Losing And Locating Your Ebee Rtk In The Field - senseFly EBEE RTK Extended User Manual

Maintenance, Repair and Troubleshooting
Wifi and Bluetooth devices such as the ground station computer or mobile
phones.
The strength of the connection between the drone and eMotion is indicated in
the Flight Monitoring tab⁶⁵. The three LEDs next to the antenna on the ground
modem also indicate the strength of the connection. The connection is strongest
when all three LEDs are a solid red, and weakest when a single LED is blinking.
10.7 Losing and locating your eBee RTK in the field
We recommend that you write your address and phone number on your eBee RTK
(by putting your business card on top of the camera for example) in case it gets
lost and subsequently found by a third party. In case you lose your drone in the
field for whatever reason, whether from a loss of communications, a Critical failure
or an accidental collision, use the following steps to try to recover it:
1. Do not disconnect the connection in eMotion! If it is simply out of commu-
nication range the drone should reconnect automatically as it returns to
the Home waypoint after completing its mission.
2. Note the last known location of the drone in eMotion by printing the screen
or writing down the location displayed in the Flight Monitoring tab.
3. Move towards this last known direction with the computer running eMo-
tion in the hope of regaining a connection. Be sure to take the remote con-
trol with you as well.
4. If you have reached the last known location of your drone and have not yet
found it, turn on the remote control.
5. Try moving both the control sticks around. If the drone is within range it
may start making noise with its main motor or servo motors.
6. Try moving downwind from the last known location in case the drone was
pushed by the wind while still in the air.
⁶⁵ see section 'Flight Monitoring tab' on page 112
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