SenseFly swinglet User Manual - 1.1
Quick start guide
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Planning and simulating a flight
Goal of this section: This section introduces the eMotion software
used to interface with the swinglet CAM. It describes the steps re-
quired to plan, simulate, and save a simple mapping flight. A more
detailed description of eMotion and its advanced functions is pre-
sented in section ‘eMotion in-depth guide’ on page 70.
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Installing eMotion, Postflight Terra LT, and the ground mo-
dem drivers
You can download the latest version of eMotion and Postflight Terra LT at:
www.sensefly.com/support/download
Use the password provided with your swinglet CAM to access the download sec-
tion.
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 eMo-
tion and Postflight Terra LT and follow the on-screen instructions. The eMotion
and Postflight Terra LT 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):
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