Mavic Pro Status Light

Gerald McFall · Mar 2, 2021

Hi Everyone, quick question, I have a Mavic Pro 1 flies great, no problems with it other then the rear status light, when I turn on the drone it does the normal sounds and lights and rear status light cycles and blinks then the light goes out and stays out, I have the updates installed, Good Satellite signal and good controller signal, I have turned the lights on - off, rebooted, and still status cycles the colours on boot up then nothing, as mentioned, no issues flying the Mavic, no crashes, nothing, I Contacted DJI Support and they have not heard of this issue, (front lights are fine Red) Curious if anyone has come across this and know how to turn it back on,

Zonian · Mar 2, 2021

Hmmn, I've never heard of that before.

Is it just the single green flash (GPS mode) that doesn't work? In other words, if you power up indoors (sans GPS), will the other indicators flash??

Gerald McFall · Mar 3, 2021

I just tried that and still no blinking lights, I get the cycle lights at first then nothing, when it cycles I see all the different colours,

Zonian · Mar 3, 2021

Did this issue start right after a FW update?

SpitFire · Mar 8, 2021

You may try using the search function, do a query about the status indicator.

Gerald McFall · Mar 21, 2021

Update! Even though the Green light was not flashing The Drone has been flying fine no issues and very stable, I decided to calibrate the IMU even though is said it was normal and now the Green Status indicator is back to normal flashing green
;-)

Gerald McFall · Mar 21, 2021

and I'm back ;-0 so when I do IMU calibration, then hit the restart, drone comes back to life and green status light is blinking, now when I power down the drone and restart (numerous times) the status light cycles (all colours including green) then goes out, when I look close I can see a very dim yellow flashing light, yet when I look at the IMU settings all are ok with green dot, if I do a IMU calibration again the Green light will come back until I power down,
yet the drone does fly fine, Looks like I will be taking a trip to a DJI Shop.

Gerald McFall · Mar 21, 2021

Here is a screen shot of my IMU setting, does this look normal? I have recalibrated 4 - 5 times and this is what i keep getting, I guessing the green bar is suppose to be bigger?? when i switch to compass i see a bigger green bar, only guessing here
thank you

Thomas B · Mar 21, 2021

Bar should be full length of the indicator area if it’s green.

Gerald McFall · Mar 22, 2021

ok so this is pointing to IMU problems, I will take it in and get a price to fix it, better safe then sorry, i will post what they find
thank you
Gerald

Magilla Gorilla · Mar 23, 2021

Gerald McFall said:
Here is a screen shot of my IMU setting, does this look normal? I have recalibrated 4 - 5 times and this is what i keep getting, I guessing the green bar is suppose to be bigger?? when i switch to compass i see a bigger green bar, only guessing here
thank you

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This is sort of confusing and backwards.
From my experience the less green the better. To test this, switch to compass in a magnetic free area.
As you move to an area of magnetic interference, such as a steel table or something, you will see the green bar get longer then turn yellow and grow then turn red the closer you get.
Also you will see the compass redundancy switch to the compass with the shorter green bar.
I would have to assume the IMU registers the same way.

Gerald McFall · Mar 23, 2021

I have searched and called support and was also told what i have is a good reading I even compared it to another Mavic Pro and they are the same but what I dont understand is why the status light works only after IMU calibration then stops when you power down and restart, so..... off to Omniview it went to get a full check up, will keep you posted on what they find, should be in a few days