Command Thread

Thread resposible for sending control information/instructions to drone socket port=5556.

Sending Commands

Sending commands is implemented using the interface provided by the drones manufacturers. You can send as in the following example for land instruction:

socket.send("AT*REF=#ID#," + "290717696" + "\r")

Refer to the official documentation for more details.

Command Class

class dronevis.drone_connect.command.Command(ip='192.168.1.1')

Command thread implementation for sending commands through a socket created between the drone and the sender.

__init__(ip='192.168.1.1')

Initialize thread instance

Parameters: ip (str, optional) – ip of the drone. Defaults to “192.168.1.1”.
Raises: ConnectionError – raise an error if user is not connected to the drone

command(command='')

Send a command to the AR.Drone

Parameters: command (str, optional) – command string. Defaults to “”.
Returns: flag for valid sequence of operations
Return type: bool

configure(argument, value)

Set a configuration onto the drone

Parameters

argument (str) – keys for configs
value (str) – values for configs

Returns

flag for valid config operations

Return type

bool

ack_command()

Call this function when the command is acknowledge

Returns: flag for valid ack
Return type: bool

activate_navdata(activate=True)

Call this function when navdata are enabled

Parameters: activate (bool, optional) – whether to activate navdata. Defaults to True.

run(): Send commands every 30ms

reconnect(): Try to restart the socket

stop()

Stop the communication

Returns: flag whether drone stopped corretly
Return type: bool