Splash Drones

PRO
Instruction of Waterproof Gimbal
V1.0
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Instruction of Waterproof Gimbal
Product Configuration
CH5
CH6
GND
A1
A0
5V
GND
USB IMU
M2 M1
07
12V
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02
06
03
05
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1. Controller Board of Gimbal
2. Shake-proof Mounting Plate
3. Splash Dive Case (Gopro suit)
4. Special-designed Sensor
5. Special-treated waterproof Brushless Motor
6. Seal Screw
7. Video Transmitter (Abbreviates to ‘VTX’ in following context)
Waterproof Gimbal Quick Guide
1、Product Assembly
Step 1. Screw out the waterproof NUT from the bottom of Splash Drone.
Step 2. Put all the functional cables into drone body through the NUT,
including: VTX connector (DuPont cable in 3-pins), IMU cable (4-pins), M2
ROLL motor cable (3-pins), M1 PITCH motor cable (3-pins). Screw in and
fasten the NUT after finishing the penetration.
Step 3. Connect proportional cables with socket in Controller Board & VTX
according to right remarks.
Step 4. Comply with below correspondences to connect the Gimbal
Controller Board with Receiver. Pls make sure tidy assignment inside of
Drone.
Cables of Controller Board
Proportional Terminal in Receiver
Power cable
12V Out JST cable
Function cable with Blue wire for PITCH
CH6 Signal terminal
Function cable with Green wire for ROLL
CH5 Signal terminal
Ground cable with Black wire
CH5/6 Ground terminal
Step 5. Locate the Controller Board appropriately between Flight controller
and GPS Antenna, then fasten the Controller Box to the Power Distribution
Board with 3M paste in its rear.
Step 6. Fasten the Gimbal Mounting plate to the assembly holes on the
bottom of Drone with spared Sliver Stainless screws, adjust the best
location if necessary.
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Waterproof Gimbal Quick Guide
VTX 12V
USB IMU
M2 M1
A1
A0
5V
GND
2.4
12V
Controller Board
RESET
Receiver
IO CHANNELS
GHz RECEIVER
POWER LED
Step 7. Open the Splash Dive Case, Insert the AV Out cable into the
socket of the Sport Camera. Then enclose the waterproof housing tightly.
ATTENTION:
The waterproof Gimbal is a RTF Gimbal when Ex-factory, it’s very
convenient by attaching your Sport Camera to feed the live videos.
However, there still maybe unexpectedly factors that will influence your first
operation, such as bumps in transportation & changeable magnetic field,
and etc. Pls follow below Calibration Instructions when the Gimbal isn’t at
the balanced phase as it is supposed to be.
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2、Gimbal Manual Calibrating Instruction
RESET
A1
A0
5V
GND
USB IMU
M2 M1
12V
a. Power on the Drone with 4S Lipo Battery, the power Indicator inside of
the Gimbal Controller Board keeps long RED for system Self-checking.
There is a regular blinking process of Green LEDs that indicates the
self-checking is finished: Blinking slowly ----> Flashing ----> Long GREEN.
b. Fix up the Gimbal with Camera, make sure the Splash Dive case is
horizontal. Hold the Dive case tightly, and SHORT press the button
‘RESET’ (In the Gimbal) to calibrate the Accelerometer. Instantly, the
Indicator blinks GREEN slowly and gradually become long GREEN, then
the Accelerometer Calibration is DONE.
c. Repeat the preparations in step ‘b’, LONG press ‘RESET’ for 3s above
to calibrate the Gyroscope. When the GREEN Indicator finishes ‘Blinking
slowly ----> Flashing’ two times, and finally get a Long GREEN, the
Gyroscope Calibration is DONE.
d. Loosen the Dive case after finishing the Gyroscope calibration, and test
whether the Gimbal has resumed normal phase.
Gimbal Controller Board
Fix up Gimbal with Camera in Horizontal
ATTENTION: Pls make sure the waterproof Gimbal is staying horizontal &
still enough, any extra movement or swaying may cause failure in the
Calibration process.
e. Repeating above Manual Calibration twice if the first trail turns out to be
failure. What if the abnormal keeps occurring after several times’ manual
calibration ? The Software Calibration is here available to complete the
further progresses.
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3、 Software Calibration
Preparations
a. Help yourself to download related software via below link sharing:
http://swellpro.com/downloads/
Target Location: Waterproof Gimbal Software Assistant_Splash
Drone.rar
b. Download the ‘.rar’ file, and unzip to find three documents:
‘Diver for Splash Gimbal’,
‘Splash Gimbal(BGC) Software Assistant’,
and ‘Tuned Parameters for Splash Gimbal-20150627.profile’.
c. Open the ‘Diver for Splash Gimbal > CP210x_VCP_Windows’ to find
‘CP210xVCPInstaller_x64’ and ‘CP210xVCPInstaller_x86’. Thereinto,
Installer package with appendix ‘x64’ is for 64-bits Operation System, while
‘x86’ is for 32-bits. Pls install the Driver accordingly.
d. Before open the unzipped file ‘Splash Gimbal(BGC) Software Assistant’
to find the BLACK icon named ‘SimpleBGC_GUI’, it’s necessary to make
sure the computer is equipped with JAVA program. Of course, system will
automatically pop up a reminder dialog box as well.
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Parameter Programming
a. Double click the icon ‘SimpleBGC_GUI.exe’ to run the software
assistant
b. Choose the Suitable ‘Language’ setting from the Left-Upper Toolbar in
the popped-up interface. And connect the Gimbal controller Board with
computer by a piece of MINI USB data cable.
c. Choose the right 'COM' terminal, click 'Connect', and the button will
change to 'Disconnect' instantly, it's very convenient.
d. In line with the ‘ CONNECT’, there is a ‘Profile’ option on the right, click
the button ‘LOAD’ to pop up a dialog box.Reminding: Choose the Option '
Discard Changes and Continue', then choose the file ‘Tuned Parameters
for Splash Gimbal-20150627. profile’ and open it.Again Choose the Option '
Discard Changes and Continue'.
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(Step: c)
(Step: c)
e. The interface will return to homepage automatically, click the button’
Write’ to program the tuned parameters into Controller Board. Waiting for
the Progress bar fulfills 100%, then complete the procedure of Tuned
parameters programming.
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(Step: d、e)
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(Step: d、e)
(Step: e)
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f、Firstly Click ' Camera IMU ', then Click ‘CALIBRATE IMU’ to enter into
calibration interface, Fix up the Gimbal with Camera, make sure the Splash
Dive case is horizontal and still, and hold the Dive case tightly with one
hand.
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(Step: f)
g、Calibrate the Accelerometer
Firstly, click the left button ‘CALIBRATE’ to execute order on
Accelerometer, the Indicator will blink GREEN slowly, then flashing and
gradually become long GREEN, then the Accelerometer Calibration is
DONE.
Fix up Gimbal with Camera in Horizontal
ATTENTION: Pls make sure the waterproof Gimbal is staying horizontal &
still enough, any extra movement or swaying may cause failure in the
Calibration process.
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(Step: g、h)
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h、Calibrate the Gyroscope
Calibrate Gyroscope by clicking the right button ‘CALIBRATE’, the
Indicator will repeat blinking GREEN slowly, then flashing and finally
become long GREEN, then the Gyroscope Calibration is DONE.
i、After finishing the two calibrations, Click ‘Close’ to quit the Calibrate
Interface, then the homepage shows up. To ensure all the data are
completely executed & saved, pls DO click the button ‘Write’ once again.
j、Plug out the USB cable, and start to test the Gimbal. Repeating above
Calibration procedures if the Gimbal isn’t in balanced phased basing on
correct operations.
(Step: i)
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