DRTView for Windows

Built for DRT aircraft,
light and fast ground control

General-purpose open-source ground stations are built for every aircraft, so they are heavy and complex.
DRTView Windows lays out only the information the user needs for DRT aircraft, so it reads at a glance, while every developer tool is still there.

DRTView Windows flight screen
Aircraft-specificDedicated screens for NEXA1 · DRT Q · DRT T
WFB-ngDigital video link received directly
GeoTIFFClosed networks, your own map data
Fleet & videoPick aircraft and feeds on one screen
01 — Built for DRT Aircraft

Easy for operators,
complete for developers

Existing open-source ground stations were built for developers, and everything pours onto the screen at once. DRTView differs from the screen flow up. Connect, check, fly, review: only what you need at each step is laid out, so a first-time user reads it immediately, while parameters, console and inspector stay inside the settings screens, so nothing is missing the deeper you go.

For operators

Only what matters on the flight screen: battery, link and arming readiness by color, altitude and speed as large numbers, warnings on screen and by voice. Commands run only while held.

For developers

Edit 1,000+ PX4 parameters with groups and search, and see the differences before applying a file. MAVLink console and inspector, actuator test, sensor and transmitter calibration and log replay are all included.

For DRT aircraft

Dedicated screens and settings for NEXA1, DRT Q and DRT T. The aircraft reports its model, so only the items for that aircraft open.

Connect an aircraft,
and its screen opens

Connect a NEXA1 and you get what cleaning work needs; connect a DRT Q and you get what a recon flight needs. The aircraft tells the app which model it is, so there is nothing to choose. No wandering through menus you never use, as in general-purpose software: you see the screen that fits the aircraft you are flying.

DRT aircraft-specific screen

Aircraft-specific settings — only the items that apply to the connected aircraft

Light

Five minutes to install, per user without administrator rights. Only what is needed, so it runs easily on a laptop.

Fast

Plug in over USB and it connects at once; aircraft status is there as soon as the app opens. New versions download and install themselves.

Intuitive

Screens and warnings in your language, status read by color, commands that run only while held. Nobody gets lost on first use.

02 — Telemetry Panel

A telemetry panel
you read at a glance

Everything you need to know right now sits in one panel on the right. Battery, satellites, link quality, flight mode and readiness to arm are read by color first; altitude, speed and distance are large; details unfold when pressed. Card heights follow the monitor, and coordinates show as latitude/longitude and military grid (MGRS) together.

Telemetry panel

Telemetry panel — status chips, large numbers, expandable details

Status chips

Battery, satellites, link, compass and sensor health as colored chips. Press one to see the reason when something is wrong.

The aircraft decides on arming

Ready, check before arming, or not ready is shown exactly as the aircraft (PX4) reports it; the app only tells you the reason for a refusal.

Command cards

Takeoff, land, return and mode changes sit below in the same panel and run only while held.

03 — Video & WFB-ng

Receives video
other ground stations cannot

The WFB-ng digital video link used by aircraft such as DRT Q is received directly on the PC with a USB receiver (RTL8812AU). Encryption and error correction are handled inside the app, so no extra hardware or software is needed. RTSP cameras come in with low latency too, and several video sources can be registered and chosen from.

WFB-ng video

WFB-ng received directly — one USB adapter

Video source list

Video source list — register and choose

WFB-ng direct

Receive the aircraft's digital video link with a USB adapter. Channel and encryption key are set in the app.

RTSP cameras

IP camera video such as SIYI with low latency.

Several sources

Register a source per aircraft and per camera, and pick one on the flight screen.

Original-quality recording

Received video is saved as is, without re-encoding.

04 — Airspace

Is this a place
you can fly?

No-fly zones, control zones and restricted areas are color coded on the map. Decide inside the control screen without opening another site, and press a zone for its name and class. Airspace data is stored, so it shows even without a connection.

Airspace display

Airspace on the map — color coded, press for details

Real Render — Not a Mockup

Every screen on this page is
what DRTView Windows actually shows.

05 — Links

The same screen,
whatever you connect with

USB cable, telemetry module (UDP, TCP), built-in Windows Bluetooth. The same screen opens whichever you use, and with several links attached at once a live link takes over by itself when one drops.

USB auto connect

Plug the aircraft in and it is detected and connected. Board type and response state show in the connection tab.

UDP · TCP · Bluetooth

Save telemetry modules and radio links as profiles and pick one to connect.

Multiple links, failover

Attach several links to one aircraft; when the primary drops, another takes over. Signal quality shows per link.

MAVLink forwarding and signing

Pass received data to other programs unchanged, and protect commands with signing.

Connection tab

Connection tab — link list and signal quality

06 — GeoTIFF Maps

No internet,
your own maps

Military units and secure sites have no outside internet, and the maps they use are prescribed. DRTView Windows uses your own aerial imagery and map files (GeoTIFF) as the base map. Drop the file in, stitch several to cover the whole area of operations, and read coordinates in military grid (MGRS) as well.

GeoTIFF map

Flight track over your own imagery — no internet

Closed-network operation

Flight screen, map and airspace all work without online maps.

Your own map data

GeoTIFF and COG files are used as they are. Stitch several, overlay the online map, or split the view in two or four.

MGRS coordinates

Aircraft position in latitude/longitude and military grid together.

Map cache

Satellite imagery and place labels are stored once seen and used afterwards without a connection.

07 — Fleet

Several aircraft, several feeds,
chosen on one screen

With several aircraft connected, a status card per aircraft lines up in the right panel and each aircraft gets its own color for markers and tracks on the map. Pick the aircraft to control with the selector at the top, and choose the video from the sources per aircraft and camera. Hazards on aircraft you are not watching are spoken aloud.

Fleet screen

Fleet screen — a card per aircraft and a color-coded map

Aircraft selector

Switch the aircraft you control at the top of the panel. Cards, map and video follow it.

Command target

The active aircraft, a selection, or all. Risky commands such as altitude changes go to the active aircraft only.

Video of your choice

Pick any registered video source. Your choice stays even when you switch aircraft.

Safety voice

Battery, link and warnings of off-screen aircraft are spoken aloud.

Video source selection

Video source selection — per aircraft and camera

08 — Flight Plan

Draw it on the map,
send it to the aircraft

Click the map to place waypoints, or mark an area, line or structure and a sweep path is generated. Geofence and rally points upload with the plan. Plans are saved as .plan files, with distance, time and battery shown before you fly.

Flight plan editor

Plan editor — waypoints and automatic patterns

Geofence and rally points

Geofence and rally points

09 — Records & Install

Records stay,
install takes five minutes

Log replay

Pick a flight record in the connection tab and play it back as it was. Pause, speed, scrub.

MAVLink inspector and console

See message rates and values as charts, and type commands straight into the aircraft shell.

Install

Windows 10 or later, 64-bit. Choose Korean, English or Japanese in the installer and the app follows; installs per user without administrator rights.

Auto update

Notice, download, verification and install are handled by the app, which restarts when done.

Log replay

Log replay — the screen and numbers as they were

Installer

Installer — language selection

On a Windows PC too,
with DRTView

Get the Windows installer from Downloads.

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