Troubleshoot flex cable(is it bad or not ?) How do I know if the damage isn’t obvious by looking?

[Tstanfordjr]

How do I know if my flex cable is bad if the damage is an obvious to the naked eye?

 

[Capt KO]

Most I've had to replace didn't show damage. The wire inside and connections are fragile. Sadly it's often trial and error but I have enough spares to go through that process. Be sure the clips that hold the ribbon are not damaged as well. If it's the gimble ribbon just go ahead and replace anyway once open as it's the most difficult. Always use original DJI cables. Aftermarket often fail or don't even work.

 

[Sky Guy2]

Can you still buy DJI cables for the P3A?. I never found any so used a online one. Nothing except the camera dance and no camera feed.

 

[Capt KO]

For DJI Phantom 3 Standard / Adv / Pro Flexible Gimbal Flat Ribbon Flex Cable | eBay

For DJI Phantom 3 Standard. For DJI Phantom 3 Professional / Advance. 1 x Flexible Gimbal Flat Ribbon Flex Cable. High quality.

www.ebay.com

This is one. Saw others but more expensive

 

[jiminyfixit]

How do I know if my flex cable is bad if the damage is an obvious to the naked eye?

Having repaired 100's of DJI cams over the last 10 years, I have found ribbon cables can degrade over time, due to moisture, heat & the big offender, fine dust, especially if there is metallic content in the dust. Image degradation shows up as, what I call, intermittent or consistent pixelation. Other video issues, like a black screen or video only in "stills" mode, is usually a video circuit board issue. DJI has always used cheap NAND video chips.

 

[cheddarman]

Hi Jiminyfixit - so what do you think my problem is? Posted here..... but I have now linked the RC and AC but my Nvidia Shield just shows "Disconnected". I can fly the drone, take pictures so all that side of things is just fine, just nothing on my device.

 

[Droneted]

have you tried refreshing the firmware with DJI Assistant 2?

 

[Sky Guy2]

For DJI Phantom 3 Standard / Adv / Pro Flexible Gimbal Flat Ribbon Flex Cable | eBay

For DJI Phantom 3 Standard. For DJI Phantom 3 Professional / Advance. 1 x Flexible Gimbal Flat Ribbon Flex Cable. High quality.

www.ebay.com

This is one. Saw others but more expensive

Thanks I kind of stopped looking as all were non DJI. I ordered this one. For $20 Canadian I will try it. After I did the 1st non DJI one I know its not too hard to do.

 

[jiminyfixit]

Hi Jiminyfixit - so what do you think my problem is? Posted here..... but I have now linked the RC and AC but my Nvidia Shield just shows "Disconnected". I can fly the drone, take pictures so all that side of things is just fine, just nothing on my device.

I think Droneted may have next step solution & possibly go into the DJI Assistant & reset factory defaults. I'm more of a camera fix guy than dealing with all the controller linking issues with different platforms. All my testing controllers & drones have worked perfectly for many years. I guess DJI didn't really mean we should fly these things I'm a "fixer" not a "flyer" & not much help, I'm afraid.

 

[MerckxBh]

Olá Jiminyfixit - então, qual você acha que é o meu problema? Postado aqui ..... mas agora conectei o RC e o AC, mas meu Nvidia Shield mostra apenas "Desconectado". Eu posso pilotar o drone, tirar fotos, então todo esse lado das coisas está bem, apenas nada no meu dispositivo.

Resolveu ?

 

[Dark flyer]

Most I've had to replace didn't show damage. The wire inside and connections are fragile. Sadly it's often trial and error but I have enough spares to go through that process. Be sure the clips that hold the ribbon are not damaged as well. If it's the gimble ribbon just go ahead and replace anyway once open as it's the most difficult. Always use original DJI cables. Aftermarket often fail or don't even work.

i know this is an very old post but i think you can help me, i need to replace my p3p gimble ribbom, as you mentioned original DJI is the way to go, is there anyone that sells them or do i have to go through DJI, i'm not a cheap *** but you never know.....Thank you

 

[Droneted]

i know this is an very old post but i think you can help me, i need to replace my p3p gimble ribbom, as you mentioned original DJI is the way to go, is there anyone that sells them or do i have to go through DJI, i'm not a cheap *** but you never know.....Thank you

To my knowledge there is no OEM cable available for the Phantom 3. The Phantom 4 is different Zander newer. The DJI OEM cable is still available. ( probably not for long)