Can't find phantom wifi after I took off gimbal w/ camera

[Phantomrasberryblower211]

So, my phantom crashed, ( broken battery) and the black ribbon cable was torn, I had to take off the gimbal and unplug it from the phantom, before I had found the phantoms wifi with the camera even when the ribbon had snapped, but now their is none. Does this have to do with the gimbal or is it something else entirely? (Sorry if this sounds dumb[emoji23]) thanks


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[Mark The Droner]

I am confused. Could your re-word your OP? Thanks

 

[jwax]

As I understand it, the camera connections must go through the camera for the WiFi to send any data or video back to controller.
Please correct me if this is wrong.
John

 

[Phantomrasberryblower211]

With the camera on, a wifi signal came up on my phone, but when I took it off I can't find a signal? Hope it helps[emoji23]


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[jwax]

Correct. Power to the WiFi transmitter goes through the camera, via the connections. If you disconnect the camera, no power gets to the WiFi, thus, no signal.

 

[Bogwan]

Search on here for rewiring to give you wifi and telemetry

 

[EMCISME]

Correct. Power to the WiFi transmitter goes through the camera, via the connections. If you disconnect the camera, no power gets to the WiFi, thus, no signal.

Are you saying that without the cables are connected correctly to the gimbal, the SSID will not appear on your phone or IPAD? I ask because I just ran into this after installing and reinstalling several gimbals. Which of the cables is the one that provides the wifi power. The smaller one on the side or the right or left one as viewing from the front?

 

[jwax]

Details here:
Broke your camera? Want to replace it without losing wifi?