I have a brand new Phantom 2 non vision with a H3-2D gimble and a GoPro Hero 3+ silver. I have had 7 perfect flights and gimble has preformed just as it is suppose to. Tonight I powered unit up inside to show my friends. After Phantom finished self check the camera pointed straight down and would not respond to the pan lever. Shut bird down and pulled batt. Then put batt back in and powered up again....same thing happened. Has this happened to anyone else?? Does anyone have a solution??
H3-2D Gimble not responding to pan lever
- Thread starter Mooringmaster
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More info regarding the above request for help. Gimble seems to be working fine as far as keeping the camera level. Only issue is that the pan lever will not bring camera back to any other position besides looking down. PLEASE HELP!!
I just bought a Phantom 2 with zinmuse Gimbal last week from B&H. I found a problem with the design of the gimble control lever on my version of the DJ6. With the addition of the plate between the control lever (see photo 1), the shaft that is connected to the control lever is separated from the potentiometer inside the case. When I first got it, the lever arm would swing freely with no resistance. I checked the case and made sure all of the screws were tightened and it was not cracked or broken. I also ran all of the firmware and software updates - that was not an issue. The gimble just simply would not engage.
See photo 3 for the end of the lever arm and shaft inside the case and photo 4 for where the end of the shaft mates to the potentiometer / x1 control.
I solved the problem by first removing the plate from the back of the DJ6. It is only glued on and popped of with a little pressure. You will need to clean off the glue residue. I then added a washer (see photo 6) so it would make up the difference lost in thickness of the plate on the outside forcing it to seat on the potentiometer (see photo 7) when the case is closed. The outside now looks like this - see photo 8.
Works fine now with an appropriate amount of resistance so I know everything is engaged. I also re-callibrated the X1 control in case the travel distance of the lever arm had changed.
Works great now.
I can only attach three photos at a time to posts like this so I will add photos 6,7 and 8 to the next one. Also, I left a few other photos out, so I only have photos 1,3,4,6,7 and 8.
See photo 3 for the end of the lever arm and shaft inside the case and photo 4 for where the end of the shaft mates to the potentiometer / x1 control.
I solved the problem by first removing the plate from the back of the DJ6. It is only glued on and popped of with a little pressure. You will need to clean off the glue residue. I then added a washer (see photo 6) so it would make up the difference lost in thickness of the plate on the outside forcing it to seat on the potentiometer (see photo 7) when the case is closed. The outside now looks like this - see photo 8.
Works fine now with an appropriate amount of resistance so I know everything is engaged. I also re-callibrated the X1 control in case the travel distance of the lever arm had changed.
Works great now.
I can only attach three photos at a time to posts like this so I will add photos 6,7 and 8 to the next one. Also, I left a few other photos out, so I only have photos 1,3,4,6,7 and 8.
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To all: Original Poster here. I re-calibrated my X-1 lever via Assistant Software and the problem went away!!! THANK YOU all so much for the assistance!!
Had the exact same issue as you. But I found this guys video and it fixed my issue as well. Love how DJI is sending out so many defective TX units.. :evil:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJLIHm2m90E[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJLIHm2m90E[/youtube]
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