Drone Engage is part of Ardupilot Cloud Eco System

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#Drone Engage Communicator Module

What is Drone-Engage ?

Drone-Engage (D.E.) is a distibuted system that allows monitoring & controlling drones via Internet. Drone-Engage objective is to provide a Linux-based alternative for Andruav on Android mobiles.

Communication Module

This repository is for Drone-Engage Communication Module. This module runs on the vehicle and communicates with other modules such as Mavlink_Module "de_mavlink" and Video_Module. On the other side it communicates with Andruav Server. This module receives messages from all plugins and forward them to WebClients and other vehicles, and receives commands from Webclients via Internet Server and process them or forward them to attached modules to process them.

For more Information Please Goto Cloud.Ardupilot.org

Build the Code

Prerequisites

System Dependencies

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git cmake build-essential
sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev

Boost Library (Required)

The project requires Boost 1.74.0 or higher. You have two options:

Option 1: Install from Package Manager (Recommended)

sudo apt install libboost-all-dev

Option 2: Build from Source

cd ~
mkdir boost && cd boost
wget https://archives.boost.io/release/1.86.0/source/boost_1_86_0.tar.bz2
tar -xvjf boost_1_86_0.tar.bz2
cd boost_1_86_0
./bootstrap.sh
./b2
sudo ./b2 install

Building the Project

Clone and Build

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/DroneEngage/droneengage_communication.git
cd droneengage_communication

# Clean previous build (if exists)
rm -rf ./build
mkdir build && cd build

# Configure CMake
cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON ../

# Build the project
make -j$(nproc)  # Use all available CPU cores

# Generate Debian package (optional)
cpack

Build Types

• DEBUG: Includes debug symbols and additional logging

  cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG ../

• RELEASE: Optimized build with version increment

  cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE ../

Additional Build Options

• Detailed Debug: Enable additional debug output

  cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DDDEBUG=ON ../

Installation

From Debian Package (Recommended)

# Install the generated .deb package
sudo dpkg -i de-communicator-pro-*.deb

Manual Installation

The build process creates the binary in bin/de_comm. You can copy it manually:

# Create deployment directory
mkdir -p $HOME/drone_engage/de_comm

# Copy binary and configuration files
cp bin/de_comm $HOME/drone_engage/de_comm/
cp de_comm.config.module.json template.json $HOME/drone_engage/de_comm/

# Copy scripts if they exist
if [ -d "scripts" ]; then
    cp -r scripts $HOME/drone_engage/de_comm/
fi

Build Output

After successful build, you'll see:

=========================================================================
BUILD COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY
Version: 3.10.0.x
Build Number: x
Dependency Files: /path/to/build/src/CMakeFiles/OUTPUT_BINARY.dir/*.d
=========================================================================

The binary will be available at bin/de_comm and Debian packages in the build/ directory.