Waiting for GPS - Solo won't fly - 3DR SOLO

Waiting for GPS - Solo won't fly

Posted by Ken Nelson on June 6, 2015 at 1:54pm

Solo waiting on GPS for hours. Never able to lock on so no flying. Solo requires GPS signal to fly even when in the Android app under advanced you set "Enable Advanced Flight Modes" which supposedly allows "fly without GPS."

I have done a factory reset - held down power and fly, re-paired controller and Solo, re-updated software but no luck.

As you can see from the pic below a GPS signal fix was available on tablet:

In the picture below you can see the yellow icon at bottom left of screen which indicates "Waiting for GPS..."

Has anyone else been able to solve this issue?

Disappointed 3DR would make me wait till Saturday when they are closed to download Android app in order to update to be able to fly. Received Solo on June 3 had to wait till June 6 to update and now have to wait till June 8 to speak with tech support. Odd they couldn't ship with updated working firmware.

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- 3D Robotics
  
  Jeevan Kalanithi > Ken Nelson June 7, 2015 at 8:15am
  
  Hi Ken,
  
  Got it. I'll double check to see if we got your logs, but I bet we did.
  
  In the meantime, are you comfortable doing a little unscrewing? Totally up to you!
  
  If so, try this, to check if the GPS is plugged in.
  
  There is a low chance that the cable connecting the GPS unit to the rest of the system somehow came loose at some point.
  
  We have instructions on how to check the GPS hardware in section 9.5 of the user's manual.
  
  http://3drobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Solo_User_Manual_v...
  
  Basically, by gently prying off the GPS cover and removing the battery tray, you can look inside Solo and see if the wire connector between the GPS and the rest of Solo is fully clicked in.
  
  Let me know if you decide to do this and what you find! Again, absolutely up to you if you want to check this.
- John Oberholtzer > Jeevan Kalanithi June 10, 2015 at 10:29am
  
  Hello Jeevan,
  
  I was reading the 3dr Solo manual last weekend.
  
  Today, the Solo manual at http://3drobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Solo_User_Manual_v... is throwing a 404 error. I cannot find the manual with Google either.
- Ken Nelson > John Oberholtzer June 10, 2015 at 11:10pm
  
  Hi John,
  
  I found the manual here: http://3drobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DraftB.pdf
  
  You need to watch for changes - here is an example:
  
  Then in Ver. B this was stated:
  
  Cheers,
  
  Ken
- John Oberholtzer > Ken Nelson June 11, 2015 at 6:11am
  
  Thank you Ken. I will download the manual this time.
  
  And thanks for the heads up on the minor changes.
  
  John
- Mark Parker > John Oberholtzer June 27, 2015 at 4:51pm
  
  Manual seems to be gone now - 404 error
- John Oberholtzer > Mark Parker June 27, 2015 at 6:27pm
  
  Try http://3drobotics.com/kb/solo-user-manual/
  
  The manual URL keeps moving around
- Ken Nelson > Jeevan Kalanithi June 7, 2015 at 11:17am
  
  Hi Jeevan,
  
  OK, we opened it and found the following:
  
  We have pushed the wire so it is in the plug and off to try again!
  
  Cheers,
  
  Ken
- Ken Nelson > Ken Nelson June 7, 2015 at 11:25am
  
  Solo is ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  Off to the park to fly!!!!
  
  Thanks Jeevan!
  
  Cheers,
  
  Ken
- Paul Atkin > Ken Nelson June 9, 2015 at 8:48am
  
  Hi,
  
  Would it be possible to dis-assemble this unit a bit more and post hi-res pictures of what is inside? :)
  
  It would be really awesome. I am just quite curious to see it and will unlikely have a unit in my hands until fall or even later.
- Ken Nelson > Paul Atkin June 9, 2015 at 11:33am
  
  Hi Paul,
  
  I doubt my son would let me - he is absolutely enthralled with it and can't charge the battery fast enough to get back out flying!
  
  Cheers,
  
  Ken