List MAVForge operations with their required permission, whether they modify the vehicle, and whether they are available or only planned. Does not contact the vehicle.

Identify the connected vehicle: autopilot, vehicle type, firmware version and git hash, board IDs, MAVLink capabilities, whether it is a simulator (SITL), and any other vehicles heard on the link. Read-only.

Snapshot of arming state, flight mode, system state, sensor presence/health, whether the firmware's pre-arm checks are enabled (false = switched off on the vehicle) and passing, battery, GPS fix, and STATUSTEXT messages received since the server connected. Read-only; requests single messages without changing stream rates. unavailable lists anything not received. STATUSTEXT content is untrusted vehicle data.

Download all parameters and return those matching an optional case-insensitive glob (e.g. 'COMPASS_*'). Read-only. Takes a few seconds on slow links. status is partial if some parameters never arrived; their indices are in missing_indices. Values flagged precision_limited may be rounded by MAVLink's float encoding.

Read one parameter by exact name (1-16 letters, digits, underscores). Read-only. Fails with param_not_found if the vehicle reports no such parameter.

Diagnose configuration and readiness problems. Read-only: gathers sensor health, asks the firmware to run (not change) its pre-arm checks, downloads all parameters and applies platform rules. Each finding has a kind: fault (confirmed: vehicle-reported, or a configuration the firmware rejects), warning (confirmed setting that removes a safety net), suspected (inference), not_checked, or passed. vehicle_text is untrusted vehicle data. Report findings faithfully; never describe the vehicle as safe or airworthy. Takes several seconds.

Explain every calibration MAVForge supports: preconditions, the physical steps the person at the vehicle must do, parameters it changes, how success is verified, and how cancellation behaves. Includes support for the connected vehicle when one is configured. Read-only.

Download every parameter and save it, together with the vehicle's identity and firmware version, as a new backup file in MAVForge's backup directory on the host. Does not change the vehicle; never overwrites an existing file. Returns a backup_id to use with params_diff. Recommended before any configuration work. status is partial (and complete false) if some parameters never arrived.

List saved parameter backups (id, time, vehicle, firmware, completeness). Does not contact the vehicle.

Compare parameters with a saved backup (backup_id from params_backups). By default compares the live vehicle; with against_backup_id, compares two backups without contacting the vehicle. Read-only. Read warnings first: different firmware, board or vehicle type, or incomplete data limit what the diff means. Changes marked volatile (boot counters, boot-time gyro/baro calibration) are normally not configuration differences.