OMG! The latest firmware updates (drone, controller, DGI Goggles) finally adds head tracking (both flight and gimbal!) for Inspire 2 - and hopefully Inspire 1 (can someone with an I1 verify?). I cannot tell you how nice it was to finally use that big, white, clucky lump of $400 plastic which has been staring at me from the corner of my drone kit since July! After the firmware upgrades, I was head-tracking with the gimbal/camera in beautiful 1080p in my office! I can't wait to get it into the air this weekend!
As usual the DJI firmware upgrade process was pure hell and took me 2 hours (with multiple re-tries), so here are some tips to make things smoother for others (I hope):
1) Don't try to upgrade a controller from a CrystalSky display/app - it will just hang. Unplug the CrystalSky and use a mobile device (phone or tablet) via USB and the DJIGo4 mobile app. It's ridiculous - both controller and CrystalSky are DJI products, so it should "just work," but, well, that's DJI. :/
2) Make sure you have the gimbal and camera installed before attempting the drone firmware upgrade. If you don't have that connected, the camera and gimbal portions of the firmware upgrade process will just spin forever (requires restart to try again, this time with gimbal and camera installed!). It would be nice if DJI's firmware upgrade process would tell you and prevent this, but, well, that's DJI. :/
WARNING: For those using 2 controllers (master for flight and slave for gimbal/camera) the upgrade process broke my ability to control the gimbal/camera when trying to take gimbal/camera control via the slave controller. Such an attempt triggers a "camera not connected" warning that displays on both controllers and suddenly you lose all control of the camera - as if the camera was no longer attached. Nothing you do, short of powering everything off (drone, both controllers) and restarting will clear this problem. So until this bug is fixed, you are left with the option of having to control the camera from the master controller or...USE THE NEW DJI GOGGLES HEAD TRACKING TO CONTROL THE GIMBAL/CAMERA FUNCTIONS!!! How cool!!!!
Will
As usual the DJI firmware upgrade process was pure hell and took me 2 hours (with multiple re-tries), so here are some tips to make things smoother for others (I hope):
1) Don't try to upgrade a controller from a CrystalSky display/app - it will just hang. Unplug the CrystalSky and use a mobile device (phone or tablet) via USB and the DJIGo4 mobile app. It's ridiculous - both controller and CrystalSky are DJI products, so it should "just work," but, well, that's DJI. :/
2) Make sure you have the gimbal and camera installed before attempting the drone firmware upgrade. If you don't have that connected, the camera and gimbal portions of the firmware upgrade process will just spin forever (requires restart to try again, this time with gimbal and camera installed!). It would be nice if DJI's firmware upgrade process would tell you and prevent this, but, well, that's DJI. :/
WARNING: For those using 2 controllers (master for flight and slave for gimbal/camera) the upgrade process broke my ability to control the gimbal/camera when trying to take gimbal/camera control via the slave controller. Such an attempt triggers a "camera not connected" warning that displays on both controllers and suddenly you lose all control of the camera - as if the camera was no longer attached. Nothing you do, short of powering everything off (drone, both controllers) and restarting will clear this problem. So until this bug is fixed, you are left with the option of having to control the camera from the master controller or...USE THE NEW DJI GOGGLES HEAD TRACKING TO CONTROL THE GIMBAL/CAMERA FUNCTIONS!!! How cool!!!!
Will
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