APM Planner 2.0 First Official Stable Release

GPS · Mar 8, 2014

APM Planner 2.0.6 has been released. This is the first 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 2.0.6 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 APMlane 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 APMlane/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 http://github.com/diydrones/apm_planner/issues
For support please post here first APM Planner Support Forum
Going forward

Improve support for Google Maps

Improvement of Waypoint editing to support specific APM waypoint types

Automatic grid pattern generation

Incorrect warning on windows install about installing Win C++ 2008 redistributables (just ignore, click OK)

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.
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Source:
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/apm-planner-2-0-first-official-stable-release

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