Mission Planning

• Begin by selecting the way point missions tab from the menu sidebar

• Then select the create mission button

• You will then be prompted to select either 

  • build a waypoint mission 

or

• • Import a mission (This feature is not yet available)

• You will now start with your first point

• This can be done by:

  • Dragging and dropping

  • Inputting coordinates

  • Searching for a known location

• Once the first point is placed, you will be prompted to name the mission

  • By default it will be named as the date and time the mission was created

• Select the create button

• Once the mission is created you can add any number of secondary waypoints

• along the top bar you will see:

  •  the total count of waypoints

  • Estimated Duration of the mission 

  • Estimated total length of the mission

• To begin the mission, and return to the piloting screen, press the play button

• IMPORTANT NOTE: Starting a mission does not start a recording, this must be started separately

• Once you have completed your mission and no longer want your waypoints present on your map, you can select the X button

• To begin mission planning in the BRIDGE Controller we can either create in the controller or import 

• Once in the mission creator menu, you will be presented with a few options:

  • Renaming the mission

  • Adding action sequences

  • Deleting your mission

• To begin, name your mission and add an action sequence

• Click on create an action and chose one of the options

  • For Manual Missions, only waypoints are needed

  • For autonomous missions (Beta), speed and altitude/depth commands can be added in as steps

• Waypoints can be moved around on the map with the joystick or by inputting the lat/long

• Each individual waypoint can be named as well

• Once all required actions have been added, return to the main mission page

• To import a mission select import form the mission planner main menu

• You will then be presented with the mission 

• To begin a mission, select the manual mission button in the mission main menu

• Once the mission has begun, all waypoints will be shown on the map for you to pilot between

• IMPORTANT NOTE: Starting a mission does not start a recording, this must be started separately

• To end the mission, navigate back to the mission planner main menu and select end manual mission

• To begin an automated mission, select the beta autonomous mission option

• You will be prompted with a quick disclaimer regarding situational awareness and autonomy 

• Once confirmed, FN and ENTER must be pressed to begin the mission

• IMPORTANT NOTE: Starting a mission does not start a recording, this must be started separately

• Any input registered on the controller joysticks will pause the mission

• Once the mission is complete you will be returned to the mission planner menu