Originally Posted by dante1

Hey Vectorcharlie,

I don't see the diode on the VIN. Did you forget to put it or is it along the wire?

Just an observation.

Dante1

Note, that diode is only necessary if you want to connect the mod to PC without disconnecting from drone.

Originally Posted by pawelsky

Note, that diode is only necessary if you want to connect the mod to PC without disconnecting from drone.

I see. I put on anyway. You never know when you might need it

Hey Pawelsky,

I made a drone 2 kit for a friend and he tells me that when he changes battery...he is getting a delayed response from the sticks.
He tells me that when he changes battery, he has to turn off the TX, wait for Drone 2 to boot, hit the reset button on the Drone 2, wait 10 seconds and turn on the TX. He says that most of the time it works but sometimes the drone 2 has a delayed response and can't control his drone.
Do you know what that could be?

Thanks,

Dante1

Arduino Nano v3.0

Originally Posted by dante1

Hey Pawelsky,

I made a drone 2 kit for a friend and he tells me that when he changes battery...he is getting a delayed response from the sticks.
He tells me that when he changes battery, he has to turn off the TX, wait for Drone 2 to boot, hit the reset button on the Drone 2, wait 10 seconds and turn on the TX. He says that most of the time it works but sometimes the drone 2 has a delayed response and can't control his drone.
Do you know what that could be?

Thanks,

Dante1

Arduino Nano v3.0

If your friend is flying CONFIG 1 or 2, he needs to wait until the video has been processed (motor lights blinking) before he changes battery, otherwise the drone will do it when it comes back up on the new battery. Alternatively, you can turn off the 'auto record start' in the 'sketch'.

Originally Posted by miru

If your friend is flying CONFIG 1 or 2, he needs to wait until the video has been processed (motor lights blinking) before he changes battery, otherwise the drone will do it when it comes back up on the new battery. Alternatively, you can turn off the 'auto record start' in the 'sketch'.

Thanks, I will let him know.

Originally Posted by miru

If your friend is flying CONFIG 1 or 2, he needs to wait until the video has been processed (motor lights blinking) before he changes battery, otherwise the drone will do it when it comes back up on the new battery. Alternatively, you can turn off the 'auto record start' in the 'sketch'.

Is this "auto record start"?
Red numbers need to be changed to "0"?

* videorecord: 0 - disable, 1 - enable (NOOP on Drone 1 or Drone 2 without USB stick)
* outdoor,no_shell,max_euler,max_vz,max_yaw,max_alt, anim,rvid */
const char cfg1[] PROGMEM = "1,1,0.35,1500,3.5,0,1,1"; /* S standard */
const char cfg2[] PROGMEM = "1,1,0.52,2000,6.1,0,1,1"; /* W wild (max) */
const char cfg3[] PROGMEM = "0,0,0.21,700,1.75,2,0,0"; /* N normal */
const char cfg4[] PROGMEM = "0,0,0.10,700,1.50,2,0,0"; /* E easy */

Originally Posted by dante1

Is this "auto record start"?
Red numbers need to be changed to "0"?

Yes, you can also use Sketch Configurator: http://mirumod.tk/tools/sketch_configurator.php

Originally Posted by pawelsky

I'm affraid the wiring is OK

Thanks for checking Pawelsy! Live and learn

Originally Posted by RockCopters

Can you check for a bad soldered connector on the drone's mainboard?
Heard that it is possible, that the SMD connector can come loose by the time.

I will check it Rock, anyway, I have to learn how to unmount the Main board. I was already thinking on checking it and maybe soldering directly the lines.

Originally Posted by dante1

Hey Vectorcharlie,

I don't see the diode on the VIN. Did you forget to put it or is it along the wire?

Just an observation.

Dante1

Thanks Dante. I haven't put it, as I am not doing any testing of the Arduino usb and the serial connected to the drone at the same time. But I will do it once I assemble everythng (And making it work )

Thanks!

Now that there's a new awesome firmware (for once) for the drone, 2.2.6.. Anything that can be updated software wise on the mod to better fly this drone or will the standard stuff work just as well?

Author of a very useful free iOS tool for switching between AR.Drone v1.0 firmwares - FW Manager - has started a poll on his website, asking whether people would be interested in a version for AR.Drone v2.0 as well.

http://www.powerflightapp.com/index....=1:fwmanager20

Since this is a very handy piece of software that was only missing the AR.Drone v2.0 support I believe it is worth saying YES! Parrot likes to surprise us sometimes with some 'unexpected' updates, so it is always good to be able to return to previous versions (FWM gives access to historic versions as well).

To vote you have to select your option (I hope it will be "Yes") on the left and click "ABSTIMMEN" (meaning "Vote" in German)

P.S. For those who don't know FW manager yet here is the iTunes link - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/firmw...426009871?mt=8 (despite some negative comments - it does work)

Originally Posted by pawelsky

Author of a very useful free iOS tool for switching between AR.Drone v1.0 firmwares - FW Manager - has started a poll on his website, asking whether people would be interested in a version for AR.Drone v2.0 as well.

http://www.powerflightapp.com/index....=1:fwmanager20

Since this is a very handy piece of software that was only missing the AR.Drone v2.0 support I believe it is worth saying YES! Parrot likes to surprise us sometimes with some 'unexpected' updates, so it is always good to be able to return to previous versions (FWM gives access to historic versions as well).

To vote you have to select your option (I hope it will be "Yes") on the left and click "ABSTIMMEN" (meaning "Vote" in German)

P.S. For those who don't know FW manager yet here is the iTunes link - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/firmw...426009871?mt=8 (despite some negative comments - it does work)

I don't own an idev, but I happy to give a yes vote if it's handy for others

Originally Posted by TZZDC1241

Now that there's a new awesome firmware (for once) for the drone, 2.2.6.. Anything that can be updated software wise on the mod to better fly this drone or will the standard stuff work just as well?

It does work with the new rev 0.19, don't think there are any issues with rev 0.18.

Originally Posted by miru

It does work with the new rev 0.19, don't think there are any issues with rev 0.18.

It works ok, but I can not get my Drone 2 to do any flips so does this part not work or am I doing something wrong?