Mapping Camera Stop Failed - For no reason???

JAMES DONELSON

Strong signal, 16 sats.

After the first couple of rows, every time it went to turn it got this error.

In your favor the mission did seem to restore ok (have not stitched it yet)

Mavic 2 pro, smart controller, latest version.

 

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    Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff

    For no reason???

    The reason given was: Execution of this process has timed out

    This error message comes straight from the DJI SDK and we have no control over it.

     

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    JAMES DONELSON

    Well the map seemed to stitch ok and the images were not blurred.

    When I said no reason I meant nothing in the flight conditions. White other mapping software things like wind, low signal etc. and been

    I appreciate how difficult it is to deal with this SDK, and have to admire you willingness to do so.

    So what you are saying is that no matter what you do you can not prevent that error and have no idea what causes it? While of course I am not aware of the particulars, are you sure that it is not how you are commanding the SDK?

    Also how about and option to just continue the mission when this happens? There is certainly nothing the user can do to mitigate this. 

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    Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff
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    no matter what you do you can not prevent that error

    We actually already do a lot to work-around such errors behind the scenes (like retries with exponential back-offs), but in the end we can only do so much.

    how about and option to just continue the mission when this happens

    We already have these options on command components (required / failure mode):

    The Map component uses these behind the scenes, so we could potentially either a) expose this as an option in the Map properties or b) automatically ignore the failures, like we already do in the Facade component (when distance based triggering is enabled). The danger of either a or b is that the command is actually failing (for whatever reason) and then you end up with a ruined data capture (either too few, or too many photos). If this is something you are willing to accept, then I guess its better than the alternative. i.e. the current "you shall not pass" behavior.

    have no idea what causes it

    Typically this happens when there is lots of RF interference.

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