New to the group with a Q500 Typhoon

[WTFDproject]

I installed the GUI software. Downloaded Q500_v1.07_09_28_2015.bin to install. The software see's the update, uses Com 3 to send it to the drone. But it fails to communicate.

This is related to the "Firmware Update" feature of the GUI.
Are you seeing anything on the "Sensor Information" page?

 

[BestMd]

This is related to the "Firmware Update" feature of the GUI.
Are you seeing anything on the "Sensor Information" page?
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I'll send pics of the GUI after I get home tonight. I do recall when I turned on the GUI Preview there was some info shown.

 

[BestMd]

I'll send pics of the GUI after I get home tonight. I do recall when I turned on the GUI Preview there was some info shown.

With a battery fully charged, lights are normal per the cheat sheet guide. Pics below from trying to update through the connection USB/cable with the GUI.

One small feat discovered but just looking, the camera is not working and the after I was able to bind only it to the controller. The drone still does not show up.

 

[h-elsner]

GUI preview means that the drone is not connected. When you plug in the USB adapter (w or w/o drone - no matter) do you get a new COM device (USB serial port) in the Windows Device manager? If yes, to wich COM port is it assigned?

As long as drone is not connected FW update is not possible.

 

[WTFDproject]

With a battery fully charged, lights are normal per the cheat sheet guide. Pics below from trying to update through the connection USB/cable with the GUI.

One small feat discovered but just looking, the camera is not working and the after I was able to bind only it to the controller. The drone still does not show up.

Pics from trying to update through the connection USB/cable with the GUI.
The GUI is the best chance to find issues. Continuing to work with @h-elsner to get a proper GUI connection is the priority.

With a battery fully charged, lights are normal per the cheat sheet guide.
This suggests the battery was low during previous discussions. With the battery that low, the results of the binding verification were questionable. It would also be a good idea to rerun the binding verification. Ensure to recheck the battery voltage at Step 1. If the battery is bad, it will come to full charge quickly but will fade away in a short time even if it is not in service.

the camera is not working and the after I was able to bind only it to the controller.
The relation between camera video and camera movement control is confusing. If you have an image on screen, the camera bind was successful, and the camera is working. If the camera does not respond to movement from the tilt slider, that is a gimbal problem, not a camera problem. The gimbal is part of the drone bind, not the camera bind.

 

[BestMd]

Pics from trying to update through the connection USB/cable with the GUI.
The GUI is the best chance to find issues. Continuing to work with @h-elsner to get a proper GUI connection is the priority.

With a battery fully charged, lights are normal per the cheat sheet guide.
This suggests the battery was low during previous discussions. With the battery that low, the results of the binding verification were questionable. It would also be a good idea to rerun the binding verification. Ensure to recheck the battery voltage at Step 1. If the battery is bad, it will come to full charge quickly but will fade away in a short time even if it is not in service.

the camera is not working and the after I was able to bind only it to the controller.
The relation between camera video and camera movement control is confusing. If you have an image on screen, the camera bind was successful, and the camera is working. If the camera does not respond to movement from the tilt slider, that is a gimbal problem, not a camera problem. The gimbal is part of the drone bind, not the camera bind.

@WTFDproject and @h-elsner, a miracle happened last night before shutting down to go to bed.

I went through all the steps provided and still nothing made a difference. I attempted again to connect the computer to the drone via COM 3 (did show up on my laptop). Still did not connect.

I happened to watch a 10-minute vid that showed a guy tilting his Q500 forward and vertical as instructed, but he also just turned the whole thing diagonal rotations, even upside down in every direction you could come up with.

After doing that I checked bind option and both the camera, and the drone binding showed up!

After doing that, I turned both drone and controller off then back on. Controller first. The controller connected again with the drone. With the props removed, I was able to cycle through various movements on my with the motors functioning.

After work I'll take it to the park and do some practice runs.

I'll keep you updated.

 

[WTFDproject]

@WTFDproject and @h-elsner, a miracle happened.....After doing that I checked bind option and both the camera, and the drone binding showed up!

Maybe not so much a miracle as that, this time, the battery had enough charge to actually broadcast the signal. Which brings up a caution.
If the battery had died that quickly on earlier attempts, actual flight might be a risk.
You really want to ensure you have a good battery with a full charge before attempting flight. And have a good plan for what to do if things go wrong.

 

[BestMd]

Maybe not so much a miracle as that, this time, the battery had enough charge to actually broadcast the signal. Which brings up a caution.
If the battery had died that quickly on earlier attempts, actual flight might be a risk.
You really want to ensure you have a good battery with a full charge before attempting flight. And have a good plan for what to do if things go wrong.

Update:

With a full battery, I took the drone to the park last night to test. After turning it on, the controller did not recognize the drone or the camera again.......... After turning on and off everything several times. Tilting, rotating and everything else, the controller still did not see the drone.

Remembering @WTFDproject comment about the battery needing to be fully charged for the controller to recognize it, I disconnected the battery I started with then plugged in the other battery that is swelled and technically no good.

Surprise!! When I turned everything on the controller recognized and connected with the drone and camera!!

Conclusion:
I can't use the swelled-up battery because it won't fit inside the fuselage, but it works to help with the connection. The battery that looks good apparently shows green on the charger really doesn't hold a full charge and doesn't allow a connection.

I ordered a new battery. It will be here tomorrow night. If it works as I think it should, I'll dispose of the original 2 batteries and buy a new second 7500mAh battery. (6000mAh batts are the originals)

 

[h-elsner]

And don't forget to put a SD card in the slot below the ST10 battery. 4GB are more than enough. When the SD card is present the ST10 will store flight logs there. With the flight logs it is more easier to identify what's going wrong. We would have this seen in some seconds instead of guessing around for days.
It's not your fault not having it but you should clever enough to have it for the future.

 

[BestMd]

And don't forget to put a SD card in the slot below the ST10 battery. 4GB are more than enough. When the SD card is present the ST10 will store flight logs there. With the flight logs it is more easier to identify what's going wrong. We would have this seen in some seconds instead of guessing around for days.
It's not your fault not having it but you should clever enough to have it for the future.

I'll leave the 32gb SD in the controller. I have several new 128gb SD's available. If the camera supports it, I'll FAT32 one and insert it in there for storage. Thoughts?

 

[WTFDproject]

I leave a 32gb in mine. Don't need that much, but that's what I have around.
The larger card formats such as the exFat that is probably on your 128gb cannot be formatted to FAT32 using the normal windows format. I saw a couple of videos on YouTube for converting exFAT to FAT32 using downloadable programs. I've never used them and can't tell you much about it except they apparently exist. Maybe.

 

[BestMd]

I leave a 32gb in mine. Don't need that much, but that's what I have around.
The larger card formats such as the exFat that is probably on your 128gb cannot be formatted to FAT32 using the normal windows format. I saw a couple of videos on YouTube for converting exFAT to FAT32 using downloadable programs. I've never used them and can't tell you much about it except they apparently exist. Maybe.

To format the larger SD cards, I can use dos or Powershell for that.

I'll post how to do that tonight.

 

[h-elsner]

I have a very rare collectors item - a 1GB micro SD card.

Also this would be good for the ST10 and will never get full.