CUAV V5 Nano / NEO V2 Pro GPS compass calibration not possible

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Something must be going on. I have that exact combo on three drones and I can calibrate both compasses just fine. With the exception of one bad Neo V2 that I had

Have you tried wiping everything and reloading?

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@smartdave Do you have the standard Neo GPS module or the Pro version? I have ordered yesterday evening the standard moduleā€¦ we will see.

CUAV engineers will have a look at the problem today. Iā€™m curious if the find something.

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I have both the NEO GPS as well as the Pro version. The Pro version uses CAN

Did Lindy get back to you?

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I am a CUAV engineer, please modify LOG_DISARMED to 1; then restart and wait for one minute; finally please send me the flash log stored in the sd card, my email hongle@cuav.net; thank you for your support and feedback. I will help you solve your problem.

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Yes, I get help from CUAV :slightly_smiling_face: :slightly_smiling_face:

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Perfect, I will send you the flash log

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I was just chatting with Lindy and I was about to ask, then I saw @a123456 responded. He will get you fixed up

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Great, that makes me confident :slightly_smiling_face:

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How are you making out?

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I sent CUAV a log file. But they need more information. So they advise me to record a video from the mission planner status tab where the compass values are visible.

I have ordered in the meantime in Germany (Iā€™m from Switzerland) a NEO V2 module. If this module works right from the start it would prove that the V2 Pro GPS is faulty. We will seeā€¦

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@smartdave Which firmware version do you use on the V5 Nano?

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I can double check, but I have never touched it nor updated it

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ok, thanks. CUAV suggest to update to the latest beta. In my opinion the V5 Nano with the NEO V2 Pro should also work with the ā€œnormalā€ actual firmware.

Anyway, I will put the V5 Nano out of the drone and update it. Then I can also place it on a wooden table and see how the compass values look like.

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Itā€™s not unheard of to have a NEO Pro GPS to be bad. I had one that had an issues as well.

Are you able to unplug the GPS and perform a compass calibration with the just the internal compass?

Did you set the brd_boot_delay as I mentioned previously?

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I took the V5 Nano out of the drone and update to 4.0.4. I was able to calicrate the internal compass on the table and after that also in the drone. But now I canā€™t calibrate the external compass. There must be something wrongā€¦

And the strangest part is, that the drone donā€™t want leave ground despite full throttle in Stabilzeā€¦ I flashing it back to 4.0.3ā€¦

and also strange is, that the NEO V2 Pro has a big variance in GPSHDOP. Never see this behaviour beforeā€¦

also visible on the map from the log:

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No, I didnā€™t change brd_boot_delay. But I will do this after i flashing the firmware back to 4.0.3

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brd_boot_delay set to 5000 didnā€™t help. Here a video from the latest try to calibrate the compass:

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The GPS is faulty. Have CUAV replace it, providing you bought it from them.

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Hi Dave

They told me to send the GPS back. I have purchased it from Foxtech FPV.

I finally replace the V2 Pro to the CUAV NEO V2. Compass calibration works at first try with the firmware 4.0.3.

Before that, I try again with the same routine the NEO V2 Pro. I didnā€™t work. I hope CUAV stand to they faulty products and replace it quickly (in best case without sending it back, it costs me a lot of moneyā€¦)

Michael

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I can say when mine was bad, Lindy Immediately sent me out a new one. Granted I did buy directly from CUAV

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Without sending the gps back?

Iā€™m back from the field, the drone flies perfect. No compass errors, everything looks fine :slightly_smiling_face: :slightly_smiling_face:

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