Installing the WarDragon ATAK Plugin

The plugin adds unit health, enhanced tracks, and pilot locations inside ATAK. Detections continue to arrive over multicast or TAK Server whether or not the plugin is installed.

Before you start

• The ATAK device and the unit are on the same network, or the device can reach the unit’s address.
• You know the unit’s IP address. On the unit’s own hotspot it is always 192.168.12.1.
• You know your ATAK version. The plugin build must match it.

Install

1. Download the plugin build that matches your ATAK version from the WarDragon ATAK Plugin releases page.
2. On the ATAK device, open Settings, then Tool Preferences, then Manage Plugins, then Import Plugin, and select the downloaded file.
3. Enable the WarDragon plugin.
4. Open Tools, then WarDragon, and enter the unit’s IP address with API port 8088.

If the plugin shows no data

The plugin reads the unit’s HTTP API. Confirm the API answers from the device’s network before troubleshooting the plugin itself. From any machine on the same network:

curl http://<wardragon-ip>:8088/status

If that returns nothing, the problem is network reachability or the dragonsync service, not the plugin. Check the service on the unit:

sudo systemctl status dragonsync

Note The API on port 8088 is read-only and rate-limited. The plugin cannot change configuration on the unit.

Related

• WarDragon User Guide, Section 8.1 — multicast setup on ATAK, iTAK, and WinTAK
• WarDragon User Guide, Section 8.2 — TAK Server and certificates
• WarDragon User Guide, Section 10.6 — TAK troubleshooting