PSTello

Control your Tello drone using PowerShell Core and Azure Cognitive Services(to come)

• PSTello
  • Installation
    • Prerequisites
  • Usage
    • Keybindings
      • Takeoff and landing
      • Horizontal movement
      • Vertical movement
      • Rotation
      • Flips
  • Contributing

Installation

Install the module from the powershellgallery using:

Install-Module 'PSTello' -Scope CurrentUser

Prerequisites

• PowerShell Core (For building locally)

Usage

Connect to your Tello drones WLan.

Import-Module PSTello

$Socket = Connect-PSTello

Set-PSTelloKeyBindings -Socket $Socket

Using the snippet above you connect your Session to the drone and setup Keybindings to control it right within the console.

Keybindings

Takeoff and landing

Keys	Function	Description
Ctrl+Shift+UpArrow	TakeOff	"Start the drone"
Ctrl+Shift+DownArrow	Land	"Land the drone"
Escape	Emergency	"Emergency land the drone"

Horizontal movement

Keys	Function	Description
LeftArrow	MoveLeft20cm	"Move the drone 20cm to the left"
RightArrow	MoveRight20cm	"Move the drone 20cm to the right"
UpArrow	MoveForward20cm	"Move the drone 20cm to the front"
DownArrow	MoveBackward20cm	"Move the drone 20cm to the back"

Vertical movement

Keys	Function	Description
Ctrl+UpArrow	MoveHigher20cm	"Move the drone 20cm to higher"
Ctrl+DownArrow	MoveLower20cm	"Move the drone 20cm to lower"

Rotation

Keys	Function	Description
Ctrl+LeftArrow	RotateCCW20cm	"Rotate the drone 90 degrees Counter-CockWise"
Ctrl+RightArrow	RotateCW20cm	"Rotate the drone 90 degrees CockWise"

Flips

Keys	Function	Description
Shift+UpArrow	FlipForward	"Flip the drone forwards"
Shift+DownArrow	FlipBackward	"Flip the drone backwards"
Shift+LeftArrow	FlipLeft	"Flip the drone left"
Shift+RightArrow	FlipRight	"Flip the drone right"

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.