SD card controls gimbal too?

[wa5tef]

Am I the only one whose had this happen?? My Phantom 4 Pro V 2.0 suddenly stopped video feed and had no gimbal control. I mean nothing related to camera or gimbal responded. Data showed no video signal and something like “gimbal not connected?” Anyway I found the SD card at fault. I removed it and all worked. New card worked. I reformatted the first card (still had last three flights on it) and it also worked! So, does the gimbal control and video feed all go through the SD card?? Surely someone knows!

Thanks
Jim
WA5TEF

 

[With The Birds]

Am I the only one whose had this happen?? My Phantom 4 Pro V 2.0 suddenly stopped video feed and had no gimbal control. I mean nothing related to camera or gimbal responded. Data showed no video signal and something like “gimbal not connected?” Anyway I found the SD card at fault. I removed it and all worked. New card worked. I reformatted the first card (still had last three flights on it) and it also worked! So, does the gimbal control and video feed all go through the SD card?? Surely someone knows!

Thanks
Jim
WA5TEF

No.

But if the SD card is dodgy the camera just goes limp and behaves as you have described immediately following initialisation.

I have had it happen.

 

[wa5tef]

I’ve still not been convinced exactly what caused my problems but I know with the “bad” card nothing related to gimbal or camera worked. But without card or another card the functions returned. Someone suggested a Windows comport issue but this happened on three Apple devices. Strange!

Thanks
Jim
WA5TEF