Help please :) Installed tarot on fc40 with problem

gfagien · Aug 19, 2014

Hey all i installed a tarot gimbal on my fc40 and it powers up but it seems that the motors are not getting any power, on the gimbal it is showing a solid green and blinking blue light, my friend thinks it is a bad board and its not regulating power to the motors… so i bought a new board today.

does anyone have experience with this? I'm just wondering if i wasted money buying a new board and just need to return the gimbal.

Thanks for any help!

njpollard · Aug 20, 2014

Blinking blue is normal, but solid green (according to the manual) represents over-current. Where are you taking power from?

gfagien · Aug 20, 2014

i took power from the areas between the phantom motors and the board… tired all 4 areas… didn't want to try to take it from the battery.

The power to the motors said 16 amps which is obviously way to much so I'm hoping its a bad board.. i ordered a new one, worst case the seller will exchange it for another one but if its just a board I'm hoping its a matter of hooking the new gimbal board up and going (fingers crossed)

CarlJ · Aug 20, 2014

Please let me know if you have any questions.
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=12421&start=10

Also please ensure that you have the latest firmware for both the control board and the motors (both need to be updated).