Navigating The Ground Station User Interface | Cordel Ground Station User Guide

The Ground Station software has four elements:

1. Sensor and Component telemetry

Sensor/component labels overlaid onto the map and provide colour-coded information on the status of each component.

General Status Colours

Colour	System Status
Green	A good indicator that shows the associated component is operating properly.
Yellow	A warning indicator showing that there may be issues with the associated component or isn’t functioning properly and could cause issues.
Red	An error indicator showing there is something wrong with the associated component.
Blue	The associated component is connected and in a ready state, but not actively capturing or recording data at present.

Sensors and Components

GNSS Status (GNSS) Sensor

Colour	System Status	Sub Information Displayed
Green	Good GNSS Fix	“Fix Type” RTK FIX RTK FLOAT Sbas Dgps
Yellow	Warning in the GNSS Fix	“Warning Message” No Fix
Red	Error in submodule	“Error Message” No Decoder No Stream Not Decoding No Data No Signal Init Nav
Blue	N/A	N/A

LiDAR Status (LID) Sensor

Colour	System Status	Sub Information Displayed
Green	Capturing	“Total Points Collected”
Yellow	N/A	“Warning Message” LiDAR Depowered Powered Down No Time Sync Invalid Time Sync No Time Exc Dropped Packets
Red	Error in submodule	“Error Message” No data yet… (Treat as an error if message persists for more than 30 seconds.) No Data
Blue	Ready to capture	Ready Waiting…

Capture Status (CAP) Component

Colour	System Status	Sub Information Displayed
Green	Capturing	CAP “Elapsed Time”
Yellow	Warning in submodule	N/A
Red	Error in submodule	N/A
Blue	Ready to capture	READY “Capture Mode” Movement (Automatic capture mode) ManualCapture (Manual capture mode)

Network Status (NET) Component

Colour	System State	Sub Information Displayed
Green	Network Present and data decoding	WIFI “Connection Speed”
Yellow	N/A	N/A
Red	Network present but unable to decode system data	NO RADIO
Blue	No Network Connected	NO NET

Rover Storage Status (ROV STOR) Component

Colour	System Status	Sub Information Displayed
Green	More than 10 GB of storage	“Storage Size Available”
Yellow	Between 5GB and 10GB of storage	“Storage Size Available”
Red	Less than 5GB of storage	“Storage Size Available”
Blue	N/A	N/A

Ground Station Storage Status (GS STOR) Component

Colour	System Status	Sub Information Displayed
Green	More than 10 GB of storage	“Storage Size Available”
Yellow	Between 5GB and 10GB of storage	“Storage Size Available”
Red	Less than 5GB of storage	“Storage Size Available”
Blue	N/A	N/A

2. Forward Facing Video Stream & Video Telemetry

A live video feed from each camera is displayed in the bottom left corner of the Ground Station software, including live camera telemetry information.

FFV stream showing two connected cameras capturing data, and one camera in a ‘connecting video’ state

The table below describes what information is displayed, where:

Information	Location	Example	Notes
Camera Name	Top Left	Primary	This is configured on the hardware device and does not change during capture.
Hardware Status	Top Right	Capturing
Camera Recording status	Border Colour	Green	Colour coded
Hardware / Ground Station Connection Status	Bottom	Connecting video..	the camera video stream status is not shown once connected, unless there are errors.

Hardware and Camera Recording Status

The table below shows potential combinations of Hardware Status and Camera Recording Statuses, as well as which combinations are expected, and which may require troubleshooting:

Hardware Status	Camera Recording Status	Vehicle capturing?	Camera recording?	Meaning
Capturing	Green	Yes	Yes	The hardware unit is capturing, and the camera is recording (expected).
Capturing	Red	Yes	No	The hardware unit is capturing, but the camera is not recording; needs attention.
Connected	Green	No	No	The hardware unit is not capturing, and the camera is connected but not recording (expected).
Connection	Red	Either	No	The hardware unit is unable to connect to the camera.
Init	Red	Either	No	The camera failed to start.
Status	Red	Either	Not known	The hardware unit is unable to read the status of the camera.
Unknown	Blue	Not known	Not known	No recent update from the hardware unit.

An example of an error state: The hardware unit is unable to connect to the camera.

Hardware and Ground Station Connection Status

The table below provides a list of the possible Connection Statuses, as well as which statuses are expected, and which may require troubleshooting:

Text	Colour	When
Connecting video..	White	When the feed first opens, before any picture arrives.
(nothing)	—	The video is showing. The message is hidden once connected.
Reconnecting video..	White	The stream dropped or errored. It retries every 3 seconds and clears once the picture returns.
High quality video	Red	Shown permanently, below the line above. This appears when the camera has no low-quality stream set up, so the Ground Station uses the full-quality stream instead. This can be slow or laggy over the radio link.

3. Capture Vehicle Information

The capture vehicle information is located on the left side of the display. This area includes:

Capture vehicle speed: Displays the speed of the capture vehicle in M/S (metres/second) using a speedometer-style display

Mission time: the current time - set by the time on the Ground Station Host Machine.
MET: Mission Elapsed Time - the amount of time elapsed during the current capture.
Status:
1. “Capturing…” the system is actively capturing data
Location: The current position (latitude, longitude and altitude) of the capture vehicle.

3. Capture Settings & Data Management

The capture settings & data management area allows users to set the capture mode to manual or automatic, as well as toggle the “auto map follow” option on and off.

Automatic Capture: data capture is based on vehicle movement being detected.
Manual Capture: data capture is started and stopped manually by the user, using the corresponding buttons.
Auto map follow: displays the Ground Station icon on the map and syncs the icon’s movement to the capture vehicle’s movement.

4. Map Controls

These buttons allow user to zoom in and out of the map.

USB Copy Enabled

This checkbox allows automatic transfer of capture data to an external drive. See how to transfer data to an external drive automatically for more information on how to enable and utilise this function.