Hi all.
I'm hoping to gather a few opinions on the best approach for this - Searching hasn't turned anything up (there's probably a reason for that..) but this is where I'm at;
I have an Inspire assembled from parts, so the Ncore, R/C and X3/X5 cameras have not seen each other before. The R/C isn't linked to the craft.
I've powered up the R/C and connected the GO app to find out the firmware on it - it's on 1.5.70
I don't know the firmware on the craft systems and can't think of a way of finding out other than generating an upgrade log
I don't know the firmware on the X3 and X5 (but guess I might be able to retrieve that info by mounting them on an Osmo and looking in the app?) This iprobably sn't as important as the rest of the craft
I'm at the stage where I'm ready to power on the craft but I'm wary that the one or more systems could be a version behind the R/C - I'm unlikely to be able to bind straight off
My understanding of the Inspire firmware history is;
X3 (Inspire 1)
1.2.0.14 - Jan '15
1.2.0.16 - Feb '15
1.2.0.17 - Mar '15
1.2.1.0 - Apr '15
1.2.1.03 - May '15
1.2.1.06 - May '15
1.3.0.00 - Aug '15
1.4.0.10 - Sept '15
1.5.0.30 - Dec '15
1.6.0.40 - Dec '15 - R/C 1.5.70
1.7.0.90 - Mar '16 - R/C 1.5.80
1.8.1.00 - Apr '16 - R/C 1.6.0
1.9.1.10 - June '16
1.9.1.30 - July '16 - R/C 1.7.40
1.10.1.40 - Dec '16
X5 (Inspire Pro)
1.1.0.40 - Nov '15
1.2.0.50 - Dec '15
1.3.0.60 - Dec '15
1.4.0.70 - Mar '16
1.8.1.00 - Apr '16 - R/C 1.6.0
1.9.1.10 - June '16
1.9.1.30 - July '16 - R/C 1.7.40
1.10.1.4.0 - Dec '16
Sooooo, my thinking is, if I try putting a 'safe'ish update like 1.8.1.00 on the SD card, try updating the craft and then study the log results, I'm hoping it will bring the camera/craft/battery up to that firmware level and give me some information on the components. Where they were and whether they got upgraded
At that point, I should be able to bind the v1.5.7 R/C, yes?
Another school of thought, which @Donnie wondered about, is trying to reset the craft and R/C back to a known start point (1.3.0.00) and taking it forward. This has got it's merits but I'm concerned I'm in for a world of pain trying to roll back all the components so far. I believe the R/C can be done with the button-press combo, but I have no idea how to revert the aircraft and even less so the cameras. I'm not even sure it's possible. I can't help feeling given the R/C is at a known point, just making sure the aircraft is at or ahead of it, has the most chance of success.
What do you think?
I'm hoping to gather a few opinions on the best approach for this - Searching hasn't turned anything up (there's probably a reason for that..) but this is where I'm at;
I have an Inspire assembled from parts, so the Ncore, R/C and X3/X5 cameras have not seen each other before. The R/C isn't linked to the craft.
I've powered up the R/C and connected the GO app to find out the firmware on it - it's on 1.5.70
I don't know the firmware on the craft systems and can't think of a way of finding out other than generating an upgrade log
I don't know the firmware on the X3 and X5 (but guess I might be able to retrieve that info by mounting them on an Osmo and looking in the app?) This iprobably sn't as important as the rest of the craft
I'm at the stage where I'm ready to power on the craft but I'm wary that the one or more systems could be a version behind the R/C - I'm unlikely to be able to bind straight off
My understanding of the Inspire firmware history is;
X3 (Inspire 1)
1.2.0.14 - Jan '15
1.2.0.16 - Feb '15
1.2.0.17 - Mar '15
1.2.1.0 - Apr '15
1.2.1.03 - May '15
1.2.1.06 - May '15
1.3.0.00 - Aug '15
1.4.0.10 - Sept '15
1.5.0.30 - Dec '15
1.6.0.40 - Dec '15 - R/C 1.5.70
1.7.0.90 - Mar '16 - R/C 1.5.80
1.8.1.00 - Apr '16 - R/C 1.6.0
1.9.1.10 - June '16
1.9.1.30 - July '16 - R/C 1.7.40
1.10.1.40 - Dec '16
X5 (Inspire Pro)
1.1.0.40 - Nov '15
1.2.0.50 - Dec '15
1.3.0.60 - Dec '15
1.4.0.70 - Mar '16
1.8.1.00 - Apr '16 - R/C 1.6.0
1.9.1.10 - June '16
1.9.1.30 - July '16 - R/C 1.7.40
1.10.1.4.0 - Dec '16
Sooooo, my thinking is, if I try putting a 'safe'ish update like 1.8.1.00 on the SD card, try updating the craft and then study the log results, I'm hoping it will bring the camera/craft/battery up to that firmware level and give me some information on the components. Where they were and whether they got upgraded
At that point, I should be able to bind the v1.5.7 R/C, yes?
Another school of thought, which @Donnie wondered about, is trying to reset the craft and R/C back to a known start point (1.3.0.00) and taking it forward. This has got it's merits but I'm concerned I'm in for a world of pain trying to roll back all the components so far. I believe the R/C can be done with the button-press combo, but I have no idea how to revert the aircraft and even less so the cameras. I'm not even sure it's possible. I can't help feeling given the R/C is at a known point, just making sure the aircraft is at or ahead of it, has the most chance of success.
What do you think?
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