Integration

13 Docs

Showing detections in Home Assistant

Last Updated: October 15, 2026

How to show WarDragon detections in Home Assistant through MQTT discovery, with a map card and example alerts.

Sending detections to other systems

Last Updated: October 15, 2026

The outputs every WarDragon kit offers, from Cursor on Target and MQTT to the HTTP API, Analytics, and Lattice, and how to turn on the Lattice output.

Reading the WarDragon Analytics map and dashboards

Last Updated: October 15, 2026

What the WarDragon Analytics web map and its four prebuilt dashboards show, and how to pull pattern views into another system.

Adding ADS-B aircraft to your picture

Last Updated: October 5, 2026

How to add nearby crewed aircraft to a WarDragon picture, check that the decoder is feeding data, and troubleshoot missing aircraft.

Why an aircraft shows the wrong icon in ATAK

Last Updated: October 5, 2026

Why an aircraft can appear in ATAK with the wrong icon, where the icon comes from, and what to check.

Adding a kit to WarDragon Analytics

Last Updated: October 5, 2026

How to add a kit to WarDragon Analytics from the web interface, a configuration file, or MQTT push, and what to check if it does not appear.

WarDragon Analytics: what it is and where it runs

Last Updated: October 5, 2026

What WarDragon Analytics does, why it runs on a separate server, and the two ways kits connect to it.

Using alert zones in the WarDragon ATAK plugin

Last Updated: October 5, 2026

How to create alert zones in the WarDragon ATAK plugin, choose what triggers them, and read the threat direction indicator.

Checking that detections are reaching your MQTT broker

Last Updated: October 5, 2026

How to confirm MQTT publishing from a WarDragon kit and where to look when messages do not arrive.

Connecting to a TAK Server

Last Updated: September 13, 2026

A TAK Server carries detections to users who are not on the unit’s local network segment and lets many units feed one picture. Configuration is a short edit to the DragonSync config file plus the server’s certificates. Before you start Edit the configuration Open /home/dragon/DragonSync/config.ini and set these under [SETTINGS], substituting your values. Use one…

Sending detections to ATAK, iTAK, and WinTAK by multicast

Last Updated: September 13, 2026

Multicast is the default output and needs no change on the unit. Detections and unit health arrive as Cursor on Target on any TAK client that shares a network segment with the unit. On the TAK device Client Setting ATAK Settings → Network Preferences → SA Multicast: set both Input and Output to 239.2.3.1:6969 iTAK…

Setting up the WarDragon ATAK Plugin

Last Updated: October 19, 2026

How to install the WarDragon ATAK Plugin, add one or more kits, use its tabs, and troubleshoot a kit that shows no data.

Using the WarDragon Console

Last Updated: October 15, 2026

What the WarDragon Console shows on each tab, how to open it from the unit, a laptop, or a tablet, and who can change settings through it.