GPS to GET MORE SATTELITES
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robinb said:
thanks robinb, has anyone in the forum tried or experience this kind of experiment? please post thanks
N017RW
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It's the same GPS engine (uBlox), + the added magnetometer, inside the 'puck' as what is in your Phantom now.
If you Google it you'll see this as well as the omission of the antenna filtering network found on the P2's internal module.
The big gain here is the increased distance from the P2's internals you'll achieve by mounting it externally. Probably why the filtering network was added to the P2 module.
Maybe consider remounting the the current internal module externally to see what gains you might achieve.
Of course you'd need to design a suitable housing for it too.
Maybe a 3D designer/printer member could look into this???
If you Google it you'll see this as well as the omission of the antenna filtering network found on the P2's internal module.
The big gain here is the increased distance from the P2's internals you'll achieve by mounting it externally. Probably why the filtering network was added to the P2 module.
Maybe consider remounting the the current internal module externally to see what gains you might achieve.
Of course you'd need to design a suitable housing for it too.
Maybe a 3D designer/printer member could look into this???
N017RW
Premium Pilot
Noël said:
No it's not!
If you look between the antenna output (silver blob/ball near center) and uBlox input you'll see that the 'puck' is missing about 10 components.
They are the SAW filtering and support components.
N017RW
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My guess is the few components near the top or 12 o'clock position of puck in picture is the compass stuff.
robinb said:
No,dont disconnect the compass on the leg.
We did this mod to my mates Phantom and when we removed the stock compass the Phantom just wouldn't work.
There is a compass in the Naza puck but it seems like it is ignored.
The puck plugs into the standard GPS port on the main board.
We also tried plugging it straight in the EXP port on the flight controller to see if that would allow it to accept the compass as well as the GPS from the puck and that didn't help either.
You need the stock compass on the leg.
I think the firmware in the Phantom flight controller has quite a few things "locked out" unlike the pure Naza versions.
smallman28 said:robinb said:
No,dont disconnect the compass on the leg.
We did this mod to my mates Phantom and when we removed the stock compass the Phantom just wouldn't work.
There is a compass in the Naza puck but it seems like it is ignored.
The puck plugs into the standard GPS port on the main board.
We also tried plugging it straight in the EXP port on the flight controller to see if that would allow it to accept the compass as well as the GPS from the puck and that didn't help either.
You need the stock compass on the leg.
I think the firmware in the Phantom flight controller has quite a few things "locked out" unlike the pure Naza versions.
That is incorrect.. you do not need the external compass. The GPS puck has a compass and plugging the puck into the GPS port accepts the compass signal.
I added the GPS puck to my PV2+ and removed the external compass and have had zero problems. Calibrating the compass works exactly the same.
Stile2112 said:smallman28 said:robinb said:
No,dont disconnect the compass on the leg.
We did this mod to my mates Phantom and when we removed the stock compass the Phantom just wouldn't work.
There is a compass in the Naza puck but it seems like it is ignored.
The puck plugs into the standard GPS port on the main board.
We also tried plugging it straight in the EXP port on the flight controller to see if that would allow it to accept the compass as well as the GPS from the puck and that didn't help either.
You need the stock compass on the leg.
I think the firmware in the Phantom flight controller has quite a few things "locked out" unlike the pure Naza versions.
That is incorrect.. you do not need the external compass. The GPS puck has a compass and plugging the puck into the GPS port accepts the compass signal.
I added the GPS puck to my PV2+ and removed the external compass and have had zero problems. Calibrating the compass works exactly the same.
Trust me when I say that it didn't work for me.
Tried all combinations and couldn't get it work.
Disconnecting the compass on the leg with the puck attached just caused the Phantom to flash yellow lights.
The option to calibrate whilst having it set up without the stock compass was all greyed out and we kept getting a pop up box in the assistant software that basically said the compass is missing.
I am not saying it isn't impossible to do what you said but I just couldn't get it to work any other way than what we did.
Meta4 said:
Foil mod hasn't worked for everyone so this seems a reasonable solution especially considering all the other DJI platforms outside the Phantom range use this configuration. Makes me wonder what DJI considered more important, aesthetics or functionality when designing the Phantoms.
Externally mounted GPS puck works perfectly. Plugs right into the existing GPS port and the built in compass is recognized and used automatically. You can completely unplug the OEM compass from the compass port. Been using that configuration on both of my Phantoms for several months now and never had an issue.
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I would like to see a little more on moving the current vPlus gps to the exterior body. Matter of fact I'll do my own. Anyone have any recommendations before hand? Anything that I need to have caution on?
I would like to see a little more on moving the current vPlus gps to the exterior body. Matter of fact I'll do my own. Anyone have any recommendations before hand? Anything that I need to have caution on?
flyNfrank said:
I'm doing this mod as well. Would be interested to hear if anyone has done this who also use Flytrex Live? Does the fact that the puck has GPS and compass in one unit cause any issues? Also what is the best routing through the shell?
job2310 said:
I'll route mine so that the wire or flytrex harness is as far away from all other wiring as possible. When I routed the flytrex harness under the main board area and above the battery, it made a noticeable improvement then to have it routed around the module and all other wiring. It's almost like the harness needs to be a shielded setup that wont be affected by any type of noise.
flyNfrank said:
Good thought. If you do yours before I do mine be sure to share some info about how it goes.
I've ordered the GPS puck from the U.S. so I don't expect it for a couple weeks.smallman28 said:robinb said:
No,dont disconnect the compass on the leg.
We did this mod to my mates Phantom and when we removed the stock compass the Phantom just wouldn't work.
There is a compass in the Naza puck but it seems like it is ignored.
The puck plugs into the standard GPS port on the main board.
We also tried plugging it straight in the EXP port on the flight controller to see if that would allow it to accept the compass as well as the GPS from the puck and that didn't help either.
You need the stock compass on the leg.
I think the firmware in the Phantom flight controller has quite a few things "locked out" unlike the pure Naza versions.
thank you very much.... do you have the details to guide me how?
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