# ATAK-Setup
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**ATAK** stands for **Android Team Awareness Kit**. It is a mobile geospatial platform that facilitates real-time collaboration and communication among teams, particularly in military and emergency response scenarios. ATAK provides a map-based interface on Android devices, enabling users to share location data, mark points of interest, and communicate with team members in the field. It is designed to enhance situational awareness and coordination by leveraging geospatial information in a user-friendly mobile application.
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## Required Hardware
* Ground Control Station (GCS)
* Data-Link
* Ethernet Switch
* Android device with ATAK installed (Application is available in the Google PlayStore)
## Procedure
1. Connect the Ground radio to the Ethernet switch.
2. Connect the tablet/phone running ATAK to the Ethernet switch
3. Connect the Ethernet switch to the GCS
4. Power the Ethernet switch
## AMC Settings
1. Select **-> Settings -> General**.
2. Scroll down to **Team Awareness** (Smartphone Integration) section.
3. Turn on **Enable Team Awareness** and **Enable on startup**. In Fly View, the Team icon will be highlighted in blue, indicating that ATAK functionality is enabled.
4. Set **Controller Callsign** to **Mission Control**.
5. Set **Destination Address** to **172.20.255.255**.
6. Set **Destination Port** to **4242**.
7. Set **Destination Protocol** to **UDP**.
8. Set **Incoming Port** to **8089**.
9. Set **Incoming Protocol** to **UDP**.
## ATAK Settings
1. Click on the three dots on the top right. A menu will open.
2. Choose **Settings -> Network Connections**. Click on **Network Connections** in the pop-up window.
3. Go to the **Input/Output Management** section and click on **Manage Inputs**.
4. Edit the default connection (click on the pencil icon) and set the address to **0.0.0.0**.
5. Tick the **advanced options.**
* Select **Input Protocol** to **UDP**.
* Set **Server Port** to **4242**.
* Confirm changes.
6. The checkbox next to the default entry must be checked.
7. Go back to **Input/Output Management**. Click on **Manage Outputs**.
8. Click on the three dots in the top right and select **Add**.
* Set name to **AMC**.
* Set address to the **IP address of the GCS.**
9. Tick the **advanced options.**
* Select **Input Protocol** to **UDP**.
* Set **Server Port** to **8089**.
* Confirm changes.
10. The checkbox next to the AMC entry must be **checked**.
## Video Settings
1. Click on the video symbol in the top toolbar. Click on the **+** in the menu.
2. Change **Type** to **rtsp** in the popup window.
3. Add **172.20.110.10:8553/stream1**
4. Optionally: Stream can be named (e.g. "Vehicle 1")
5. Click on **Add**. The stream will appear in the left menu.
## Using ATAK with Vehicle
1. Make sure to go through **AMC-Settings**, **ATAK-Settings** and **Video-Settings** first.
2. Connect the vehicle to AMC.
3. In ATAK, click on the three dots in the top right. A menu will appear. Click on **Settings** and then **Network Connections**. A popup will appear. Click on **Network Connections**. Check that the **Primary IP Address** is in the range **172.20.XX.XX**.
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If the Primary IP Address is in a different range, disconnect from the WiFi or cellular network.
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4. As soon as the vehicle has GPS lock, the position as well as the sensor point of interest will appear on the map.
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If the vehicle is on the ground, the sensor point of interest may not be visible.
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5. Click on the **video icon** and select the stream previously configured in the ATAK configuration.
## Markers
1. Select the marker icon in the ATAK top toolbar.
2. A menu with four different markers will appear on the right side.
3. Select the desired marker and click on the map to place the marker.
4. Click on **send** in the bottom right menu. You can either send the marker to a particular device or broadcast it.
5. The markers will appear on the map in AMC (Fly View only).
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**-> Settings -> General**.
2. Scroll down to **Team Awareness** (Smartphone Integration) section.
3. Turn on **Enable Team Awareness** and **Enable on startup**. In Fly View, the Team icon will be highlighted in blue, indicating that ATAK functionality is enabled.
4. Set **Controller Callsign** to **Mission Control**.
5. Set **Destination Address** to **172.20.255.255**.
6. Set **Destination Port** to **4242**.
7. Set **Destination Protocol** to **UDP**.
8. Set **Incoming Port** to **8089**.
9. Set **Incoming Protocol** to **UDP**.
