Doc Bug: MAVLink Messaging · PX4 Developer Guide

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Mavlink Streams

It would be nice if this page provided more info on setting up mavlink streams.

Additional information could include:

• Available stream name + descriptions
  • see below for a list I extracted from the source code
• More details on how to configure start up streams( config.txt, extras.txt)
  • This is kind of here but not really for mavlink
• How to set/unset streams via mavlink
  • And mavros
  • Especially since the way you request streams has changed(mavlink deprecations)
• A note to user so they are aware of this bug( is says it's closed but it's still an issue for me)
  • Mavlink rate control doesn't allow high stream rates. PX4-Autopilot#3291

Available Streams

Stream Name	Mavlink Message Name	Description
HEARTBEAT	HEARTBEAT
STATUSTEXT	STATUSTEXT
COMMAND_LONG	COMMAND_LONG
SYS_STATUS	SYS_STATUS
HIGHRES_IMU	HIGHRES_IMU
ATTITUDE	ATTITUDE
ATTITUDE_QUATERNION	ATTITUDE_QUATERNION
VFR_HUD	VFR_HUD
GPS_RAW_INT	GPS_RAW_INT
SYSTEM_TIME	SYSTEM_TIME
TIMESYNC	TIMESYNC
ADSB_VEHICLE	ADSB_VEHICLE
COLLISION	COLLISION
CAMERA_TRIGGER	CAMERA_TRIGGER
CAMERA_IMAGE_CAPTURED	CAMERA_IMAGE_CAPTURED
GLOBAL_POSITION_INT	GLOBAL_POSITION_INT
VISION_POSITION_ESTIMATE	VISION_POSITION_ESTIMATE
LOCAL_POSITION_NED	LOCAL_POSITION_NED
LOCAL_POSITION_NED_COV	LOCAL_POSITION_NED_COV
ESTIMATOR_STATUS	VIBRATION
ATT_POS_MOCAP	ATT_POS_MOCAP
HOME_POSITION	HOME_POSITION
SERVO_OUTPUT_RAW_#<0-3>	SEVRO_OUTPUT_RAW
ACTUATOR_CONTROL_TARGET#<0-3>	ACTUATOR_CONTROL_TARGET
HIL_CONTROLS	HIL_CONTROLS
HIL_ACTUATOR_CONTROLS	HIL_ACTUATOR_CONTROLS
POSITION_TARGET_GLOBAL_INT	POSITION_TARGET_GLOBAL_INT
POSITION_TARGET_LOCAL_NED	POSITION_TARGET_LOCAL_NED
ATTITUDE_TARGET	ATTITUDE_TARGET
RC_CHANNELS	RC_CHANNELS
MANUAL_CONTROL	MANUAL_CONTROL
OPTICAL_FLOW_RAD	OPTICAL_FLOW_RAD
NAMED_FLOAT_VALUE	NAMED_FLOAT_VALUE
NAV_CONTROLLER_OUTPUT	NAV_CONTROLLER_OUTPUT
CAMERA_CAPTURE	COMMAND_LONG: MAV_CMD_DO_CONTROL_VIDEO
DISTANCE_SENSOR	DISTANCE_SENSOR
EXTENDED_SYS_STATE	EXTENDED_SYS_STATE
ALTITUDE	ALTITUDE
WIND_COV	WIND_COV
MOUNT_ORIENTATION	MOUNT_ORIENTATION
HIGH_LATENCY	HIGH_LATENCY
GROUND_TRUTH	HIL_STATE_QUATERNION

Bug Page: MAVLink Messaging · PX4 Developer Guide

[djnugent]

For descriptions I think it is valid to pull them from the mavlink message description