Warnings - Intel Falcon 8+ User Manual

3.12

Warnings

The Intel Falcon 8+ UAS displays all warnings, which might occur, in the status line at
the bottom of the Status Display and in the notification area at the top of the
touchscreen tablet. When there is no warning to display, the status line shows
the tablet in the notification area is shown
A small loudspeaker is connected to a headphone port (mini jack), which is located on
the upper left hand side of the CTR (see
overview). It is possible to connect headphones there, which might be helpful under
noisy conditions.
Table 3-7. Possible warnings
Shown text
Status Display:
Tablet:
Falcon battery weak.
Land soon!
Status Display:
Tablet:
Falcon battery empty.
Land now!
Status Display:
Tablet:
Cockpit battery weak.
Land soon!
Status Display:
Tablet:
Cockpit battery empty.
Land now!
Status Display:
Tablet:
Link weak!
Status Display:
Tablet:
Link lost!
Status Display:
Tablet:
GPS signal lost!
Status Display:
Tablet:
Motor failure. Land
now!
Status Display:
Tablet:
Joystick error. Land
now!
Status Display:
Tablet:
Cockpit temperature
high!
Status Display:
Tablet:
SYSTEM ERROR! CHECK
STATUS DISPLAY!
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Reason
 The battery of the UAV is
BATTERY WEAK!
weak.
BATTERY EMPTY! 
The battery of the UAV is
empty.
The battery of the CTR is
CP BAT. WEAK!
weak.
The battery of the CTR is
CP BAT. EMPTY!
empty.
One of the two data link
LINK WEAK!
connections has failed.
Data link connection is
LINK LOST!
lost.
The GPS signal quality is
GPS LOST!
not sufficient.
There is an error with a
MOTOR DEFECT!
motor, a motor controller
or the motor bus.
The calibration of the
JOYSTICK ERROR!
control sticks failed.
The Cockpit temperature
CP TEMPERATURE!
is outside of the allowed
range.
A Trinity system warning
<- Check Msg
is displayed on the Error
Message Screen of the
Status Display.
User Manual
SYSTEM OK.
Figure 2-7. Intel Cockpit Controller (CTR)
Signals
Vibration on the CTR
Acoustic: Battery weak. Land soon!
repeated every 20 seconds
Visual: The voltage display of the UAV on
the Status Display flashes.
Vibration on the CTR
Acoustic: Battery empty. Land now!
repeated every 10 seconds if only one
minute flight time remains.
Visual: The voltage display of the UAV on
the Status Display flashes.
Vibration on the CTR
Acoustic: Battery weak. Land soon!
Visual: The remaining operating time of
the CTR shown as a percentage on the
Status Display flashes.
Vibration on the CTR 
Acoustic: Battery empty. Land now! 
Visual: The remaining operating time of
the CTR shown as a percentage on the
Status Display flashes.
Vibration on the CTR
Acoustic: Link weak
Vibration on the CTR
Acoustic: Link lost
Vibration on the CTR
Acoustic: GPS lost
Vibration on the CTR
Acoustic: Motor failure. Land now!
Vibration on the CTR
Vibration on the CTR
see as well chapter 4.1 Status Display
Overview
. On
OK
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Intel Falcon F8+