schnittker
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The X1 port has connections to the original gimbal I guess. I had pulled those wires off, and the bird still flies which increased my confidence that they were for the gimbal.
No wires are normally connected to the F2 port which controls the gimbal on the 2.4GHz phantom 1 series.
I had already tried the F2 port in the past hoping it was also active (gimbal tilt can be controlled by either X1 OR F2). It did not work in the past, but today it did ??!!?
Its a different gimbal today, so perhaps I had damaged the first one while messing around.
Also its possible that its a different signal. The first gimbal was a $60 chinese no-name.... today is a $110 Tarot.. so, one step up.
So, now I can do tilt control of the Tarot gimbal out the F2 port on my 5.8GHz Vision + system.
Why did I want this? When I crashed my Vision+ I did not feel it was worth replacing the camera/gimbal package for $650. It was just so fragile....
I had lots of GoPro's around and figured I could switch over to them.
GoPro transmits video on 2.4GHz which would normally interfere with the 2.4GHz controller, but since the Vision is 5.8GHz controller, I can run the GoPro wifi using the GoPro app.
I know I will loose telemetry and also the longer range that you get with a separate transmitter.....and I am OK with that. New systems are coming out all the time, and I would rather invest in a new one than the old one... so looks like I will have a solution. Once working I will put it up on Youtube and link it for you.
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