Ardupilot Parameter Extractor

A JavaFX application built with Kotlin for filtering and extracting Ardupilot parameters by category.

Features

• Three-Pane Layout:

  • Left Pane: Displays all parameters from the loaded file with color-coded rows with individual checkboxes based on parameter category
  • Middle Pane: Category selection checkboxes to filter parameters
  • Right Pane: Displays filtered parameters based on selected categories or sections of categories

• Parameter Categories:

  • QuadPlane / VTOL - Purple
  • PID Controllers (Attitude) - Crimson
  • PID Controllers (Position) - Orange Red
  • TECS (Energy Control) - Teal
  • Servos & Outputs - Forest Green
  • On-Screen Display - Gold
  • Failsafe & Safety - Firebrick
  • Serial Ports - Steel Blue
  • GPS & Navigation - Deep Sky Blue
  • Battery & Power - Dark Orange
  • Sensors - Dark Violet
  • Camera & Gimbal - Deep Pink
  • Mission & Auto - Dodger Blue
  • Logging & Telemetry - Gray
  • Relays & Switches - Saddle Brown
  • System & Scheduler - Dim Gray
  • Terrain Following - Yellow Green
  • Airspeed Control - Cornflower Blue
  • Misc Parameters - Dark Gray

Usage

1. Open Parameter File: Click the "Open file" button and select an Ardupilot parameter file (.param, .parm, or .txt)
2. View Parameters: All parameters will be displayed in the left pane with color-coding based on their category
3. Filter Parameters: Use the checkboxes in the middle pane to select which categories to include in the filtered output, or select individual parameters to include in the left pane
4. Export Filtered Parameters: Click "Export" to save the filtered parameters to a new file

Parameter File Format

The application supports Ardupilot parameter files in the following formats:

PARAM_NAME,VALUE

or

PARAM_NAME VALUE

Comments (lines starting with #) and empty lines are ignored.

Sample File

A sample parameter file (sample_parameters.param) is included in the repository for testing purposes.

IntelliJ IDEA Setup

1. Open the project in IntelliJ IDEA
2. Maven should auto-import dependencies
3. Run configuration:
   • Main class: com.ardupilot.paramextractor.MainApp
   • VM options: --module-path <path-to-javafx-sdk>/lib --add-modules javafx.controls,javafx.fxml

Alternatively, use the Maven run configuration with goal: javafx:run

Build Installer

Build JAR, and then run the below command from \out\artifacts\parameter_extractor_jar

 jpackage --type msi --app-version "1.0.0" --input . --dest . --main-jar parameter-extractor.jar --main-class com.titanuas.paramextractor.MainApp --module-path "C:\Program Files\Java\javafx-jmods-26" --add-modules javafx.controls,javafx.fxml,javafx.swing,javafx.base,javafx.graphics --win-shortcut --win-menu --icon "icon.ico" --name "Parameter Extractor"