Gimbal can't be adjusted...?

[Ryan Levitz]

Got my gimbal installed. It stabilizes just fine, but the switch on the top left of the controller doesn't allow me to tilt the gimbal. I have tried adjusted the speed via the wheel on the right, I have a green light on the gimbal. Any ideas?

 

[Raybro]

Does the paddle switch move up and down? Do you have indication of movement on the controller screen?

 

[Ryan Levitz]

The switch does move. But I have no indication on the screen, it says 90 degrees. Holding the preset buttons does result in a vibration, so those work I assume.

 

[Raybro]

Was wondering. My paddle was stuck and would not move when I first got the Solo. It somehow, maybe in shipping got jammed. I managed to pop it out. When I move it, the indicatior on the screen shows the angle to gimbal should be tilted.
You should submit a support ticket. May just be a loose wire connection in the controller.

 

[Ryan Levitz]

Gotcha. Thanks for the tip.

 

[Toiletbowl]

Was wondering. My paddle was stuck and would not move when I first got the Solo. It somehow, maybe in shipping got jammed. I managed to pop it out. When I move it, the indicatior on the screen shows the angle to gimbal should be tilted.
You should submit a support ticket. May just be a loose wire connection in the controller.

gimbal! gimbal! gimbal! :^_______^

 

[lsmith1981]

Mines is telling me that there is No Gimbal installed, even after installing it. All switches work on my controller.

 

[Ryan Levitz]

Just following up. Took a while for 3DR customer service to get this resolved. They had a hard time listening to what I was saying. They insisted I send the gimbal and copter in. I told them it was a problem with the controller. Finally, they sent me the attached PDF. This fixed my problem and only took about 5 minutes.

 

[Solo58216]

If you hold the preset button long enough, it sets it to the current angle. Then vibrates to let you know it's now set at the new setting.

 

[FlexFanatic]

There are two cables for the gimbal, one for control and one for the HDMI video output. Are you gettings a flashing green light when you power on the gimbal and the GoPro?

 

[blackbandit]

As mentioned, stick calibration will fix this issue.

 

[rhpdaddy]

Just following up. Took a while for 3DR customer service to get this resolved. They had a hard time listening to what I was saying. They insisted I send the gimbal and copter in. I told them it was a problem with the controller. Finally, they sent me the attached PDF. This fixed my problem and only took about 5 minutes.

Do you have to use puTTY software?

 

[FlexFanatic]

Do you have to use puTTY software?

If you're on a Mac you can use the built in Terminal.

 

[Ryan Levitz]

Terminal in Mac worked just fine. It is a very fast process. Just google how to SSH from terminal it it will get you all set. Its pretty much "ssh root@[ip address]"
then password and you are good to go to follow the rest of the directions.

 

[Dmitry]

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