mrtautopilot 9

Communicate with the MRT Autopilot Mavlink API

MRT Autopilot Python3 API

This repository contains the Python3 API for the MRT Autopilot.

Installation

pip3 install mrtautopilot

Usage

Example usage:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import logging
import selectors

import mrtautopilot

# example for send_protobuf_proxy
from mrtproto import autopilot_pb2
PROTO_ID = 0x5433  # defined by protocol


def main():
    mavlink = mrtautopilot.MavlinkThread()

    proto = autopilot_pb2.VehicleData()
    proto.position.latitude_deg = 38.3
    proto.position.longitude_deg = -77.1

    def got_low_bandwidth():
        d: mrtautopilot.LowBandwidth = mavlink.low_bandwidth_queue.get_nowait()
        logging.info(f"Got Vehicle Data: {d.latitude_deg}, {d.longitude_deg}")

    try:
        sel = selectors.DefaultSelector()
        sel.register(
            mavlink.low_bandwidth_queue_fileobj,
            selectors.EVENT_READ,
            got_low_bandwidth,
        )

        count = 0
        mavlink.start()
        while True:
            mavlink.send_heartbeat()

            count += 1

            if count == 5:
                mavlink.send_protobuf_proxy(PROTO_ID, proto.SerializeToString())

            if count == 6:
                m = mrtautopilot.mission
                mavlink.send_mission(
                    m.Mission(
                        fault_config=m.FaultConfig(
                            fault_responses={},
                            loiter_radius_m=30,
                            loiter_duration_s=365 * 24 * 60 * 60,
                            response_speed_mps=3,
                        ),
                        rally_points=[],
                        fence=[],
                        mission_items=[
                            m.Waypoint(lat_deg=38.31, lon_deg=-77.02, speed_mps=6),
                            m.Waypoint(lat_deg=38.31, lon_deg=-77.00, speed_mps=6),
                            m.Waypoint(lat_deg=38.34, lon_deg=-77.00, speed_mps=7),
                            m.DriftLoiter(
                                lat_deg=38.34, lon_deg=-77.00, speed_mps=3, radius_m=50
                            ),
                        ],
                    )
                )

            if count == 10:
                mavlink.set_motor_enablement(True)
                mavlink.send_waypoint(38.3, -77.1, 3.0)

            if count == 20:
                mavlink.set_motor_enablement(False)
                mavlink.send_autopilot_stop()

            for key, mask in sel.select():
                key.data()

    finally:
        mavlink.stop()


def setup_logging():
    logging.basicConfig(
        format="%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d | %(threadName)s | %(levelname)8s | %(message)s",
        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
    )
    logger = logging.getLogger()
    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    setup_logging()
    try:
        main()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        pass