Tello EDU Drone Swarming Tutorial with Packet Sender and Python

[@ricardoherrero]

Hello, thanks for the video, No one has said a easy way to give proper addresses to the drones. Usually WiFi AP behaves as DHCP, dynamically giving IPs in a range. But there´s an option to assign a fixed address in that range depending on MAC address, which you have seen in your video. So if you setup properly the WiFi AP with the MAC addresses of the drones you don´t need to scan the network to find them.

[@fabiolsmineiro]

Thank you Dennis, i did exactly as you taught and it worked perfectly. I have three Tello EDU and i adapted your code to control all my three Tello EDU, it is working fine so far, and i am changing the commands as well and improving my knowledge about it.

[@TonyVentura]

Fala Fábio. Como faço pra entrar em contato com você pra trocar uma ideia sobre drones? Tô precisando fazer um drone swarm. Vc chegou-se ter sucesso nisso? Abraços

[@MrRobotLong]

Hi, when you restart the drone, will it automatically connect to the wifi router? Or you have to do it manually every time?

[@joshichintanc96]

@@MrRobotLong No, once you configure it, it will connect to the wifi router. If you reset the tello drones, you will need to repeat the process. Some notes: 1. You can assign a fixed IP as @ricardoherrero guided in his comment above 2. You can also change your router without having to reconfigure your tello drones. Just ensure that the SSID and password of the new router is the same as that of previous one

[@blackmennewstyle]

I'm a simple man, i see a new video from Dennis BALDWIN, i smash that like button 4 times :) Have a great week and keep it up the great work!

[@dennisbaldwin]

So great to hear from you and hope you're doing well. Always appreciate your commentary and good words. Thanks and have a great week yourself!

[@Augmented_AI]

Thanks for this video, I got mine working through my android wifi hotspot

[@realherbalmeds]

Thank you so much Dennis. Your response was quick. I have a TP-link RE 205 . I will order the one you have.

[@reevanthlama2315]

Thank you so much... was searching for such a tutorial for a VERY VERY VERY LONG TIME

[@MrBelayaa]

Guess you never went on skillshare they teach you all this. Trickling onto KZbin videos

[@MrBelayaa]

It's like a paid version of KZbin

[@ElectronicGamerz]

is there a way to send ap commands to non EDU tello drones?

[@owardcadenas8774]

Can wait to try the swarm feature out

[@JohnGFisher]

Excellent work man very helpful!

[@stuartward1357]

Awesome video. I am curious if this will also work with DJI Tello as well...

[@ricardoherrero]

I have seen your code and I have doubts about your idea of swarm mode. I thought swarm mode should be a program loaded in each drone to behave according the info of the other drones. It´s like if you have to fly together to a destination very close, in formation, you have to control distance with each other drone all the way to the destiny. However I think you have done a great effort to develop this, congratulations!! I have seen tello edu videos about gesture recogntition, have you seen that?

[@dennisxenos5561]

Very good point about having one program loaded for each drone. Actually this is how i have set up a configuration where you can connect many tellos of any type kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJuUdqSinKakaac Also each drone has their own program

[@mecatx]

Thank you for a great video. I have followed it exactly as demonstrated. Got to last step and had to stop. Now after connecting the EDU drones to the TP-LINK 8500 in AP mode on previous session. I cannot locate them on any WiFi program ( wifiinfoview) on any tablet or computer. WiFi. You said you would loss control of the EDU drone when connected to the router. Is there something you need to do to use again in normal mode or re-set them? This is happening with three EDU drones, and three regular Tello drones working fine at the same time on tablets, and computers. Thanks you for your help.

[@ayanpanja1956]

Can it be done using normal tello drone??

[@srdjanbabic8304]

Brilliant video!!!

[@PfropfNo1]

how exactly do you send commands? what kind of window is that at 3:11?

[@IgnacioMorris]

Dennis this is great! I would like to know if you have some library to connect in the same way the Mavic Mini

[@MrRobotLong]

Hi, when restart the drone, will it automatically connect to the wifi router? Or we have to do it every time?

[@jackd6134]

Tello $80-$100 per? Are there less expensive swarm options w/o breaking the bank, especially when looking at N=10+?

[@aabb-zz9uw]

How about $25-30 at manufacturing quantities? There are mips modules with wifi and low res camera but the sdk is only offered at MOQ=1000.

[@willa2908]

By the way what editor do use for the python code. Is there a link where I can download the editor, or is a .txt file sufficient? Thank you

[@hippopotamus86]

With EDU, you can connect the drones to an access point? I'd love to be able to do this with the normal Tello.

[@mnreddy6443]

we can do with normal ones too i believe. The normal one also supports droneblocks.

[@omergencer95]

@@mnreddy6443 I tired with normal tello but it didn't recognize the ap command. How can do it?

[@mrdanker6756]

I wanna make em all do flips repeatedly, but interlaced, like a giant swarm ball of drones doing backflips, and they follow you around like that, a swarm-ball of backflips

[@gregorysearch853]

how difficult is it to connect other types (non Tello) drones to the swarm? can you use the same code and modify the IP addresses? or would it require a different approach?

[@hwasungj9249]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and effort. I am a totally newbie in this field. It means, I even dunno how to send pythone code to Tello. Do you have any plan to share more detailed 'how to do those works in the clip' for newbies like me? I eager to learn and try. Many Thanks.

[@MrBelayaa]

Hey buddy skillshare offers those videos it costs $20 CAN. Lost KZbinrs have 'this video's is sponsored by skillshare link down below' no one uses those. I know, skillshare tells you how many people have signed up. The video I used had 1.4 million views. Only 20 clicks on skillshare link

[@hwasungj9249]

I do welcome questions from ones struggling to perform drone swarming with Tello EDU. E-mail me [e-mail]

[@TonyVentura]

Hi. I’m trying to hire someone to fly multiple tellos in sync. How dono get your contact? Thank you

[@dennisbaldwin]

Tony, if you can send me some details about your project I may be able to put you in touch with the right person. I know several people that do development with Tello drones. Feel free to shoot me an email: db at droneblocks dot io

[@haikalhakim]

Hi, Dennis! It's so interesting. Did you have also try swarming the Tello using a Matlab?...

[@tibu9117]

@Dennis Baldwin so is it possible to do these with the regular tello's or would I have to buy the edu version for this?

[@storytimebythefireplace5087]

Swarming is edu only

[@randomeventstv]

How much

[@AmanGoelish]

works with regular tello check out the previous github repo from the previous video

[@dennisxenos5561]

An example with normal and edu tello here kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJuUdqSinKakaac You can add as many normal tellos as you wish

[@vikasgarg32]

when i send take off to a drone it returns error. Do you know how to fix this?

[@gavi4212]

great video!

[@anthonyrickardii6198]

Very interesting and impressive too. Awesome! Question is it possible to use this method or codes to others variety of drones like the rage stinger 240 drone?

[@mclarenmani7559]

Brooooo., You Just Rocked brooo..! Amazing., Will It Work on Only Tello or Can We Use Other Drones.!

[@dennisxenos5561]

I have just finished a small project combining a normal and edu tello kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJuUdqSinKakaac You can add more than one normal tello and control them independently but communicating to each other

[@muhammedabidariffin5354]

i having issue with the packet sender for the configure acess point that shows 'unknown command: ap'.Anybody can help me to sort this problem??

[@AllyG1967]

very cool video thank you. Only a little over my head but not by much. My first very simple basic question to get started is... does the router need to be connected to the internet?

[@dennisbaldwin]

Good question, Alister. No it does not. The router allows the devices to communicate with each other on the local network and does not need to go out to the internet.

[@mathewandrew385]

HI. I have a little question is that Drone's coordinates (X,Y and Z) values inserted in the image (JPG and RAW) by the camera or by the Drone. Thanks.

[@AbhishekSingh-qq5rb]

Use a software called advanced IP scanner , go through the tutorial u need to put in a range of IP which u think the device can be example 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255 ( as 255 is the last bit assigned) so it would be easy , i would look forward to contribute on your repositry..

[@mihaelutzza87]

Useful video. I tried to use the Tello Edu App (the Formation. feature) for connecting the drones to an access point but it did not work. Has someone managed to do this using the Tello Edu App? Thanks.

[@AboveandBeyondGlobalDrones]

~ Looking like it is easier to use a seperate AP Router for the Tellos than one's home network AP Router. A lot less clutter for one and can play with the python script without interfering with other devices ( at least Ten ) that we all have online at any one time. Have you found this to be the case?

[@dennisbaldwin]

Definitely. Am still trying to find a way if we can scan the network and identify Tello devices. That would make it easier to use a cluttered network. Matthew posted something in the comments. Will give that a try later and report back.

[@hwasungj9249]

Thank you for your creative inspiration and sharing!!

[@percymirai3018]

Details of your drone? I want to know if are the same that me, I´been trying to conect with the command ap ssid pass, but the drone answer me that is an uknown command, someone have any idea? It´s the Tello Tlw004

[@franckouambo9926]

hey Dennis, i have a projet, i want to make fly ten drone tello by command just one, please can you help me to do that.

[@mathi_sharma]

hi, I tried your tutorial to configure the tello but i couldn't connect it with the router the same way you did. And it shows unknown error. Can you suggest a solution Also if somebody else does please reply

[@kinyu1979]

Hi Dennis, after the command mode is tello go normal mode after power off?

[@najeebahmad7481]

which packet sender did you use? i could not see the same interface using that

[@najeebahmad7481]

i have the 7.2.3

[@thilacsanthiya6256]

I really loved your video. I have a small question 🙋‍♂️ Do I need to send the commands every time I do power cycle? Or is it like, I send the command once and it’s saved on the drone, so the next time I turn it on, I don’t need to configure anything. Thank you

[@dennisbaldwin]

The ap command will persist so it will connect to your router on reboot. But any control commands are not stored. They are executed in realtime.

[@thilacsanthiya6256]

@@dennisbaldwin thank you 🙏

[@naturewatcher7596]

How to program any drone, not only Tello?

[@madladlabs]

Is it still possible to capture video via cv2.VideoCapture() when the drones are connected to an access point?

[@madladlabs]

To answer my own question, after researching this, it seems that the answer is "no" and based on other people's inquiries to Ryze, they do not plan on supporting such functionality. What a shame - connecting to an AP with a good antenna can help increase the range of the drone and make controlling the drone from your desktop much easier. I guess I'll need to just use multiple NICs instead.

[@dennisbaldwin]

Thanks for sharing this. I had to look into it a while back and came to the same conclusion. It's a real bummer as it would be an amazing capability. I'll try to revisit it soon to see if I can turn up anything. Please share if you find anything else out. Best of luck with your project.

[@crayonk8528]

thanks for the video, I did everything in the video but can't connect to tplink after doing the ap thing and tello reboot, pinged several IP addresses but no reply at all, any idea what's going on? Thanks

[@shervinghadeghan]

Are you providing the correct SSID and password? For me, I get a "OK,drone will reboot in 3s" response after I send the "ap" command, but I can't seem to detect the IP address of the Tello after it's connected to my network. Not sure what I am doing wrong.

[@shervinghadeghan]

Update: I discovered that Tello's API doesn't support 5G networks. It does work on a 2.4G network. Now, my problem is that my DHCP server is not assigning an IP address to my Tello EDU. I can see the MAC address, but not the IP address is blank. I'll keep you updated...

[@hwasungj9249]

@@shervinghadeghan I am using the same router which Baldwin uses. And unfortunately I don't understand what you say. Anyway did you find a solution for the problem? Thanks in advance!

[@hwasungj9249]

@@shervinghadeghan I just figured out that my router is same to Baldwin's. It means that mine is also 2.4Ghz. dunno why I does not work.

[@shervinghadeghan]

@@hwasungj9249 What response do you get when you run the "ap" command?

[@MindBodySoulOk]

So on the windows version os packet sender there is no place to see the drones. What tha

[@gerardopadilla6901]

How does the Tello gets back to normal?, so it can generate a Tello wifi again.

[@suryasingh8810]

Turn it on until yellow flashing. After that hold power until the drone restarts

[@frequencylim]

Dennis can you explain how you run your python on your apple terminal???????

[@frequencylim]

I got it!!! thks

[@hwasungj9249]

​@@frequencylim Hi Lim. Do your computer detect Tello's ip after 'configure ap'?

[@frequencylim]

@@hwasungj9249 Yes

[@AlokMishra_tech]

After trying this Tello's connection is not showing to me.

[@chiragsalunke405]

can i use tello v1.0

[@mcknice527]

What do I do if Tello won't talk to computer

[@darshanpatil1921]

Sir. Tello is not responding to AP command.. Help me with this.

[@hwasungj9249]

Same to you!!! Can anyone help US????

[@zirk3212]

I cannot find any IP address which is online. I used the second method and everything pops up as offline. Is there any way to fix this?

[@supundissanyaka8478]

Same here did you able fix?

[@Bhanuprakash-xl6ti]

Thanks a lot!

[@shervinghadeghan]

Hi! How do I revert the change for the AP command?

[@amrhmzh2672]

Turn on tello wait till its blinking amber and press and hold the power button for 5 seconds it will restart

[@shervinghadeghan]

@@amrhmzh2672 I just discovered this by accident a couple hours ago lol. I appreciate the response!

[@shervinghadeghan]

Hello again :) I am trying to run the ap command on Tello to connect it to a Raspberry pie's ad-hoc network. I give it my raspberry pie's SSID (No password) and it gives me the ""Unknown command: ap" response. Any idea what I am doing wrong? I made sure the ad-hoc network is configured to be 2.4GHz. Any help would be highly appreciated here. Thanks again for this video! You saved me! Cheers.

[@namrae2007]

The AP command is only available on the Tello Edu version. It is not available on the Standard Tello

[@reevanthlama2315]

Could you send the swarm python code?

[@DaliLllama]

arp?

[@ae808692]

Is there difference in firmware between ordinary Tello and Tello EDU? Ordinary Tello is much cheaper than Tello EDU. If ordinary Tello can be switched to SDK mode, or it can be flashed to EDU firmware, it is cheaper to try swarm mode especially if we need to buy them in many unit.

[@KishoreKumar-uz8ir]

Did you find the answer to this question bro?

[@namrae2007]

They EDU version is different. The Standard version CANNOT be upgrade to an EDU version with a firmware upgrade

[@dennisxenos5561]

You can connect many tellos together but you will need a rasperry pi for each tello, the benefit is the flexibility controlling each drone separately kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJuUdqSinKakaac

[@realherbalmeds]

Hi your course offer tool that are use to accomplish excellent drone maneuvers. However, and let me add I am in All of your courses even the one ones on Udemy. I cannot foolow the important part, How do I find the Tellos password? My packetsender does not look like your. I cannot connect to Tello. ATT is no help.I have been at this for two months. Tp Link cannot be reachted . Gammer and all of the other younng people may undrestand networking. but what about seniors. Again great course.

[@TFChan-zg1ni]

I don’t get any response from my drone! Pls help

[@mencoschuurman7086]

It worked for me after I went to 'File' - 'Settings' and added the ASCII 'command' in the response data field

[@mavic5149]

I don't understand why the fuck they don't sell them at mu local store or on Amazon

[@LustX]

Hey Dennis, A google search turned up using nmap to ping all interfaces in the 192.168.1.xxx range. Did you try that out? Google "stackoverflow 13669585". That's the question ID of a potential solution I found.

[@kewba11]

sudo nmap -snV 192.168.0.1/24 It's way faster, but noisy. I wrote an overly-complicated Ruby script to weed out the extraneous bits, producing Starting Nmap 7.70 ( nmap.org ) at 2018-12-11 15:38 CST [0 ] 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.1 (Cisco-Linksys) [1 ] 192.168.1.24 kamino.home.lan [2 ] 192.168.1.51 192.168.1.51 (LG Electronics (Mobile Communications)) [3 ] 192.168.1.52 192.168.1.52 (HTC) ...

[@dennisbaldwin]

To be honest I hadn't even though of nmap. I was trying to consider Windows users, which I don't think have access to nmap by default. But let me run some tests when I get back home and I'll definitely let you know. Thanks for sharing this, Matthew!

[@mistercohaagen]

@@dennisbaldwin There's a GUI version for windows called zenmap; nmap.org/zenmap/

[@dennisbaldwin]

Hey guys, just an update. nmap does not detect Tello devices on the network. Similar to what you saw in the video where both of my Mac computers were listed, the Tello EDU drones were not.

[@mistercohaagen]

@@dennisbaldwin I think nmap only scans common TCP ports by default. You could try scanning for the specific services that are supposedly listening via TCP on a Tello device; 9000/TCP Abyss (could also be 9999/TCP) with "-p PORT#" to identify them as one. Or since you're already able to get ICMP responses from a Tello, try a regular ping scan of your AP's WiFi DHCP range ("nmap -sn 192.168.0.100-254") I don't have a Tello here to test with, so I'd be interested in whether or not either of these suggestions work.