def autopilot_version_encode(self, capabilities, flight_sw_version, middleware_sw_version, os_sw_version, board_version, flight_custom_version, middleware_custom_version, os_custom_version, vendor_id, product_id, uid):
                '''
                Version and capability of autopilot software

                capabilities              : bitmask of capabilities (see MAV_PROTOCOL_CAPABILITY enum) (uint64_t)
                flight_sw_version         : Firmware version number (uint32_t)
                middleware_sw_version        : Middleware version number (uint32_t)
                os_sw_version             : Operating system version number (uint32_t)
                board_version             : HW / board version (last 8 bytes should be silicon ID, if any) (uint32_t)
                flight_custom_version        : Custom version field, commonly the first 8 bytes of the git hash. This is not an unique identifier, but should allow to identify the commit using the main version number even for very large code bases. (uint8_t)
                middleware_custom_version        : Custom version field, commonly the first 8 bytes of the git hash. This is not an unique identifier, but should allow to identify the commit using the main version number even for very large code bases. (uint8_t)
                os_custom_version         : Custom version field, commonly the first 8 bytes of the git hash. This is not an unique identifier, but should allow to identify the commit using the main version number even for very large code bases. (uint8_t)
                vendor_id                 : ID of the board vendor (uint16_t)
                product_id                : ID of the product (uint16_t)
                uid                       : UID if provided by hardware (uint64_t)

                '''
                return MAVLink_autopilot_version_message(capabilities, flight_sw_version, middleware_sw_version, os_sw_version, board_version, flight_custom_version, middleware_custom_version, os_custom_version, vendor_id, product_id, uid)
Version and capability of autopilot software

                capabilities              : bitmask of capabilities (see MAV_PROTOCOL_CAPABILITY enum) (uint64_t)
                flight_sw_version         : Firmware version number (uint32_t)
                middleware_sw_version        : Middleware version number (uint32_t)
                os_sw_version             : Operating system version number (uint32_t)
                board_version             : HW / board version (last 8 bytes should be silicon ID, if any) (uint32_t)
                flight_custom_version        : Custom version field, commonly the first 8 bytes of the git hash. This is not an unique identifier, but should allow to identify the commit using the main version number even for very large code bases. (uint8_t)
                middleware_custom_version        : Custom version field, commonly the first 8 bytes of the git hash. This is not an unique identifier, but should allow to identify the commit using the main version number even for very large code bases. (uint8_t)
                os_custom_version         : Custom version field, commonly the first 8 bytes of the git hash. This is not an unique identifier, but should allow to identify the commit using the main version number even for very large code bases. (uint8_t)
                vendor_id                 : ID of the board vendor (uint16_t)
                product_id                : ID of the product (uint16_t)
                uid                       : UID if provided by hardware (uint64_t)