SenseFly eBee User Manual - 1.1
Planning and simulating a flight
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Planning and simulating a flight
Goal of this section: This section introduces the eMotion software
used to interface with the eBee. It describes the steps required to
plan, simulate, and save a simple mapping flight. A more detailed
description of eMotion and its advanced functions is presented in the
eBee Extended User Manual.
1.1
Installing eMotion, Postflight Terra 3D, and the ground mo-
dem drivers
You can download the latest version of eMotion and Postflight Terra 3D at:
http://my.sensefly.com
We recommend that you download and install Google Earth
TM
to take full advan-
tage of the features of eMotion. You can find more information at the following
address:
www.google.com/earth/
To install eMotion on Windows, simply execute the provided installers for eMotion
and Postflight Terra 3D and follow the on-screen instructions. The eMotion and
Postflight Terra 3D software will be available in the ‘Start’ menu. Drivers for the USB
ground station ground modem will automatically be installed along with eMotion.
In case a problem arises after connecting the ground modem to the computer for
the first time you can find the drivers in one of the following directories (depend-
ing on your version of Windows):
C:
\Program Files\senseFly\eMotion 2\usb driver\
C:
\Program Files (x86)\senseFly\eMotion 2\usb driver\
See the eBee Extended User Manual if you have any difficulty with software instal-
lation.
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