Litchi Beta Testing

VC Tech · Sep 12, 2015

It does not, for VR to work you will want to insert the mobile phone inside the goggles so the screen sits in front of your eyes.
Some of the supported goggles are listed here: Help - Litchi

Svein Arne Kvamen · Sep 12, 2015

VC Tech said:
New It does not, for VR to work you will want to insert the mobile phone inside the goggles so the screen sits in front of your eyes.
Some of the supported goggles are listed here: Help - Litchi

Ok, so maybe the new cinemizer one works then?

Btw, your app works great

VC Tech · Sep 12, 2015

The Zeiss VR one should work.

Lofty Visions · Sep 12, 2015

VC Tech said:
We made a quick video showing how to setup Litchi Magic Leash with Litchi: Litchi Magic Leash - Android Apps on Google Play

Awesome work! I bought Litchi ages ago for my P2V+ but didn't realise it would work with my Inspire. So will this be a free update when out of Beta or a paid upgrade?

VC Tech · Sep 13, 2015

Litchi for P3/Inspire has been released already, beta testing is over (for now anyway).
Upgrade is free for existing users as it is the same app.

Lofty Visions · Sep 13, 2015

Excellent, thank you!

Aussie Pete · Sep 13, 2015

Just finished upgrading the Inspire1 to latest firmware from 1.2.0 to 1.3 then the final 1.4.
Inspire1..two batteries....tx etc ...all went according to the instructions and it all looks and runs good on the bench.
Samsung Tab S SM T700 tablet WiFi (only) now on DJIGO app.
Purchased Litchi version 2.0.6...very nice work guys.
Everything is set ready to go out weather depending ..this week for some waypoint flying.
I have been flying way points for over a year now on a APM2.7 on aircraft with great success.
If this works as good as my existing systems I will be a happy camper.
To the Litchi design crew...great work..just itching to make it happen.

Aussie Pete · Sep 16, 2015

Did my first way point flights with the new firmware up dates and the Litchi App.
DJIGO app way points do not do what I want ...so I have Litchi app running.
Two battery packs ...first to sort out the new firmware updates to see how the Inspire handles...all good.
Second battery..ran three way point missions that I programed the night before..at home.
The final result....perfect.
Let the Inspire go out to max line of sight....no video or radio issues....no alarms.....no disconnections.
Initiate return to home....all went very well.
Now I can use the Inspire as how it was advertised when I ordered it back in Feb 2015.
I do not fly near buildings...forest...cars or high obstacles.
I do a site recon before even attempting to plan a mission.
Apart from some fine tuning of my flight plan parameters...the Litchi App is doing exactly what I want.
That's what I call service...great job Litchi team.....this is confidence building.
...Pete

Aviator · Sep 17, 2015

If it is ever coded to work on IOS I will also purchase this app..

Aussie Pete · Sep 18, 2015

to heck with the price

...just buy a Android tablet and get way points today.

Aviator · Sep 18, 2015

That would make this app VERY EXPENSIVE!
I have an Ipad that is dedicated for flying the Inspire, if the developers of this app want to capture a bigger market share, they should learn to develop for IOS..

blusnapper · Sep 19, 2015

Aussie Pete

Have you used the Litchi app waypoint mode to fly a distance greater than 500m?

Earlier this week I set out with my Inspire 1 to produce some video for a friend who farms 290 acres. I set up just 5 waypoints for my first flight, the furthest being 542 metres away and the copter refused to fly coming up with the message “One or more waypoints are far away”

I was under the impression there is no limit on waypoint distance with Litchi. Can you confirm?

Aussie Pete · Sep 19, 2015

Hi ...blusnapper.
Look in the settings icon (top right of screen..3 gear wheels ) and the 5th line down.
"Map Safe Area Radius" and change it to say 600 m...or even 1000m
Mine version ( latest ) lets me change this setting.
The reason for this red circle , around the area you are flying , when you zoom down in the map screen, is a "warning" on how far you are flying away from the transmitter and is asking you to be aware that you are going out further if you change from the original setting of 500m
I have not reached this red line yet...so I guess it is a safe guard to not allow you to go too far away from your intended mission.
I will also try this maybe tomorrow and let you know.
The crops I fly over are 800m in diameter and I only fly to the center radius...eg 400m so I would not have seen this issue come up ...yet.
...Pete
some where I read that it will stop your aircraft passing the line...you can't go any further than the red line...where ever you set the Map Safe Area Radius to.....I am unsure , until I try it out myself.

blusnapper · Sep 19, 2015

Hi Pete, thanks for your swift reply.

I had already set my "safe area radius" to 750m before flying the waypoints and from what I have read it is only a warning parameter. I cannot find any other settings in the app that restrict distance so I am at a loss.

I would appreciate you checking this out when you fly your Inspire again. Thanks once again.

Eric

Aussie Pete · Sep 19, 2015

blusnapper...while I get time to do this test , have look in the DJI App..top r/h side.....drop down menue...MC Settings....second line down.
"Distance limit"..is it turned on or off..????
My App is 2.1.0 ( latest upgrade) DJIGO
Firmware is 1.4.0

blusnapper · Sep 19, 2015

Aussie Pete said:
blusnapper...while I get time to do this test , have look in the DJI App..top r/h side.....drop down menue...MC Settings....second line down.
"Distance limit"..is it turned on or off..????
My App is 2.1.0 ( latest upgrade) DJIGO
Firmware is 1.4.0

Yes, it's switched off Pete and I am on the latest DJI firmware. I'm just hoping that it's me having a senior moment and not a lock in the DJI code stopping the Litchi app from overriding the 500m limit.

VC Tech · Sep 21, 2015

blusnapper said:
Earlier this week I set out with my Inspire 1 to produce some video for a friend who farms 290 acres. I set up just 5 waypoints for my first flight, the furthest being 542 metres away and the copter refused to fly coming up with the message “One or more waypoints are far away”

This message is only a warning shown in the preflight report in yellow. It is not the reason your mission won't start.

blusnapper · Sep 21, 2015

VC Tech... thanks for that. I was unable to upload the mission after getting the message and from your comments something else was stopping the mission. We have heavy rain at the moment but I will carry out a few more tests when the weather improves and report back.

blusnapper · Sep 22, 2015

VC Tech said:
This message is only a warning shown in the preflight report in yellow. It is not the reason your mission won't start.

The weather has kept me grounded over the past few days but I managed to get couple of flights in this morning. The first flight was a repeat of the last waypoint series with the boundary extended to 1000m and, once again, the same message and the mission refused to load. I decided to start from scratch and removed Litchi and then re-installed. Bingo - this time despite getting the same message that the waypoints were far away the mission loaded and flew perfectly - 7 waypoints (maximum distance 750 metres). I get the impression that the software is not 100% solid at the moment but the Litchi app is certainly head and shoulders above the DJI offering and it can only get better. Keep up the good work!