v3.0.0

Highlights

• Changed/improved connection syntax.
• Camera plugin redesign to easily support multiple cameras.
• Gimbal plugin redesign to support multiple gimbals.
• Base64 for RTK and log streaming binary data.
• Removal of various deprecated MAVLink messages and MAVLink related hacks.
• New Events plugin.

More details: #2316

API changes:

Documentation regarding all changes to follow soon.

What's Changed

• Fix absl CI by @JonasVautherin in #2350
• ftp: split list_directory response by @julianoes in #2331
• rtk: encode RTCM data in base64 by @julianoes in #2332
• Events plugin by @bkueng in #2338
• log_streaming: make base64 encoding clear by @julianoes in #2333
• Change connection CLI, add TCP server connections by @julianoes in #2342
• core: Fixed unnecessary repeated invocations of notify_on_discover by @fibonacci-matrix in #2356
• core: Correctly close sockets by @fibonacci-matrix in #2357
• Remove MAVLink gimbal v1 protocol by @julianoes in #2361
• Fix Follow Me example by @KarthiAru in #2364
• CI: fix macOS by @julianoes in #2366
• Gimbal API redesign (support more than one gimbal, support streams and commands) by @julianoes in #2363
• examples: fix manual_control for loop by @MaEtUgR in #2368
• telemetry: remove various hacks/workarounds by @julianoes in #2370
• core: don't ignore radio messages and system by @julianoes in #2369
• examples: fix sysid/compid of battery example by @julianoes in #2372
• camera-server: Add ability to support taking image in video mode and video in image mode by @jnomikos in #2351
• Move to Ubuntu 24.04 by @julianoes in #2373
• CI: update setup-python action to v5 by @JonasVautherin in #2379
• Update UDP client connection syntax to use udpin:// by @KarthiAru in #2380
• Add a BUILD_TESTING option to superbuild by @JonasVautherin in #2377
• CI fails because the third_party folder is too big to cache by @JonasVautherin in #2382
• Update gimbal_full_control.cpp example by @KarthiAru in #2384
• Switch to new REQUEST_MESSAGE but fall back to deprecated request message commands if required by @julianoes in #2381
• Update gimbal.cpp by @KarthiAru in #2387
• CI: a few fixes and adding newer compilers by @julianoes in #2393
• core: ignore no known remotes by @julianoes in #2398
• core: Fix reading int8/16 params from ArduPilot by @pavloblindnology in #2400
• third_party: update libevents by @julianoes in #2405
• Add some system debugging by @julianoes in #2406
• added functionality to download geofences and rallypoints by @mattes-bru in #2404
• core: prevent lockup on connection destruction by @julianoes in #2411
• TCP sendto removal + error when UDP for hostnames by @unjambonakap in #2414
• core: consolidate component types by @julianoes in #2416
• plugins: fix install path by @julianoes in #2418
• core: fix timeout by @julianoes in #2421
• [core] Added ComponentType::RemoteID by @dakejahl in #2413
• Autopilot server and command server fixes by @julianoes in #2423
• core: make udpin parsing stricter by @julianoes in #2425
• core: improve docstring to keep Mavsdk alive by @julianoes in #2427
• camera_server: prevent double ack+message by @julianoes in #2429
• camera_server: set zoom flag by @julianoes in #2432
• action: remove max speed settings by @julianoes in #2435
• Consolidate CI by @julianoes in #2394
• core: add missing locks in command queue by @julianoes in #2439
• core: always convert hostname to IP for UDP remotes by @julianoes in #2440
• cmake: set RPATH of installed mavsdk_server by @julianoes in #2441
• CI: ignore system_tests on earlier GCC versions by @julianoes in #2444
• core: remove way too verbose warnings by @julianoes in #2446
• Respond to MAVLINK 2 PROTOCOL_VERSION request by @jonathanreeves in #2449
• Enable ssl in curl by @JonasVautherin in #2453
• core: fix get_all_params caching by @julianoes in #2457
• Add connection error subscription by @julianoes in #2461
• core: fix Windows build by @julianoes in #2466
• get_all_params fixes by @julianoes in #2468
• Android use boringssl by @JonasVautherin in #2465
• examples: add get_all_params example by @julianoes in #2470
• camera: support multiple cameras within one instance by @julianoes in #2386
• examples: Add example on how to use mavsdk_server lib by @julianoes in #2473
• Support Mission Download In Mission Raw Server by @jonathanreeves in #2463
• examples: don't exit too early by @julianoes in #2478
• Fix set param regression, improve param example by @julianoes in #2480
• Add Option to set the MAV_TYPE manually by @cramke in #2487
• Find openssl with older cmake version by @julianoes in #2491
• Update ardupilot_custom_mode.h misspelled name by @JacoboGuijar in #2494

New Contributors

• @fibonacci-matrix made their first contribution in #2356
• @KarthiAru made their first contribution in #2364
• @jnomikos made their first contribution in #2351
• @unjambonakap made their first contribution in #2414
• @jonathanreeves made their first contribution in #2449
• @cramke made their first contribution in #2487
• @JacoboGuijar made their first contribution in #2494

Full Changelog: v2.12.2...v3.0.0