iPad Ground Station
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"We will have an update on our firmware within this month" doesn't quite equal "We will have a firmware update within this month". Bearing in mind they have overrun on the P2 firmware date they publicly promised on Facebook would be here last week I wouldn't get too excited yet. At least that way if they do suddenly let us have it this month we'll only be pleasantly surprised. 
Still, I'm away for 2 weeks at the beginning of April and won't be taking the Vision with me, so it will be interesting to sit back and see all the user experiences should the actually get the firmware and app update to us by 31st March...
Still, I'm away for 2 weeks at the beginning of April and won't be taking the Vision with me, so it will be interesting to sit back and see all the user experiences should the actually get the firmware and app update to us by 31st March...
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Flying with 2 small children and going for a fortnight - need all the actual real luggage space we can get! Plus I checked and for the airline I'm using my case is 5cm too big in one dimension to go in the cabin, and I wouldn't want to stick it in the hold.
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Update on DJI facebook! They say by the end of next week we should have the update! maybe.. :roll:
Finally, the left-hand and right-hand have "shaken" at DJI and their Facebook is now giving correct information about Ground Station, waypoints and Vision. In response to a question from a customer with a Vision after DJI announced the new Ground Station app has been submitted to Apple for approval they state the following:
Hooray! Sanity and accuracy returns. The P2 guys will need to spend an extra £150 +/- from what I've seen of prices to get the Datalink module and no android support at the moment, so iPad's only for them for now...
DJIGlobal said:
Hooray! Sanity and accuracy returns. The P2 guys will need to spend an extra £150 +/- from what I've seen of prices to get the Datalink module and no android support at the moment, so iPad's only for them for now...
Good, we can finally put this over-speculated topic to rest. If still unclear, this should summarize:
http://phantompilots.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10115&start=10#p87128
iDrone :!:
http://phantompilots.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10115&start=10#p87128
iDrone :!:
Pull_Up said:
About freakin' time... Am I getting ahead of myself, or do these guys finally seem to be getting their "support act" together ???
-slinger
Man reading this thread for the first time. What confusion. i'll tell you what the problem is and the solution. Dji made the mistake of naming the models phantom 2 and phantom 2 vision. Then phantom fc40. They should have stuck with numbers or names and not mixed them. Just like apple and the ipad ipad2 then ipad2 retina.
What is the conclusion? Can the phantom vision 2 now use the ground station functions (waypoint) without extra hardware like the datalink?
What is needed just the new firmware?
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What is needed just the new firmware?
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The conclusion is you will get waypoints when you get the app update that has waypoints in it! Nothing extra now needed. Just a wait...
The new Vision firmware send to have put in place the geofence and airport no fly zones ready, so it's just the app that actually drives it all to come.
The new Vision firmware send to have put in place the geofence and airport no fly zones ready, so it's just the app that actually drives it all to come.
Cool, any additional info would be great, so will the ground station / iPad/ iPhone app talk to the vision 2 over the wifi link to set the waypoints?
Or do you need extra hardware like the btu or data link?
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Or do you need extra hardware like the btu or data link?
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Forget Ground Station. It doesn't work with Vision. Ignore it, don't buy anything, don't get an iPad...
We will get "waypoint flying" similar to what non-Vision owners can achieve by buying a bluetooth datalink and fitting it, and an iPad. We WON'T get all the bells and whistles on the Ground Station app for iPad. But we will get autonomous flying between map-selected waypoints via our app and existing setups for free in a couple of weeks. If you run the Vision app on Android, you'll get waypoints same as the iOS guys. If you're a P2 person who has android gear at home but no iPad then you'll need to buy one of those as well as the datalink to do ground station on your non-Vision DJI aircraft.
Executive Summary: All the stuff around Ground Station is irrelevant to us Vision owners. We'll get our waypoint flying through the gear we've already go.
We will get "waypoint flying" similar to what non-Vision owners can achieve by buying a bluetooth datalink and fitting it, and an iPad. We WON'T get all the bells and whistles on the Ground Station app for iPad. But we will get autonomous flying between map-selected waypoints via our app and existing setups for free in a couple of weeks. If you run the Vision app on Android, you'll get waypoints same as the iOS guys. If you're a P2 person who has android gear at home but no iPad then you'll need to buy one of those as well as the datalink to do ground station on your non-Vision DJI aircraft.
Executive Summary: All the stuff around Ground Station is irrelevant to us Vision owners. We'll get our waypoint flying through the gear we've already go.
Mori55 said:
Does the "Find My Phantom" part of the app currently work on your iPad mini wifi only if you preload? If the answer is yes then I suspect (but no one knows because the app update has not been released yet) that it will.
