Eltrochaphantom said:
This is another person in another topic. READ IT!!
Following the discussions here I decided to check my P2 v2 (And register on this site after lurking for quite some time). And discovered the ESC's did not have the V2.0 marked on the label.
I contacted my supplier, who contacted DJI Technical Support, they advised that late 2014 the P2 v2 were supplied with ESC v2 which did not have the V2.0 marked, only the separately ordered ESC v2 had the V2 marked.
They said that the ESC will have a Blue mark on the Capacitor to indicate a v2. DJI also advised them that no way was the v2 supplied with 2312 motors and NOT the ESC V2.0
Email from them;"According to DJI Technical support, they informed us that when the production line first manufacture the Phantom 2 V2.0, they did not mark V2.0 on the ESC. The V2.0 ESC has short Blue line mark on the Capacitor (we mark a red circle on the pic) and they use that to separate the new and old ESC."
There seems to be some confusion because the sale of replacement ESC's which have the V2 marked, but the factory fitted ESC may not have the V2 marked, (just a pen mark on the capacitor).
I see a huge problem in this thread. We need an agreement about naming/versioning.
Since the release of Phantom 2 there have been 3 sub version: v1, v2 and now v3. I'm trying to source "historic" info about those initial versions but I have trouble finding relevant info. So I ask everyone, let's construct an exact timeline of versions as they have been released by DJI. This is my rough estimate:
Phantom 2 (no camera) --> v1
Phantom 2 VISION --> v2
Phantom 2 VISION+ --> v2
Phantom 2 VISION+ (upgraded with new motors/ESCs/propellers) --> v3
So when the Phantom 2 has been initially released that was v1, later when they introduced VISION and VISION+, the electronics got an upgrade and that was v2. I'm not sure if the first visions got the upgrade or came with same ESCs that were in the original plain phantom 2 and then later at one momemont got an upgrade that had new ESCs. I believe the start up beeps are only in that old v1 versions. So i think it is irrelevant to check for beeps now in v3 since those were already removed before even v3 hit the shelves. I'm willing to bet that no one will find the beeps on their v3's.
Another place for confusion is ESC versioning. On the ESC board there are two separate places which have markings. One is towards the main board, where there are markings right on the board itself. White letters. At the end of which there is a "V2" mark, that's hardware revision. All v3 phantoms have at that place "V2", most v2 phantoms have it also. It might also be connected to the beeps. So only really early Phantom 2 models will not have "V2" there and will have the beeps(my theory, for now, since I still have not been able to find definite proof).
The other place of markings on the ESCs is towards the motor on a white sticker. It's an additional version marking that is only existant for v3 Phantom 2. Three options exist:
- no marking
- v2.0
- v2.1
So these three options are present in one or the other v3 Phantom 2, and represents the ESC firmware upgrades