Remote controlled flying things-Quads, Hex, Octo or anything

[yogi]

I am 99.9% sure it has a button ..... you will also be able to do what I have done and hook it up to your PC via USB and tune it .... do a google on "AlexMos BGC V2.3B5 2-Axis Simple Brushless Gimbal" heaps of info and youtube goodness for you.

yogi

[Mandrake]

I can adjust mine through the Naza m lite program..think I set it to 20 at rest .the pitch is set to 10 which is looking down about 5 degrees from level..I have both pitch and roll cables fitted..
You should be able to balance it by moving the camera along the gimbal arm.

[yogi]

Not sure about the NAZA but you can do things like set the travel limit of the gimbal and tune the motor speed and sensativity ect ect ect .... very powerful for the price

yogi

[Marschy]

Got given a link by Goodluckbuy for the AlexMos software, wasn't worth a cracker, so I'll try the search and see how I go.

[Mandrake]

Naza is the same . I limit my pitch to straight down and forward 5 degrees down . Works for me . Just wish my camera would do FPV .. But it doesn't so I have to add another camera for FPV.

[yogi]

Mandrake ... can the NAZA do RTH, and waypoint flights ?

Marschy ... let me know if you can't get it going as I will find the vid on youtube I got all the info from on installing the driver and where to get the software. You have to download the right bundle version from the download section for you controller version .... as I found out.

yogi

[Mandrake]

RTH for sure .. both Naza M and Naza M Lite have GPS options .
I think that Naza M only can do waypoint stuff .. Not something I have looked into at this stage but people are doing waypoint stuff with Phantom 2 , vision and vision + ..M

[Marschy]

Naza M V2 with the bluetooth connection can do waypoint, but I think the software is only iOS, not Android. I'll find out soon enough, I have all the kit, just need to put it together.

[Mandrake]

Theres an Android ground station app for the vision and vision +..

[Marschy]

The new 7 inch monitor is now hacked so the receiver can be sent through a DVR recorder. I have found that a 3S 2200mAh doesn't last too long, so I've put one of my 4S 4000mAh batteries on with a 12 volt UBEC.



Unlike a lot of the monitors that I've seen on Aliexpress, this one appears to be purpose built for FPV. The circuit boards are all made for the job, so I had to get the multimeter out to determine the video signal and the power supply for the receiver. I did away with the long cable that came with the monitor and put some RCA jacks on the back for video 1 and 2 input, and a cable hangs out the bottom which comes from the receiver that just plugs into one of the video inputs.



All ready to go for a flight with FPV now and I can record the OSD information on screen, so if I ditch the quad, the recorded GPS coords will let me know where it is.

[yogi]

Looking good ....

yogi

[Marschy]

Hello Yogi,

Is this the button you are referring to? If so how do you adjust the gimbal using it? I'd love to get this sorted out.



Cheers, Marshy

[Mandrake]

Just hook up switch on power .
 Make sure the bird is sitting level then press that button .. its a reset switch of sorts...;

[Marschy]

OK I'm going to fess up, see the 6 pin outlet to the right of the arrow. I was measuring the height of the camera after powering it up with a steel ruler. You guessed it, I touched the pins and got smoke, so I'm now waiting for a new controller, LOL, gotta update my fried components list.

So, does that button change the pitch and roll?

[Mandrake]

It sets the camera and arm level.Pitch is still controlled by the radio ( I think !!) LOL

[Marschy]

Excellent, hopefully the new controller should be here mid next week before the long weekend. Lesson learnt, I'm going to put hot glue on any exposed pins from now on.

[Mandrake]

Get a plastic ruler too LOL

[Marschy]

That what my missus said.

[Mandrake]

She's clever too .. like me .. LOL

[yogi]

Here you go .... down load the version you have from this page.

http://www.basecamelectronics.com/downloads/8bit/

It will also have the drive for your USB interface when you plug in your gimbal. From there you can upload your config and see what the button has been progrmammed to do and also change it if you want to.

yogi

[yogi]

Yup - Its the only thing wrong with the Phantom FC40 model !! If it ran guidance on 2.4 I would not have such a big problem .. Mind you I see goggles are now coming out that are switchable on both frequency bands 5.8 and 2.4 .. Trying to find a Black Pearl style monitor with an inbuilt 2.4 receiver - getting closer ... M

You can get Goggles

http://www.fpvmodel.com/boscam-gs920-2-4g-5-8g-wireless-fpv-aio-goggles_g750.html

yogi

[Marschy]

Cheers Yogi, as soon as I get the replacement control board i'll give the software a go.

[Mandrake]

Be vewwy vewwy careful !!
I had a lot of trouble with the 8 bit / 32 bit software to match the board .. In the end I gave up and used the Naza assistant software ..
Steve

[Crisp Image]

Took the bird out on the weekend to have a ..........birds eye look at a camping spot.
I noticed some noise on the Gopro but not sure where it came from. It is the first time I have seen it.
Might have to check the cabling.
Regards
Crispy

[Marschy]

Be vewwy vewwy careful !!
I had a lot of trouble with the 8 bit / 32 bit software to match the board .. In the end I gave up and used the Naza assistant software ..
Steve

Hello Mandrake

I haven't worked out how to use the flight control board software to adjust the gimbal yet. If the link provided by yogi becomes an issue I'll have to connect the gimbal to the fc board and give that a go.

Does that require a row of header pins to be soldered onto the gimbal controller to connect to the fc board?