SIM001 › Beyond the cockpit › The flight computer
Commanding the plane from the ground station
Command through the line
The ground station sends a command. It goes up the serial line, and ArduPilot gets it. The TX15 shows the new mode.
Send a command to the plane from the ground station. Then wait 5 seconds.
ArduPilot gets the command of the ground station. RTL: the first lamp on the screen of the TX15 shows this flight mode.
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How this is tested passed
This tutorial is also an acceptance test. Its report has every step, check and screenshot from the last run.
The user story: As a pilot with a TX15, I want the ground station to command the plane through the TX15, so that it needs no radio of its own.
Given the TX15 screen mode is RTL And the ground station telemetry is flowing When the ground station command is sent And 5 seconds pass Then the autopilot command is received And the TX15 screen mode is RTL