Post Flight Workflow
SwiftStation LED Patterns
| LED Pattern | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Slow fade in and out | GCS has started and has not yet connected to an aircraft |
| Solid | Currently connected to an aircraft |
| Slow blinking, 1 second off, 1 second on | Communications to aircraft were lost |
| Rapid blinking | Currently tagging photos |
| 1 second on, 0.5 seconds off | Successful finish of tagging photos |
- Power off the aircraft.
- Power off the RC Handset.
- Take out the camera and autopilot SD Cards. Using the USB adapters plug them into the ground station that is still powered on. Note that this tagging process can also be done back at the office. Even better, insert the SD cards in the field and let the images tag on the drive back.
- Once back at the office, place the tablet and SwiftStation on charge.
- Charge the S1 or S2 propulsion battery to:
- 55% for storage.
- 100% if you're planning on flying again in the next few days.
- The images and logfile are now saved on the camera SD card in the folder bst_201x_xx_xx/tagged.
- These geotagged images are ready for upload and processing to your favorite processing software. The UAS data should work with any software package and has been successfully tested with:
Tip
You can upload the logfile bst_201x_xx_xx/logs/LOG_XXX.BIN here to get a full flight report, plots, and the ability to export CSV files. This is a very powerful feature that gives you all of the information from your flight.