1 - Setup and Connecting to Astro

This quick tutorial will walk you through how to setup ArcGIS Flight (formerly Site Scan) with your Astro

Things you need:

Astro
Pilot Pro with Herelink / Doodle Labs
iPad w/ ArcGIS Flight installed
Ethernet Cable
Ethernet adapter (Lightning or USB-C depending on your iPad)

If using a Doodle Labs radio, you will need toon the back of the module

Blue Astros do not have GPS tagging enabled in logs and will not generate PPK files. If you would like to PPK your imagery with a Blue Astro, you will need to

Setting up Hardware Connections

Connect the Pilot Pro to your iPad via an Ethernet adapter

Setup iPad Networking

Go to the iPad's settings, navigate to Ethernet, and then choose your adapter to get to the IP configuration.

On the iPad, configure the IPv4 address to a manual IP with the following settings:

IP: 192.168.144.150
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

Configure ArcGIS Flight

Open ArcGIS Flight and allow permissions as it asks for them:

If you don't give Network Permissions, ArcGIS Flight will not be able to find the Astro

Fixing Network Permissions

The Astro communicates to the iPad via it's configured network. If you did not grant local network permissions during the permission pop-up, then you will need to enable ArcGIS Flight manually under "Privacy & Security > Local Network"

Connecting the Astro

Make sure that you have "Freefly Astro Wired" Selected as the vehicle in the top right corner of ArcGIS Flight.

If you don't have the Astro connect, please try to choose another vehicle and then re-choose "Freefly Astro Wired". If it still doesn't work, please try to close out of ArcGIS Flight and reopening

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