On my flight this morning, DroneDeploy showed me a red empty rectangle indicator for the battery. It looked like it was trying to tell me the battery was empty. No percentage was shown. The interior of the rectangle was all white/background color.
The RC confirmed my expectations of 100% battery for the RC and the Mavic Pro flight battery.
This can intermittently happen when the drone is not able to send a signal to DroneDeploy. This is similar to a failed text message. If the battery was extremely low, the Mavic’s internal software would cause the drone to RTH.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Drone and controller have been power cycled (and firmware updated) several times.
Just updated the DroneDeploy app (iOS).
No luck with accurate battery status so far.
Seems odd, as I got proper indication on my very first flight. Every flight since has resulted in no usable images.
Not sure where to go now.
I have power cycled the phone, but did so between DroneDeploy updates. Will give that a shot. That said, it “shouldn’t” matter
The battery status indication appears to be a communication / API issue between DroneDeploy and DJI.
I’ve not yet tried “closing” DJI Go before opening DroneDeploy. I’ll give that a shot but don’t think it’s an issue.
Thanks for the DJI GS Pro tip. I’ll take a look. I do own the autoflight autopilot app, now owned by hangar, which could do this mission as well. Just a bit more involved setting it up properly.
Exact same problem with battery indicator not working. Parbar I have cycled the power. UAV still returns home in safe time but stressful to not know exact battery status.