Gimbal help please.

losman26 · May 20, 2016

Last night I crashed, and all the wires in this photo came lose, including the wires connected to the gold connectors.

Seems there are 8 wires, but 10 slots to put them in. What's the correct way? I've tried connecting them and it keeps saying "gimbal disconnected ". When I power up, it says RC is connected, please connect aircraft.

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Phantomix · May 20, 2016

id suggest sending it to DJI, but i think that MAYBE it would be what it is in the first picture

losman26 · May 20, 2016

Might try to replace cable first.

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msinger · May 20, 2016

The cable should look like this:

If you need a new cable, you can pick up a cable pack on Amazon.

Olsen Petrus · May 20, 2016

losman26 said:
Last night I crashed, and all the wires in this photo came lose, including the wires connected to the gold connectors.

Seems there are 8 wires, but 10 slots to put them in. What's the correct way? I've tried connecting them and it keeps saying "gimbal disconnected ". When I power up, it says RC is connected, please connect aircraft.

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What happened?

losman26 · May 20, 2016

Olsen Petrus said:
What happened?

Hit a basketball rim in my parents driveway while doing a careless landing. Two of the props went into pieces. The phantom then shot sideways, and was headed towards a tree. I cut off the motors because it was really close to the ground, thinking it would have a soft landing, but it hit with a lot of force. All the wires came out, as well as the battery.

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Multicoptertec · May 20, 2016

I realize your bird is not powered on, but if you are working on wiring, it's best to remove that battery.

losman26 · May 21, 2016

msinger said:
The cable should look like this:

If you need a new cable, you can pick up a cable pack on Amazon.

Do I have the wiring done correctly in the first picture?

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msinger · May 21, 2016

losman26 said:
Do I have the wiring done correctly in the first picture?

It's too hard to tell. Perhaps you could post better pictures of your cable.

losman26 · May 21, 2016

msinger said:
It's too hard to tell. Perhaps you could post better pictures of your cable.

Based upon the Amazon photo, it looks like they just skip the first two slots, right?

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msinger · May 21, 2016

Here's what it should look like assembled:

losman26 · May 21, 2016

Thanks!

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ThePhoton · May 21, 2016

I had a hard landing with the standard and ripped out those same wires and the grey antenna wire... I replace all 8 of the wires and the gray wires metal cap was also torn off...I tried to put the cap on the grey wire and put everything back together...I powered up and gimbal worked perfect but the half my telementry is gone from the App...I dont show battery power or ability to fly with app..I am taking that as I didnt fix the end of the grey wire to spec and no info is getting from that flat antenna in the standard to my cell phone. anyone every had this also happen

losman26 · May 23, 2016

I have replaced the 8 wires, and not the grey and black cables (wifi) yet. When I power the phantom up, the gimbal moves, red light comes on, but the Dji go app keeps saying that the gimbal is disconnected.

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ThePhoton · May 23, 2016

losman26 said:
I have replaced the 8 wires, and not the grey and black cables (wifi) yet. When I power the phantom up, the gimbal moves, red light comes on, but the Dji go app keeps saying that the gimbal is disconnected.

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The Eight wires only power the gimbal...the grey and black wires will give you your DJI app back when you hook up the coaxials back to the gimbal. my black wire wasnt affected in the crash so I have about half of my dji app working but now enuff to fly with it

losman26 · May 24, 2016

Ok. Thought that was the problem. I don't think soldering is required

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ThePhoton · May 24, 2016

losman26 said:
Ok. Thought that was the problem. I don't think soldering is required

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I hope not,,,I will be opening up my bird probably Thursday to replace my antenna

losman26 · May 26, 2016

Ok. I'm really pissed. Just spent the last three hours taking apart my phantom, and connected all the new wires. I'm still getting gimbal disconnected message.

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Multicoptertec · May 26, 2016

It would most likely be something not connected on the 8 wire cable. Did you have a look inside the connector on the gimbal? Do you see 8 pins still intact? Did you buy a new cable?

losman26 · May 26, 2016

Bought a new 8 pin cable, and connected it. Gimbal moves when powered up, Dji go stills says "RC connected, connect your aircraft" on the home screen. I replaced the the to wifi pads with the black and grey cables that connect to the gimbal, and it's still doing the same thing.
When I go into the gimbal settings, it says disconnected.

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