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ArduPilot / MissionPlanner

Mission Planner Ground Control Station for ArduPilot (c# .net)
http://ardupilot.org/planner/
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Better usage statistics #1093

Open LorenzMeier opened 8 years ago

LorenzMeier commented 8 years ago

@meee1 For the sake of Dronecode statistics it would be great to add / extend some of the statistics functionality you have.

It would be great to extend the URL with get params like:

http://s3bucket/binary?ap=<AUTOPILOT TYPE STRING>&id=<AUTOPILOTUID>&stack=<FIRMWARE STACK ID>

For MP statistics themselves, it would be great if it would open the MP website on boot to check for updates like:

http://updatesite.org/updatecheck/?id=<AUTOPILOTUID (= the first it has flashed)>&gcs=mp&version=<version>

and:

http://dronecode.org/updatecheck/?id=<AUTOPILOTUID (= the first it has flashed)>&gcs=mp&version=<version>
meee1 commented 8 years ago

Currently I already log these fields MP Version Board type (px4/px4v2/b2560/b2560v2) Firmware Name (display name to user) eg APM:Copter 3.3 Quad Culture (EN/FR etc) Screen res Screen colour depth OS Version

LorenzMeier commented 8 years ago

For the common URL we would want the GCS type and version and a way to identify the board (on upload) and the GCS installation (UUID of the system, if such a thing exists)

LorenzMeier commented 8 years ago

Could you provide the definitive URL format you're proposing?

DonLakeFlyer commented 8 years ago

@meee1 You log those fields on firmware download or on each connect to a vehicle? @LorenzMeier I'm not sure about logging uuid of board without getting into privacy issues.

meee1 commented 8 years ago

On firmware download. As an internet connection may not be available on connect. I don't log any user identifiable info. And never will.