Hi, today i got an error, was telling me ULTASONIC SENSOR ERROR please land inmediatly, now i have seen the ultrasonic sensor and its like two little black dots on the same position of both sensors, i don't know what it is, its weird, i smell it and doesen't smell like burned or something... for the answers is just brand new i got it like 4 days ago... No smashes, no hits, nothing...
calero911 Posted at 2018-3-2 15:26
What's VPS? like the altittude from the ground? sorry for the ignorance, everyday before starting the drone i take off the gimbal guard...
It may have been a one time false alarm.
Do you get the error message every time you fly?
I suspect the wording of that message is bad.
The ultrasonic sensors shouldn't make much difference to your flight anyway.
I saw the message once when it was not possible to land and the Phantom came home normally and the message hasn't been seen since.
VPS is the Vertical Positioning System.
The ultrasonic sensors are part of the VPS.
If your Phantom is in VPS range (up to 10 metres up), at the bottom of the screen, you should see VPS and a number indicating the height above ground.
Above 10metres, this disappears
I contacted to dji support and they make me calibrate it then tomorrow ill fly and i will se if its solved no worries... I think if i can calibrate and i have seen in the dji pc app the cameras working its fine
calero911 Posted at 2018-3-2 16:39
I contacted to dji support and they make me calibrate it then tomorrow ill fly and i will se if its solved no worries... I think if i can calibrate and i have seen in the dji pc app the cameras working its fine
Realize you have two types of downward sensors...
One is a the ultrasonic, those are the two inner sensors that uses sound waves to determine landing area and distance to land, also for maintaining a position.
The two outer sensors are cameras that also determine distance and landing area suitability as well as for determining precision landing (compares takeoff area to landing area to ensure drone lands almost on same spot it took off from), also used to maintain a position.
These capabilities are primarily used where there is no GPS or when indoors.
You can read about these in your manual: starting on page 27 (for P4P)
Update: for the P4 it would be page 25 in the manual v1.6
Genghis9 Posted at 2018-3-2 17:11
Realize you have two types of downward sensors...
One is a the ultrasonic, those are the two inner sensors that uses sound waves to determine landing area and distance to land, also for maintaining a position.
The two outer sensors are cameras that also determine distance and landing area suitability as well as for determining precision landing (compares takeoff area to landing area to ensure drone lands almost on same spot it took off from), also used to maintain a position.
Thank you, but then you say in the calibration i didn't use the ultrasonic sensors true? Tomorrow i'll see how it works
calero911 Posted at 2018-3-2 17:13
Thank you, but then you say in the calibration i didn't use the ultrasonic sensors true? Tomorrow i'll see how it works
Honestly, I've never done that type of calibration so I cannot say with certainty, others who have can chime in.
However, you stated you could see the camera images were working, which is why I wanted to point out that you have two types of downward facing sensors.
When you calibrate I'd assume you are calibrating both but I don't know for sure.
Let us know how your test goes tomorrow.
calero911 Posted at 2018-3-2 17:13
Thank you, but then you say in the calibration i didn't use the ultrasonic sensors true? Tomorrow i'll see how it works
Please also check if there is a need to update the firmware. I am looking forward to your feedback on the flying test.
DJI Thor Posted at 2018-3-3 02:05
Please also check if there is a need to update the firmware. I am looking forward to your feedback on the flying test.
Fine thank you, i'm doing it at the afternoon i hope everything goes well
calero911 Posted at 2018-3-3 16:36
Hi guys, everything okay, i don't know how it was, i don't know.. today i just flown and all good and working ill see if this happen more or not