SidePilot 4+

Great app but GoPro problems

The app is great! My issue is I can’t control my GoPro with it. I have the GoPro Hero 4 Black. The red circle is in the screen but does nothing. I have video feed and at the top of the screen i would be able to see time moving if it was recording but I can’t get it to start recording via the app. Can someone help?

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Developer Response ,

Hi Aaric,

Sorry to hear you are having issues with controlling the recording on your GoPro, I hope to resolve this with update 2.0.5 coming soon. In the meantime, you can start/stop GoPro by clicking in the tilt paddle on the Solo controller. Hope that helps.

Thanks,
Tom

Terrible.

Used with 3DR Solo drone. DOES NOT work properly. Has caused my drone to crash twice when trying to land and destroy its propellers.

I’ll preface this with saying that I never had ANY issues like this with the stock 3DR app before 3DR disappeared from the App Store…no crashes or any other bugs like below.

I updated all necessary firmware; the app will allow drone to fly but has several issues.

- When trying to land, the drone will get squirrely and randomly throttle up even though I’m holding the throttle all the way down as required when landing - it will have quick spurts of full throttle then stop, then full throttle again (all while throttle is held down at 0%). It tends to catch two side legs on the ground, then flip over and destroys the props, and will not shut off no matter what you do with the throttle or any buttons. I had to hold the drone in my hand with the throttle held down, but it continued to throttle itself up until the battery finally died.

- Will not trigger the GoPro to begin recording.

- Will not allow parameter changes to be synced to drone.

- With full, healthy battery the app says that the battery is critically low within 1 minute of flight time and wants to return “home”.

This app is terrible. Don’t use it.

Developer Response ,

Hi JYedi263,

Sorry to hear you’re having issues with your Solo.
I’d just like to point out that the throttle issues you described have nothing to do with the app as it does not control your throttle in any way, and you should refer to the 3DR Solo owners Facebook group for advice on that, as it is odd behaviour.

For your gopro issues, is your gopro in the stock Solo gimbal? Are you able to take a photo/start recording using the paddle on the controller? If you are not able to then it isn’t an app issue and may be a gimbal issue.

For parameter issue, please send me an email at tom@sidepilot.net with details on what isn’t getting saved to the Solo.

For the battery, unfortunately as the Solo is quite old now, the batteries are far past their useful date and will not hold a full charge for long. If the app is indicating critical battery, then it is likely that the battery is reporting that to Solo itself and is once again, not an app issue.

These ‘issues’ you describe should be easily resolved if you would like to get in contact with me for assistance.

Thanks,
Tom

Excellent with 3drSolo running OpenSolo on iphone 7+

I have Side Pilot on my iOS devices and Solex on my Androids. I find SidePilot to be a bit easier to navigate. It also gives early warnings on Batteries starting to lose efficiency. One wish is that Side Pilot would allow me to change the Lighting configs on the drone the way I can in Solex.
The SP manual says Green Cube needed, but I can do it in Solex without a GC, so why not in Side Pilot?

Regarding the A/B buttons; not only can they be configured, you can customize ALL of the buttons on the controller. Its all in the manual.