Thanks for the responses to my query. I appreciated the comments about the “Dynamic Home Point” which is not very dynamic and the iPad’s GPS limitations in various guises. The initial title of the Help question was my main area of interest “Does the RC Communicate with an iPad to get a GPS Fix?” In the cause of science I decided to investigate the question.
I set things up in the backyard. Our new Westie Pup was somewhat perplexed about the intruder. I believe his bravery was only because there were no moving props on the I1.
My wife reluctantly lent me a heavy metal baking dish, and suggested I should put it on my head, as clearly radio type waves from up in the sky had changed the brain she thought she had married. Anyway I digress.
With the iPad in Airplane Mode I was able to set the Home Point to the RC Position (image below). It can take a few presses of the Set Home Point (for both Aircraft and RC position). I find idling the props briefly always helps the process with the “The Home Point has been updated. Please check it on the map” - quickly following.
Next, I had to block the RC’s access to GPS satellites, hence the baking dish.
Not surprising, this successfully killed the GPS signal. (Surprisingly my wife was really encouraged by this.)
Finally to answer my question I provided the iPad with three methods for obtaining GPS co-ordinates.
You will see on the image below that the family Wi-Fi still works in the backyard. I set up my iPhone as a hotspot and connected the iPad to the Garmin. Despite all of this, the message “Warning - The Remote Controller’s GPS signal is weak and its location cannot be acquired” persisted.
My conclusion is that my RC can’t acquire GPS co-ordinates from anything but its internal unit. I presume there is no DJI Go App setting that can change this limitation.
As I was putting everything away I noticed my wife searching EBay for a head shaped baking dish. This maybe my last post.
