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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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 — status chips, large numbers, expandable details
Battery, satellites, link, compass and sensor health as colored chips. Press one to see the reason when something is wrong.
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.
Takeoff, land, return and mode changes sit below in the same panel and run only while held.
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 received directly — one USB adapter

Video source list — register and choose
Receive the aircraft's digital video link with a USB adapter. Channel and encryption key are set in the app.
IP camera video such as SIYI with low latency.
Register a source per aircraft and per camera, and pick one on the flight screen.
Received video is saved as is, without re-encoding.
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 on the map — color coded, press for details
Every screen on this page is
what DRTView Windows actually shows.
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.
Plug the aircraft in and it is detected and connected. Board type and response state show in the connection tab.
Save telemetry modules and radio links as profiles and pick one to connect.
Attach several links to one aircraft; when the primary drops, another takes over. Signal quality shows per link.
Pass received data to other programs unchanged, and protect commands with signing.

Connection tab — link list and signal quality
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.

Flight track over your own imagery — no internet
Flight screen, map and airspace all work without online maps.
GeoTIFF and COG files are used as they are. Stitch several, overlay the online map, or split the view in two or four.
Aircraft position in latitude/longitude and military grid together.
Satellite imagery and place labels are stored once seen and used afterwards without a connection.
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 — a card per aircraft and a color-coded map
Switch the aircraft you control at the top of the panel. Cards, map and video follow it.
The active aircraft, a selection, or all. Risky commands such as altitude changes go to the active aircraft only.
Pick any registered video source. Your choice stays even when you switch aircraft.
Battery, link and warnings of off-screen aircraft are spoken aloud.

Video source selection — per aircraft and camera
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.

Plan editor — waypoints and automatic patterns

Geofence and rally points
Records stay,
install takes five minutes
Pick a flight record in the connection tab and play it back as it was. Pause, speed, scrub.
See message rates and values as charts, and type commands straight into the aircraft shell.
Windows 10 or later, 64-bit. Choose Korean, English or Japanese in the installer and the app follows; installs per user without administrator rights.
Notice, download, verification and install are handled by the app, which restarts when done.

Log replay — the screen and numbers as they were

Installer — language selection