After updated Go 4 on my smart controller to the latest version, I received the “abnormal” error in red on my vision sensors. Pretty sure there was nothing wrong with them and that this is a timer issue built into the software, however not a fam of red ! so I went ahead with the proces.. Just wanted to pass on a few notes as this is not as clear cut as I would have liked.
1. I used a MacPro, Assistant 2 for Mavic (latest version).
2. The first time I tried to start the calibration, I went through all the tutorial steps, but the actual “calibration” was greyed out. So after restarting the process a few time, I went into the firmware option and noticed that I had a firmware inconsistency error. I found this odd, as the Drone was updated over a month ago, and so was the battery, all via Smart Controller. The update was for the drone firmware (I base this on the time it took) so once again, I was current, Assistant 2 for Mavic said was wasn’t and would not allow the calibration until I did the update.
3. Once in the process it’s key not to move the drone from a centered area. The video I watched which was excellent, stated to make your hand as if you are using a Ball head on a tripod. On a first calibration of the bottom vision sensor, I got an aircraft movement error, it seems if you get this all bets are off and you have to start all over again. At least I never could get the process to get past the error. If you have to start over you have to power off drone, and close down the Mavic Assistant.
4. When I started the 3 calibration step, which is the rear sensors, each time I attempted to move the drone to show the sensors, the calibration screen minimized and process hung. It took me a few attempts to realize that what was happening is the USB-C cable was moving just so slightly and thus making a quick disconnect with Assistant software. The cable is long enough, but it’s stiff and connection port is not that solid on my drone. So I ended up taping the port to the Drone, note be careful not to cover a vision port. After this was done you still have to start all over, but I did get through.
5. On the last calibration setup, side sensors, the process seemingly froze, not the same error as “aircraft movement”, and I realized that if you slightly move the box around, you can eventually get it back to the correct location on the calibration screen on the monitor. This happened on both side sensor calibrations. Also, again note on the side that that USB port is on, you have to really really be careful not to nudge the cable at all or your might again get a disconnect.
6. Once process is done, you get a screen telling you the calibration is being calculated. This take a few minutes, then you get the circle with green Check. System asks you to restart aircraft. You can’t go back, like with the firmware completion screen. I was a bit concerned about this as I did not want to go through it all again. However on restarting drone and bringing up Go 4 Vision system “Abnormal” error was gone.
This is not a process I would want to have to do on a weekly basis, and hope this calibration holds for a while.
Note, I was not having any issues at all with flight of drone, and error only came up with latest version of Go 4 on Smart Controller, which I had held off updating for a bit.
Paul C
1. I used a MacPro, Assistant 2 for Mavic (latest version).
2. The first time I tried to start the calibration, I went through all the tutorial steps, but the actual “calibration” was greyed out. So after restarting the process a few time, I went into the firmware option and noticed that I had a firmware inconsistency error. I found this odd, as the Drone was updated over a month ago, and so was the battery, all via Smart Controller. The update was for the drone firmware (I base this on the time it took) so once again, I was current, Assistant 2 for Mavic said was wasn’t and would not allow the calibration until I did the update.
3. Once in the process it’s key not to move the drone from a centered area. The video I watched which was excellent, stated to make your hand as if you are using a Ball head on a tripod. On a first calibration of the bottom vision sensor, I got an aircraft movement error, it seems if you get this all bets are off and you have to start all over again. At least I never could get the process to get past the error. If you have to start over you have to power off drone, and close down the Mavic Assistant.
4. When I started the 3 calibration step, which is the rear sensors, each time I attempted to move the drone to show the sensors, the calibration screen minimized and process hung. It took me a few attempts to realize that what was happening is the USB-C cable was moving just so slightly and thus making a quick disconnect with Assistant software. The cable is long enough, but it’s stiff and connection port is not that solid on my drone. So I ended up taping the port to the Drone, note be careful not to cover a vision port. After this was done you still have to start all over, but I did get through.
5. On the last calibration setup, side sensors, the process seemingly froze, not the same error as “aircraft movement”, and I realized that if you slightly move the box around, you can eventually get it back to the correct location on the calibration screen on the monitor. This happened on both side sensor calibrations. Also, again note on the side that that USB port is on, you have to really really be careful not to nudge the cable at all or your might again get a disconnect.
6. Once process is done, you get a screen telling you the calibration is being calculated. This take a few minutes, then you get the circle with green Check. System asks you to restart aircraft. You can’t go back, like with the firmware completion screen. I was a bit concerned about this as I did not want to go through it all again. However on restarting drone and bringing up Go 4 Vision system “Abnormal” error was gone.
This is not a process I would want to have to do on a weekly basis, and hope this calibration holds for a while.
Note, I was not having any issues at all with flight of drone, and error only came up with latest version of Go 4 on Smart Controller, which I had held off updating for a bit.
Paul C
