Argus GCS is a professional-grade Ground Control Station built on Node-RED, designed for real-time drone operations, autonomous mission planning, and emergency crash recovery. The UI features a premium dark-mode glassmorphism aesthetic with live telemetry, interactive mapping, AI-powered person detection, and a cryptographic flight log verification system.
- Real-time Telemetry: Live altitude, speed, battery, heading, GPS coordinates, and link quality (RC / LoRa / Video)
- Interactive Leaflet Map: Dynamic WiFi/LoRa range rings, AI detection markers, waypoint overlays, and custom base layers with red geo-tag pins
- 3D Attitude Indicator: Real-time Three.js drone model visualizing roll, pitch, and yaw
- System Trust Scores: Live IMU/GPS trust percentage with redundancy monitoring
- Pre-Flight Checklist: Automated GPS, IMU, battery, and link status verification before arming
- Broadcast Rescue: One-tap LoRa rescue broadcast for detected persons
- Multi-feed camera view with thermal and AI overlay controls
- Interactive Mission Planner: Click-to-place waypoints on a live Leaflet map
- Waypoint Panel: Right-side list with per-waypoint action assignment (supporting all ArduPilot actions — Waypoint, Takeoff, Land, RTL, Loiter, DO_CHANGE_SPEED, DO_SET_CAM_TRIGG_DIST, DO_GRIPPER, and more)
- Route Visualization: Blue flight path lines with red geo-tag pins at each waypoint
- Mission Export: Serialized mission data ready for upload
- Flight Log Table: 24-record flight log with REC#, TIME, GPS, ALT, SPD, HASH, and STATUS columns
- Hash Chain Verifier: Real-time SHA-256 chain verification engine with animated progress bar and terminal output
- Tamper Simulation: One-click demo that corrupts a GPS record and visually highlights chain breakage
- Export: PDF verification report and encrypted raw log export
- Encryption: AES-256 data protection, SHA-256 hash chaining
- Beacon Status: Live pulsing green indicator showing LoRa beacon is active and transmitting
- Incident Report: Time of signal loss, last altitude, speed, GPS, battery, and flight time — all captured at the moment of crash
- Live Recovery Map: Dark tactical map showing HOME marker, dashed flight path, and a pulsing red geo-tag pin at the Last Known Position with radar-ping rings
- Recovery Timeline: Horizontal event log showing the full failover sequence from signal degradation → crash detection → beacon activation
- Actions: Open in Google Maps, Copy Coordinates, Broadcast Crash Location via LoRa
- Backup LiPo Monitor: Beacon battery voltage, percentage, and estimated runtime remaining
The system is built on Node-RED.
- Install dependencies:
npm install
- Start Node-RED:
node-red
- Import
flows.jsonvia the Node-RED editor (☰ → Import). - Open the dashboard at
http://localhost:1880/ui.
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Backend / Flow | Node-RED |
| UI Framework | AngularJS (Node-RED Dashboard) |
| Mapping | Leaflet.js |
| 3D Rendering | Three.js |
| Styling | Vanilla CSS (glassmorphism, dark mode) |
| Communication | LoRa, RC Link, Video Link |
| Hashing | SHA-256 (flight log integrity) |
| Encryption | AES-256 |
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