Anyone already tried the GS Pro 1.6 release?

[BigBoozer]

I was chatting with a DJI service rep about a problem with programming long missions in GroundStation (GS) Pro and he recommended me to uninstall the previous version and to load the 1.6 release, which I did.

Anyone did it a try, yet?

 

[Mari]

Yup...

This was my first mission, made a second one but for some reason GSP will not fly he new mission, have to figure out why not...

 

[BigBoozer]

Thanks, Mari, how long is the second mission?
I cannot start one with WayPoints if it's longer than 2 kilometers.
See below...

DJI Customer Service recommended to upload the new version, but it's the same story...

 

[Mari]

Second mission was 1100mtrs. Was planning to do some flying later today, will give it a try by creating a mission that is longer then 2km. Will let you know if it worked or not.

 

[Mari]

Created a mission with a distance over 2800mtrs, was able to fly it without any problems.

 

[BigBoozer]

Thanks Mari, interesting. Even if my last refused WayPoint flight (that of the picture) was a short one, just over 900 meters. I'll try tomorrow again, after having checked the following: the error might have something to do with the Maximum Flight Distance parameter that one can set up to 8,000 meter in GO4 (not in GSPro). Not sure where I did set that figure, have to check.

 

[Cut.Aussie]

Thanks, Mari, how long is the second mission?
I cannot start one with WayPoints if it's longer than 2 kilometers.
See below...

DJI Customer Service recommended to upload the new version, but it's the same story...

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I believe that message means you are exceeding the maximum permitted flight distance between the RC position and a point on the programmed flight track

 

[Mari]

GSP overrules the limits you have set in DJI Go 4 app... I previously had a max. height of 120mtr, max. distance of 300mtr, after using GSP max. height was on 500mtr and max. distance on 8000mtr.

@BigBoozer can you post screenshot of your mission?

 

[BigBoozer]

I believe that message means you are exceeding the maximum permitted flight distance between the RC position and a point on the programmed flight track

Not in this case: the last WayPoint flight that the system refused was of a total length just over 900 meters...

 

[BigBoozer]

GSP overrules the limits you have set in DJI Go 4 app... I previously had a max. height of 120mtr, max. distance of 300mtr, after using GSP max. height was on 500mtr and max. distance on 8000mtr.

@BigBoozer can you post screenshot of your mission?

Sure, let me find it and I'll post it, tks

 

[JMF]

Go into the DJI Go 4 app controller settings and enable Max Distance.

 

[Mari]

Go into the DJI Go 4 app controller settings and enable Max Distance.

Not needed because GSP overrules max. distance/height settings of DJI Go 4 app. After use of GSP you have to re-set these setting in DJI Go 4 app

 

[BigBoozer]

GSP overrules the limits you have set in DJI Go 4 app... I previously had a max. height of 120mtr, max. distance of 300mtr, after using GSP max. height was on 500mtr and max. distance on 8000mtr.

@BigBoozer can you post screenshot of your mission?

Here it is: a mission like this was refused with the above message. A sligtly smaller circle over the village was flown regularly. The whole flight is 924 meters long, way below a theoretical 2 km limit.



Any suggestion? Tomorrow I'll try something else, I moved to town in the meantime, I must find a suitable quiet place to experiment.

 

[Cut.Aussie]

Wow, I haven't used GSP for a couple of months, lots of changes to the latest version. I love how easy it can make most photo shots if to Google Sat imagery is up to date.

 

[BigBoozer]

I tried today, back to town, a WayPoint mission of 217 meters (the inner rectangle of a small soccer field in the park) and GSPro did not fly it. No error message, the drone just hovers. It must have something to do with a very low level of NFZ: when I switched to Go4Pro it asked me to confirm that I was authorized to fly in a D Class NFZ (the park partially enters a green area of naturalistic protection... a total nonsense).

 

[Mari]

My mission is also in a Class-D zone...

What I did last mission:

- Switch on Remote
- Start DJI Go 4 App
- Switch on Mavic
- Wait for GPS...
- Take-Off MP... I get the Class-D warning, have to tick 2 options and confirm...
- Start GSPro
- Load/Edit Mission, select Fly Mission...
- Then you get some options, one of them is to switch off sensors (if I'm correct), the other one is to unlock NFZ. I only unlock NFZ
- Start Mission...

MP flies to startpoint and Mission is started... (all the time DJI Go 4 app is in the background active).

 

[BigBoozer]

My mission is also in a Class-D zone...

What I did last mission:

- Switch on Remote
- Start DJI Go 4 App
- Switch on Mavic
- Wait for GPS...
- Take-Off MP... I get the Class-D warning, have to tick 2 options and confirm...
- Start GSPro
- Load/Edit Mission, select Fly Mission...
- Then you get some options, one of them is to switch off sensors (if I'm correct), the other one is to unlock NFZ. I only unlock NFZ
- Start Mission...

MP flies to startpoint and Mission is started... (all the time DJI Go 4 app is in the background active).

Thanks a lot, first of all.
I did the same today but when I got to the point of unlocking the NFZ I had no Internet connection from my IPad Mini 4 (it's only wi-fi, no cell) and I could not have access to the DJI unlocking process. Did not want to open an hotspot from my smartphone, I was too pissed with this unlocking procedure. What the heck, that area is a town park, come on... no airports or prisons or The White House in a radius of km and km... why can't we fly a Mavic? It's discouraging.

It' confusing how Go 4 and GSP interact: GSP overrules the settings of Go 4 in terms of max height and max distance, but if you get an OK to fly in a NFZ through Go 4 then it's valid also for GSP... I start agreeing with those who object DJI being the Drone's Police of The World!
The Class D NFZ are a true joke! Anyway, will try the whole procedure with an Internet connection and see what happens.

 

[Mari]

... I believe that for a class-D zone there is not a real "unlock" needed, just confirming that you know it is a class-D and you take responsibility to fly there...

I also fly with an iPad 4 Mini (wi-fi only)... not sure if I used a hotspot or not... give it a try... will do the same next time flying...

 

[BigBoozer]

... I believe that for a class-D zone there is not a real "unlock" needed, just confirming that you know it is a class-D and you take responsibility to fly there...

I also fly with an iPad 4 Mini (wi-fi only)... not sure if I used a hotspot or not... give it a try... will do the same next time flying...

Thanks. What I saw when it was time to unlock the NFZ area was a sort of web page, so I wonder how can I access that if I do not have an Internet connection. But it might be as well a template built into the GSPro app... Will try in a couple of days.

 

[BigBoozer]

... I believe that for a class-D zone there is not a real "unlock" needed, just confirming that you know it is a class-D and you take responsibility to fly there....

Tried yesterday a very short, programmed WayPoint flight using GSPro in the Class-D NFZ near my house. Just before starting the mission, it says that you need to unlock the NFZ. You can do it using a Credit Card number (...are they kidding?) or with an SMS. This is clearly done through an Internet connection, it's not from a template page of the GSPro software as I suspected in my previous posts.
I give my phone number. By the time that the SMS arrives, the validity of the Code transmitted via SMS (5 minutes) has expired. For whatever reason. I give up and start using the WayPoints option of Go 4, setting the points through the drone, i.e. just flying once where I want to go again automatically, setting the coordinates and height of each point one by one. All works OK. No NFZ warnings.

Morale: GSPro is not practically suitable for flying in any NFZ, even in the lowest risk ones. It might do it, but it's a waste of time. My opinion, of course.

Will try Litchi.