Contents

1 Start NaviSuite Mobula Blue Robotics BlueROV2 ...................................................... 5

1.1 Network setup ............................................................................................................ 5

1.2 MAVLink version ........................................................................................................ 6

1.2.1 Use MAVProxy web interface ............................................................................... 6

1.2.2 Use SSH connection with the Raspberry Pi of the Blue Robotics ROV2 ............. 6

1.2.3 Navigator Control Board with BlueOS ................................................................. 9

1.3 NaviSuite Mobula Toolbar ........................................................................................ 10

1.3.1 Starting Sonar and DVL setup ........................................................................... 10

1.3.2 Starting Surface and Navigation ........................................................................ 11

1.3.3 Going online ....................................................................................................... 11

2 Blue Robotics BlueROV2 device configuration ......................................................... 13

2.1 Joystick configuration ............................................................................................... 13

2.1.1 Joystick Gains .................................................................................................... 14

2.1.2 Joystick direction ................................................................................................ 15

2.1.3 Rebinding Keys .................................................................................................. 15

2.1.4 Rebinding Axes .................................................................................................. 18

2.2 Thruster properties ................................................................................................... 18

2.2.1 Locating the Thruster properties window inside NaviSuite Mobula ................... 19

2.2.2 Individual thruster PWM setting ......................................................................... 22

2.2.3 Centre of mass correction .................................................................................. 22

2.2.4 Centre of buoyancy correction ........................................................................... 23

2.3 Sonar and DVL setup ............................................................................................... 23

2.3.1 How to open the config program ....................................................................... 23

2.3.2 Fitting default projects to a custom setup .......................................................... 23

2.3.3 Mobula suite repeater ........................................................................................ 28

2.3.4 Examples of how to use NaviSuite Mobula suite repeater ................................ 29

2.4 Channel Mapper ....................................................................................................... 30

2.5 Lights ........................................................................................................................ 32

2.6 Camera control ......................................................................................................... 34

3 Flight controls ............................................................................................................... 34

3.1 Joystick control ......................................................................................................... 35

3.2 Trim control .............................................................................................................. 37

3.3 Auto hold .................................................................................................................. 37

3.4 Responsiveness ....................................................................................................... 39

3.5 Go to waypoint ......................................................................................................... 40

3.6 Follow route .............................................................................................................. 43

3.7 Orbit .......................................................................................................................... 45

3.8 Scan Wall ................................................................................................................. 47

4 Blue Robotics BlueROV2 Utilities ............................................................................... 49

4.1 Utility window ........................................................................................................... 49

4.2 Frame Selection window .......................................................................................... 50

4.2.1 Creating a custom frame XML file ..................................................................... 51

4.3 Adding camera ......................................................................................................... 53

4.4 Video overlay ............................................................................................................ 57

4.4.1 Add overlay to video feed .................................................................................. 58

4.5 Dashboards .............................................................................................................. 62

4.6 Recording camera feed............................................................................................ 63

4.7 Recording live data .................................................................................................. 64

5 Compatibility ................................................................................................................. 67

6 Automated navigation - examples .............................................................................. 67

6.1 Initialising position .................................................................................................... 67

6.2 Go to waypoint ......................................................................................................... 72

6.2.1 Waypoint coordinates. ....................................................................................... 72

6.3 Follow Route example .............................................................................................. 76

6.3.1 Straight runline ................................................................................................... 76

6.3.2 S shaped runline with adjust target function ...................................................... 78

6.3.3 Lawn Mower pattern .......................................................................................... 82

6.4 Orbit .......................................................................................................................... 86

6.4.1 Automatic orbit control ....................................................................................... 86

6.4.2 Manual orbit ....................................................................................................... 87

6.5 Scan wall control ...................................................................................................... 88

6.5.1 Scan Wall control – example ............................................................................. 89