Flyability Elios 3 Manuel utilisateur
Inspector 4
Table of contents
1 Overview 4
1.1 Inspector 4
1.2 Mapping 4
Installation 5
1.3 System requirements 5
1.4 Installing Inspector 5
1.5 Drone Firmware 5
1.6 Firmware upgrade 5
2 Login screen 8
3 Home Screen 9
4 Inspections Screen 10
5 Import Screen 11
Elios 2 12
Elios 3 13
6 Menus 14
6.1 Notification 14
6.2 Help 14
6.3 Settings 14
6.4 User 14
6.5 About 14
7 Drone Screen 15
8 Preview Screen 16
9 Flight Screen 17
10 Mapping a Flight with Mapping 21
11 Managing Points of Interest 22
12 Managing the 3D Live Map 25
Measurement tools 25
Camera locking 26
Point shading 27
Point colors 28
Point slicing 29
Point size 30
Point opacity 31
Render quality 32
Objects in the scene 33
13 Flying tips for Mapping 34
13.1 Takeoff and landing - Loop closure 34
13.2 Image Quality - Mapping 35
13.3 Image Quality 35
13.4 Cage 35
13.5 Collisions 35
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13.6 Accuracy 36
Flyaware ™ SLAM engine 37
14 Exporting data 38
14.1 Export Inspection Report 38
14.2 Export multiple frames for photogrammetry 38
14.3 Export multiple frames for GeoSLAM 39
Inspector has a new point cloud visualizer 40
User settable references available in 3D map 40
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1 Overview
1.1 Inspector
Inspector 4 is the official Flyability software used to analyze the inspection footage gathered by Elios 3 & Elios 2
drones. It is not compatible with Elios 1 data, so the previous version of Inspector should be used here instead.
Flyability drones save the flight data in different locations:
●The videos and still images are saved on the CAM SD card. A new video is automatically created every
flight. The maximum file size is 4GB, so when recording in 4K, several videos can be created during one
flight.
●On the Elios 2, the thermal camera data and flight altitude/direction are saved on the LOG SD card. A
log file is created when a battery is connected and continues recording until it is disconnected.
●On the Elios 3, the thermal camera data, flight altitude/direction, pointcloud trajectory and raw logs are
saved on the embedded SSD.
Inspector is used to visualize, localize, and document your inspections. It gives you a precise view of what’s
happening inside your assets so your team can act quickly in just the right place.
During post processing, Inspector allows you to:
●Analyze the video frame-by-frame
●Provide a low or high density point cloud of your asset (depending on the drone employed)
●Make distance measurements
●Annotating points of interest
●Exporting inspection reports
1.2 Mapping
The mapping feature of Inspector 4 is meant to localize your inspection data by producing an accurate
trajectory with a point cloud offering a good balance between accuracy and processing time. It does that out of
regular inspection flights and not one's dedicated to optimizing data capture for photogrammetry. For Elios 3
users, the mapping and localization is performed on the drone using our homemade SLAM engine FlyAware™,
with the possibility to transform Elios 3 LiDAR datasets into highly accurate 3D models using GeoSLAM
Connect. For further information about the Elios 3 Mapping features, refer to this webpage.
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Installation
1.3 System requirements
Inspector requires a 64-bit machine running Windows 10 (64-bits) or newer. It also needs 500 MB of disk space,
and it is recommended to have additional 50-100 GB of free disk space for flight data, as each flight produces
around 10 GB of data. Lately 8GB of RAM is recommended.
1.4 Installing Inspector
Inspector 4 is distributed as a standard Windows executable installer, available on the Inspector 4 webpage of
flyability.com. Run the installer and follow the instructions displayed. The mapping and localization features are
available for free to all Elios 3 users as the mapping and localization are performed by the drone itself during
flight time. For Elios 2 users, it requires the purchase of an Inspector Premium license to create maps of
inspection using the mapping algorithm embedded in Inspector.
1.5 Drone Firmware
Be sure to update your drone firmware and tablet cockpit app to the latest versions to improve compatibility.
The M<p feature (you can now use the RGB camera in front of the drone to make sparse maps and localize your
inspection data) is compatible with both Elios 2 and Elios 3. Please find below listed the requirements for each of
the drone:
- For Elios 2, you will need firmware 1.4 or higher.
- For Elios 3, you will need a drone with onboarding software at least 22-24.
The FlyAware™ SLAM engine feature comes by default with the Elios 3 equipped with a LiDAR sensor.
1.6 Firmware upgrade
ELIOS 2
Cockpit streams the update over-the-air to the aircraft. Next time you connect your Flyability aircraft to Cockpit,
its version is analyzed, and the pilot is warned when an upgrade should be done.
A warning appears on the screen if an upgrade is necessary. It is highly recommended to perform the upgrade
so that you can benefit from all the new features and bug fixes. If you keep your aircraft with outdated firmware,
some of the newer features of Cockpit will not be enabled. The warning is visible as an example on the
screenshot below.
By clicking on the “Upgrade now” button on the warning, you can access the upgrade tool. Make sure to use a
full battery for running the upgrade process. It will minimize risks of the aircraft turning off in the middle of a file
transfer.
The upgrade tool tells you:
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●The current version of Avionics on the aircraft ;
●When the new version of Avionics is ready for transfer.
In case of an older aircraft or those not maintained for a long time, the use of an SD card for firmware upgrade
can still be mandatory. In such cases, Cockpit mentions it on screen.
Upgrade using over-the-air file transfer
If the tablet shows “Ready for upgrade” and the start button is available, all conditions are met to start the
upgrade.
1. Make sure the aircraft is close to the Remote Controller, ideally on the same table.
2. Make sure there is an SD card with free space in the log slot. Without this, the upgrade cannot succeed.
3. Press the “Begin upgrade” button on the tablet.
Let the upgrade run until the progress bar reaches 100%. In optimal situations, this process is expected to last for
6 minutes. Do not disconnect any component while the transfer is running.
The screen now informs us of an imminent aircraft reboot process.
1. Wait for the aircraft to restart, and check that a rapid blinking LED sequence is visible at a particular
moment. This fast LED blinking sequence corresponds to the moment the new firmware package is
actually being written on the system.
2. When the upgrade is successfully finished, the application should display a success message.
3. Press the “Finish” button to go back to the main screen.
Open the About panel in the settings menu, you can now verify that the latest version is present (no upgrade
invitation message is shown).
ELIOS 3
A warning appears on the tablet’s screen if the firmware and Cockpit are no longer compatible (see screenshot
below for an example of this warning). Please note that you should always update the drone firmware when
updating the software and vice versa. If not, your drone will not function properly. To upgrade the system, you
will have to connect to the Inspector 4 software.
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Figure 1: Elios 3 Firmware Update
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2 Login screen
Figure 2: Login Screen
You will be asked to log in the first time you open Inspector. If you don’t have credentials, you will need to create
an account online. Be sure to have internet access the first time Inspector is started.
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3 Home Screen
Figure 3: Inspector 4 Home Screen
NEWS
This section will display recent updates and information concerning our products and software, as shown
in figure 3 as (1).
RECENT FLIGHTS
This is a list of projects which have been opened or imported on your computer. Flights can be sorted
according to: last open date, flight date, or flight name, as shown in figure 3 as (2).
SEARCH BAR
This search bar can be used to quickly search for a specific flight, as shown in figure 3 as (3).
OPEN FLIGHT
If the flight you are looking for is not shown in the list, then you can use this button to browse for it on
your computer, as shown in figure 3 as (4).
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4 Inspections Screen
Figure 4: Inspector 4 Inspections Screen
Like the Home Screen, this lists all flights found on your computer, with the difference that they will appear
grouped by mission name. This makes it easier to find all flights from a specific inspection.
INSPECTIONS
This is a list of inspections which have been opened or imported on your computer, as shown in figure 4
as (1). Flights can be sorted according to: last open date, flight date, or flight name.
OPEN FLIGHT
If the flight you are looking for is not shown in the list, then you can use this button to browse for it on
your computer, as shown in figure 4 as (2).
SYMBOLS - EXPLANATION
This is a list of the features utilized during the flight, as shown in figure 4 as (3). For more information on
each symbol and icon: when hovering over an icon, a text box displays information about that element as
a description.
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