Drone Simulator
The drone simulator is a console application that listens on port 8889 on the local machine for commands, responding to them in the same manner as a real drone.
Unlike the mock connection (see above), it tests a real connection from the test application and API without requiring a real drone.
To run the simulator, open a terminal window, change to the folder containing the compiled output for the TelloSimulator project and run the following command:
TelloSimulator <version>
Where "version" is one of the supported API versions (see above). For example:
TelloSimulator 1.3.0.0
The following will be displayed, indicating the simulator has started and is ready to receive commands:
Tello Simulator 1.0.0.0
Using API/dictionary version 1.3.0.0
Listening on port 8889
When an incoming command is received from the test application, the simulator responds by echoing the command and the response to the console:
Received command
Response ok
Received takeoff
Response ok
Received land
Response ok
To stop the simulator from the test application, just enter the following command in a connected test application:
stopsimulator
The simulator will respond as follows and will then exit, returning to the terminal prompt:
Received stopsimulator
Response ok
Alternatively, simply use CTRL+C to stop the simulator.