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I have a Phantom 2 with Zenmuse H3-3D gimbal that I was given to test to see if the gimbal actually works. Initially, starting up the P2 without a camera installed, the gimbal seemed to twist and turn erratically, meaning that it didn't seem to settle down to what I'd expect was the normal forward-facing state. So I got a camera and installed it, but found that the gimbal seemed to settled down with the camera either facing downward or down at about a 45 degree angle. I ran through the upgrade via the Assistant software, but that still didn't make the gimbal and camera come to rest with the camera facing forward. Gently move the gimbal by hand does show it has a good bit of grip to hold it's position, so it seems to be working in that way.
(note: one time I looked up and voila! the camera seemed to be stable facing straight ahead...but restarting wouldn't repeat it. Once, I turned it by hand to get it facing forward and it seemed to lock into place, but I couldn't repeat that either.)
So, I tried resetting the gimbal using the two-pin reset method, shorting the two tiny gold pins and watching for the green-red-yellow lights. That seemed to go exactly as it was supposed to, at least according to the videos showing how to do it. But then, on trying to use the P2 Assistant software to try to upgrade it back to normal, the gimbal no longer shows up in the upgrade screen at all! I've tried restarting everything and upgrading anything else there was to upgrade..but no gimbal at all. So, it appears that something in the pin-shorting process seems to have wiped out whatever firmware was in there but also wiped out whatever normally identifies that a gimbal is even there. Not good!
Anyone have any ideas how reinstate whatever lets the gimbal be seen by the Assistant software?
Thanks..
(note: one time I looked up and voila! the camera seemed to be stable facing straight ahead...but restarting wouldn't repeat it. Once, I turned it by hand to get it facing forward and it seemed to lock into place, but I couldn't repeat that either.)
So, I tried resetting the gimbal using the two-pin reset method, shorting the two tiny gold pins and watching for the green-red-yellow lights. That seemed to go exactly as it was supposed to, at least according to the videos showing how to do it. But then, on trying to use the P2 Assistant software to try to upgrade it back to normal, the gimbal no longer shows up in the upgrade screen at all! I've tried restarting everything and upgrading anything else there was to upgrade..but no gimbal at all. So, it appears that something in the pin-shorting process seems to have wiped out whatever firmware was in there but also wiped out whatever normally identifies that a gimbal is even there. Not good!
Anyone have any ideas how reinstate whatever lets the gimbal be seen by the Assistant software?
Thanks..