diff --git a/mavsdk/source/index.rst b/mavsdk/source/index.rst index c350dd04..28877384 100644 --- a/mavsdk/source/index.rst +++ b/mavsdk/source/index.rst @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ To install simply run: .. code:: bash - pip3 install mavsdk + python -m pip install --upgrade mavsdk The package contains ``mavsdk_server`` already (previously called "backend"), which is started automatically when connecting (e.g. ``await drone.connect()``). Have a look at the examples to see it used in practice. It will be something like: @@ -74,26 +74,26 @@ For this case, let's assume the example was like this: await drone.connect(system_address="udp://:14540") -The mavsdk_server binary is installed using ``pip3``. If installed with ``pip3 --user`` it is usually (at least for Linux) to be found in ``~/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mavsdk/bin/`` (of course depending on the Python version used). +The mavsdk_server binary is installed using ``pip``. If installed with ``python -m pip install --upgrade mavsdk`` it is usually (at least for Linux) to be found in ``~/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mavsdk/bin/`` (of course depending on the Python version used). It can then be run in a separate console with the ``system_address`` as an argument: .. code:: bash - ~/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mavsdk/bin/mavsdk_server udp://:14540 + ~/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mavsdk/bin/mavsdk_server udp://:14540 Without an autopilot connecting, the output will look something like: .. code:: bash - [02:36:31|Info ] MAVSDK version: v0.50.0 (mavsdk_impl.cpp:28) + [02:36:31|Info ] MAVSDK version: v1.4.16 (mavsdk_impl.cpp:28) [02:36:31|Info ] Waiting to discover system on udp://:14540... (connection_initiator.h:20) Once an autopilot is discovered, something like this should be printed: .. code:: bash - [02:38:12|Info ] MAVSDK version: v0.50.0 (mavsdk_impl.cpp:28) + [02:38:12|Info ] MAVSDK version: v1.4.16 (mavsdk_impl.cpp:28) [02:38:12|Info ] Waiting to discover system on udp://:14540... (connection_initiator.h:20) [02:39:01|Info ] New system on: 127.0.0.1:14580 (with sysid: 1) (udp_connection.cpp:194) [02:39:01|Debug] New: System ID: 1 Comp ID: 1 (mavsdk_impl.cpp:484) @@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ Once an autopilot is discovered, something like this should be printed: This would look promising, and the example can now be run against this server, however, without ``system_address``: + .. code:: python + drone = System() await drone.connect()