v0.44.0

Features:

• Add prepare() function to initialize camera plugin (#1563).

Bugfixes:

• ftp: remove mavlink header install (#1565).
• Fix some scope issues in mavlink_commands.cpp (#1560).
• Fix list_photos (#1559).
• fixed mavsdk_server library versioning (#1550).
• Fix possible setting options list when camera uses exclusions (#1548).
• core: fix calling callback multiple times (#1545).
• Fix stop in mavsdk_server (#1535).
• Fix mission download (#1528).

Enhancements:

• Add autopilot_server example, utilising server plugins (#1567).
• Ardupilot mission handling and vehicle type checking (#1562).
• docker: remove perl dependency (#1558).
• core: add API to get MAVLink component IDs (#1557).
• Small command fixes (#1556).
• plugins: action: change to Hold mode before sending DO_REPOSITION (#1553).
• Add health support for ardupilot (#1552).
• core: refactor MAVLink command queue (#1546).
• Do not report -1 as a current mission item (#1544).
• Fix small warnings reported by clang (#1543).
• Fix clang warnings (#1538).
• Improve connection and corresponding logging (#1533).
• Update proto submodule (#1530).
• Update dependencies (#1529).

Contributors:

@bazfp, @DaRavenox, @JonasVautherin, @julianoes, @mattes-bru, @TSC21

v0.43.0

Features:

• added vtol state implementation (follow up) (#1521).
• Add param_set handling (#1519).
• geofence: add method to clear fence (#1517).
• Add heading to global_position telemetry plugins (#1514).

Bugfixes:

• mission: add support for DO_GIMBAL_MANAGER_CONFIGURE in mission download (#1524).
• Mission raw server callbacks nullptr check (#1520).
• Clear photo list when storage is formatted (#1516).
• Null check action callbacks (#1515).

Enhancements:

• mission: remove VehicleAction for now (#1526).
• camera: fix variable shadowing (#1518).

Contributors:

@bazfp, @JonasVautherin, @julianoes, @mattes-bru

v0.42.0

Features:

• Add SET_MESSAGE_INTERVAL support to telemetry_server publish functions (#1497).
• Handle MAV_CMD_REQUEST_AUTOPILOT_CAPABILITIES requests as an autopilot (#1494).
• Add action_server implementation (#1491).
• Add mission_raw_server (#1488).
• Add telemetry_server plugin (#1482).

Bugfixes:

• Fix two warnings recently introduced (#1501).
• core: fix autopilot detection (#1490).

Enhancements:

• Various commication fixes (#1502).
• proto: update submodule (#1500).
• core: fix mission transfer unit tests (#1495).
• core/plugins: detect autopilot at runtime (#1489).
• Examples cleanup (#1449).

Contributors:

@bazfp, @julianoes

v0.41.0

Features:

• Support for mission yaw (#1483).
• Add support for multiple batteries (#1480).
• Run commands in parallel (#1476).
• Parameter Server (#1473).
• Few compatibility improvements for Ardupilot (#1471).
• core: add message debugging (#1460).
• Expose set_timeout_s to language bindings (#1456).
• Add termination and parachute examples (#1448).
• Ability to customize logging output with a user-defined callback (#1442).

Bugfixes:

• core: fix own sysid/compid in mission transfer (#1487).
• Cancel call_every when subscribing a second time (#1477).
• Fix RC available flag (#1466).
• examples: fix uninitialized data (#1465).
• core: fix invalid sysid/compid on trimmed messages (#1464).
• Remove assumption on sysids per udp packet (#1462).
• Identify docs generator script as Python3 (#1453).
• Add acceptance_radius back to MissionItem (#1443).

Enhancements:

• core: improve connection docstring (#1486).
• docker/workflows: add PX4 v1.12 release to CI (#1485).
• workflows: prevent coveralls JS out of memory (#1481).
• core: remove deprecated UID methods (#1479).
• telemetry: health improvements (#1468).
• Ignore ghost storage_information message (#1461).
• Filter out command acks not targeted to us (#1455).
• Patch tinyxml to run on stock Ubuntu 18.04 (with cmake 3.10.2) (#1451).
• Minor logging improvement (#1450).
• examples: cleanup and fixes for GCC11 (#1447).
• mavlink: update submodule (#1446).
• mavsdk_server: use references, not copy in tests (#1444).
• Fall back to tools found in PATH in generate_from_protos.sh (#1438).
• Update tinyxml2 to 8.1.0 (#1436).
• readme: update old links (#1435).
• mavsdk_server: lazily initialize plugins (#1431).

Contributors:

@bazfp, @carlocab, @fpersson, @hamishwillee, @jffortuna, @JonasVautherin, @julianoes, @levevg

v0.40.0

Features:

• Initiate UDP connection from MAVSDK (#1418).
• Add set_actuator (#1165).

Bugfixes:

• mission: add gimbal v2 control/release (#1432).
• In mission, pitch and yaw should be degrees between -180 and 180 (#1430).
• ftp_client: make a link connection before searching for a system (#1429).
• core: use vector for systems (#1426).
• tools: fix snake_case_to_camel_case for macOS (#1423).
• core: fix ever increasing heartbeats (#1419).
• Fix race condition when stopping mavsdk_server (#1416).
• Do not freeze event loop while downloading camera definition (#1415).
• follow_me: send velocity array (#1414).
• Bump MinimumOSVersion to 13.0 in Info.plist (#1412).

Enhancements:

• Remove wrong file (#1433).
• info: add legacy uid (uid1) (#1427).
• mavsdk_server: test: core_service_impl_test: remove reference to UUID (#1420).
• Remove wrongly-included files in CMakeLists.txt (#1417).
• Update jsoncpp (#1395).

Contributors:

@coderkalyan, @JonasVautherin, @julianoes, @potaito, @TSC21

v0.39.0

Features:

• Enable transponder plugin in mavsdk_server (#1399).
• Added transponder plugin (#1390).
• plugins: action: add API to change to Hold mode (loiter) (#1388).

Bugfixes:

• Fix MissionRaw progress (#1407).
• Fix race in System initialization (#1406).
• follow_me: fix double sending of location (#1405).
• Update README: link to build guide moved (#1398).
• Fix CI build for cmake 3.20 regarding -j 2 (#1392).

Enhancements:

• system: use new way to define callback type (#1409).
• tools: don't display command not found (#1408).
• Fix run-docker.sh for sh (#1404).
• cmake: add version information to package (#1401).
• core: remove unneeded private data (#1396).
• Fix jsoncpp Werror with NDK r22b (#1394).

Contributors:

@DoppleGangster, @JonasVautherin, @julianoes, @potaito, @TSC21

v0.38.2

Bugfixes:

• mavsdk_server: add ServerUtility plugin (#1385).
• tools: fix duplicate changelog entires (#1384).

Contributors:

@julianoes

v0.38.1

Bugfixes:

• Check for MSG_NOSIGNAL instead of WINDOWS (#1382).

Contributors:

@carlocab

v0.38.0

Features:

• Add ServerUtility plugin (#1380).
• camera: add sensor information (#1378).
• Embed Sony ILCE-7RM4 camera definition (#1359).
• Update ios toolchain (#1355).
• Add acceleration to offboard plugin (#1354).
• Add example to set camera settings (#1351).
• Gimbal improvements: added example, and v2 ROI (#1345).
• mission: move QGC plan import from mission to mission_raw (#1343).
• Added FOV and video stream light spectrum enum to Camera class (#1337).
• Add raw IMU, scaled IMU, raw pressure, scaled pressure to telemetry (#1333).
• Add messages forwarding (#1330).

Bugfixes:

• cmake: fix MSVC release build with shared libs (#1371).
• core: only use UID from autopilot (#1366).
• Fix "iterator not in same container" build error when compiling with MSVC2019 (#1363).
• mavsdk_server: tracking_server was missing (#1352).
• TrackingServer - Fixed is_command_sender_ok result checking (#1350).
• telemtry: fixed small type oversight (#1346).

Enhancements:

• Remove tmpnam (#1381).
• The develop branch is now called main (#1376).
• Fix minor warning in iOS (#1375).
• third_party: fix patch does not apply (#1374).
• Propagate CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to dependencies (#1373).
• Fix exception in integration test if no system is available (#1370).
• Switch from master/develop branches to main (#1368).
• Add dependency on get_entries to force its use before downloading a log (#1367).
• core: make timeout configurable (#1362).
• Logfiles: test if target is an unexisting file before download (#1358).
• Improve realtime factor estimate (#1353).
• camera: support storage status NotSupported (#1349).
• mavsdk_server: use default port 50051 (#1347).
• core: add filter for messages from QGC (#1344).
• Update dependencies (#1342).
• templates: impl fixes (#1341).
• Update proto submodule and fix CI (#1340).
• Some static analysis (#1335).
• Add multi udp remotes (#1331).

Contributors:

@JonasVautherin, @julianoes, @LeonVincii, @markusachtelik, @MatejFranceskin, @yhabib29

v0.37.0

Features:

• Add support for list_photos() (#1324).
• Add tracking server plugin (#1322).

Enhancements:

• Fix library versioning (#1329).
• examples: rewrite discovery for main example (#1328).
• Improve CommandReceiver API (#1323).
• Use consistent naming for stream methods (#1321).
• Various offboard improvements (#1317).
• template: fix VERSION/SOVERSION (#1315).
• fixed library versioning (#1314).
• telemetry: add timestamp to attitude (#1312).

Contributors:

@JonasVautherin, @julianoes, @mattes-bru