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I had my pitch inverted too by default but saw other people had their roll inverted so I changed mine. I have not been able to fly due to storms here so have no idea how the gimbal performs as of yet.
Flintstone said:Have issue with Aerial Freaks Cyclops Vision Gimbal....need help. Connected gimbal and was excited to see the gimbal was doing a great job of stabilizing the camera. Then the problems showed up. I was getting the picture on my tablet through the camera but the tilt control was frozen and the up/down control icons would not do anything...no camera tilt at all. Then I noticed there was no information displayed from the battery, satellites, altitude, distance and the battery was showing 65% on a full charged battery. So I disconnected the gimbal camera wire and re-installed the original camera cable. Connected back to the P2V and now had all the above missing data displaying and the tilt icons in the DJI application were now moving up and down...camera had no servo to move it but the up/down app slider was now moving. I have made numerous re-checks to seat the cable in the gimbal board and the camera with no luck.
This is my 2nd Cyclops Gimbal and before I get my money back (if possible) I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas. If I could fix the issues I feel comfortable the video would be very stable. Any ideas/help would be appreciated.
Thanks
AnselA said:Flintstone said:Have issue with Aerial Freaks Cyclops Vision Gimbal....need help. Connected gimbal and was excited to see the gimbal was doing a great job of stabilizing the camera. Then the problems showed up. I was getting the picture on my tablet through the camera but the tilt control was frozen and the up/down control icons would not do anything...no camera tilt at all. Then I noticed there was no information displayed from the battery, satellites, altitude, distance and the battery was showing 65% on a full charged battery. So I disconnected the gimbal camera wire and re-installed the original camera cable. Connected back to the P2V and now had all the above missing data displaying and the tilt icons in the DJI application were now moving up and down...camera had no servo to move it but the up/down app slider was now moving. I have made numerous re-checks to seat the cable in the gimbal board and the camera with no luck.
This is my 2nd Cyclops Gimbal and before I get my money back (if possible) I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas. If I could fix the issues I feel comfortable the video would be very stable. Any ideas/help would be appreciated.
Thanks
I have same symptoms. See from viewtopic.php?f=7&t=16300&start=260#p175268 on.
Also tested: In Phantom Vision assistant opened Gimbal tab, changed the Pitch center value from 0 to 200 or -200 and camera tilt changed accordinly. It means NAZA -> Gimbal signals work OK.
The slider in Vision app is showing camera pitch all up position. Trying to change the picth in app has no effect. Taking pictures work, but that's a function taking place all in camera. To my understanding "change pitch" command goes from app to WiFi in camera, to NAZA (via white round cable through the gimbal) and then NAZA commands (via blac flat cable) the gimbal. Apparently from camera to NAZA via gimbal connection does not work. As the cable from Phantom/NAZA works when connected directly to the camera, the fault must be in the cable from camera to gimbal, or the connector or the soldering on gimbal circuit board. Visually the cable connection on the circuit board does looks poor made.
Currently waiting dealer's reponse.
Flintstone said:AnselA said:Flintstone said:Have issue with Aerial Freaks Cyclops Vision Gimbal....need help. Connected gimbal and was excited to see the gimbal was doing a great job of stabilizing the camera. Then the problems showed up. I was getting the picture on my tablet through the camera but the tilt control was frozen and the up/down control icons would not do anything...no camera tilt at all. Then I noticed there was no information displayed from the battery, satellites, altitude, distance and the battery was showing 65% on a full charged battery. So I disconnected the gimbal camera wire and re-installed the original camera cable. Connected back to the P2V and now had all the above missing data displaying and the tilt icons in the DJI application were now moving up and down...camera had no servo to move it but the up/down app slider was now moving. I have made numerous re-checks to seat the cable in the gimbal board and the camera with no luck.
This is my 2nd Cyclops Gimbal and before I get my money back (if possible) I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas. If I could fix the issues I feel comfortable the video would be very stable. Any ideas/help would be appreciated.
Thanks
I have same symptoms. See from viewtopic.php?f=7&t=16300&start=260#p175268 on.
Also tested: In Phantom Vision assistant opened Gimbal tab, changed the Pitch center value from 0 to 200 or -200 and camera tilt changed accordinly. It means NAZA -> Gimbal signals work OK.
The slider in Vision app is showing camera pitch all up position. Trying to change the picth in app has no effect. Taking pictures work, but that's a function taking place all in camera. To my understanding "change pitch" command goes from app to WiFi in camera, to NAZA (via white round cable through the gimbal) and then NAZA commands (via blac flat cable) the gimbal. Apparently from camera to NAZA via gimbal connection does not work. As the cable from Phantom/NAZA works when connected directly to the camera, the fault must be in the cable from camera to gimbal, or the connector or the soldering on gimbal circuit board. Visually the cable connection on the circuit board does looks poor made.
Currently waiting dealer's reponse.
Thank you very much for the information...I will check the center gimbal setting to see if the camera moves to the new position first. Then I will look closer at the camera cable connection on the gimbal board. On mine the little Copper wire that should be holding the camera cable tightly to the board is not around the outside of the cable. It has let the cable slip out a little. This should not have any effect on the signal if the connections (solder) are all good. I will check the plug to the board connections with an Ohm meter today to verify. My DJI application also shows the tilt position stuck at the top of the slider. I don't see as well close up anymore but does the 3.5mm plug look like it may be slightly smaller on the gimbal than the one coming out of the P2V?? If my continuity checks out with the meter I saw another post recommending cutting back some of the rubber wrap around the gimbal 3.5mm plug to see if I can push it in to the camera jack a little more to make better contact. Hate to do that because I don't want to ruin returning it. Since we are both having identical problems on 2 gimbals it indicates one failed design or fail point. Working on computers for 30 years when I saw multiple machines doing the same thing (problem) I knew it was a manufacturer defect. I am on second gimbal and really don't want to send it back (another $11.00) each time. If I can't find the problem I will see about getting money back. Thanks again.....if you find out any more please let me know.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...vcnBpeGllZ2ltYmFsc3xneDo1YjVhOTlmYzEwNDE4ZDk0AnselA said:We have similarities:
- the cable has slipped from copper wire loop, see picture
- will you measure the resistance from connector solder point on pc board to plug ring? I could do the same.
- the DJI plug is gold plated, Aerial Freaks one isn't. They have saved a few cents?
- I will not modify the gimbal any way, I suppose it would make warranty void.
- I have been working professionally with computers over 30 years, too
- I was so concentrated to the pitch problem, didn't notice the display of other data
Where did you buy your gimbal? I bought from HeliDirect.
Does somebody know which signals are on which ring of the plug? +V, GND and CAN-BUS ???
AllanVB said:https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...vcnBpeGllZ2ltYmFsc3xneDo1YjVhOTlmYzEwNDE4ZDk0AnselA said:Does somebody know which signals are on which ring of the plug? +V, GND and CAN-BUS ???
harpo1 said:Before I go messing with settings can someone confirm to adjust the camera to go fully down in flight this is done in the Phantom Assist software. If so, can you share your settings?
AllanVB said:https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...vcnBpeGllZ2ltYmFsc3xneDo1YjVhOTlmYzEwNDE4ZDk0AnselA said:We have similarities:
- the cable has slipped from copper wire loop, see picture
- will you measure the resistance from connector solder point on pc board to plug ring? I could do the same.
- the DJI plug is gold plated, Aerial Freaks one isn't. They have saved a few cents?
- I will not modify the gimbal any way, I suppose it would make warranty void.
- I have been working professionally with computers over 30 years, too
- I was so concentrated to the pitch problem, didn't notice the display of other data
Where did you buy your gimbal? I bought from HeliDirect.
Does somebody know which signals are on which ring of the plug? +V, GND and CAN-BUS ???
harpo1 said:Before I go messing with settings can someone confirm to adjust the camera to go fully down in flight this is done in the Phantom Assist software. If so, can you share your settings?
Thanks for the update....I figured there was a short. I was almost going to fly it today....storms came. What are you going to do....return it? I am going to return mine for store credit and pay the difference and get the P2V+. I am assuming there is no quick fix for the short??AnselA said:I found the reason why pitch control (and flight data display) cannot function properly. In my Cyclops unit
there's a short circuit in CAN-Bus, measured between CAN_H and CAN_L at the plug coming from SimpleBGC. Measured when SimpleBGC was unplugged from the camera and Phantom.
Flintstone, if you have the same failure, don't try to fly Phantom! It's unpredictable what can happen when the CAN bus is shorted?
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Ref: http://www.esd-electronics-usa.com/CAN- ... Guide.html
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CAN-Bus Troubleshooting Guide
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1.1 Termination
The termination is used to match impedance of a node to the impedance of the transmission line being used. When impedance is mismatched, the transmitted signal is not completely absorbed by the load and a portion is reflected back into the transmission line. If the source, transmission line and load impedance are equal these reflections are eliminated. This test measures the series resistance of the CAN data pair conductors and the attached terminating resistors.
To test it, please:
Turn off all power supplies of the attached CAN nodes.
Measure the DC resistance between CAN_H and CAN_L at the middle and ends of the network (1) (see figure above).
The measured value should be between 50 and 70 ohm.
The measured value should be nearly the same at each point of the network.
If the value is below 50 ohm, please make sure that:
there is no short circuit between CAN_H and CAN_L wiring
there are not more than two terminating resistors
the nodes do not have faulty transceivers.
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