Re: P2V+ Which phones/tablets and stuff work best for live v
Hello all
As mentioned somewhere else i had issue's with FPV.
I got the telemetry on the old tablet ( android ) but no live video.
So i did some research ( as far as possible ) and seen a lot of people using a NEXUS 7.
Well that maybe works but to spend money on a overkill tablet ( i only use it for FPV ) i went to see if there are other options (cheaper).
The cheapest tablet aren't going to do the job due to the fact the processor is to slow.
That processor has to do a lot of work to get the image on the screen.
So i toke a shot in the blind and bought a asus ME173x. Mid range price and quad processor running on 1,2g.
Ow i did a test with a colleague on his iphone 5 and there it worked. It was just to see if the phantom worked, no flight was done.
The ME173x or MEMO PAD from ASUS works really fine.
My system now:
V+ on V3.04 and the tablet is V1.04.
The only issue i have is the distance displayed. Hight and acceleration are good.
50m displays as 906m. And goes most of the time to n/a. Its the same with V1.39.
What i experienced yesterday afternoon was the following.
The evening before i had good results but didn't had the app yet to extend the range. I had 12 satellites and no issue's @ all. ( Didn't see that distance thing because i had other things to worry about ).
I toke the bird for a spin @ 2pm. Hot sunny day here.
The most satellites seen was 8 and it toke some time for the phantom to make a homepoint. And during the flight around 5/7 satellites. Not really conferrable.
Also the live video connection was broken often but reconnected almost immediately. So actually i had no video loss, just that screen popping up regularly.
In the evening (9pm) i toke it again for a spin. It was back in full force. 12/13 satellites and no video interruption what so ever. A clean smooth flight, even with range extender app on.
As a fully licensed HAM radio guy ( yes i have the privilege of transmitting on any HAM radio band ) i know something about how transmissions work.
My suspicion goes to the sun and her activity when i toke the 2pm flight.
Lets see whats it going to be this afternoon because its going to be 30¤C ( 86¤F ) and more.
A video of my first FPV flight and testing of the range extender app can be seen here.
I switched on recording the moment it reached the stock range. And initialized also the range extender app.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8a7ACK5l_g
Nice bedtime story isn't it ?
JP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8a7ACK5l_g