Enable Direct Connection Without FreeFlight

ANAFI Ai
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Hello all,

I’ve been testing out my AirSDK mission in Sphinx and now it’s time to put it on the real drone. According to the documentation, I need to set up a key to add to the drone’s secure element in order to verify my application. In order to do this, I need to enable direct connection through FreeFlight.

Here’s the problem. FreeFlight 6 does not support the Anafi AI, and FreeFlight 7 still has not been released on Android. Is there any way around this?

Thanks for the assistance,
Robbie

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Hi @RobbieNesmith ,

FreeFlight 7 is only available on iOS.
Unfortunately, there’s currently no way to proceed with the direct connection to the drone without it.

Best regards,
Hugo

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Hello,

You can however enable direct connection with custom software through the SkyController4 connected to a PC by ethernet and using Olympe: see here.

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Oh interesting. I thought you had to enable direct connection before you could send commands with Olympe.

By “SkyController4 connected to a PC by ethernet” do you mean Ethernet protocol over the USB C port on the controller? Which port do I use? I assume the one on the right side of the controller. Are there any steps needed to configure this? I plugged it in to my computer and nothing showed up. I was expecting it to show as a network device.

Thanks

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Thanks @Akaaba!

@RobbieNesmith Yes, the USB-C port on the right side of the SkyController4 is the one that should provide the Ethernet-over-USB (RNDIS) connection to your PC.

If nothing shows up when you plug it in, you can also try using the USB-C port on the bottom of the controller instead.

Best regards,
Hugo

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Using the controller didn’t work for me so I set up an ethernet network between two computers instead: