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the old man needs help
#1
Hi guys i took the drone for the first time after building it, every thing was going fine and all of a sudden i lost control and crashed. I took it home the positive cacle to the board had come lose,i soldered it connected the battery and all the motors ran fine {no put in BETA FLIGHT and now when i connect the batt. the drone does not do anything.
What have i done wrong?
  thank you
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#2
"Does nothing" covers a surprisingly broad range of stuff ;-)

Do the motors make the startup tones when you plug the battery in? The three short ones and the two longer ones?
Does Betaflight still recognise the quad? Can you still connect to it and change the various settings?

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#3
(26-May-2019, 06:24 PM)Banelle Wrote: "Does nothing" covers a surprisingly broad range of stuff ;-)

Do the motors make the startup tones when you plug the battery in? The three short ones and the two longer ones?
Does Betaflight still recognise the quad? Can you still connect to it and change the various settings?

Yes when i connect the batt. the motors make the sound, also when i conn. to Beta Flight it recognizes the drone.
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#4
You have to me descriptive on your problem. Are you getting radio input in BFC?

Turn your radio on, connect to BFC. Go to CLI and type "status". Tell us what it generated.
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#5
(26-May-2019, 07:39 PM)voodoo614 Wrote:
.txt   BTFL_cli_20190526_172837.txt (Size: 459 bytes / Downloads: 91)
.txt   BTFL_cli_20190526_172837.txt (Size: 459 bytes / Downloads: 91) You have to me descriptive on your problem. Are you getting radio input in BFC?

Turn your radio on, connect to BFC. Go to CLI and type "status". Tell us what it generated.
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#6
Looks like your arm switch is engaged. Disengage your arm switch and re-engage, you should be back to normal.
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#7
After i crashed i brought it home connected the battery and everything was working. The problem started when i connected the drone to Beta Flight. The blue light in the board turns on and starts beeping and if i connect the battery the drone does not do anything.
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#8
(26-May-2019, 10:44 PM)voodoo614 Wrote: Looks like your arm switch is engaged. Disengage your arm switch and re-engage, you should be back to normal.

I did that and the board keeps beeping, Iwas thinking that maybe if i flash the board again and start from the beginning. What do you think.
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#9
You can try reflashing. But are you 100% sure your Arm switch is in the off position when you plug in your lipo? Your FC is saying that it is not.
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#10
Go to the mode tab and make sure that your arm slider is toggling properly.
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#11
Went to modes tab and the arm switch is between 1000 @ 2100
the yellow dot when in disarm goes up to 1800 plus,and when on down to under 1200.
In the receiver tab AUX 1 when off is in 1854, when on is in 999.
I don't know if that is ok or wrong.
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#12
What is the yellow range you set? Interesting that off is 1854 and on is 999. Change your range to be 1000-1300 for the arm range.
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#13
Voodoo i set the arm range between 1000 and 1300 and saved the setting. When i connect the battery the blue light on the board starts flashing and beeping. the drone does not arm.
I appreciate greatly your help and i'm going to flash the board again and start from the beginning.
What i would like to know if all the settings that i have right now in Beta Flight will be erased?
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#14
(27-May-2019, 01:06 AM)Armandoaulet Wrote: Voodoo i set the arm range between 1000 and 1300 and saved the setting. When i connect the battery the blue light on the board starts flashing and beeping. the drone does not arm.
I appreciate greatly your help and i'm going to flash the board again and start from the beginning.
What i would like to know if all the settings that i have right now in Beta Flight will be erased?

Generally all of the settings will be erased if you wan't a proper reflash, from memory you need to select "Full Chip Erase" in the firmware flasher.

You can save a backup of your changed settings by typing "diff" in the CLI which shows the settings that are changed from default. You can then copy this into a .txt file as a backup.

Do you plan on upgrading to latest firmware?
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