Disco and Flight Log

[BadSide84]

Hi all

I like to understand if there is a way to get the flight log from a flight using a different way because, I can’t download it from my account due to internal server error.

I like to make telemetry after flight and I know without gps log isn’t possible.

It is possible to do with a different method?

 

[DaveFolts56]

Yes there is:
1) you can use USB networking or the DISCO WiFi when the CHUCK is powered-up.
I usually use the WiFi since it's easy to connect to from either my Drone tablet or from my Surface Pro that I use as my desktop.

2) So here goes: Disco appears at IP address 192.168.42.0/24 network for WiFi and 192.168.43.0/24 network for USB networking. I use WinSCP or File Manager+ (on Android tablet) as an FTP client and log into the DISCO CHUCK thusly: ftp://192.168.42.1/24 on DISCO's WiFi. You must CONNECT to the DISCO WiFi first, then you could even use a browser to get the ftp://192.168.42.1/24 (the slash 24 means port 24 is using a separate ftp client app)

3) once ftp'd in, you will see the CHUCK's directory structure. The log file for a day's set of flights is located in one of the directory's as a "*.pud" file. Download this file and use Flight Data Manager to open it and set-up the tlm files for GPS analysis. I've even been able to open the .pud file by double clicking in WinSCP on my Surface and voila, FDM opens it.

 

[tabarnuza]

Yes there is:
1) you can use USB networking or the DISCO WiFi when the CHUCK is powered-up.
I usually use the WiFi since it's easy to connect to from either my Drone tablet or from my Surface Pro that I use as my desktop.

2) So here goes: Disco appears at IP address 192.168.42.0/24 network for WiFi and 192.168.43.0/24 network for USB networking. I use WinSCP or File Manager+ (on Android tablet) as an FTP client and log into the DISCO CHUCK thusly: ftp://192.168.42.1/24 on DISCO's WiFi. You must CONNECT to the DISCO WiFi first, then you could even use a browser to get the ftp://192.168.42.1/24 (the slash 24 means port 24 is using a separate ftp client app)

3) once ftp'd in, you will see the CHUCK's directory structure. The log file for a day's set of flights is located in one of the directory's as a "*.pud" file. Download this file and use Flight Data Manager to open it and set-up the tlm files for GPS analysis. I've even been able to open the .pud file by double clicking in WinSCP on my Surface and voila, FDM opens it.

Good afternoon, let's see if you can explain something to me.
After flying the disk several times, when accessing via FTP in the folder there is only a single .pud file which I do not know which flight it corresponds to. There should be a .pud file for each flight taken. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Or is it because of the version on the album, I use the last one that Parrot released back in the day. thank you so much

 

[DaveFolts56]

Good afternoon, let's see if you can explain something to me.
After flying the disk several times, when accessing via FTP in the folder there is only a single .pud file which I do not know which flight it corresponds to. There should be a .pud file for each flight taken. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Or is it because of the version on the album, I use the last one that Parrot released back in the day. thank you so much

The DISCO flight software writes over the .pud file on each flight. The way it used to work was the connected My.Parrot app would upload that .pud file to the DISCO cloud service upon landing of each flight. There on the Parrot cloud, ALL Disco flights were listed and you could see where others were flying their DISCOs.
Parrot shut that system down, so you have to off-load that .pud file after each flight if you want to use it for Kenth Jensen's flight summary (of the .pud file) plus his gauge overlay's on the DISCO video.

 

[tabarnuza]

The DISCO flight software writes over the .pud file on each flight. The way it used to work was the connected My.Parrot app would upload that .pud file to the DISCO cloud service upon landing of each flight. There on the Parrot cloud, ALL Disco flights were listed and you could see where others were flying their DISCOs.
Parrot shut that system down, so you have to off-load that .pud file after each flight if you want to use it for Kenth Jensen's flight summary (of the .pud file) plus his gauge overlay's on the DISCO video.

Thank you very much for your quick response, it is clearer to me now!
another question, I load the .pud file into FDM and it loads correctly. But how can I export that information in a type of file to load it in a garmin virb type editor?

On the other hand, in the free flight pro app, after each flight in the my parrot section (top right) the number of flights that have been made appears in green, it is possible that the app internally saves the .pud files of each flight? would there be a way to know?

 

[DaveFolts56]

Thank you very much for your quick response, it is clearer to me now!
another question, I load the .pud file into FDM and it loads correctly. But how can I export that information in a type of file to load it in a garmin virb type editor?

On the other hand, in the free flight pro app, after each flight in the my parrot section (top right) the number of flights that have been made appears in green, it is possible that the app internally saves the .pud files of each flight? would there be a way to know?

Its possible those .pud files are saved local....but I dont have the free flight developers kit, so getting under the hood on an Android device is not an easy thing as far as I've been able to determine. Easier to pull it off the DISCO and get onto the next flight.

As far as export to other file types, Kenth does have the export feature setup to save a FIT file if I recall correctly.