continuous improvement on that schedule.
Thanks AP2 Team.