Warnings on screen
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What's your flying environment like?
If there are buildings around, there will be interference.
Have you tried flying over that big farm across the highway? Try a different location away from the homes.
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Interference is measured as noise to signal ratio. If the signal is weak, you might see high interference or if the external noise is high, you will see the same.
You got to figure out what’s causing interference. I’m right now ruling out any hw or FW issues.
You got to figure out what’s causing interference. I’m right now ruling out any hw or FW issues.
there is a neighbor that does HAM radio out of his home. Could that be it?
It's possible Litchi isn't looking at the same parameters as the Go Ap. Only so much is "given" to Litchi by the SDK.
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i used to get the warnings so often they filled the left side of my screen. I live in a semi-rural area, with no overhead wires, and i know where they are buried, so I'm not near them. I always worried about them. I also was only getting 1600' max, and i wanted to be able to fly to the extent of my eyesight, like i could with the toy Syma I have semi-retired. I bought amps to go on the antennas and lo and behold! the warning messages are almost completely gone! When I get one now, it's strong wireless interference. I think before, it was just signal to noise ratio causing a lot of it.
I had so many errors, I didn't notice when i got the compass error that crashed my P3C against the side of my house!
I had so many errors, I didn't notice when i got the compass error that crashed my P3C against the side of my house!
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True, just saying that when I use Litchi this doesn't happen as often. The interference warning I get in the Go app is usually when I fly around town or close to it. Once I get out away from the city it doesn't happen as much. Its not a critical warning, just a warning to let users know that there is some interference.
I used to get this all the time until I started paying more attention to the position and direction my antennas were pointing. Using a Crystal Sky by the way.
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turn off wi-fi on your tablet/phone before flying - that seems to solve the issue 99% of the time
Ham radio VERY unlikely, wrong frequency band. Much more likely someone's internet router which operates at or near the drone controller frequencies.
With the P3S you cannot do that, as the tablet/phone uses WiFi to connect to it. What you can do is put the phone in airplane mode then manually turn WiFi back on (to effectively turn off the cellular portion of the phone).
Mr. 120CPM that is a great suggestion. I didn't know that airplane mode did that. Thank you for your help. I get interference too, and it's because I can detect seven signals in the 2.4Ghz range and two in the 5.8Ghz range. All most likely from wireless Internet routers. Aa long as I fly within my yard, it is of no consequence. If I fly further, then it could cause loss of signal. I wonder if there is a way to change channels as you can do with the routers.
I believe the P3S searches the channels automatically. No pilot controls. Not sue if the Advanced or Pro have that capability. The P4's most definitely have pilot over-ride.
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