MAVLink Include Files: standard.xml

MAVLink Protocol Version

The current MAVLink version is 2.0. The minor version numbers (after the dot) range from 1-255.

This file has protocol dialect: 0.

MAVLink Type Enumerations

WIFI_NETWORK_SECURITY

[Enum] WiFi wireless security protocols.

Value Field Name Description
0 WIFI_NETWORK_SECURITY_UNDEFINED Undefined or unknown security protocol.
1 WIFI_NETWORK_SECURITY_OPEN Open network, no security.
2 WIFI_NETWORK_SECURITY_WEP WEP.
3 WIFI_NETWORK_SECURITY_WPA1 WPA1.
4 WIFI_NETWORK_SECURITY_WPA2 WPA2.
5 WIFI_NETWORK_SECURITY_WPA3 WPA3.

AIRSPEED_SENSOR_TYPE

[Enum] Types of airspeed sensor/data. May be be used in AIRSPEED message to estimate accuracy of indicated speed.

Value Field Name Description
0 AIRSPEED_SENSOR_TYPE_UNKNOWN Airspeed sensor type unknown/not supplied.
1 AIRSPEED_SENSOR_TYPE_DIFFERENTIAL Differential airspeed sensor
2 AIRSPEED_SENSOR_TYPE_MASS_FLOW Mass-flow airspeed sensor.
3 AIRSPEED_SENSOR_TYPE_WINDVANE Windvane airspeed sensor.
4 AIRSPEED_SENSOR_TYPE_SYNTHETIC Synthetic/calculated airspeed.

PARAM_TRANSACTION_TRANSPORT

[Enum] Possible transport layers to set and get parameters via mavlink during a parameter transaction.

Value Field Name Description
0 PARAM_TRANSACTION_TRANSPORT_PARAM Transaction over param transport.
1 PARAM_TRANSACTION_TRANSPORT_PARAM_EXT Transaction over param_ext transport.

PARAM_TRANSACTION_ACTION

[Enum] Possible parameter transaction actions.

Value Field Name Description
0 PARAM_TRANSACTION_ACTION_START Commit the current parameter transaction.
1 PARAM_TRANSACTION_ACTION_COMMIT Commit the current parameter transaction.
2 PARAM_TRANSACTION_ACTION_CANCEL Cancel the current parameter transaction.

MAVLink Commands (MAV_CMD)

MAVLink commands (MAV_CMD) and messages are different! These commands define the values of up to 7 parameters that are packaged INSIDE specific messages used in the Mission Protocol and Command Protocol. Use commands for actions in missions or if you need acknowledgment and/or retry logic from a request. Otherwise use messages.

Commands to be executed by the MAV. They can be executed on user request, or as part of a mission script. If the action is used in a mission, the parameter mapping to the waypoint/mission message is as follows: Param 1, Param 2, Param 3, Param 4, X: Param 5, Y:Param 6, Z:Param 7. This command list is similar what ARINC 424 is for commercial aircraft: A data format how to interpret waypoint/mission data. NaN and INT32_MAX may be used in float/integer params (respectively) to indicate optional/default values (e.g. to use the component's current yaw or latitude rather than a specific value). See https://mavlink.io/en/guide/xml_schema.html#MAV_CMD for information about the structure of the MAV_CMD entries

MAV_CMD_PARAM_TRANSACTION (900 )

[Command] Request to start or end a parameter transaction. Multiple kinds of transport layers can be used to exchange parameters in the transaction (param, param_ext and mavftp). The command response can either be a success/failure or an in progress in case the receiving side takes some time to apply the parameters.

Param (:Label) Description Values
1: Action Action to be performed (start, commit, cancel, etc.) PARAM_TRANSACTION_ACTION
2: Transport Possible transport layers to set and get parameters via mavlink during a parameter transaction. PARAM_TRANSACTION_TRANSPORT
3: Transaction ID Identifier for a specific transaction.

MAV_CMD_SET_FENCE_BREACH_ACTION (5010 )

[Command] Sets the action on geofence breach. If sent using the command protocol this sets the system-default geofence action. As part of a mission protocol plan it sets the fence action for the next complete geofence definition *after* the command. Note: A fence action defined in a plan will override the default system setting (even if the system-default is `FENCE_ACTION_NONE`). Note: Every geofence in a plan can have its own action; if no fence action is defined for a particular fence the system-default will be used. Note: The flight stack should reject a plan or command that uses a geofence action that it does not support and send a STATUSTEXT with the reason.

Param (:Label) Description Values
1: Action Fence action on breach. FENCE_ACTION

MAV_CMD_DO_UPGRADE (247 )

[Command] Request a target system to start an upgrade of one (or all) of its components. For example, the command might be sent to a companion computer to cause it to upgrade a connected flight controller. The system doing the upgrade will report progress using the normal command protocol sequence for a long running operation. Command protocol information: https://mavlink.io/en/services/command.html.

Param (:Label) Description Values
1: Component ID Component id of the component to be upgraded. If set to 0, all components should be upgraded. MAV_COMPONENT
2: Reboot 0: Do not reboot component after the action is executed, 1: Reboot component after the action is executed. min:0 max:1 increment:1
3 Reserved
4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
7 WIP: upgrade progress report rate (can be used for more granular control).

MAV_CMD_GROUP_START (301 )

[Command] Define start of a group of mission items. When control reaches this command a GROUP_START message is emitted. The end of a group is marked using MAV_CMD_GROUP_END with the same group id. Group ids are expected, but not required, to iterate sequentially. Groups can be nested.

Param (:Label) Description Values
1: Group ID Mission-unique group id. Group id is limited because only 24 bit integer can be stored in 32 bit float. min:0 max:16777216 increment:1

MAV_CMD_GROUP_END (302 )

[Command] Define end of a group of mission items. When control reaches this command a GROUP_END message is emitted. The start of the group is marked is marked using MAV_CMD_GROUP_START with the same group id. Group ids are expected, but not required, to iterate sequentially. Groups can be nested.

Param (:Label) Description Values
1: Group ID Mission-unique group id. Group id is limited because only 24 bit integer can be stored in 32 bit float. min:0 max:16777216 increment:1

MAVLink Messages

PARAM_ACK_TRANSACTION ( #19 )

[Message] Response from a PARAM_SET message when it is used in a transaction.

Field Name Type Values Description
target_system uint8_t Id of system that sent PARAM_SET message.
target_component uint8_t Id of system that sent PARAM_SET message.
param_id char[16] Parameter id, terminated by NULL if the length is less than 16 human-readable chars and WITHOUT null termination (NULL) byte if the length is exactly 16 chars - applications have to provide 16+1 bytes storage if the ID is stored as string
param_value float Parameter value (new value if PARAM_ACCEPTED, current value otherwise)
param_type uint8_t MAV_PARAM_TYPE Parameter type.
param_result uint8_t PARAM_ACK Result code.

MISSION_CHANGED ( #52 )

[Message] A broadcast message to notify any ground station or SDK if a mission, geofence or safe points have changed on the vehicle.

Field Name Type Values Description
start_index int16_t Start index for partial mission change (-1 for all items).
end_index int16_t End index of a partial mission change. -1 is a synonym for the last mission item (i.e. selects all items from start_index). Ignore field if start_index=-1.
origin_sysid uint8_t System ID of the author of the new mission.
origin_compid uint8_t MAV_COMPONENT Compnent ID of the author of the new mission.
mission_type uint8_t MAV_MISSION_TYPE Mission type.

MISSION_CHECKSUM ( #53 )

[Message] Checksum for the current mission, rally point or geofence plan, or for the "combined" plan (a GCS can use these checksums to determine if it has matching plans). This message must be broadcast with the appropriate checksum following any change to a mission, geofence or rally point definition (immediately after the MISSION_ACK that completes the upload sequence). It may also be requested using MAV_CMD_REQUEST_MESSAGE, where param 2 indicates the plan type for which the checksum is required. The checksum must be calculated on the autopilot, but may also be calculated by the GCS. The checksum uses the same CRC32 algorithm as MAVLink FTP (https://mavlink.io/en/services/ftp.html#crc32-implementation). The checksum for a mission, geofence or rally point definition is run over each item in the plan in seq order (excluding the home location if present in the plan), and covers the following fields (in order): frame, command, autocontinue, param1, param2, param3, param4, param5, param6, param7. The checksum for the whole plan (MAV_MISSION_TYPE_ALL) is calculated using the same approach, running over each sub-plan in the following order: mission, geofence then rally point.

Field Name Type Values Description
mission_type uint8_t MAV_MISSION_TYPE Mission type.
checksum uint32_t CRC32 checksum of current plan for specified type.

AIRSPEED ( #295 )

[Message] (MAVLink 2) Airspeed information from a sensor.

Field Name Type Units Values Description
id uint8_t Sensor ID.
airspeed float m/s Calibrated airspeed (CAS) if available, otherwise indicated airspeed (IAS).
temperature int16_t cdegC Temperature. INT16_MAX for value unknown/not supplied.
press_diff float hPa Differential pressure. NaN for value unknown/not supplied.
press_static float hPa Static pressure. NaN for value unknown/not supplied.
error float m/s Error/accuracy. NaN for value unknown/not supplied.
type uint8_t AIRSPEED_SENSOR_TYPE Airspeed sensor type. NaN for value unknown/not supplied. Used to estimate accuracy (i.e. as an alternative to using the error field).

WIFI_NETWORK_INFO ( #298 )

[Message] (MAVLink 2) Detected WiFi network status information. This message is sent per each WiFi network detected in range with known SSID and general status parameters.

Field Name Type Units Values Description
ssid char[32] Name of Wi-Fi network (SSID).
channel_id uint8_t WiFi network operating channel ID. Set to 0 if unknown or unidentified.
signal_quality uint8_t % WiFi network signal quality.
data_rate uint16_t MiB/s WiFi network data rate. Set to UINT16_MAX if data_rate information is not supplied.
security uint8_t WIFI_NETWORK_SECURITY WiFi network security type.

COMPONENT_INFORMATION_BASIC ( #396 )

[Message] (MAVLink 2) Basic component information data.

Field Name Type Units Values Description
time_boot_ms uint32_t ms Timestamp (time since system boot).
vendor_name uint8_t[32] Name of the component vendor
model_name uint8_t[32] Name of the component model
software_version char[24] Sofware version. The version format can be custom, recommended is SEMVER 'major.minor.patch'.
hardware_version char[24] Hardware version. The version format can be custom, recommended is SEMVER 'major.minor.patch'.
capabilities uint64_t MAV_PROTOCOL_CAPABILITY Component capability flags

GROUP_START ( #414 )

[Message] (MAVLink 2) Emitted during mission execution when control reaches MAV_CMD_GROUP_START.

Field Name Type Units Description
group_id uint32_t Mission-unique group id (from MAV_CMD_GROUP_START).
mission_checksum uint32_t CRC32 checksum of current plan for MAV_MISSION_TYPE_ALL. As defined in MISSION_CHECKSUM message.
time_usec uint64_t us Timestamp (UNIX Epoch time or time since system boot). The receiving end can infer timestamp format (since 1.1.1970 or since system boot) by checking for the magnitude of the number.

GROUP_END ( #415 )

[Message] (MAVLink 2) Emitted during mission execution when control reaches MAV_CMD_GROUP_END.

Field Name Type Units Description
group_id uint32_t Mission-unique group id (from MAV_CMD_GROUP_END).
mission_checksum uint32_t CRC32 checksum of current plan for MAV_MISSION_TYPE_ALL. As defined in MISSION_CHECKSUM message.
time_usec uint64_t us Timestamp (UNIX Epoch time or time since system boot). The receiving end can infer timestamp format (since 1.1.1970 or since system boot) by checking for the magnitude of the number.