@gbarr please check out this video

hello @gbarr Check this video out.

Hello Once the remote has received a program, you must make the board go into "run mode" which is putting all DIP switches down. Once you have done that reset power to the remote (make sure everything is rest BLE module and Smart Inventor board). Once you reset it the remote, it should go into pairing mode (if you the program you made contains the functions CoDrone.begin(115200); and
CoDrone.AutoConnect(NearbyDrone); ). Pairing mode is indicated by the Blue LED's strobing inward. Check out this video

Thanks @robolink_arnold. I will give it try and let you know the outcome.

hurray

As wes mentioned setting the throttle low (below 50) will not make the CoDrone takeoff. Let me know if that makes the CoDrone takeoff.

Hey @japellet Jean Pierre, that is great to hear the code is somewhat working. Make sure that each BLE command is spaced with 50 millisecond time intervals. If you blast a bunch of BLE messages at once the Bluetooth module on the CoDrone may disconnect. Also can you post some of the code here? I would like to see and I could ask @robolink_whoseop . Also to avoid destroying the CoDrone, whenever im testing code for the first time, I hold the CoDrone in my hand from its waist and fly it in my hand. That way I can test if communication fails I can flip the CoDrone upside down and it will turn off. For the trimming please do it with the
auto calibration and not the trim functions on CoDrone

@robolink_wes
I have tried your new lib and it works as expected. I was going through the cpp-file to get the latest methods. We managed this week and will have another go in two weeks after easter.
Perhaps the docs will be ready by then?

Was really fun to use the goToHeight function. Work kinda nice. Seems that a calibration when landing could be good.

Thanks @robolink_wes

@robolink_grace - email sent. Am very impressed with customer service so far! Brilliant!

@cariwilliamz tomorrow may be tough, but are you available on Monday? @robolink_arnold pinging you for the call support.

@STEMatKVEC if this CoDrone is behaving this way something may be damaged, can you email me at arnold@robolink.com so we can setup a time for a video call.

@bobbyjohnstx
In the mean time if you want to fly your CoDrone around and you have a Android/iOS phone with a working bluetooth, you can download the Petrone app. It's the first thing I did with mine because I couldn't wait to build the remote to fly it.

I believe you can also connect the bluetooth module to your computer (without requiring it to be connected to the board) and do some block based programming using Snap.

I hope your problem gets resolved soon!

Great! Let me know if you have any issues. One more thing: a good example of a good surface would be a thin carpeted floor with some kind of pattern on it.

Hi there @johnnytechknow! You're currently on the phone with @arnold_robolink, but I wanted to link you to the lesson that includes a killswitch in the loop() function. But as he said, when the drone goes up to the ceiling, what's happening is a suction force that keeps it stuck on the ceiling. Throttling down won't be strong enough to make it descend in this case, so having a killswitch is always key. You'll need to put the killswitch in the loop() function of your Arduino code, so that it's constantly checking for input.

I'll post the code here, and also link you to the lesson on Basecamp.

void loop () { /* Start of the kill switch*/ byte bt8 = digitalRead(18); byte bt4 = digitalRead(14); byte bt1 = digitalRead(11); if(bt1 && bt4 && !bt8){ CoDrone.FlightEvent(Stop); } /*end of kill switch*/ }

@arnold_robolink if there's anything I've missed, please supplement with anything else.