Joystick mode and how it us recorded in the logs

General Discussion
#1

The question really is, For drones that use Virtual Joystick" commands, are commands send via Litchi (eg in a waypoint mission etc) presented as user input (ie as from the controller) and can they be differentiated in any way from actual manual intervention by the “pilot”?
ie

  1. Flying a mission
  2. see a problem
  3. Crash bang
  4. What did I do and what was sent as part on the mission?

Any ideas anyone?

#2

Yes, “Virtual Joystick” commands can be differentiated from “normal” flying by looking at the log files. If you view your flight logs using the “PhantomHelp” web site, you will see the “Flight Mode” column. This column displays the corresponding flight mode. Here is an example of one of my missions just before (and immediately after) I executed a waypoint mission using and Air 2s.

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Notice that prior to the waypoint mission, the drone was in “P-GPS” mode – normal flying. Then, once the waypoint mission began, the drone was in “Joystick” mode – waypoint mission flying.

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Mode changes to Joystick after takeoff
#3

Obvious when you take a careful look.
Thanks :blush: