ESP32 DroneBridge on ground side

This may be similar to the issue posted but not clear on that and it’s a quart on rather than an issue.

Can you plug in an esp32 (running drone bridge) to a serial modem (sik based and mavlink - take your pick) on the ground and then connect to the esp via wifi from my gcs so I can make a wifi bridge to my vehicle in the air? I Want to still use the longer range serial link but have a transparent link that is connected via wifi so I don’t have to plug into my serial modem but it is still talking to my vehicle.

gcs (via wifi) —-w—-> esp32 (running drone bridge and hard wired to rx/tx of telem module) —> sik telemtry module ——w——-> vehicle telemetry module -> autopilot

is this possible?

Mar 04 '22 16:03 ryanjAA

Yes, that should work. I see no issue here. The ESP32 will output via Wifi all the data that is received via UART.

Mar 04 '22 18:03 seeul8er

What about heartbeats getting through for failsafe? That’s where I think the concern comes up.

Mar 04 '22 19:03 ryanjAA

There is no parsing done on the ESP32 side. All data received is passed through. I do not see how that would affect heartbeats negatively

Mar 04 '22 20:03 seeul8er

Ok great. I’ll give it a try and report back. Thanks!

Mar 05 '22 05:03 ryanjAA