Hey Guys!
So, I'm pretty sure I got a killer deal even if i have to replace the camera. I found a Phantom 3 Advance with the Pro camera installed on it on Craigslist. The guy said he bought the camera off ebay and could never get it working; wanted to sell the whole thing for parts... (!!!!!!) got the whole thing, remote, battery and all for $250.
Once I got it home, I got it flying, everything works great. vision positioning, transmitter, everything is SOLID except the camera. When you turn it on, it goes through its boot up sequence, gimbal moves around, goes strait, and about 15 seconds later it goes limp... looks like he loaded the Pro firmware on the bird, which I confirmed with DJI, works. they said the advance and the pro camera are interchangeable, and that firmware should go with whatever camera is on it.
here's what I've done:
- Attempt to update firmware - no flashing light on camera at all... doesn't seem to even read the SD
-fittled with formatting etc of the SD card. confirmed with DJI it was all correct
- replaced the cables going from the P3A to the cameras... no fix
- hard reset/GMU calibration, etc. same issue
- Firmware update on the transmitter
- a whole lot of digging on forums and youtube
I've found a few people that had the same issue, but no posts on how it was fixed, besides "replaced cable, fixed issue" etc...
here's a video i posted of what it's doing:
My next move is to replace the ribbon cable of the camera/gimbal itself... has anyone else had this issue? was there another way it was fixed? I'll post a video so you guys can see whats going on. Id prefer not to drop $300 on another camera and see how I can salvage all of this!
Thanks in advance (Haaaa....)
So, I'm pretty sure I got a killer deal even if i have to replace the camera. I found a Phantom 3 Advance with the Pro camera installed on it on Craigslist. The guy said he bought the camera off ebay and could never get it working; wanted to sell the whole thing for parts... (!!!!!!) got the whole thing, remote, battery and all for $250.
Once I got it home, I got it flying, everything works great. vision positioning, transmitter, everything is SOLID except the camera. When you turn it on, it goes through its boot up sequence, gimbal moves around, goes strait, and about 15 seconds later it goes limp... looks like he loaded the Pro firmware on the bird, which I confirmed with DJI, works. they said the advance and the pro camera are interchangeable, and that firmware should go with whatever camera is on it.
here's what I've done:
- Attempt to update firmware - no flashing light on camera at all... doesn't seem to even read the SD
-fittled with formatting etc of the SD card. confirmed with DJI it was all correct
- replaced the cables going from the P3A to the cameras... no fix
- hard reset/GMU calibration, etc. same issue
- Firmware update on the transmitter
- a whole lot of digging on forums and youtube
I've found a few people that had the same issue, but no posts on how it was fixed, besides "replaced cable, fixed issue" etc...
here's a video i posted of what it's doing:
My next move is to replace the ribbon cable of the camera/gimbal itself... has anyone else had this issue? was there another way it was fixed? I'll post a video so you guys can see whats going on. Id prefer not to drop $300 on another camera and see how I can salvage all of this!
Thanks in advance (Haaaa....)