Connecting to your UAV

Introduction

Your DeltaQuad Pro #VIEW is equipped with a Nighthawk2 camera system combined with a board computer that controls the camera. The radio system on your vehicle is based on the Microhard Digital Data Link. Your ground antenna is either an omnidirectional 1.5m antenna on a tripod, or a directional panel antenna on an automatic antenna tracker.

Setting up and Connecting to your UAV

Your UAV comes with 2 ground stations. The Video Control Station (VCS) is a laptop computer with touch screen capabilities. The Ground Control Station (GCS) is a hand-held tablet device. The VCS and GCS are separated so that the pilot functions and camera operator functions can be performed separately.

Never press the deploy camera button while the UAV is on the ground. This may damage your camera.

Using the omnidirectional antenna setup

There are 3 wires coming from the antenna tripod:

1. The power plug should connect to the supplied power bank.

2. The USB plug should be connected to the GCS tablet

3. The ethernet cable should be inserted into the VCS laptop

The supplied joystick should be attached to the VCS. After this, you can power on all devices including the power bank and the UAV. The system will automatically connect to the UAV within 60 seconds.

Using the Automatic Antenna Tracker (AAT)

The Automatic Antenna Tracker (AAT) is designed to wirelessly connect to your ground equipment. To connect to your ground equipment:

1. Install the AAT on the tripod

2. Install the supplied AAT batteries in the AAT

3. Power on the AAT by inserting the yellow connector into the AAT power socket

4. Attach the joystick to the VCS

5. Power on the VCS and GCS

Both the VCS and GCS will connect to the AAT within 60 seconds using WiFi.

Aligning the AAT

After powering on the AAT and the UAV a connection between the AAT and the UAV should be established. To establish a connection it is required that the UAV is fully setup including wings, this is because the GPS for the UAV is located in the right-side wing.

When the AAT is connected to the UAV the small display at the bottom of the AAT will indicate this via the GPS reading. The GPS reading is on the top line and will show the number of satellites for the AAT and for the UAV. This is displayed as "GPS:xx L:xx" where the GPS value is the number of satellites seen by the UAV and the L value is the number of satellites seen by the AAT. For example, GPS:12 L:10" indicates that the UAV is locked to 12 satellites and the AAT is locked to 10 satellites.

Alignment of the antenna is important for maximum range. Always make sure your antenna tracker is properly aligned.

Once a lock of at least 8 satellites on both the UAV and the AAT is established, and the AAT is moving the antenna somewhat, you can proceed to align the AAT. To do this you will need to move the UAV at least 50m away from the AAT. From there you can turn the tripod so that the antenna is facing the UAV exactly. Once the UAV is airborne it is recommended to fine-tune the alignment by moving the tripod and changing the angle by raising or lowering one of the 3 legs of the tripod.