Parrot AR Drone 1.0?

[albertosantini]

Ok, I am lazy and I may try it before wondering.

Is the module compatible with the first release of ar.drone?

If it is not, maybe it would be nice to add a note in the README.

P.S.: I read CONTRIBUTING doc. The note is there. Thanks.

[felixge]

Somebody with a 1.0 drone needs to try. I don't have one, so I don't know if my library is compatible. But yeah, the CONTRIBUTING doc talks about it.

[albertosantini]

I tried the simple script and it works fine:

var arDrone = require('ar-drone');
var client  = arDrone.createClient();

client.takeoff();

client
  .after(3000, function() {
    this.stop();
    this.land();
  });

From the repl I tried also this one and I had been receiving data:

client.on('navdata', console.log);

Awesome!

P.S.

{ header: 1432778632,
  droneState:
   { flying: 0,
     videoEnabled: 0,
     visionEnabled: 0,
     controlAlgorithm: 0,
     altitudeControlAlgorithm: 1,
     startButtonState: 0,
     controlCommandAck: 1,
     cameraReady: 1,
     travellingEnabled: 0,
     usbReady: 0,
     navdataDemo: 1,
     navdataBootstrap: 1,
     motorProblem: 0,
     communicationLost: 0,
     softwareFault: 0,
     lowBattery: 0,
     userEmergencyLanding: 0,
     timerElapsed: 0,
     MagnometerNeedsCalibration: 0,
     anglesOutOfRange: 0,
     tooMuchWind: 0,
     ultrasonicSensorDeaf: 0,
     cutoutDetected: 0,
     picVersionNumberOk: 1,
     atCodecThreadOn: 1,
     navdataThreadOn: 1,
     videoThreadOn: 1,
     acquisitionThreadOn: 1,
     controlWatchdogDelay: 0,
     adcWatchdogDelay: 0,
     comWatchdogProblem: 0,
     emergencyLanding: 0 },
  sequenceNumber: 9402,
  visionFlag: 0 }

[felixge]

Sweet! Closing this for now, but feel free to open issues / send patches if you find stuff that is not compatible.

Updated README.md in 42abd45 and 022a3c7

[chiarae]

Hi, I tested some functions of the lib with an AR.Drone 1.0, firmware 1.7.11

Some of the basic commands are not working for me: up, down, left, right, front, back
Those are working fine: takeoff, land, clockwise, counterclockwise, stop, animateLeds

[drezac]

Sorry- old thread, but I'm having trouble connecting wirelessly to the AR Drone using this method and wondering what I'm missing. I don't see anything in the code about how to connect to the drone.

Thoughts?

[albertosantini]

You need to connect your box (mac, linux or pc) to the hotspot of the drone.

[drezac]

Ah- this is a Parrot Mini Drone rolling spider. I might have that confused with the AR Drone.