Executing Mission Planner Actions from Radio

tdempsey · February 27, 2025, 2:53am

Hi there,

Mission Planner’s Actions tab has several actions, such as PREFLIGHT_CALIBRATION and PREFLIGHT_REBOOT_SHUTDOWN. If I am only using a simple radio like the TBS Tango2, is there any way to execute that type of Action? Is it possible to invoke it through Lua script?

Thank you

rmackay9 · March 4, 2025, 12:25am

Hi @tdempsey,

Sorry for the slow response, but the closest we have is the auxiliary functions all of which can be executed using an RC switch, a Lua script or by sending a mavlink message.

tdempsey · March 4, 2025, 7:22pm

I found the mapping I was looking for in the documentation.

github.com

ArduPilot/ardupilot/blob/master/libraries/AP_Scripting/docs/docs.lua

---@meta
-- ArduPilot lua scripting documentation in EmmyLua Annotations
-- This file should be auto generated and then manual edited
-- generate with --scripting-docs, eg  ./waf copter --scripting-docs
-- see: https://github.com/sumneko/lua-language-server/wiki/EmmyLua-Annotations
-- luacheck: ignore 121 (Setting a read-only global variable)
-- luacheck: ignore 122 (Setting a read-only field of a global variable)
-- luacheck: ignore 212 (Unused argument)
-- luacheck: ignore 241 (Local variable is mutated but never accessed)
-- luacheck: ignore 221 (Local variable is accessed but never set.)

-- set and get for field types share function names
---@diagnostic disable: duplicate-set-field
---@diagnostic disable: missing-return

-- integer enum value unknown by docs generator
---@type integer
local enum_integer

-- manual bindings

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So now I have written a Lua script that monitors for a certain combination of RC switches and then executes this command:
vehicle:reboot(false)

When the command executes, my ESCs give off a series of chimes and then the autopilot reboots very quickly. It is my hope that I don’t have to use this, but it is nice knowing that if I am faced with some kind of issue where the vehicle needs rebooting, I am able to do so.

Maybe by posting this update, that command will help someone else.