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# MAVProxy

MAVProxy is a fully-functioning GCS for UAV’s, designed as a minimalist, portable and extendable GCS for any autonomous system supporting the MAVLink protocol (such as one using ArduPilot). MAVProxy is a powerful command-line based “developer” ground station software.

For more information on MAVProxy:  <https://ardupilot.org/mavproxy/>

To connect to a running simulation:

```
mavproxy.py --master=tcp:<dronesim_ip>:<dronesim_port> --map --console
```

You can easily forward the stream to more applications via:

```
mavproxy.py --master=tcp:<dronesim_ip>:<dronesim_port> --out=udp:127.0.0.1:14550
```