1st generation Smart Controller and Mavic 3

Rushphotos · Nov 4, 2021

Anyone know if the 1st Generation smart controller will work with the Mavic 3? Just wanted to get the 3 and use the 1st Gen until I want to fork over another $1k.

Droniac · Nov 4, 2021

Rushphotos said:
Anyone know if the 1st Generation smart controller will work with the Mavic 3? Just wanted to get the 3 and use the 1st Gen until I want to fork over another $1k.

Nope

Droniac · Nov 4, 2021

I was hoping for the same. Godspeed, Droniac

Rushphotos · Nov 4, 2021

Droniac said:
Nope

Nope you don’t know or nope it won’t?

Platoon · Nov 4, 2021

Tripltek 8 PRO is your best bet

msinger · Nov 4, 2021

And the new DJI RC Pro is only compatible with the Mavic 3 and Mavic 3 Cine (so far).

Wild Drone Pilot · Nov 5, 2021

Rushphotos said:
Anyone know if the 1st Generation smart controller will work with the Mavic 3? Just wanted to get the 3 and use the 1st Gen until I want to fork over another $1k.

No

Droniac · Nov 5, 2021

Rushphotos said:
Nope you don’t know or nope it won’t?

Stated m2 not compatible M3

Droniac · Nov 5, 2021

Rushphotos said:
Nope you don’t know or nope it won’t?

It won’t as per DJI “questions” on their site.

Wild Drone Pilot · Nov 7, 2021

Don K said:
No

The list for the new SC is only the M3
Old SC will NOT work with the M3
Sorry

PetitFrereArmada · Nov 7, 2021

Rushphotos said:
Just wanted to get the 3 and use the 1st Gen until I want to fork over another $1k.

You will have to fork $1,200 for the new RC Pro as the old one has been made obsolete since it does not work with the new Mavic 3!

tailwindproductions · Nov 8, 2021

Don K said:
The list for the new SC is only the M3
Old SC will NOT work with the M3
Sorry

Without that support for SC1, it's a hard pass on the M3 for me. Too bad, I was ready to shell out the cash for the low light, better collision avoidance and slightly longer flight times. Suspect I'm not alone in this reasoning.

dilwyn555 · Nov 8, 2021

Rushphotos said:
Anyone know if the 1st Generation smart controller will work with the Mavic 3? Just wanted to get the 3 and use the 1st Gen until I want to fork over another $1k.

It seems that no-one yet knows but DJI say no. The price difference is (sorry UK figures) £579 for the old one and £879 for the new one. I did wonder if the new DJI RC Pro is backwards compatible with the Mini 2 and Mavic Air 2 but again, no one seems to know....

Ben_McPhee · Nov 10, 2021

msinger said:
And the new DJI RC Pro is only compatible with the Mavic 3 and Mavic 3 Cine (so far).

Doesn't his kind of defeat the purpose (and promise) of the original smart controller?

(And does that not mean that the Mavic 4 might require the DJI RC Pro2 to take full advantage of it with Ocusync 4/5 or whatever they have then?

I genuinely don't understand this product...

mschaffer66 · Nov 10, 2021

Ben_McPhee said:
Doesn't his kind of defeat the purpose (and promise) of the original smart controller?

(And does that not mean that the Mavic 4 might require the DJI RC Pro2 to take full advantage of it with Ocusync 4/5 or whatever they have then?

I genuinely don't understand this product...

Actually based on what DJI is currently saying, the RC Pro2 would ONLY work with the Mavic 4. Not the Mavic 3 or anything previous to it.

zeusfl · Nov 10, 2021

Just to confirm everything i contacted DJI and here is the response.

Wild Drone Pilot · Nov 10, 2021

Ben_McPhee said:
Doesn't his kind of defeat the purpose (and promise) of the original smart controller?

(And does that not mean that the Mavic 4 might require the DJI RC Pro2 to take full advantage of it with Ocusync 4/5 or whatever they have then?

I genuinely don't understand this product...

Sure looks that way

I sure hope they think about updates I just don't have the money keep buying new because they no longer support it. I just got the SC1 and now a new one? Sure hope the specs are a little more accurate on the SC2 on the SC1 way off

CanadaDrone · Nov 10, 2021

Much to my surprise as well, it seems it does not work, at least right now. It works with the Air 2S which I think a lot of people, myself included, took to mean it would also work with the M3 as both the Air2S and M3 are Occusync 3 products.

There is some hope though. I saw a YouTube video where the individual updated his original SC and part of the update was to add M3 compatibility (it showed this on the SC screen). He then went to a DJI store, but it wouldn't pair with a M3 (no clue if they did everything correctly or not). So it's possible that eventually they will work together, otherwise what would be the point of updating firmware to the SCv1 for M3 compatibility. Fingers crossed.

zeusfl · Nov 10, 2021

What happened is that DJI is using the same Fly App for both all controllers and Android Devices instead to do another version for the Smart Controller, but they have no intention to support the Smart Controller with the excuse that the Smart Controller can not support the LTE connectivity.

CanadaDrone · Nov 10, 2021

zeusfl said:
What happened is that DJI is using the same Fly App for both all controllers and Android Devices instead to do another version for the Smart Controller, but they have no intention to support the Smart Controller with the excuse that the Smart Controller can not support the LTE connectivity.

That's too bad. Oh well. Seems like an excuse to satisfy the marketing department - not at all uncommon, but unfortunate nonetheless.

I personally see value in the RC Pro and will be buying it regardless, however I also completely understand the desire to carry over the SC v1.

At the very least, I hope the RC Pro is backwards compatible with lesser drones as well, then you can sell the SC v1 separately and minimize upgrade cost.