Release Notes

This page contains the release notes for DroneKit-Python minor and major releases.

Note

DroneKit-Python marks releases using the major.minor.patch release numbering convention, where patch is used to denote only bug fixes, minor is used for releases with new features, and major indicates the release contains significant API changes.

Latest release

Changelog

Version 2.9.1 (2017-04-21)

Improvements

  • home locatin notifications

  • notify ci status to gitter

  • basic python 3 support

  • isolated logger function so implementers can override

  • rename windows installer

Cleanup

  • removed legacy cloud integrations

Bug Fixes

  • fix missing ** operator for pymavlink compatibility

Version 2.9.0 (2016-08-29)

Bug Fixes

  • MAVConnection stops threads on exit and close

  • PX4 Pro flight modes are now properly supported

  • go to test now uses correct global_relative_frame alt

Improvements

  • Updated pymavlink dependency to v2 from v1 hoping we don’t fall behind again.

Version 2.8.0 (2016-07-15)

Bug Fixes

  • Makes sure we are listening to HOME_LOCATION message, befor we would only set home location if received by waypoints.

Version 2.7.0 (2016-06-21)

Improvements

  • Adds udpin-multi support

Version 2.6.0 (2016-06-17)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixes patched mavutil sendfn

Version 2.5.0 (2016-05-04)

Improvements

  • Catch and display message and attribute errors, then continue

  • Improved takeoff example docs

  • Deploy docs on successful merge into master (from CircleCI)

  • Drone delivery example, explain port to connect

  • MicroCGS example now uses SITL

  • Make running examples possible on Vagrant

Bug Fixes

  • Mav type for rover was incorrect

  • _is_mode_available can now handle unrecognized mode codes

  • Fix broken links on companion computer page

  • Fix infinite loop on channel test

Version 2.4.0 (2016-02-29)

Bug Fixes

  • Use monotonic clock for all of the internal timeouts and time measurements

  • Docs fixes

Version 2.3.0 (2016-02-26)

New Features

  • PX4 compatibility improvements

Updated Features

  • Documentation fixes

  • PIP repository improvements

  • Mode-setting API improvements

  • ardupilot-solo compatibility fixes

Version 2.2.0 (2016-02-19)

Bug Fixes

  • Splits outbound messages into its own thread.

  • Remove of capabilities request on HEARTBEAT listener

  • Check if mode_mapping has items before iteration

Version 2.1.0 (2016-02-16)

New Features

  • Gimbal control attribute

  • Autopilot version attribute

  • Autopilot capabilities attribute

  • Best Practice guide documentation.

  • Performance test example (restructured and docs added)

Updated Features:

Many documentation fixes:

  • Restructured documentation with Develop (Concepts) and Guide (HowTo) sections

  • Docs separated out “Connection Strings” section.

  • Improved test and contribution sections.

  • Updated examples and documentation to use DroneKit-Sitl for simulation (“zero setup examples”)

  • Debugging docs updated with additional libraries.

  • Flight Replay example fetches data from TLOG rather than droneshare

  • Drone Delivery example now uses strart location for home address.

  • Disabled web tests (not currently supported/used)

  • Updated copyright range to include changes in 2016

Bug Fixes

  • Numerous minor docs fixes.

  • Harmonise nosetest options across each of the integration platforms

  • Fix incorrect property marker for airspeed attribute

Version 2.0.2 (2015-11-30)

Bug Fixes:

  • Updates requests dependency to work >=2.5.0

Version 2.0.0 (2015-11-23)

New Features:

  • Renamed library and package from DroneAPI to DroneKit on pip

  • DroneKit Python is now a standalone library and no longer requires use of MAVProxy

  • Connect multiple vehicles in one script by creating separate vehicle instances

  • Removed NumPy, ProtoBuf as dependencies

  • Add MAVLink message listeners using add_message_listener methods

  • Added on_attribute and on_message function decorator shorthands

  • Added mount_status, system_status, ekf_ok, is_armable, heading

  • Made settable groundspeed, airspeed

  • Moved dronekit.lib entries to root package dronekit

  • Added parameters.set and parameters.get for fine-tuned parameter access

  • parameters now observable and iterable (#442)

  • Added last_heartbeat attribute, updated every event loop with time since last heartbeat (#451)

  • Await attributes through wait_ready method and connect method parameter

  • Adds subclassable Vehicle class, used by vehicle_class parameter in connect

Updated Features:

  • local_connect renamed to connect(), accepting a connection path, link configuration, and timeout settings

  • Removed .set_mavrx_callback. Use vehicle.on_message('*', obj) methods

  • Renamed add_attribute_observer methods to add_attribute_listener, etc. (#420)

  • Renamed wait_init and wait_valid to wait_ready

  • Split home_location is a separate attribute from commands waypoint array

  • Moved RC channels into .channels object (#427)

  • Split location information into local_frame, global_frame, and global_relative_frame (and removed is_relative) (#445)

  • Renamed flush to commands.upload, as it only impacts waypoints (#276)

  • commands.goto and commands.takeoff renamed to simple_goto and simple_takeoff

Bug Fixes:

  • armed and mode attributes updated constantly (#60, #446)

  • Parameter setting times out (#12)

  • battery access can throw exception (#298)

  • Vehicle.location reports incorrect is_relative value for Copter (#130)

  • Excess arming message when already armed

All releases

For information about all past releases, please see this link on Github.

Working with releases

The following PyPI commands are useful for working with different version of DroneKit Python:

pip install dronekit    # Install the latest version
pip install dronekit --upgrade    # Update to the latest version
pip show dronekit    # Find out what release you have installed
pip install dronekit==2.0.0rc1    # Get a sepcific old release (in this case 2.0.0rc1)

See Release History on the package ranking page for a list of all releases available on PyPI.