TAROT gimbal nor working on IRIS+

Posted by SILVERZORRA on November 15, 2014 at 3:09pm

Hi everyone,

I am a newbie with the IRIS+ and tarot gimbal. The gimbal was working fine the first day but now its not working at all. It is properly connected and it has power, the LED´s on the TAROT board are blinking in blue and there is another yellow LED that blinks 3 times.

I am hoping is something that I messed up  with the IRIS+ configuration.

Any ideas? 

Thanks!

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  • PH November 15, 2014 at 4:38pm

    Here's another link for the gimble light info

    https://www.jonathan.it/files/tarot_gopro_gimbal.pdf

    I'm new at this too, sorry I can't help more

    • SILVERZORRA > PH November 16, 2014 at 9:09am

      Thanks!

    • Michael Burmeister > SILVERZORRA November 19, 2014 at 4:05am

      If you installed the firmware then you saw the options to engage the motors and see the numbers change as well the picture that moves as the gimbal moves.

      If the motors engage but don't move then the sensor that determines position my be bad.

      It looks like your going to need to repair or replace your gimbal.

      Don't know if you can just get the controller board.  The firmware loaded so the board should be good.

      Check this video as there have been some issues with bad wires and connections.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA73zBJrsmw

       

      Mike

       

    • Michael Burmeister > PH November 16, 2014 at 3:18am

      Here is the link to the Gimbal software and manuals. If you download the 1.5 firmware and unpack it the manual is in there. You may want to just do this and save it somewhere for future reference.

      http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-tarot-gimbal/

       

    • SILVERZORRA > Michael Burmeister November 18, 2014 at 1:43pm

      Hi Michael,

      I have downloaded the fw for motors and for the gimbal and now I am running 1.5v on both. The gimbal does not move with just plugging the power cable. It was working fine the first day.

      I have tried everything...

      Any ideas?

      Regards,

  • Michael Burmeister November 15, 2014 at 4:17pm

    The gimbal should work with just the power cable attached. Check the IRIS suport pages for docs on gimbal with info on what the light means.

    • SILVERZORRA > Michael Burmeister November 16, 2014 at 9:09am

      Thanks Michael I have checked the pages but haven't found anything relevant.

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