I have dronekit-sitl installed in a python3 virtual environment on my Windows 10 machine and have used it before by running dronekit-sitl copter with no issues. However, as of today I am running across what seems to be a permission issue when trying to execute the ArduCopter sitl.
$ dronekit-sitl copter
os: win, apm: copter, release: stable
SITL already Downloaded and Extracted.
Ready to boot.
Execute: C:\Users\kyrlon\.dronekit\sitl\copter-3.3\apm.exe --home=-35.363261,149.165230,584,353 --model=quad -I 0
SITL-0> Started model quad at -35.363261,149.165230,584,353 at speed 1.0
SITL-0.stderr> bind port 5760 for 0
Starting sketch 'ArduCopter'
bind failed on port 5760 - Operation not permitted
Starting SITL input
Not sure what might have triggered a new operation permission issue, and I tried to start over with a fresh Python environment, but even after a complete PC shutdown, I am still having the error as shown above.
It turns out that having docker on my system was the culprit and excluding the port I was attempting to use as mentioned in this SO post that led me to this github issue. Running the command in an elevated terminal:
netsh interface ipv4 show excludedportrange protocol=tcp
Provided me the results of the following excluded ports:
Protocol tcp Port Exclusion Ranges
Start Port End Port
---------- --------
1496 1595
1658 1757
1758 1857
1858 1957
1958 2057
2058 2157
2180 2279
2280 2379
2380 2479
2480 2579
2702 2801
2802 2901
2902 3001
3002 3101
3102 3201
3202 3301
3390 3489
3490 3589
3590 3689
3693 3792
3793 3892
3893 3992
3993 4092
4093 4192
4193 4292
4293 4392
4393 4492
4493 4592
4593 4692
4768 4867
4868 4967
5041 5140
5141 5240
5241 5340
5357 5357
5358 5457
5458 5557
5558 5657
5700 5700
5701 5800
8005 8005
8884 8884
15202 15301
15302 15401
15402 15501
15502 15601
15602 15701
15702 15801
15802 15901
15902 16001
16002 16101
16102 16201
16202 16301
16302 16401
16402 16501
16502 16601
16602 16701
16702 16801
16802 16901
16993 17092
17093 17192
50000 50059 *
* - Administered port exclusions.
Turns out that docker or possibly Hyper-V excluded the range that included 5760:
5701 5800
And as mentioned from the github issue, I probably resolved this issue before after a set number of restarts that incremented the port ranges, or possibly got lucky in the past starting dronekit-sitl before docker ran on my system.
Either way, to resolve this issue of Operation not permitted, running the command as admin:
net stop winnat
net start winnat
solved the issue with dronekit-sitl without having to specify a different port besides the default 5760.