I can check and take a screenshot when I get home.
On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
> Maybe it should have, but I didn't see anything that might have tipped us
> off.
>
> Any idea what kind of channel it uses, and why it doesn't show on the
> sniffer? Is it using 10 MHz or 40 MHz channel, or some proprietary protocol?
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>
> On 12/28/2015 5:02 PM, Ryan Ray wrote:
>
> It should have warned you too that there was interference in the area and
> to be careful. You can also go into the app and choose channels.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The intent was to hover it a low level over his back yard. All the
>> high-voltage lines, phone lines, and cable lines were street-side, so the
>> air was clear over his back yard. Should have been easy.
>>
>> However, when I started up my sniffer, I was getting at least 30 WiFi
>> hotspots in the area (on all the available 2.4 GHz channels).
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>>
>> On 12/27/2015 10:37 AM, Joe Novak wrote:
>>
>> No other high voltage lines or anything like that right? It makes them
>> act up too. If it wasn't so windy today it'd be a good day to go fly.
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Bill Prince < <[email protected]>
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> They call it "auto-home". When you start it up, you calibrate the
>>> compass, and it records the starting point. Then you're supposed to just
>>> push the "Home" button, and it is supposed to fly back to that position and
>>> hover.
>>>
>>> When it started flying off into the distance, he pushed the home button,
>>> and it cam back, but it was off by 20 feet or so, and it tried to land in a
>>> tree. Not optimal. he was able to push the "up" control to prevent it from
>>> actually landing in the tree. However, he was not able to maneuver it to
>>> the appropriate landing spot.
>>>
>>> As I and his other uncle were diving to avoid being hit by the thing, he
>>> was able to land it on the roof of his house without damaging it.
>>>
>>> bp
>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/27/2015 10:26 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
>>>
>>> Saw a thing on the interwebs yesterday about how to not crash your drone
>>> the first time you use it.
>>> Apparently they have something similar to an E Stop button that turns on
>>> the autopilot and flies them back to the starting poitn.
>>>
>>> *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]>
>>> *Sent:* Sunday, December 27, 2015 11:23 AM
>>> *To:* <[email protected]>[email protected]
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: DJI Phantom 3 Pro, wireless protocol?
>>>
>>>
>>> FHSS maybe? Or possibly small channel size since it needs distance, not
>>> throughput.
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>> On Dec 27, 2015 1:18 PM, "Bill Prince" < <[email protected]>
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> My nephew got a new DJI Phantom 3 Pro model drone, and in the process
>>>> of setting it up, I was trying to find the WiFi frequencies/protocols it
>>>> was using to communicate between the controller and drone. Nothing showed
>>>> up in my sniffer, so I wonder if it's using 802.11 at all.
>>>>
>>>> The specs ( <http://wiki.dji.com/en/index.php/Phantom_3_Professional>
>>>> http://wiki.dji.com/en/index.php/Phantom_3_Professional) say it's
>>>> using 2400-2483 MHz, but is only 100 mW EIRP. They claim 2 KM range, but he
>>>> lost control of it in his admittedly WiFi congested neighborhood.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> bp
>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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