The latest firmware of the Matrice 300 RTK and H20 Series has been released and we are excited to share with you some of the improvements and new features that are being introduced. From a new “LookAt” feature for the H20 Series to 3rd party tablet support, this article covers everything you need to know about the new updates.
This update includes new firmware versions for the M300 RTK, Smart Controller Enterprise, DJI Pilot App, BS60 Battery Station, and TB60 Batteries.
Please see videos here in regards to updating your system:
In camera settings you can now create a folder and also customize its name. This folder will be used until the drone is powered off or a new folder is created.
You can now enable the timestamp function, customize the content of the timestamp, and also select its location.
Available text contents include: Aircraft Model, Aircraft SN, Date and Time, Coordinates and Altitude, Custom Text. The location can be set as top left/top right/bottom left/bottom right.
This feature is designed to prevent the thermal sensor from being damaged by strong sunlight. When it’s switched on, the infrared shutter will be automatically closed when strong sunlight is detected by the camera.
In the previous firmware version, split mode was shown as thermal and wide camera view. Now it shows thermal and zoom camera view, and allows you to zoom in and out.
You can set the scene mode to be manual/default/inspection for the thermal camera. In manual mode you can configure the DDE, contrast, and brightness. In inspection mode these parameters are set for powerline inspection scenarios.
In the previous firmware the laser rangefinder was always on, and you could only determine whether to show it in the Pilot application camera view. Now with the U2 firmware version the laser rangefinder can be completely turned off.
In Enhanced Mode it’s always on as in the previous version, which is recommended for general missions as the laser rangefinder can help the zoom camera of H20 to focus and the intelligent functions to work well. In On-Demand Mode the laser rangefinder is enabled only when required, which can be useful for discreet missions as laser rangefinder may be detected by other night-view cameras.
When the aircraft is in the air, if the GPS module has a malfunction and the visual system is not in effect, the aircraft will automatically use the single point position data from the RTK module for positioning, to avoid the risk of entering ATTI mode unexpectedly.
A connection to a D-RTK 2 mobile station/Ntrip service is not required for this feature to work because RTK is working as a backup GPS in this case.
The controllability during the three-propeller emergency landing is improved.
Maximum descend speed in P mode has been increased from 3 m/s to 4 m/s.
RC will vibrate when the RTK/GPS signal is lost, or the visual system is no longer being used during the flight.
When you connect an Android device with DJI Pilot running on it to Smart Controller Enterprise, you can utilize the external device as a display of Pilot, and the Pilot app on the Smart Controller Enterprise will be disabled.
The validated devices include: Samsung Galaxy Tab S6, Xiaomi Mi Pad 4, Huawei M3, M4, M6.
Generally speaking other newer Samsung S tablets should work with the system as well but may have some display issues or lack the necessary processing power.
Note: DJI Pilot running on an external device doesn’t support firmware upgrades in HMS.
Press and hold the confirm button, then you can adjust the zoom level of the H20 series with the right wheel.
If the RC only has gimbal control, one stick controls the gimbal movements, and the other controls the zoom level.
The RC that doesn’t have aircraft control can enter the mission flight mode and see the planned flight route on the map so that both pilots know the current status of the mission.
The next two waypoints will be shown as a blue diamond on the screen of the FPV and camera view screen.
The target waypoint height and planned speed can be shown as blue triangles on the Flight Information of Primary Flight Display.
Similar to the function in P4R, Pilot now offers a linear flight mission planning mode that allows you to create a linear flight area after the user has set the linear flight points, expansion distance, and linear flight cutting distance.
Photo/video documents taken during a flight mission will be automatically saved in a subfolder in the SD card. When you execute a mission, you can customize the subfolder name.
H20 series will not respond to camera related actions from the user during the autonomous mission, in order to ensure the AI Spot-Check accuracy
In Smart Track mode, if you are tracking a car, and another car is passing by, sometimes the tracking would jump to the other car by mistake. This issue has been improved in the new firmware.
The recognition for trucks has also been improved in Smart Track.
3) RNG point will show ASL (absolute altitude)
In the U1 version it was showing ALT (relative altitude to home point), now it’s changed to ASL.
Go into map view, tap on the Pin (or place a pin if there has not been one placed), then click the edit button for the GPS coordinate menu to appear.
After you have created a Pin on the map or with the laser rangefinder, you may change the aircraft/gimbal direction, then you can click on the Lookat button to regain focus of the Pin point.
Whether the aircraft or the gimbal will turn depends on the gimbal mode and whether the RC has aircraft control. The Blue Lookat button pictured below will appear after a pin has been placed.
|
Gimbal mode |
Whether the RC has aircraft control |
Action |
|
Follow |
No |
The gimbal will turn to the Pin point |
|
Follow |
Yes |
The aircraft will turn to the Pin direction and the gimbal pitch will turn to focus on the Pin point |
|
Free |
No |
The gimbal will turn to the Pin point |
|
Free |
Yes |
The gimbal will turn to the Pin point |
Vertical speed will be shown as a white bar in FPV view and camera view.
In the previous firmware version, wind direction will show the absolute cardinal direction. In the latest version it is changed to the relative direction to the aircraft.
Similar to M2E series, you can change the RC mode configuration from T/P/S to A/P/S in Pilot App. Under A/P/S configuration, you can switch to ATTI mode if you turn the switch to T.
You can click on the aircraft icon to show/hide it.
You can clear the cache of the Pilot app in Pilot Settings now.
The upward and downward vision system can now be set separately.
In previous versions, even if you disabled the downward vision system, the drone would still stop at the braking distance,
Now if you disable the downward vision system, the drone will not stop when it’s close to the ground, however it will still decrease its speed to avoid hitting the ground sharply.
When the Pilot app is connected to M300 RTK, this GIF tutorial will pop up to tell users how to install the frame arms correctly, and you can click to stop it showing again.
Mount the H20 series gimbal on M300 RTK and connect it to DA2, then you will find H20 Series in the firmware update section with M300 RTK.
Previously the consistency upgrade window will pop up if a battery installed has a different firmware version with the one embedded in the aircraft firmware.
Now this function can be triggered proactively in the HMS page, so that you can use it to upgrade multiple batteries.
Previously there was a bug that the hovering time cannot exceed 25s, now it can reach up to 30s.
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