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Application – Cockpit
Overview and setup
Cockpit is the Flyability official application used to pilot the ELIOS 1 and ELIOS 2 systems.
Its primary use is to serve as a cockpit, allowing to view the video feed from the aircraft, thus enabling FPV
flights.
In addition, a dashboard with a useful flight and camera telemetry is shown to the pilot.
First-time installation
6.1.1.1
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Cockpit is developed and tested work on Samsung Tab A and Active 2 tablets, running Android 8. Other tablets
and operating system versions are not guaranteed to work.
6.1.1.2
GET THE APPLICATION
The application is distributed as a standard Android application file (.apk), available on www.flyability.com.
Using the USB connection of your tablet, copy the APK file to a place you can browse to, using a file explorer
on the tablet. An alternate solution is to copy the file on an SD card, especially for Mac users.
From Cockpit 1.2 onwards, an automatic updater is available to keep you up to date when new releases are
available and make them installable at the click of a button.
Note: some tablets do not have file explorers provided; you may get a free one on the Google Play store.
6.1.1.3
ALLOW UNKNOWN SOURCES IN ANDROID
Go to the settings screen on your Android tablet.
Based on your tablet brand, the architecture of settings menus may vary and may not be exactly named as in
this manual. However, the steps are similar and may just bear different names on your specific model of tablet.
Go to Lock screen and Security.
Check if “Unknown sources” is enabled; tick it if it is not. A warning may appear about application security
concerns; you can acknowledge it.
6.1.1.4
INSTALL THE APPLICATION
Using the file explorer on your tablet, browse to the APK file location you have just copied from your computer.
Tap the file to run the software installer. Some confirmations about access to specific features may appear; you
can acknowledge without concerns.
A Flyability icon should now be available in your application menu and your home screen!
Updating an already installed application
Updates to an already installed application can be done in two different ways.
6.1.2.1
INTERNET UPDATE PROCESS
Be sure your device has Internet access. As you start Cockpit, the availability of updates is checked.
Should a more recent version be available, you will be notified and prompted to proceed with the update or
decline it. If you proceed, download of the newer installation file begins automatically.
Please note, at the next time you will connect your aircraft to the system, the application will prompt you to
perform a firmware upgrade. Read the Aircraft firmware upgrade section for more details on that process.
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