Settings

MAVProxy has a number of internal settings, which can be used to change the behaviour of MAVProxy.

The settings take the following form in the MAVProxy environment:

set <settingname> <value>

If a <value> is not specified, MAVProxy will output the current value of the setting.

The current settings in MAVProxy are:

Setting	Description	Value Range
link	Primary Link number	-1 to 4
streamrate	Data stream rate on link 1	-1 to 100
streamrate2	Data stream rate on link 2	-1 to 100
heartbeat	GCS to UAV hearbeat rate (Hz)	1 to 5
mavfwd	Allow control from –out clients	True or False
mavfwd_rate	Allow –out clients to control streamrate	True or False
shownoise	Show any malformed or bad data	True or False
baudrate	Baudrate for any –out serial links	0 to 10000000
rtscts	Enable flow control for serial links	True or False
select_timeout	Timeout (sec) when trying to read packets	<any float>
altreadout	Readout altitude	0 to 100
distreadout	Distance readout	0 to 10000
moddebug	Debug verbosity	0 to 3
compdebug	Computation debug mask	0 to 4
flushlogs	Flush (write) logfile on every packet	True or False
requireexit	Require exit command to exit MAVProxy	True or False
wpupdates	Announce waypoint updates	True or False
basealt	Base altitude (AGL offset)	0 to 30000
wpalt	Default waypoint altitude (m)	0 to 10000
rallyalt	Default rally point altitude (m)	0 to 10000
terrainalt	Use terrain altitude in waypoints	True, False, Auto
rally_breakalt	Default rally point break altitude (m)	0 to 10000
rally_flags	Default rally flags	0 to 10000
source_system	MAVLink Source system	0 to 255
source_component	MAVLink Source component	0 to 255
target_system	MAVLink Target system	0 to 255
target_component	MAVLink Target component	0 to 255
state_basedir	Base directory for logfiles	<string>
allow_unsigned	Accept unsigned packets	True or False
dist_unit	Distance unit	m, nm, miles
height_unit	Height unit	m, feet
speed_unit	Speed unit	m/s, knots, mph
vehicle_name	Vehicle name in MAVProxy prompt	<string>
script_fatal	Fatal error on bad Lua script	True or False
wpterrainadjust	Adjust altitude of moved wp using terrain	True or False
wp_use_mission_int	use MISSION_ITEM_INT messages	True or False
wp_use_waypoint_set_current	use deprecated WAYPOINT_SET_CURRENT message	True or False
guided_use_reposition	Use MAV_CMD_DO_REPOSITION for guided fly-to	True or False
guidedalt	Default “Fly To” Altitude	0 to 10000
fwdpos	Forward GLOBAL_POSITION_INT on all links	True or False
param_ftp	try ftp for parameter download	True or False
param_docs	show help for parameters	True or False
sys_status_error_warn_interval	interval to warn of autopilot software failure	True or False
inhibit_screensaver_when_armed	inhibit screensaver while vehicle armed	True or False