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Movi Pro won't boot, only green LED, errors

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  1. Eric Girgash

    Eric Girgash New Member

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    Hey guys I have a weird one here. Freefly has been slow to respond so i'm curious if any of you have experienced this yet.

    My Movi Pro went out on a job with another operator and was working fine until they fired up the mimic. The Movi Pro freaked out and ever since then it will not boot up. The LCD screen is black and only the green light lights up. When trying to connect to the app it just says pending.

    I can actually get it to fully boot by turning the roll axis upside down. It boots with 4 errors. At this point I can get the app to connect to the Movi and I tried reverting to older firmware. It boots normally and calibrates. I attempt to operate it and everything goes limp and at this point the black screen of death comes back.

    In the terminal there is a Fail Code: 256. Drive fail, accelerometer fail, IMU error, status error, and a drive error.

    At this point it's starting to look like a hardware error if a firmware refresh is not doing the trick. Could the Mimic seriously fry a Movi Pro?

    Anyone out there?
     

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  2. Andy Johnson-Laird

    Andy Johnson-Laird Administrator
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    My first thought is to wonder whether there might be any loose cabling. It's hard to believe that a Mimic could fry a MoVI Pro, but I suppose...

    FF are usually pretty quick to respond -- did you email or call?

    Andy

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  3. Eric Girgash

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    All exposed cabling seems to be in good order. Tried both forms of communication. Hope to hear back soon so I can get this thing in to service ASAP.
     
  4. Andy Johnson-Laird

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    Let us know what you find/do when you hear back from FF just in case someone else has the same problem!
    Cheers
    Andy

    Forensic Software & sUAV / Drone Analyst : Photographer : Videographer : Pilot (Portland, Oregon, USA): Trees=2, Ground=1, Props=11. :(
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  5. Ben Platts

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    I had a similar thing with my Pro. I had to send it back to FF as it was down to faulty wiring. I believe they've had it on a couple of units. Might be the same thing.
     
  6. Eric Girgash

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    How long did it take for you to get your unit back? Did an incident occur to yours to make the wiring faulty ie drop etc? Thanks for the info.
    -eric
     
  7. Ben Platts

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    No I was actually displaying it at a trade show after having it for a week. Hadn't been dropped or anything. I noticed it had a boot error after turning it on. Went to reboot it and it just wouldn't turn on. Only got the green light like you. I think it's a manufacturing fault in a few units. It took about 2-3 weeks to get it repaired I think.
     
  8. Cam Batten

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    I had a wiring fault on delivery, was fixed in around 5 business days and sent back all updated and working. Had a problem that wouldn't allow the movi to turn off, but seems similar to cable problems in the past.
     
  9. sebastian navarro

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    Ok. That is a concern for us living outside the US. I live in latin america and I wondering what would´ve happened if something like this happen to us.The hassle of first having to pay the shipping to the US and back and also the time that it takes. Even if is on warranty the thing is that freefly should take more attention to it. New units with faulty wiring?? Is this a professional tool? I believe so.
     
  10. Charlie Beyer

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    I'm having the same error code now. It seems to happen when hard roll is applied like during a running shot. Also wouldn't let me boot up when I'm upside down like on top a tripod. The whole gimbal is buggy in general. Not to psyched about it since I'm deep into a show that relies on it. May have to break out the M15.
     
  11. Eric Girgash

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    After almost two weeks with no reply from Freefly and many days lost on the rental they finally replied and told me to send it in.
    The issue was "faulty internal wiring" and was repaired under warranty. Awesome.
     
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    Mine is doing the same thing once in a while. Will send in next week. Bummer.
     
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    same problem around here!
     
  14. Charlie Beyer

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    I sent my Pro in to FF and it arrived Thursday afternoon this past week. Its in the Service Queue so ill wait to hear what the problem is. Hopefully Ill have an answer next week.
     
  15. Nils Ruinet

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    Had this same issue yesterday. Movi Pro wouldn't boot, black screen, just the green light. Unable to shut it down. Unable to connect to the iOS app (it sees the Movi but won't connect or display any info).
    Cables seem fine.

    Guess I'll have to return it to Freefly, just hope they'll be able to repair it quickly.
     
  16. Franck Tabouring

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    I had the same issue on my second test after just purchasing it. Again and again, it would not boot up, and only the green light would come on. Then I decided to remove the microSD card that came with the Movi. Since then, I have not been able to reproduce the error and it has been working fine.

    Does yours work again after removing the sd card?
     
  17. Nils Ruinet

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    Ah, good question, I've already sent it back to Freefly for repair so I can't check anymore unfortunately. But thanks for the info, it's always good to know !
    Anyway, I'd rather have them repair it while it's still under warranty than wait and have the issue pop up again later... I just hope it won't take them too long !
     
  18. Bhargav

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    Not on a couple but many units I my self has seen this issue on 7 Movi pro
     
  19. Gary Haynes

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    Removing the SD card worked for me too. Nice one :)
     

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