QGC (QGroundControl) and Arcsky Control
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QGroundControl is the free mission planning software installed in all Herelink controllers by default. All Herelink controllers that come with the X55 should have QGC installed and ready to go. Since August 2024, we have been releasing the Herelink with our own customized version of QGroundControl, called “Arcsky Control”. This is a simplified version of QGC, which has less available options and hides much of the QGC functionality that is not needed for operation of the X55.
QGC is also available for download as a desktop application. The features and appearance should be essentially the same as that in the Herelink QGC and Arcsky Control apps.
Some basic information about QGC is presented below.
This is the Fly View that will be seen upon boot-up of the application. Refer to our video for an in-depth explanation and overview about what each feature is, and what it’s used for. For now, the basic labels are given on the screenshots below.
The Plan view is where you will plan, load, save and modify your mission.
At a high level, the steps to create a mission are:
Set Home Location. This should be the approximate takeoff location and the start point of your mission.
Use the plan tools to add waypoints, patterns or load existing mission files.
Waypoint settings such as airspeed/altitude can be changed inside the mission command list>command editor
Add mission end commands such as RTL
Upload the mission to the X55
Go to the Fly view to execute the mission