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    Taco gimbal - app controls wrong servo

    Alright! After some help from Taco, and some resetting and reloading, I now have pitch control! But I still think I have some issues with limits. When pitching all the way forward (down), the gimbal stutters until I back it off (as if it wants to keep going, but is physically unable to). I'm...
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    Taco gimbal - app controls wrong servo

    I soldered up a header on that block. I'm feeling pretty certain that this was a large part of the issue... because now it looks exactly like the photos on Taco's page. BUT... I fired up SimpleBGC, as outlined in this post, loaded up and burned the Taco Supreme V3 profile, and now I'm not even...
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    Taco gimbal - app controls wrong servo

    So here's an odd thing... I finally started noticing the marking on the PCB board itself... Is the label that says "PITCH" for the grouping of traces on the left (that have no header in them)??
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    Taco gimbal - app controls wrong servo

    Not really. I've been following that, but, as I said above, "the control pins don't match any of the photos or docs on Taco's site". If you look at the pics on that page, it shows a header with what looks like 12 pins. The board in my gimbal only has 6. I don't know if that means it's older than...
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    Taco gimbal - app controls wrong servo

    Any more ideas, guys? I've tried everything I can think of short of disassembling the motors. Closest I can get is roll control.
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    Shell paint project complete.

    That looks really sweet! That many coats, though... that's a lot of added weight. I'd have to say it's worth it. :D
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    New GPS module has no compass header

    So, yeah, I guess I didn't mention that I just happened to buy one of the legs with newer anti-static compass blocks. And am just now realizing that the lead is really too short to connect to the GPS module anyway. It needs to connect to the main board. So I've got to figure out how to get that...
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    Taco gimbal - app controls wrong servo

    Some pics. Motor connections. Tilt is connected to the front pins, roll to the rear. I did switch them just for fun, and as I thought, the gimbal flitted about like a rabid animal. So it would take a lot to convince me that the connections are wrong. Control lead From the pin of the header...
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    New GPS module has no compass header

    Great idea! I'll cautiously try that. But I'm pretty sure it's adhesive attaching the plate directly to the board, rather than tape or foam. Might make things a little tougher. We'll see. The Vision dropped from the sky from several hundred feet last summer. I've been in mourning since, and...
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    Taco gimbal - app controls wrong servo

    I will try, thanks Jerry. I'll take pics and try to trace the routes when I get home. It does seem like, if the motors were connected backwards, you'd be able to see it in the actual gimbal motion though. Wouldn't you? Like I said, if I test the gimbal, waving the Phantom around randomly, it's...
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    New GPS module has no compass header

    I'd say so! I plugged the compass into the header on the main board just to test it once more before I tried to swap the GPS plate. Didn't work. But when I tried to disconnect, the whole header came off the board. So it obviously wasn't connected very well. Great. Now I have to quickly get real...
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    New GPS module has no compass header

    Got it... found the YouTube! Can you really get the plate unstuck from the PCB without cracking it?? (the good, currently unbroken one, that is. ;-) )
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    New GPS module has no compass header

    Thanks Crash! Figures I got the wrong one. :-/ I looked at the plate before, and couldn't figure out how to get it off the PCB. How does one do that? Any tips? Thanks again, -C
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    New GPS module has no compass header

    The receiver plate of the original GPS module in my P2V is cracked. So I bought a replacement (genuine DJI part, same part number - DJI 11-22 V2). But my P2V had it's compass connected to a header on the GPS module... and that header is missing on the new replacement (there are traces on the...
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    Taco gimbal - app controls wrong servo

    After a bit of frustration, I finally have a Taco 3D Power gimbal working on my P2V. Except the app control isn't quite right. I guess I have a newer rev of the gimbal, the control pins don't match any of the photos or docs on Taco's site (they show a pin block with 9 or 12 pins... mine only...