Range increase with Magic Power ?

Matts175 · Feb 21, 2017

Paul60 said:
Hi Matt175,

I have a Q's.

As I live outside the US (Australia), how does the M.P. patch retain the settings if the gps dictates those settings every time you turn the quad on ?

It overwrites the setting in the factory firmware, which is stored in the motherboard's memory.

Paul60 · Feb 21, 2017

Matts175 said:
It overwrites the setting in the factory firmware, which is stored in the motherboard's memory.

Ok, thanks.

I was thinking the way DJI go about things the GPS location would be able to over-write/re-set that too ?

Matts175 · Feb 21, 2017

Paul60 said:
Ok, thanks.

I was thinking the way DJI go about things the GPS location would be able to over-write/re-set that too ?

It goes by the GPS inside the bird. The GPS on your Go app is just for the little map you see in the corner.

Now.... if there is a firmware update, you have to re-do MagicPower, as the new firmware will erase it.

Paul60 · Feb 21, 2017

Matts175 said:
It goes by the GPS inside the bird. The GPS on your Go app is just for the little map you see in the corner.

Now.... if there is a firmware update, you have to re-do MagicPower, as the new firmware will erase it.

Thanks Matt.

Homeless · Feb 22, 2017

Question regarding this you said if it's a US phantom it's already set to 27db. I have a US one using in the U.K does this mean it's set to 27 so no need to do it or is the db set by location.

Matts175 · Feb 22, 2017

Homeless said:
Question regarding this you said if it's a US phantom it's already set to 27db. I have a US one using in the U.K does this mean it's set to 27 so no need to do it or is the db set by location.

There is no US Phantom and non US Phantom. You turn everything on and once it sees where it's at in the world (GPS), it adjusts itself accordingly.

Homeless · Feb 22, 2017

Matts175 said:
There is no US Phantom and non US Phantom. You turn everything on and once it sees where it's at in the world (GPS), it adjusts itself accordingly.

So this mod overwrites it. Won't the check when you turn it on just overwrite the mod.

Out of interest do you know the default power setting for the U.K. I'm assuming a firmware reflaah resets it. Sorry I'm new to this.

Thanks for your help. Trying to decide if it's worth doing.

Kunjaba007 · Feb 22, 2017

Matts175 said:
There is no US Phantom and non US Phantom. You turn everything on and once it sees where it's at in the world (GPS), it adjusts itself accordingly.

You have the patience of a saint

Matts175 · Feb 22, 2017

No. It won't be overwriiten. Only if there is a firmware update.

Worth doing? Ummm. It's free and it takes all of 2 minutes. LOL. You have nothing to lose, but everything to gain.

Homeless · Feb 22, 2017

Matts175 said:
No. It won't be overwriiten. Only if there is a firmware update.

Worth doing? Ummm. It's free and it takes all of 2 minutes. LOL. You have nothing to lose, but everything to gain.

Thanks guessing version 5 is still the latest. Theirs no risk of it effecting anything else nothing to be careful of no warranty implocations. Thanks for the help.

Matts175 · Feb 22, 2017

If it doesn't work, I'll give you double your money back.

Homeless said:
Thanks guessing version 5 is still the latest. Theirs no risk of it effecting anything else nothing to be careful of no warranty implocations. Thanks for the help.

v5.3 is the latest.

Ronnie L. McGhee · Feb 25, 2017

Does it work on a phantom 4?

Matts175 · Feb 25, 2017

Ronnie L. McGhee said:
Does it work on a phantom 4?

No.

David Ridge · Feb 28, 2017

Drone_King said:
just to clarify the clarify...

It does up the controller power if your in a CE area, in fact you can up it more than the FCC standard by a few Db..

"CE area"? I've run across that in other posts. What does that refer to?

Matts175 · Feb 28, 2017

David Ridge said:
"CE area"? I've run across that in other posts. What does that refer to?

Everything except for the US and Canada.

Oz_Sparrow · Mar 1, 2017

Paul60 said:
Hi Matt175,

I have a Q's.

As I live outside the US (Australia), how does the M.P. patch retain the settings if the gps dictates those settings every time you turn the quad on ?

Paul, it runs as a shell script on the RC & AC. Basically it monitors the output of iwinfo and if the system resets the output power to anything other than what you have requested it will swap it back. Doesn't matter how many times the system swaps it. Once it detects the change it will swap it back.( I have only registered two times in the first 5 minutes of flying)

I posted a reply to someone else asking how it makes changes in the US when they already have 27db. It doesn't increase their output. It is good if you want to use a linear amp and have to go below 20db for its input. (Lower their output)

The change you see with the video quality is due to the change it makes to ack packet timeouts at long range.
Which Magic Power App to use???

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