Make sure you've run through the activation process before leaving the house!
I was all excited this evening! The wind had dropped and it flying conditions were perfect.
So I drove round to my test field at the back of the house, hiked to the middle of it (almost falling over after skidding on sheep poo!), put the props on & powered up the remote before powering up the P3.
Then I launched the app. The pretty pictures and standard icons appeared, but then there was a new screen - 'activate your phantom'. What? So I followed the prompts - but my Nvidia shield doesn't have a sim card in it, so with no network connection I was stuck.
This was despite the P3 being powered on numerous times in the house to apply firmware & calibrate the IMU.
Why did this activation bollocks not raise its stupid head while I was in the house connected to WiFi?
Frustrated, I returned home (after two back-and-forth attempts to get wifi next to my neighbours' fence).
Finally I got home & powered everything up in the garden. I had WiFi.... but would it activate? Yes, after 20 minutes of swearing.
I was losing my rag, so I decided to get my phone out and record getting to the stuck activation screen.
Seems like my phone is the lucky charm, because as I was recording the bloody thing activated!
I finally managed to fly... after wasting over an hour.
WHY DID IT WAIT UNTIL I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SODDING FIELD!
(and breathe)
I was all excited this evening! The wind had dropped and it flying conditions were perfect.
So I drove round to my test field at the back of the house, hiked to the middle of it (almost falling over after skidding on sheep poo!), put the props on & powered up the remote before powering up the P3.
Then I launched the app. The pretty pictures and standard icons appeared, but then there was a new screen - 'activate your phantom'. What? So I followed the prompts - but my Nvidia shield doesn't have a sim card in it, so with no network connection I was stuck.
This was despite the P3 being powered on numerous times in the house to apply firmware & calibrate the IMU.
Why did this activation bollocks not raise its stupid head while I was in the house connected to WiFi?
Frustrated, I returned home (after two back-and-forth attempts to get wifi next to my neighbours' fence).
Finally I got home & powered everything up in the garden. I had WiFi.... but would it activate? Yes, after 20 minutes of swearing.
I was losing my rag, so I decided to get my phone out and record getting to the stuck activation screen.
Seems like my phone is the lucky charm, because as I was recording the bloody thing activated!
I finally managed to fly... after wasting over an hour.
WHY DID IT WAIT UNTIL I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SODDING FIELD!
(and breathe)