Configuring Your Emlid Base for Your Drone

The following guide walks through how to use your Emlid Reach RS2+ or RS3 as a base station for your RTK drone. Compatible drones include — but are not limited to — the DJI Matrice 350 and the DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise. This setup is a cost-effective alternative to the DJI D-RTK 2 Base Station.

Before You Begin

Make sure all of your firmware is up to date and that you are connected to your Reach receiver via BLE before proceeding.

Step-by-Step Configuration

1. 1
   Configure Base output in Emlid Flow. Select Local NTRIP as the output type. Tap the information icon to the right — this will display the NTRIP credentials you'll need to input into your drone controller.
2. 2
   Go to Base Settings. Input your Antenna Height and select your method for achieving a base marker. Use the Coordinates entry method to specify whether you'll enter coordinates manually or average out a point.

1. 3
   On your drone controller, connect to the Base's Wi-Fi.
2. 4
   Open Flight Controller Settings from the camera view. Navigate to the RTK section and turn RTK Positioning ON. Set the RTK Service Type to Custom Network RTK, then input the NTRIP credentials from Emlid Flow.
3. 5
   Once saved, scroll down to view the RTK status, satellite count, and coordinates. Confirm your drone has achieved a fix — then you're ready to fly your mission.

Managing Your Survey Data

Use Emlid Flow to create and access survey projects, manage coordinate systems, and export and import data. Your drone will receive real-time RTK corrections from your Reach receiver base station throughout the entire mission.