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Ignis v1.2 Operational Manual
DJI M600 Variant
Hardware Version v1.1.3
Firmware Version 570
Android App Version 2.6.1
Drone Amplified, INC
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  • Page 1 Ignis v1.2 Operational Manual DJI M600 Variant Hardware Version v1.1.3 Firmware Version 570 Android App Version 2.6.1 Drone Amplified, INC...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Contents 1 General 1.1 Overview ........
  • Page 3 4.2 Starting Dropping and Ignitions Checklist ....4.2.1 Arm Ignis ....... . . 4.2.2 Check Ignis Status .
  • Page 4 4.3.3 Disarm Ignis ....... . 4.4 Reloading Between Flights Checklist ..... .
  • Page 5 Check for In-Flight Fire ......6.2.2 Disarm Ignis ....... . 6.2.3 Fly Over Safe Ignition Area .
  • Page 6 7.8 Flight Logs ........7.9 Ignis Setup ........
  • Page 7 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 9.3 DJI Software Configuration ......120 9.4 DJI Onboard SDK Activation .

  • Page 8: General

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 1 General This manual covers the operation of the Ignis system with the following configuration: • Hardware version v1.1.3 • Firmware version 570 • Android App version 2.6.1 Ensure that you are using the proper manual for the version of your system.

  • Page 9: Overview

    1.1 Overview Figure 1: Overview of the Ignis system. The Ignis system is shown in Figure 1. The top component of it is called the Hopper and holds the ignition spheres. The bottom component is called the Dropper and performs the puncturing and injection of the ignition spheres.

  • Page 10: Size And Weight

    • Follow all fire and drone operational recommendations and best practices. • Follow all federal, state, and local regulations. 1.2 Size and Weight DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETERS Figure 2: Dimensions of the Ignis system. Last Updated May 20, 2019 Page 10...

  • Page 11: Battery And Power

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified The Ignis system is approximately 24 x 32 x 35 cm as shown in Figure 2. With no ignition spheres or antifreeze, the system weighs 2.19kg. With a full load of 110 ignition spheres and antifreeze, the total weight is 3.53kg.

  • Page 12: Android App

    DJI drone, online and offline satellite maps, and control of Ignis to allow safe and easy aerial ignitions anywhere. The app can be used to control Ignis over a convenient short-range Bluetooth connection that can be used without connecting Ignis to the drone.

  • Page 13: Control Bar

    Physical safety switches are also incorporated onto a switch bar attached to the remote controller. This includes switches to manually trigger an emergency release, as well as an Arm/Disarm switch. While the Arm/Disarm switch is in the Disarm position, Ignis will not drop ignition spheres for any reason.

  • Page 14: Error Messages

    When Ignis is connected to the app, it will display a message indicating its current state. If Ignis encounters an error, the red light on Ignis will blink. Check the app to identify the cause of the error.
  • Page 15 Otherwise, land and replace the battery. If Ignis is idle and the battery is lower than 11.4 V, then dropping is not recommended, as the battery voltage will likely dip below 11.0 V while Ignis is puncturing an ignition sphere, which will trigger this error again.
  • Page 16 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified LOST DRONE PWM 0 Ignis is no longer receiving one of the PWM signals from the drone. Check that the green-wrapped cable is plugged into the flight controller, and none of the wires are broken.
  • Page 17 Dropping cannot restart until Ignis is power-cycled. This error could lead to an in-flight fire if Ignis was not able to remove an injected sphere. Use the camera and temperature sensor to monitor for an in-flight fire and use the emergency release in that event.

  • Page 18: Environmental Limitations

    Special care must be taken to ensure that temperatures are not inadvertently exceeded. For instance, leaving Ignis in its storage case in the sun can cause temperatures to be exceeded, even when the ambient temperature is significantly lower. Similarly, moisture and temperatures can vary significantly based on drone altitude.

  • Page 19: Storage And Transport

    Figure 6 shows the storage container and parts as typically shipped. The system should always be stored and transported in its original transport case. Do not transport or store the Ignis system mounted on the drone, as this may result in damage to the drone or Ignis sytem.

  • Page 20: Warranty

    Zenmuse cameras: the X3 is an affordable visible camera, and the XT2 is a combined visible and thermal camera. We make a custom mounting bracket for these cameras that allows you to attach Ignis under the center of the vehicle for a more balanced center of mass.

  • Page 21: Tarp

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Num Chargers Num Battery Sets Down time Power Required 65 min 1000 W 40 min 2000 W 15 min 3000 W 0 min 4000 W Table 2: Operation capabilities and requirements for different numbers of chargers Table 2.3 compares how much down time between periods flying you’ll have for different...

  • Page 22: Normal Procedures

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 3 Normal Procedures This section contains the normal procedure checklists. See the Amplified Normal Procedures in Section 4 for details. Last Updated May 20, 2019 Page 22...

  • Page 23: Preflight Inspection Checklist

    WARNING: If ignition spheres are loaded in the hopper, this will cause them to be injected and poses a fire risk. If performing this step, do so under controlled conditions. Stop Dropping: Disarmed, Ignis Stopped Check Ignis Status in App: Disarmed by Control Bar Create Geofence: Created Fill Hopper: Filled Note: Use the app “AGITATE”...

  • Page 24: Matrice 600 Pro Preflight Inspection Checklist

    Check Tablet for Visible Damage: None Check Tablet Battery Charge Level: At least 25% Check Ignis Control Bar is plugged into Remote Controller: Connected Check 6 Flight Batteries for Visible Damage: No Damage Check 6 Flight Batteries are of the Same Set: Same Set...

  • Page 25: Starting Dropping And Ignitions Checklist

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Check GPS Orientation: Forward Note: the red arrow on top of the GPS should point towards the front of the vehicle Check Body for Visible Damage: None Check Landing Gear for Visible Damage: None...

  • Page 26: Stopping Ignitions Checklist

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 3.4 Stopping Ignitions Checklist Press Stop Dropping button in App: Pressed Check Ignis Status: Idle Disarm Ignis: Disarmed 3.5 Reloading Between Flights Checklist Disarm Ignis: Disarmed Emergency Release Dials: Rotated Counterclockwise, Safe Ignis App Ignis Setup: Connected Ignis Battery Level: Greater Than 12.0V...

  • Page 27: Preparing For Storage Checklist

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 3.7 Preparing for Storage Checklist 103. Perform Preflight Inspection Steps “Inspect for Visible Damage” (4.1.3) through “Ignis Battery Level” (4.1.15): Complete 104. Remove Cover: Removed 105. Empty Syringes and Reservoir: Empty 106.

  • Page 28: Amplified Normal Procedures

    4.1.2 Environmental Conditions and Forecast Environmental Conditions and Forecast: Within Limits Ensure that the weather and the forecasted conditions are within limits for both the Ignis system and the drone. See 1.9 for detailed specifications. In addition, storage in hot conditions or leaving the system exposed to direct sunlight may cause the system to exceed its operational temperature even if the air temperature is within limits.

  • Page 29: Bottom Hatches

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 4.1.4 Bottom Hatches Bottom Hatches: A and B Open and Clear Figure 7: Hatches open and puncture area clear. Ensure that the bottom hatches are in the open position as shown in Figure 7. If they are not, the hatches can be opened by hand with minimal force.

  • Page 30: Dropper Wires Connected To Hopper

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 9: To lock the Dropper in place, push the plate away from the chutes when the Dropper is mounted. Figure 8 shows the process for attaching the Dropper to the Hopper. Start by aligning the pins on the Dropper to the holes on the Hopper, Figure 8(left).

  • Page 31: Disarm Ignis

    4.1.7 Disarm Ignis Disarm Ignis: Disarmed Figure 11: Ignis control switches. Ensure the Ignis Arm/Disarm switch (S3) is pushed down and away from the user to disable dropping with Ignis. 4.1.8 Emergency Release Dials Emergency Release Dials:...

  • Page 32: Dji Mode Set To P Or F

    4.1.9 DJI Mode Set to P or F DJI Mode Set to P or F: Flight Mode Set The DJI flight mode selection switch must be set to P or F for operation of the Ignis System. 4.1.10 Battery Install Battery Install: Installed Figure 12: Left: Battery cover pull location.

  • Page 33: Verify Puncture Motion

    Verify that it moves smoothly along the full length. 4.1.13 Start Ignis App Start Ignis App: Open Open the Ignis app on your tablet or phone. On start the app will show a main menu as shown in Figure 15. Last Updated May 20, 2019...

  • Page 34: Ignis App Ignis Setup

    Ignis through the drone, you will see an option to connect to Ignis through the drone. If your tablet is Last Updated May 20, 2019...

  • Page 35: Ignis Battery Level

    Ignis’s Bluetooth, you can press the BLUETOOTH SETTINGS button to open up your Android device’s Bluetooth settings. This will scan for nearby Bluetooth devices and allow you to pair with them. The password to pair with Ignis is 1234. Figure 17: App when connected to Ignis.

  • Page 36: Reservoir And Syringes

    “FILL A” and “FILL B” buttons, as shown in Figure 17, to fill the syringes. Next, check to see if there is any air located in the syringes, as shown in Figure 36. Figure 19: Propping Ignis so that air can be purged from the syringes. Last Updated May 20, 2019...

  • Page 37: Dropper Needle

    Figure 20: Ignis should be tilted so that the air in the syringes is near the tubes. If there is air, tip Ignis so that the reservoir is tilted up, as shown in Figure 19. The cover can be used to help prop Ignis up, and we recommend removing the needles assembly and directing the flow of any purged liquid into containers that allow easy disposal of the...
  • Page 38 Figure 22: Locking the needle assembly. To lock the needle assembly in place, push inward on the black knob labeled “IGNIS” (as shown in Figure 22), and twist the knob clockwise until it stops, then pull back on the knob to click it in place.

  • Page 39: Hopper Attached To Drone

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 4.1.19 Hopper Attached to Drone Hopper Attached to Drone: Secured Figure 23: Attaching hopper to Drone. Left: Remove thumb screws. Right: Attach to drone. Figure 23 shows the process for attaching the Hopper to the drone. Start by removing the red thumb screws from the top of the Hopper as shown in Figure 23(left).

  • Page 40: Cover

    4.1.22 (OPTIONAL) Ignis Safety Tethers (OPTIONAL) Ignis Safety Tethers: Front and Back Secured Figure 26: Attaching a tether to the frame under the front of the drone. Attach another tether to the frame in the back.
  • Page 41 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 27: Ignis tether connection points. Figure 28: Attaching the front tether to the front connection point on the dropper. Clip the back tether to the back connection point. Use the provided pair of Safety Tethers to secure the Dropper to the drone by looping the tether around the frame, then threading the clip end through the end with the loop, as shown in Figure 26.

  • Page 42: Drone Preflight Inspection

    4.1.25 Stop Dropping Stop Dropping: Disarmed, Ignis Stopped Press the Stop button in the app to stop dropping. To also disarm Ignis in order to prevent accidentally starting again, move the Arm/Disarm switch (S3) on the control bar into the disarm position (down and away from the user), as shown in Figure 33. Further,...

  • Page 43: Check Ignis Status In App

    Touch the ignition sphere icon in the top right corner of the flight screen to open the Ignis controls , then touch the Geofence icon (the boxed drone icon) to open the Geofence controls (see Figure 29). Touch the map to mark the corners of the burn area in a clockwise or counter-clockwise order.

  • Page 44: Ready For Takeoff

    4.1.29 Ready for Takeoff Ready for Takeoff: Ready Ignis is now ready for flight operations. Ensure that the area is clear and abide by all flight and takeoff recommendations of the drone manufacturer. 4.2 Starting Dropping and Ignitions Checklist 4.2.1 Arm Ignis...

  • Page 45: Ensure Drop Area Clear And Safe

    Figure 31: Starting drops with the Drone Amplified Android app. The Start dropping button is located in the Ignis controls submenu, shown in Figure 31. This is submenu will appear when the ignition sphere icon in the top-right corner is touched.

  • Page 46: Stopping Ignitions Checklist

    4.3.2 Check Ignis Status Check Ignis Status: Idle Verify that Ignis’s status has changed to IDLE, as in Figure 31. Note that the stopping process can take 20-40 seconds while the system purges any additional ignition spheres and performs a calibration process.

  • Page 47: Reloading Between Flights Checklist

    4.4 Reloading Between Flights Checklist 4.4.1 Disarm Ignis Disarm Ignis: Disarmed Figure 33: Ignis control switches. Ensure the Ignis Arm/Disarm switch (S3) is pushed down and away from the user to disable dropping with Ignis. 4.4.2 Emergency Release Dials Emergency Release Dials:...
  • Page 48 Ignis through the drone, you will see an option to connect to Ignis through the drone. If your tablet is not paired to the Ignis’s Bluetooth, you can press the BLUETOOTH SETTINGS button to open up your Android device’s Bluetooth settings.

  • Page 49: Ignis Battery Level

    If the reservoir was emptied during the last flight, you may need to purge air from the syringes. Unclip the tethers and remove Ignis from the drone. Then follow the procedure in 4.1.17 to purge the air before remounting Ignis.

  • Page 50: Attach Cover

    Start continuous drops by first moving S3 on the control bar into the upward position to arm Ignis. Then press the Start button in the Drone Amplified Android app. During this process, verify the following: •...

  • Page 51: Stop Dropping

    4.4.10 Stop Dropping Stop Dropping: Disarmed, Ignis Stopped Press the Stop button in the app to stop dropping. To also disarm Ignis in order to prevent accidentally starting again, move the Arm/Disarm switch (S3) on the control bar into the disarm position (down and away from the user), as shown in Figure 33. Further, make sure that all motions of the system stop and that the app indicates ready.

  • Page 52: Ready For Takeoff

    Drone Amplified 4.4.12 Ready for Takeoff Ready for Takeoff: Ready Ignis is now ready for flight operations. Ensure that the area is clear and abide by all flight and takeoff recommendations of the drone manufacturer. 4.5 Post Flight Inspection Checklist 4.5.1 Drone Safe...

  • Page 53: Preparing For Storage Checklist

    Perform Preflight Inspection Steps “Inspect for Visible Damage” (4.1.3) through “Ignis Battery Level” (4.1.15): Complete Perform preflight inspection procedures “Inspect for Visible Damage” (Section 4.1.3) through “Ignis Battery Level” (Section 4.1.15) to power on the system and connect the app via bluetooth. 4.6.2 Remove Cover Remove Cover: Removed Remove the Dropper cover as shown in Figure 25.

  • Page 54: Disconnect Battery

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 4.6.6 Disconnect Battery Disconnect Battery: Disconnected Unplug the power from Ignis (Figure 13). 4.6.7 Remove Battery Remove Battery: Removed Remove the battery from the battery compartment as shown in Figure 12. 4.6.8 Dropper Wires Disconnect Dropper Wires Disconnect: Disconnected Disconnect the Dropper wires from the Hopper (Figure 10).

  • Page 55: Clean Hatch Tracks And Chutes

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 4.6.13 Clean Hatch Tracks and Chutes Clean Hatch Tracks and Chutes: Cleaned and Dried Figure 38: Cleaning hatch tracks. Use the provided cleaners (which act as a small squeegee) or alternatively the edge of a small folded towel to clean each of the tracks as shown in Figure 38.
  • Page 56 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Store all components in the storage case making sure to follow the storage guidelines in Section 1.11. Last Updated May 20, 2019 Page 56...

  • Page 57: Emergency Procedures

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 5 Emergency Procedures This section contains the emergency procedure checklists. See the Amplified Emergency Procedures in Section 6 for details. 5.1 Communication Failure Checklist Stop Ignitions and Dropping: Switches Off, System Stopped...

  • Page 58: Amplified Emergency Procedures

    6.1.1 Stop Ignitions and Dropping Stop Ignitions and Dropping: Switches Off, System Stopped Press the Stop button in the app to stop dropping. To also disarm Ignis in order to prevent accidentally starting again, move the Arm/Disarm switch (S3) on the control bar into the disarm position (down and away from the user), as shown in Figure 33.

  • Page 59: Perform Post Flight Inspection

    Check for abnormally high Ignis temperature, or use the camera to look for smoke or flames coming out of Ignis. If a fire is suspected, continue this checklist. If not, continue with regular operations (if applicable) or return to land as soon as it is safe to do so.

  • Page 60: Return Drone To Landing Zone And Land

    This will cause the puncture motor to move to attempt to eject any stuck ignition sphere. Unplug and then plug back in the power connector for Ignis (shown in Figure 13). This will cause the puncture motor to move to attempt to eject any stuck ignition spheres.

  • Page 61: Remove Needle Assemblies

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 6.3.5 Remove Needle Assemblies Remove Needle Assemblies: Needles Removed Remove the needle assemblies (Section 4.1.18). This will ensure that no antifreeze can be injected into the ignition sphere. 6.3.6 Dropper Wires Disconnect Dropper Wires Disconnect: Disconnected Disconnect the Dropper wires from the Hopper (Figure 10).
  • Page 62 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified CPU: Quad-Core, 1.5 GHz RAM: 2GB The app is compatible with the following DJI drones: • INSPIRE • INSPIRE 1 Pro • INSPIRE 1 RAW • INSPIRE • MATRICE • MATRICE • MATRICE 600 Pro •...

  • Page 63: Privacy And Versions

    Drone Amplified 7.2 Privacy and Versions The Ignis app has two main versions: a general-purpose version, and a privacy-enhanced version. The DJI SDK that this app uses to control a DJI drone can potentially upload flight logs to DJI’s servers. The privacy-enhanced version of this app implements a firewall to ensure that no flight data will leak over the internet.

  • Page 64: First Time Registration

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified will display at the bottom of the screen, such as whether or not the app is connected to the remote controller or drone. 7.3.1 First Time Registration In order to use the app to fly a DJI drone, the DJI Mobile SDK used by the app must be registered.

  • Page 65: Settings

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 7.4 Settings Figure 40: App Settings Pressing the “SETTINGS” button from the main menu will open a screen where the app’s settings can be changed, shown in Figure 40. The following is a description of each setting: Display User Location Enabling this makes the tablet’s location appear on the map.

  • Page 66: Download Maps

    Minutes, Seconds. EULA and Privacy Policy This will display the app’s EULA and Privacy Policy at https://droneamplified.com/agreements/EULA_beta.html Ignis Manual Displays the latest Ignis manual at https://droneamplified.com/downloads/IgnisManual.pdf All Applications Settings Use this when another app has been selected as the default app to open when the USB to the remote controller is connected to the tablet.

  • Page 67: New Offline Region

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 41: Offline Regions Screen Pressing the “DOWNLOAD MAPS” button on the main menu will open a screen similar to Figure 41. This screen will display all of the maps you’ve downloaded, but it is currently empty in this Figure.
  • Page 68 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified played on the screen. Once the map has been zoomed in far enough, download buttons will appear in the bottom right corner of the screen, as shown in Figure 42. You have options to download "High Definition"...

  • Page 69: Managing Regions

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 44: Downloading elevation maps After the app has downloaded the map tiles for the region, it will download elevation maps for the region as well, as shown in Figure 5. While this is downloading, you can leave this screen and use the app for other things.
  • Page 70 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified satellite imagery for region. Any number of regions can be downloaded, but there is a limit to the number of map tiles that are allowed to be saved by Mapbox. If the download fails because the Mapbox Tile Count limit was exceeded, try deleting a few other regions to free up space.

  • Page 71: Elevation Data

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 46: Viewing the elevation of a downloaded region If you touch the map while viewing an offline region, it will show the elevation of the region above mean sea level, as shown in figure 46. Touch the map again to hide it.
  • Page 72 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 47: Map Overlays Screen Pressing the “MAP OVERLAYS” button on the main menu will open a screen similar to Figure 47. This screen will display all of the map overlays loaded by the app, but it is currently empty in this figure.
  • Page 73 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified inside the Download folder. Figure 49: Browsing the Download folder for pdf and kmz files Figure 49 shows a pdf and kmz file inside the Download folder. Touch a file to select it.
  • Page 74 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 51: A pdf and kmz overlay that have been processed by the app The list can also be used to manage the overlays. Clicking on an overlay will allow you to view it on a map, or remove it from the list, as shown in Figure 52.

  • Page 75: Drone Setup

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 53: Viewing a kmz overlay Remove overlays from the list when you have no further use for them. 7.7 Drone Setup Figure 54: Drone Setup Pressing the ”DRONE SETUP” button from the main menu will open a screen where the drone’s settings can be changed, and advanced information can be viewed.
  • Page 76 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Status Displays the overall status of the drone, as you would see if you were flying. Diagnostics Displays DJI errors and warnings produced by the drone. Camera Indicates what model of DJI Camera is connected to the drone. Clicking on this will take you to settings for the camera.
  • Page 77 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Minimum Go Home Altitude If the drone is below this altitude when the Go Home procedure is initiated, it will first ascend to this altitude before returning home. Video Feed Configuration This setting is only available on the Matrice 600, and gives you 4 options to quickly configure which video feed gets streamed from the Lightbridge...

  • Page 78: Camera Settings

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Drone Name A user-settable name for the drone. Flight Controller Serial Number The serial number of the drone’s flight controller. Flight Controller Firmware Version The flight controller’s firmware version. This is not the same as the version number of the firmware package on DJI Assistant 2.

  • Page 79: Flight Logs

    Figure 55. Below the “BLUETOOTH SETTINGS” button is a list of the ways to connect to Ignis. Each bluetooth device the tablet is paired to is listed, as well as an option to connect to Ignis through the drone, if there is a connection to Ignis through the drone.

  • Page 80: Connecting Through Bluetooth

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified pair with them. The password to pair with Ignis is 1234. Ignis must be paired before it can be connected to through Bluetooth. 7.9.3 Connecting through Bluetooth Figure 56: App when connected to Ignis through Bluetooth.

  • Page 81: Connecting Through The Drone

    Figure 55. Touch this option to connect to Ignis through the drone, which will open up a screen similar to 57. This screen may display the Ignis’s status on the right slightly differently than the Bluetooth setup, but the buttons on the left have exactly the same functionality.

  • Page 82: Flying

    7.10 Flying Touching the “FLY” button from the main menu will open the screen used to fly the drone and control Ignis. Figure 58 shows an example of this flight screen, and enumerates important interface elements. Figure 58: Main interface elements while flying.
  • Page 83 7. Ignis Menu Button & Number of Ignition Spheres Dropped Touching this icon will open the Ignis Menu. This icon will spin while Ignis is dropping. If Ignis is connected, the ? will display the number of ignition spheres that have been dropped.
  • Page 84 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 10. User Location This will display if the “Display User Location” setting is enabled, and Location enabled on the tablet. This blue and white dot displays the location of the user. A blue triangle adjacent to the dot indicates which direction the user is facing.

  • Page 85: Map Menu

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified the takeoff location, elevation above mean sea level, and horizontal distance from the home point. Some information will not be displayed if it cannot be calculated. Touch the info bubble again to hide it.
  • Page 86 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified The “Recenter Map” button will open the Map Recentering Menu, shown in Figure 61. If you do not have any map overlays loaded, touching the GPS satellite icon will directly open the Map Recentering Menu. Touch either “Drone”, “Home” or “User” to recenter and rezoom the map on that.

  • Page 87: Auto Takeoff / Auto Landing Menu

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified When the Elevation overlay is enabled, the map will display a colorized elevation map of the nearby region and a legend that indicates what elevation above mean sea level the colors correspond to, as shown in Figure 63. If you are flying, then the legend will also display the elevation of the home point, the drone, and the terrain directly below the drone.

  • Page 88: Camera Control

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified controller can also be used to guide the drone as it lands. The Go-Home button on the controller can also cancel the Auto Landing. Touch “Stop” to stop an automatic takeoff or landing.
  • Page 89 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 66: Camera menu Additionally, if the drone has a DJI camera, a sidebar with some camera controls will appear. The sidebar’s camera controls are enumerated in Figure ??, and a description of each button is below.
  • Page 90 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified If a thermal camera is connected, you will see an additional “Thermal” option, which will allow you to change between Visible, IR, Picture in Picture, or Multi-Spectral Dynamic Imaging (which enhances the IR view with edges detected by the visible camera).
  • Page 91 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 68: Photo Mode Menu Touch either “Single”, or “Burst” to switch to that photo mode. Touching the Focus option from the Camera menu will allow you to focus the camera, as shown in Figure 69.
  • Page 92 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 70: Exposure Menu This menu shows the current mode, ISO, aperture, shutter, and exposure compensation settings. Depending on the current exposure mode, different settings are adjustable. The adjustable settings are indicated by being bolded and underlined. In Auto mode, as in Figure 70, the ISO and EV can be adjusted.
  • Page 93 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Shutter Priority Allows you to manually adjust ISO, shutter, and exposure compensation. Aperture is automatically adjusted. Aperture Priority Allows you to manually adjust ISO, aperture, and exposure compensa- tion. Shutter is automatically adjusted. Not all DJI cameras support Aperture Priority mode.

  • Page 94: Battery Menu

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified 7.10.4 Battery Menu Figure 73: Battery Menu If the drone has multiple batteries, then touching the battery icon at the top of the screen will open the Battery Menu, shown in Figure 73. This displays the energy percent remaining in each battery on the drone.
  • Page 95 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Touching the ignition sphere icon at the top right of the screen will open the Ignis Menu, shown in Figure 74. This displays the current status of Ignis, as well as the temperature sensor reading, and the battery voltage.
  • Page 96 LOST DRONE PWM Ignis is no longer receiving PWM signals from the drone. Check that the green-wrapped cable is plugged into the flight controller. LOST DRONE PWM 0 Ignis is no longer receiving one of the PWM signals from the drone. Check that the green-wrapped cable is plugged into the flight controller, and none of the wires are broken.
  • Page 97 This knob is used to trigger the emergency release, and Ignis will not allow dropping until this knob is ready. An emergency release is triggered when S1 and S2 are twisted all the way clockwise within 4 seconds of each other in order.
  • Page 98 Dropping cannot restart until Ignis is power-cycled. This error could lead to an in-flight fire if Ignis was not able to remove an injected sphere. Use the camera and temperature sensor to monitor for an in-flight fire and use the emergency release in that event.

  • Page 99: Geofencing

    Figure 75. While this menu is open, touching spots on the map will mark that location as a corner of the area constrain Ignis to. Touch each corner of the burn area in a clockwise or counter-clockwise order to specify the burn area. You can use the Undo and Clear buttons to remove corners that have been added.
  • Page 100 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 76: Waypoints Menu Touch the Waypoint icon at the top of the screen to open the Waypoint Menu. While the Waypoint Menu is open, touching the map will place a waypoint at the touched location.
  • Page 101 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 78: Touching somewhere on the map will move the selected waypoint to that location. Touching a waypoint will select it, indicated by it becoming larger, as shown in Figure 77. If you touch a new location on the map, the selected waypoint will be moved to that location.
  • Page 102 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified horizontal axis shows the distance along the waypoint mission, and the vertical axis shows the altitude above the takeoff location. The waypoint mission is “unrolled” in this view, You can use your fingers to zoom and scroll around this view to get a better look at things.
  • Page 103 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 81: Touch the plus button in the middle of a waypoint path segment to create a new waypoint there. If you touch the plus button in the middle of a waypoint segment, a new waypoint will be created there, as shown in Figure 81.
  • Page 104 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified stay along the line that connects the two. The waypoints that mark a turn in the waypoint mission have a thin, gray, vertical line going through them, indicating that the side view is unfolding a bend in the path here, and the waypoint can only be moved up and down.
  • Page 105 Time between ignition sphere drops How much time ignis should wait between ignition sphere drops. This requires Ignis firmware version 570 or higher. Snap altitude above ground level Sets the altitude of a guideline above ground level that waypoints will snap to when their altitude is being modified.
  • Page 106 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Press the “Settings” button again to return to the side view. Figure 85: Snap altitudes are shown as dotted orange lines. Newly placed waypoints will be placed at the higher of the snap altitudes, and when you adjust the altitude of a waypoint, it will “snap”...
  • Page 107 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 86: Uploading a waypoint mission. The waypoint path will become solid instead of dashed to indicate it is being uploaded and executed, as shown in Figure 86. A status message will appear at the bottom of the screen to describe the status of the upload.

  • Page 108: Ignition Lines

    Drone Amplified 7.10.8 Ignition Lines Figure 87: Touch dashed lines of the waypoint path to toggle dropping along that part. Ignis will drop ignition spheres along yellow lines. Figure 88: You can also toggle dropping along lines by touching them in the side view.
  • Page 109 (primarily controlled by cruise speed). Figure 90: Dropping ignition spheres along a burn line. Figure 90 shows the Ignis automatically dropping ignition spheres as the drone flies along these waypoints. Last Updated May 20, 2019...

  • Page 110: Privacy Mechanisms

    If the Flight app detects that the VPN is not active, or that it can connect to the internet, it will immediately kill its process. This immediately kills the Ignis application and all of the services started by the DJI Mobile SDK, preventing any leakage of data.

  • Page 111: Daily Maintenance

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified may wear and the needle should be replaced. This should be done if a needle regularly collects debris buildup during flight. 8.2 Daily Maintenance The post-flight checklist (Section 4.5) goes over all of the daily maintenance that is needed before storing.

  • Page 112: Cleaning Lead Screws

    Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified most screws. We do not recommend tightening screws if they are not visibly loose as over tightening can cause damage and could increase the chances of a screw coming loose as they are locked in place with threadlock during production. If a screw is missing or loose, replace/tighten it.

  • Page 113: Replacing A Needle

    8.3.3 Replacing A Needle If your Ignis has the older thumbscrew needle assembly, please see Section 10.1 Last Updated May 20, 2019 Page 113...
  • Page 114 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified If a needle is broken or bent and needs to be replaced, you will need to remove the needle assembly to replace the needle. Unscrew the four screws that clamp the needle retainer over the needle, then remove the broken needle.
  • Page 115 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 97: Needle tabs aligned with the cutouts on the retainer. Rotate the needle 45 degrees so that the tabs on the base of the needle fit in the cutouts on the needle retainer, as shown in Figure 97.
  • Page 116 Place the needle and retainer on the needle mount and make sure that the side port hole of the needle will be oriented downard once installed in IGNIS, as shown in Figure 99. Incrementally tighten the screws until the retainer is fully seated on the needle mount.

  • Page 117: Installation On Dji Matrice

    Amplified team. 9.1 DJI Channel Expansion Kit Installation Ignis is controlled through a DJI Channel Expansion Kit, which is provided with the Ignis System. There are a variety of tutorials on how to install these onto the DJI controller. One such video can be found at https://youtu.be/eyNJsgQTiMY.
  • Page 118 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 101: Unscrew top cover and remove bottom cover. To install the control cables, start by removing the top and bottom cover on the Matrice 600 Pro as shown in Figure 101. The top cover requires the removal of six screws, while the bottom cover snaps on and can be removed by firmly pulling at the two labeled pull...
  • Page 119 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 103: Three connectors installed. Next, plug in the three cables as shown in Figure 103. Make sure that the black wires on the connectors are all on the left. The yellow and green cables should be installed on the lower row of connectors labeled sBus (green on right, yellow on left).
  • Page 120 Make sure not to pinch the wires too tight with the zipties. The connectors to the Ignis should be on the front of the Matrice 600 between battery bays 1 and 6. We recommend securing the extra PWM connectors at the rear of the vehicle between battery bays 4 and 5.
  • Page 121 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 106: DJI Matrice 600 PWM Output Configuration. Next, go to the Tools tab, shown in Figure 106. Using the dropdown boxes configure: F3 to connect to S1; F4 to connect to S2; F5 to connect to S3; F6 to connect to S6; F7 to connect to S7;...
  • Page 122 Ignis is connected to it. If the Matrice 600 has not performed the Onboard SDK activation, you will see an error as in Figure 108. You’ll see this error on drones you haven’t used with Ignis before, or since their last firmware update.
  • Page 123 FLY button to open up the flight activity, as shown in Figure 31. Touch the ignition sphere icon in the top right to view the Ignis’s status. If it shows IDLE, then the activation was successful.
  • Page 124 Drone Amplified that Ignis is powered-on and connected to the vehicle properly. You have now completed the setup. Connect and test Ignis with the Matrice 600. You should test the configuration by going through the normal procedures without spheres to ensure that Ignis can be properly controlled from the DJI controller.
  • Page 125 Ignis Operations Manual (DJI M600 Variant) Drone Amplified Figure 111 (left) shows the location to insert the needle. Carefully insert the needle assembly, ensuring that it is inserted perpendicular to the aluminum plate. Gently push the needle assembly forward until it is fully seated. Slide the needle assembly holder, Figure 111 (center), forward and align the yellow thumb screws with the holes on the aluminum plate.

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