Eagleeye9 said:Thanks,
Thats put my mind at rest a bit that there is at least a fix in the firmware for stronger signal taking over. Incidentally, when was this video published?
mediaguru said:Interesting.
Watch the video and caption at 5:10 or so.
The audio says "what we've done to combat this issue" and the caption says "what we've done to combat this fly away issue."
discv said:Thanks, Fdnyfish, for the headsup.
But can anyone clarify this for me? The rapidly flashing green LEDs, confirming home location, I always wait for before take off.
The video states that the home location will again confirm just after take off.
I have never seen this second sequence- probably due to being in a state of panic at this point!
Eagleeye9 said:Thanks,
Thats put my mind at rest a bit that there is at least a fix in the firmware for stronger signal taking over. Incidentally, when was this video published?
ElGuano said:discv said:Thanks, Fdnyfish, for the headsup.
But can anyone clarify this for me? The rapidly flashing green LEDs, confirming home location, I always wait for before take off.
The video states that the home location will again confirm just after take off.
I have never seen this second sequence- probably due to being in a state of panic at this point!
There are a couple of distinctions here.
What he's saying: "If you wait for the alternating red-green blinking light to become just green-blinking, then take off, you'll eventually get the rapid-green-blink that tells you a home point is marked." IMO that's not the best practice, but it'll probably work for someone eager to just get the bird in the air. What you should do is wait for the alternating blinking light to only blink green, and then continue to wait a few seconds until you get the 15 rapid green blinks. THEN you take off.
The second part, not mentioned, is that you'll often see the 15 rapid green blinking sequence TWICE, if you're set in GPS mode. The first time it will happen is probably while the red-green alternating blinks are still happening. That's probably a compass/course lock indicator. The second time you see the rapid-green blinks should be after the alternating blinking becomes just green blinking(6+ satellites locked). That should be your home point/GPS lock indicator. I wait for both to happen before I take off.
The Editor said:Actually, if you listen to what he's saying I think all he's describing is the 'Advanced Receiver Protection' that has been around in the FW since about v3.12.
ElGuano said:There are a couple of distinctions here.
What he's saying: "If you wait for the alternating red-green blinking light to become just green-blinking, then take off, you'll eventually get the rapid-green-blink that tells you a home point is marked." IMO that's not the best practice, but it'll probably work for someone eager to just get the bird in the air. What you should do is wait for the alternating blinking light to only blink green, and then continue to wait a few seconds until you get the 15 rapid green blinks. THEN you take off.
The Editor said:Actually, if you listen to what he's saying I think all he's describing is the 'Advanced Receiver Protection' that has been around in the FW since about v3.12.
Quad.Hopper said:Dave Pitman said:If the Phantom heads off on a fixed bearing (that it interpreted from an interference signal) as fast as it can go for 10 seconds, how far away will it be when it decides to hover? Better have fpv, or binoculars!
Excellent point. My bird does 10 m/s easy. Ho! that's a long way off.
I just might have to stick the wife at the end of the field with my trusty binoculars.
DJI Innovations said:DJI has released the new firmware v3.12 for Naza-M
DJI has released the new firmware v3.12 for Naza-M, Naza-M V2 and Phantom customers.The major differences between v3.12 and v3.10 firmware are as below. Please log into DJI website for more information!
FIRMWARE
*Add Receiver Advanced Protection Function.
*Fix the problem of transmitter mid point deviation and travel asymmetry. Add mid point checking when power on, if there is too much deviation of mid point, motor start fails and LED indicator flashes Red to warn you.
*Optimize stop motor in Intelligent Mode, the criterion of stopping motor changes from under 40% throttle stick to under 10%.
SOFTWARE
*Add Receiver Advanced Protection Function on the Basic->RC tab.
Tyrohne_Redux said:hmmmm. Nice moniker, Tyrohne_Deux. if that's even your real name... aye carumba....
I know on my fly away I did the compass dance and I was at least a km from any habitation or interference. it's possible I did not have a perfect home lock because I have never waited two minutes after powering up before I flew. With 4.02 I have not had any funky issues
BallisticPhantom said:The cellphone tower story is bunk IMO. He must nave a special not so cell phone tower at his shop or in another country. All that rf could be an issue yes but it is unlikely that the 2.4 on that spread band could do that. If that were the case 2.4 would have been ban for rc long ago. A receiver issue allowing that interference to effect it is much more likely.
miskatonic said:BallisticPhantom said:The cellphone tower story is bunk IMO. He must nave a special not so cell phone tower at his shop or in another country. All that rf could be an issue yes but it is unlikely that the 2.4 on that spread band could do that. If that were the case 2.4 would have been ban for rc long ago. A receiver issue allowing that interference to effect it is much more likely.
DJI is in China.
miskatonic said:DJI is in China.