Mini 5 waypoints

[Stormboy]

Getting ready to purchase a mini 5. In the past I used Litchi as my waypoint setups.
I liked setting up my routes at home and then going there and running that program.
My question is, is there a program app to be able to do that with the mini 5?
I don’t much care for the DJI has their program set up.
Thank you

 

[bpendleton]

Getting ready to purchase a mini 5. In the past I used Litchi as my waypoint setups.
I liked setting up my routes at home and then going there and running that program.
My question is, is there a program app to be able to do that with the mini 5?
I don’t much care for the DJI has their program set up.
Thank you

There's no SDK support yet, so you have to do it with by loading the waypoints into the DJI Fly app. How you do it depends on whether you have the RC2 (you have to do some tricks to create a waypoint flight in the remote, then overwrite the GUID-named-file with yours by mounting the remote from another device over USB) or the RC-N3 (simpler, though somewhat similar process, because it doesn't happen on a locked-down device).

I have done it in the field with my RC2, an Android phone, a USBC-to-USBC cable, and FlyLitchi.com. Not super fun, but definitely possible.

ETA: But, yeah, you can definitely do all of those steps at home and have the routes pre-loaded when you get there. You just have to use the DJI Fly app to fly them. A little easier than the Android phone in-the-field process.

 

[Stormboy]

Oh poop, thank you for your info. Got a bit to learn. I have iOS not android, problematic or not?

Has there been an SDK completed if I were to go the mini 4?

 

[BossBob]

There is a way of using Litchi Hub to plan waypoint missions and then upload the generated mission file to the device running Fly. Have a look here How to use Litchi Hub with DJI Fly (for drones with no SDK support)

 

[bpendleton]

Oh poop, thank you for your info. Got a bit to learn. I have iOS not android, problematic or not?

Has there been an SDK completed if I were to go the mini 4?

Yes, as far as I can tell, though I don't have the mini 4 myself. SDK support from DJI tends to lag many months to a year or so. They will hopefully release an SDK covering the mini 5 at some point.

And, also yes, there are similar techniques for loading into the right place for the Fly app from an iOS device. You can also do it from a computer.

 

[Stormboy]

Yes, as far as I can tell, though I don't have the mini 4 myself. SDK support from DJI tends to lag many months to a year or so. They will hopefully release an SDK covering the mini 5 at some point.

And, also yes, there are similar techniques for loading into the right place for the Fly app from an iOS device. You can also do it from a computer.

Thank you