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title: "Navigating Ground Station"
canonical: "https://support.cordel.ai/space/CSD/2758902164/Navigating%20Ground%20Station"
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The Ground Station software has 3 distinct sections.

> Macro (toc)

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## 🟥 Data Capture Labels

Data Capture Labels are overlaid onto the map and are highlighted in red in the image above.

They provide information on the current capture status of each component within the hardware. 

### General Status Colours

| **Colour** | **System Status** |
| --- | --- |
| <span style="color: #36b37e">Green</span> | A good indicator that shows the associated component is operating properly. |
| <span style="color: #ffc400">Yellow</span> | A warning indicator showing that there may be issues with the associated component or isn’t functioning properly and could cause issues. |
| <span style="color: #ff5630">Red</span> | An error indicator showing there is something wrong with the associated component. |
| <span style="color: #4c9aff">Blue</span> | The associated component is present but not actively capturing or recording data at present. |

### Network Status (NET)

| **Colour** | **System State** | **Sub Information Displayed** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| <span style="color: #36b37e">Green</span> | Network Present and data decoding | **WIFI “Connection Speed”** |
| <span style="color: #ffc400">Yellow</span> | N/A | N/A |
| <span style="color: #ff5630">Red</span> | Network present but unable to decode system data | **NO RADIO ** |
| <span style="color: #4c9aff">Blue</span> | No Network Connected | **NO NET** |

### Capture Status (CAP)

| **Colour** | **System Status** | **Sub Information Displayed** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| <span style="color: #36b37e">Green</span> | Capturing | **CAP “Elapsed Time” ** |
| <span style="color: #ffc400">Yellow</span> | Warning in submodule | N/A |
| <span style="color: #ff5630">Red</span> | Error in submodule | N/A |
| <span style="color: #4c9aff">Blue</span> | Ready to capture | **READY “Capture Mode”**<br>- CaptureOnMovement
- ManualCapture |

### GNSS Status (GNSS)

| **Colour** | **System Status** | **Sub Information Displayed** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| <span style="color: #36b37e">Green</span> | Good GNSS Fix | **“Fix Type”**<br>- RTK FIX
- RTK FLOAT
- Sbas
- Dgps |
| <span style="color: #ffc400">Yellow</span> | Warning in the GNSS Fix | **“Warning Message”**<br>- No Fix |
| <span style="color: #ff5630">Red</span> | Error in submodule | **“Error Message”**<br>- No Decoder
- No Stream
- Not Decoding
- No Data
- No Signal
- Init Nav |
| <span style="color: #4c9aff">Blue</span> | N/A | N/A |

### Camera Status (CAM)

| **Colour** | **System Status** | **Sub Information Displayed** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| <span style="color: #36b37e">Green</span> | Capturing | **“Data Size” ** |
| <span style="color: #ffc400">Yellow</span> | N/A | N/A |
| <span style="color: #ff5630">Red</span> | Error in submodule | **“Error Message”**<br>- No Decode
- Stream Dead |
| <span style="color: #4c9aff">Blue</span> | Ready to capture | **Ready Waiting…** |

### LiDAR Status (LID)

| **Colour** | **System Status** | **Sub Information Displayed** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| <span style="color: #36b37e">Green</span> | Capturing | **“Total Points Collected” ** |
| <span style="color: #ffc400">Yellow</span> | N/A | **“Warning Message”**<br>- LiDAR Depowered
- Powered Down
- No Time Sync
- Invalid Time Sync
- No Time Exc
- Dropped Packets |
| <span style="color: #ff5630">Red</span> | Error in submodule | **“Error Message”**<br>- No data yet… (*Treat as an error if message persists for more than 30 seconds.*)
- No Data |
| <span style="color: #4c9aff">Blue</span> | Ready to capture | **Ready Waiting…** |

### Storage Status (STOR)

| **Colour** | **System Status** | **Sub Information Displayed** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| <span style="color: #36b37e">Green</span> | More than 10 GB of storage | **“Storage Size Available”** |
| <span style="color: #ffc400">Yellow</span> | Between 5GB and 10GB of storage | **“Storage Size Available”** |
| <span style="color: #ff5630">Red</span> | Less than 5GB of storage | **“Storage Size Available”** |
| <span style="color: #4c9aff">Blue</span> | N/A | **N/A** |

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## 🟦 Capture Vehicle Statistics

The Capture Vehicle Statistics are located left side of the menu bar and are highlighted in blue in the image above.

Here, users can see information that relates to the capture device, such as speed, lat/long location etc.

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## 🟩 Data Interaction

The Data Interaction section is located in the menu bar and is highlighted in green in the image above. 

This section allows users to:

1. Download data
2. Manually start/stop capturing a mission
3. Ensure Spinning LiDAR