P3S communication problem after update

[o Reaper o]

Here's a couple of pictures.

 

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Also, I did find that the coax cable on the controller antenna had been pinched almost all the way through. I am in the process of getting a new one. This may be the range problem. I'm not sure about the compass calibration. I'm in a field in the middle of nowhere and there shouldn't be any interference.

 

[epicdoom]

ok brother do you know where the compass sensor is located in the landing gear. if so check that as well inspect the wires running down the leg and connecting to the sensor. as for the antenna lead being pinched that's a good find and absolutely will affect range. if you still have the top off unplug the compass lead and reconnect it a couple times the reason for this is the male pins in a lot of these connectors are usually mild steel and the female pins usually an aluminum, steel causes aluminum to oxidize and that oxidation can act as a barrier between the connection. make sure all the connections to the board on the compass connector look good and none broken or unsoldered

 

[o Reaper o]

Ok, here it probably a stupid question but I'm going to ask anyway. I fly at a flying site in the middle of nowhere but recently found out there is a private airstrip less than two miles from here. I was flying my solo and noticed that when I turned on restrictions the radius from that airstrip showed up. That might also have something to do with the range problem but I'm still baffled by the so called magnetic interference and the compass problems I'm experiencing.

 

[epicdoom]

flying in restricted airspace will definitely shorten your range check and see if your flying towards the center of the airspace or away. my nephew has this problem, but if he fly's away from the center he gets better range. By chance are you carrying a cell phone on your side? if you are leave it in the car and try to calibrate your compass

 

[o Reaper o]

I'm flying away from the center. I even took it to another area and did a re-link as per DJI customer support. Same thing happened. I tried to calibrate the compass after the re-link and when I looked at the app, I was back to the fly screen. Before it would tell me that calibration failed. I didn't see the magnetic interference warning though. I am however seeing that I can still perform a compass calibration.

 

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[o Reaper o]

Pictures of the flying site.

 

[epicdoom]

I'm flying away from the center. I even took it to another area and did a re-link as per DJI customer support. Same thing happened. I tried to calibrate the compass after the re-link and when I looked at the app, I was back to the fly screen. Before it would tell me that calibration failed. I didn't see the magnetic interference warning though. I am however seeing that I can still perform a compass calibration.

you will be able to compass calibrate as much as you want there is no limit even if its calibrated you can do it again and again. its not a recommended practice though. I calibrate my compass if I move flying sites by more then 20 miles other then that I don't touch it till it tell me it needs to be recalibrated in the App. Nice wide open space there you have to fly in

 

[o Reaper o]

Good to know. Other than the communication between the drone and my galaxy s7 or my galaxy note 5 it has to be the controller antenna. The ones inside the case I'm assuming they are for the 5.8gh video and the one that is in the middle is the 2.4 which controls the drone? Most of my experience is 72mhz and Spektrum and JR 2.4 DSMX

 

[epicdoom]

actually its the other way around the center antenna is your control 5.8ghz and the 2 inside are the wifi 2.4ghz I am also from the old school and I still have some AM and FM gear in 27 and 72 MHz I have bought the 2.4 ghz stuff and have a good bit of it I started building my own stuff also because I do Programming. I was flying a lot of big outdoor planes in Nitro and electric and it got to be a task finding places to fly so I put all those planes up in the garage and started getting into micro 12-24" WS planes those you can fly just about anyplace you want. the problem with them though is you have to have no wind so I started designing and building small ultra micro planes I could fly in my living room they are 4-6" WS I started out building IR transmitter and receivers for those the RX is the size of a pinky fingernail I then moved up to 900Mhz for better control those RX are index fingernail size and whole All up weight of the aircraft in 2 channel is less then a sheet of notebook paper. I make my own CF props for these planes also.