H3-3D Gimbal No Response

[KyleDecker]

I fried my H3-3D troubleshooting FPV wiring and the gimbal began to smoke. I sent the gimbal in to DJI and its taken quite some time. I just bought a new H3-3D so I would have an extra one. However when I plugged it in it was fairly glitchy and now it doesn't attempt to adjust. I can still hear a faint power noise inside the gimbal but I'm a bit lost at what to do. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

 

[OI Photography]

I'll go ahead and move this thread to the H3-3D section where you can get better input on that

 

[KyleDecker]

Thank you!

 

[KyleDecker]

or perhaps there is a way to reset the H3-3D?

 

[OI Photography]

Yep, took me a few min to dig it up. Try this: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost ... stcount=11

 

[KyleDecker]

Yep, took me a few min to dig it up. Try this: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost ... stcount=11

I can't thank you enough for this. It appears to have fixed my issue. I still haven't flown it but everything seems to be operating normal. You made my day!

 

[erek]

I believe that I also fried my gimbal after rewiring the FPV Hub ... Though I am still curious if it's the gimbal because I am able to get a video feed across it

 

[erek]

Is it more than likely that only the gimbal was damaged and not some internal circuitry inside the phantom ?

 

[erek]

just a quick heads up, only the h3-3d gimbal was burned up in my experience as i bought a new one and it worked fine with my phantom 2

 

[OI Photography]

just a quick heads up, only the h3-3d gimbal was burned up in my experience as i bought a new one and it worked fine with my phantom 2

Glad you got it working, at least it wasn't anything on the Phantom (that happens sometimes with miswiring the hub).

Do you still have the bad gimbal? And does it power on at all?

 

[erek]

just a quick heads up, only the h3-3d gimbal was burned up in my experience as i bought a new one and it worked fine with my phantom 2

Glad you got it working, at least it wasn't anything on the Phantom (that happens sometimes with miswiring the hub).

Do you still have the bad gimbal? And does it power on at all?

Yes, I still have the bad gimbal, and it seemed to pass video through it, but it was dead otherwise in terms of moving around at all

 

[OI Photography]

Did you happen to see what the Upgrade page in the Phantom assistant showed after this problem started, and whether the gimbal displayed there as being recognized?

While it may be a lost cause, you can give this reset process a shot and see if it helps: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost ... stcount=11

 

[erek]

Did you happen to see what the Upgrade page in the Phantom assistant showed after this problem started, and whether the gimbal displayed there as being recognized?

While it may be a lost cause, you can give this reset process a shot and see if it helps: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost ... stcount=11

I attempted this procedure to the best of my knowledge and noticed a green flash of the LED in the gimbal for a microsecond each time i tried it while powering on the phantom. I do not recall if the gimbal showed up in the assistant software and i am unable to check because the dead gimbal is in a different location from where i am now

 

[OI Photography]

No worries, figured it might be worth a try

If you ever want to get rid of the broken one let me know, it might have some parts worth saving.