RC issues 1.7.4

bkushner · Sep 26, 2022

Never had an issue with my RC controller until I recently updated to the 1.7.4. Now every flight I'm getting a complete shutdown and restart. Anyone else? Downgrading now.

harryemery92 · Sep 26, 2022

bkushner said:
Never had an issue with my RC controller until I recently updated to the 1.7.4. Now every flight I'm getting a complete shutdown and restart. Anyone else? Downgrading now.

Which controller you using the dji smart controller

bkushner · Sep 27, 2022

RC Controller...

GadgetGuy · Sep 27, 2022

bkushner said:
RC Controller...

The newest $300 DJI RC controller, and not the $1200 RC Pro?

bkushner · Sep 27, 2022

GadgetGuy said:
The newest $300 DJI RC controller, and not the $1200 RC Pro?

Yes...

GadgetGuy · Sep 27, 2022

bkushner said:
Yes...

Wow! Stick with the downgrade until they fix it. Just glad it isn't the RC Pro!

harryemery92 · Sep 27, 2022

Strange because I I have 1.7.4 on my dji rc and dont have any complete shut down or restart how ever I did on my dji smart controller using 1.7.4 fly app it would shutdowncand restart that bit seems to be fine using 1
7.5 in the dji smart controller also using 1.7.5 on my dji rc pro controller that seems fine maybe will will see a update soon to the dji rc controller shortly

jjcombs13 · Sep 27, 2022

GadgetGuy said:
Wow! Stick with the downgrade until they fix it. Just glad it isn't the RC Pro!

Yes, it is the RC Pro as well. And DJI Fly 1.7.5 as well. You can also find info here. Right now the solution is to use 1.7.0 with the Mavic 3, Mavic 3 Cine, and Air2s with the RC Pro until this is resolved.

Richard R · Sep 27, 2022

Yes indeed RC Pro - see this thread too.

Latest M3 firmware update caused my RC Pro controller to disconnect.

I updated the M3 yesterday afternoon with the latest firmware (support for Japanese Remote ID). When I went out to fly, the DJI Fly app on the controller kept crashing. I came home (back to my Wi-Fi ) and reset the controller to factory settings. Then followed up with older firmware...

mavicpilots.com

Thanks to diligent reading of mavicpilots I didn't upgrade.

maggior · Sep 27, 2022

jjcombs13 said:
Yes, it is the RC Pro as well. And DJI Fly 1.7.5 as well. You can also find info here. Right now the solution is to use 1.7.0 with the Mavic 3, Mavic 3 Cine, and Air2s with the RC Pro until this is resolved.

I went back to 1.6.9 on my Smart Controller for my MA2 and A2S. I flew a lot on that version with no issues so I stuck with that.

It's annoying that they still haven't worked out these crash issues.

GadgetGuy · Sep 28, 2022

jjcombs13 said:
Yes, it is the RC Pro as well. And DJI Fly 1.7.5 as well. You can also find info here. Right now the solution is to use 1.7.0 with the Mavic 3, Mavic 3 Cine, and Air2s with the RC Pro until this is resolved.

Best solution is to just turn off AirSense for now, which is the cause of the app crashing! AirSense is a useless marketing feature anyway! If you can't see and hear all aircraft approaching your drone, you are flying BVLOS! Lastly, AirSense only works for airplanes that are already easily visible and audible from a great distance, like commercial aircraft. That excludes other drones, most private aircraft, all police and military helicopters, crop dusters, paramotors, and paragliders! The aircraft must also have the appropriate transponder, and choose to be broadcasting it. Keep your eyes and ears open instead!

John48 · Sep 28, 2022

bkushner said:
Never had an issue with my RC controller until I recently updated to the 1.7.4. Now every flight I'm getting a complete shutdown and restart. Anyone else? Downgrading now.

Also found that after the update went for a fly and started to take some video. Tried to go to photos and could not get out of video even though it was not recording. Shut down the controller restarted still would not change over to photos, landed and shut down controller and PM3 restated all good again.

Richard R · Sep 28, 2022

GadgetGuy said:
Best solution is to just turn off AirSense for now, which is the cause of the app crashing! AirSense is a useless marketing feature anyway! If you can't see and hear all aircraft approaching your drone, you are flying BVLOS! Lastly, AirSense only works for airplanes that are already easily visible and audible from a great distance, like commercial aircraft. That excludes other drones, most private aircraft, all police and military helicopters, crop dusters, paramotors, and paragliders! The aircraft must also have the appropriate transponder, and choose to be broadcasting it. Keep your eyes and ears open instead!

@GadgetGuy how did you determine it was AirSense?

fosko · Sep 28, 2022

Hi, I had the same problem, the solution, go back to 1.7.0

jjcombs13 · Sep 28, 2022

GadgetGuy said:
Best solution is to just turn off AirSense for now, which is the cause of the app crashing! AirSense is a useless marketing feature anyway! If you can't see and hear all aircraft approaching your drone, you are flying BVLOS! Lastly, AirSense only works for airplanes that are already easily visible and audible from a great distance, like commercial aircraft. That excludes other drones, most private aircraft, all police and military helicopters, crop dusters, paramotors, and paragliders! The aircraft must also have the appropriate transponder, and choose to be broadcasting it. Keep your eyes and ears open instead!

I'm sorry but disabling integrated safety features of the software to work around a bug is not a viable solution for me. But if that works for you, great! Airsense has actually been valuable to me in several instances back when it worked.

GadgetGuy · Sep 28, 2022

Richard R said:
@GadgetGuy how did you determine it was AirSense?

I didn't, but everyone else did.

Fly 1.7.4 repetitive app crashing

Running DJI Fly 1.7.4 (1410) on the RC Pro (latest firmware) with Mavic 3 Cine (latest firmware). Every time I touch the minimized map in the lower left corner in order to expand it the entire Fly app crashes. It's easy and quick to re-start the app and resume the flight, but the app continues...

forum.dji.com

I also don't use AirSense and have it turned off, so I have never encountered the problem.

GadgetGuy · Sep 28, 2022

jjcombs13 said:
I'm sorry but disabling integrated safety features of the software to work around a bug is not a viable solution for me. But if that works for you, great! Airsense has actually been valuable to me in several instances back when it worked.

I'd love to hear of any real world situation where Airsense actually was of any value when you are legally flying within VLOS. Relying upon it is always fraught with actual peril for all the reasons I stated above.

When a crashing bug is known to be triggered by specific settings, it only makes sense to disable those settings, until the bug is fixed. Your eyes and ears are all you need to replace AirSense.

mobilehomer · Sep 28, 2022

GadgetGuy said:
I'd love to hear of any real world situation where Airsense actually was of any value when you are legally flying within VLOS. Relying upon it is always fraught with actual peril for all the reasons I stated above.

When a crashing bug is known to be triggered by specific settings, it only makes sense to disable those settings, until the bug is fixed. Your eyes and ears are all you need to replace AirSense.

It matters not whether you need it, it is a feature that SHOULD work!!! Why disable a feature when you can easily revert to an earlier app? Oh, I enjoy the Airsense warnings and to check where planes are in relation to a time lapse so that I can check for contrails. And before anyone's head explodes, 150 ft straight over my front yard.

GadgetGuy · Sep 29, 2022

mobilehomer said:
It matters not whether you need it, it is a feature that SHOULD work!!! Why disable a feature when you can easily revert to an earlier app? Oh, I enjoy the Airsense warnings and to check where planes are in relation to a time lapse so that I can check for contrails. And before anyone's head explodes, 150 ft straight over my front yard.

So, it appears you are not using it for safety. It was never intended for checking for contrails. Whether it should or shouldn’t work is irrelevant. It currently isn't working properly, and is causing app crashes. Workarounds are needed. You could also just never make the map full screen which triggers the crash.

mobilehomer · Sep 29, 2022

GadgetGuy said:
So, it appears you are not using it for safety. It was never intended for checking for contrails. Whether it should or shouldn’t work is irrelevant. It currently isn't working properly, and is causing app crashes. Workarounds are needed. You could also just never make the map full screen which triggers the crash.

The best workaround is revert to 1.7.0.