No gps connection and alarm goes off..

Mykull5150 · Apr 20, 2019

My DR3 solo wont connect to gps and an alarm keeps going off After a small crash. Ive checked all the wires and all looks good. Everything trys to boot normal until the alarm sounds off. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

Pedals2Paddles · Apr 20, 2019

The alarm means the GPS is not connected or broken.

Mykull5150 · Apr 21, 2019

Pedals2Paddles said:
The alarm means the GPS is not connected or broken.

Thanks

artcuda · Apr 21, 2019

The alarm started going off more frequently awhile ago. It is definitely irritating. I couldn't figure it out. I thought of just cutting the wires to the speaker, but that would be stupid. Then I thought I'd just crank my music up so I wouldn't hear the alarm. But I realized that would be stupid as well. The bird would connect to the controller, and then the alarm would go off. I was like, " What the fk? Over." The solution came to me as I was contemplating the situation while partaking of a mood-altering leafy substance. It was the flight battery. I had tried different batteries and always got the same results with this particular solo and not with other solo's. Turns out that this puppy is a tad more sensitive than the others. Probably assembled at the factory by a chick, but I couldn't say for sure. All I know is that when I started getting replacement batteries to do the mod with, and using the new batteries on this bird, the alarm sounding shit stopped. Pretty cool, imo. Good luck to ya, man.

Pedals2Paddles · Apr 21, 2019

Uh. Maybe you're smoking too much. You're talking about the low battery alarm, which is not what the OP is talking about. The OP is talking about the GPS disconnected alarm, which sound when the GPS is not plugged in or broken. It exists mainly to remind 3DR's assembly and repair techs that they forgot to plug it back in.

Mykull5150 · Apr 26, 2019

Ive checked the wires and the plug they all look normal. I wonder if i should change the gps board and wire harness???

artcuda · Apr 27, 2019

Pedals2Paddles said:
Uh. Maybe you're smoking too much. You're talking about the low battery alarm, which is not what the OP is talking about. The OP is talking about the GPS disconnected alarm, which sound when the GPS is not plugged in or broken. It exists mainly to remind 3DR's assembly and repair techs that they forgot to plug it back in.

Now wait a minute here. We'll get to the alarm sounds in a second, but first I have to know is it really possible to smoke too much? That's the strangest thing I've ever heard. I shall contemplate your hypothesis whilst partaking of some delicious 9th street rooftop. (so named because I live on 9th st and grow it on my roof). Ok then, I was unaware that there are two different alarms. I might disconnect my GPS and see what that alarm sounds like just for the fk of it. But anyway, thanks for clarifying the issue for me. By the way, I have always wondered where you got your handle from? I'm thinking it has something to do with shifting in a car or something. You know, like going from clutch peddle shifting to paddle shifters. Am I close?

Pedals2Paddles · Apr 27, 2019

It's from before I hurt by back and became a fatass. I biked and kayaked a lot.

Mykull5150 · Apr 27, 2019

I does make the same alarm when i unplug the gps but when its connected everything looks good... GO 9TH STREET

artcuda · Apr 28, 2019

Pedals2Paddles said:
It's from before I hurt by back and became a fatass. I biked and kayaked a lot.

Rock on. I was way off base, lol. I hear that Meth is a good way to keep the weight off. Probably because it rots the teeth so ya can't eat, idk. Just a thought, tubby.