CUAV PW-Link¶
![../_images/cuav-pwlink.jpg](../_images/cuav-pwlink.jpg)
CUAV PW-LINK is an ESP8266 based 2.4Ghz WIFI telemetry radio. It connects to any ArduPilot telemetry port using +5V,gnd,TX and RX signals. Running at the standard default parameters of 57.6 Kbaud and MAVLink2 telemetry protocol, it connects via the standard Mission Planner/ QGC UDP port 14550 over WIFI.
With its external antenna, range of 450 meters is typical.
![../_images/pwlink-system.jpg](../_images/pwlink-system.jpg)
Connecting to the Ground Station¶
Open WIFI connection dialog on PC or Android Phone and select the CUAVWLINKxxxx
SSID and connect using the password cuavwlink
. Once connected use the UDP connection with port = 14550 (which is default) to connect using Mission Planner. QGC should auto-detect and connect.
The PW-LINK default IP address is 192.168.4.1
.
MAVProxy¶
The following command can be used to connect a MAVProxy ground station to the vehicle.
mavproxy.py --master :14550