I'm not sure if this is all related, but I upgraded my GPS from an mRo black GPS to the new 'NEW' mRo purple GPS (w/ USB), and when I first turned on the Solo afterwards, I had an EKF HOME VARIANCE error which went away after a few seconds. I received a large amount of HIGH TRAFFIC messages as well, even while the Solo was ready for flight and I was in the FLY screen. After some time, everything seemed to settle down.
Currently, when Solex connects to the Solo, it will say: READING PARAMETERS, then: 512 PARAMETERS DOWNLOADED. Afterwards, the Solo is ready to fly (according to Solex and the controller), but the FLIGHT PROFILES, VEHICLE SETTINGS, IMU CALIBRATION, and FIRMWARE UPDATES menu items become greyed out. Sometimes I can restart the Solo and trick Solex into allowing me to select those items, but the IMU calibration is unable to start (even though Solex will prompt me through all the steps, or just do nothing while pressing the BEGIN CALIBRATION button) and the vehicle settings won't stick; they will download, but always revert to whatever is saved in the vehicle, even after I change them and it says they were updated. I have tried power cycling everything several times.
I am on a stock cube running Open Solo 2.5. Both the vehicle and controller were updated with no issues and have flown successfully about five times before the GPS swap. I am rather meticulous, and don't think my installation damaged anything. I can even hit the FLY button and the Solo is ready to go... I just can't calibrate it or change the settings. I assume I can't update it either since that option is greyed out as well.
Can anyone offer some advice? Am I doing something wrong? It has never acted like this in the past.
Thank you.
P.S. Just in case you see the 14 satellites in the controller photo and assume that new 'NEW' mRo purple GPS sucks, that was taken while indoors on the first floor of a second story home. ;-)
Currently, when Solex connects to the Solo, it will say: READING PARAMETERS, then: 512 PARAMETERS DOWNLOADED. Afterwards, the Solo is ready to fly (according to Solex and the controller), but the FLIGHT PROFILES, VEHICLE SETTINGS, IMU CALIBRATION, and FIRMWARE UPDATES menu items become greyed out. Sometimes I can restart the Solo and trick Solex into allowing me to select those items, but the IMU calibration is unable to start (even though Solex will prompt me through all the steps, or just do nothing while pressing the BEGIN CALIBRATION button) and the vehicle settings won't stick; they will download, but always revert to whatever is saved in the vehicle, even after I change them and it says they were updated. I have tried power cycling everything several times.
I am on a stock cube running Open Solo 2.5. Both the vehicle and controller were updated with no issues and have flown successfully about five times before the GPS swap. I am rather meticulous, and don't think my installation damaged anything. I can even hit the FLY button and the Solo is ready to go... I just can't calibrate it or change the settings. I assume I can't update it either since that option is greyed out as well.
Can anyone offer some advice? Am I doing something wrong? It has never acted like this in the past.
Thank you.
P.S. Just in case you see the 14 satellites in the controller photo and assume that new 'NEW' mRo purple GPS sucks, that was taken while indoors on the first floor of a second story home. ;-)
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