What's going on guys? Today I'm going to show you how to use the dual remote
controller mode for the Mavic 2 so let's get right into it!
Hi, I'm Brett Garamella with brettgaramella.com and if you want to be a
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Alright so let's talk about the Mavic 2 - so we have the controller right here so
if you have two controllers you can control the Mavic 2 with either control
and I'm going to talk all about that in the video today so the thing is right
now there's only this controller available with the drone the controller
isn't sold separately so if you want to buy a Mavic 2 controller
I imagine DJI is going to have that sold separately on a store very soon that
would make sense now while you're waiting what can you do if you have two
drones and you're gonna be able to do this right away if you don't you could
also buy the smart controller and with this firmware you're able to use two
controllers automatic tune now this is only going to work with the Mavic 2
controller so you need to Mavic two controllers so your only option are the
controller that came with the drone the Mavic tube controller this one or you
could use a smart controller so you could have this with a smart controller
maybe even two smart controllers
now I'm going to update my firmware with a DJI go for app and this tablet right
here but you could use your phone or you could use your computer with DJI
assistant - alright so the first thing you want to do is power on your drone
then after that you're gonna power on your remote controller make sure your
battery is fully charged both on your controller your battery and your device
okay you need all those fully charged at least 50% or more but I recommend fully
charged so you don't have any problems alright so let's start the firmware
update so you're gonna go into DJI go for app ok so once you're in the app
just press that right there and you can start your firmware update remember when
you're doing a firmware update you want to turn everything on do your firmware
update turn everything back off and then turn everything back on
so after you do the firmware update you're gonna have to then link both
controllers to this drone you're gonna have to link them so that you have one
controller as your primary controller and then you're gonna have your other
controller as your secondary controller gonna show you how to do that right now
so remember after you do the firmware update you're going to turn your drone
back on okay then you're going to turn on your controller and then you're going
to go back into the DJI go for app so in the DJI go for app in the upper right
hand corner there's three little dots you're going to want to press on that
and then you're going to go down to the controller icon you're gonna press that
and then you're going to go all the way down to where it says on the bottom
linking remote controller so press that and then you're gonna have two options
you're gonna tap primary remote controller then you press okay then
you're gonna hear a beeping sound in on the side of your Mavic 2 where there's
two little openings you pull down the one right here
and there's a little black button and you're gonna want to press that very
lightly the thing with the Mavic 2 unlike the normal Mavic if you press
that black button too hard it could actually get stuck so just tap it ever
so slightly and then your remote control is gonna be linked to your drone as the
primary controller now with your second controller or your secondary controller
you're going to want to do the same exact steps you did with your primary
controller the only difference is when you're in the DJI Go 4 app when you go
down to the controller and you go to link you press that and then you can
have the options of tap primary controller or tap secondary controller
just choose secondary controller link it over here and you're good
so once you have your latest firmware updated and you linked both controllers
to the Mavic 2 both as the primary controller in the secondary controller
you're going to be able to fly using both of these controllers now keep in
mind the main thing to know is that the primary controller takes precedence over
the secondary controller for settings I know it sounds kind of obvious but if
you're using almost every setting if you're doing the same thing like you're
moving the gimbal are you moving the joysticks at the same time the Mavic to
would obey the primary controller it wouldn't obey the secondary controller
so the first controller has all the power basically and I'm going to show
you exactly how that works so let's get into the features
so let's talk about the gimbal dial the gimbal dial is on the left side of the
controller so you move it with your left finger and what that's gonna do is gonna
make the Mavic 2 gimbal go up and down so your panning down and then
you're going up with the Mavic 2 you can also pan all around different
directions I made a video about that up here but the thing is the primary
controller is going to take precedence over the secondary controller so if
you're both using the gimbal dial on both controllers the primary controller
is going to be is going to override the secondary controller what I recommend is
you fly the drone with your primary controller and your secondary controller
is controlling the camera movements okay up and down one thing to know it takes
two seconds after the primary controller uses a
function if both of you are using the same function before the secondary
controller can use it so for example if I'm the primary controller and I'm
controlling the gimbal and the secondary controller wants to control the gimbal I
move it around and then after I'm done I let go I have to wait two seconds before
the secondary remote controller can control the gimbal okay so there's a
two-second lag in between the time that the primary controller uses the control
dial let's go wait two seconds and then the secondary controller uses it
now the same thing happens with the control stick so if you're flying and
you're moving it around with your sticks and the secondary controller is moving
around with his sticks the primary controller overrides the secondary
controller and again you that two-second rule applies
now with the settings on the side tripod mode general GPS mode and sport mode you
can only control that with the primary controller so once that's set up like
let's say we're flying in tripod mode now it stays in tripod mold we're flying
in tripod mode the secondary controller can't control these different flight
modes so the secondary controller has no effect over the tripod the general
settings or the sport mode only the primary controller one thing to know
when the secondary controller is controlling the Mavic 2 this switch is
disabled so you're not going to be able to change this until the secondary
controller stops controlling everything so basically I would set it up or both
lea take your hands off of both controllers and let the primary
controller switch to sport mode general mode or tripod mode
now let's talk about the DJI go for app in the app the only settings available
in your main settings when using the dual remote controller mode is the
general settings and the remote controller settings all those other
settings are going to be blacked out and you're not going to have access to them
also when you're flying in doing remote controller mode all your settings in the
DJI go for app are going to go back to default so for example you'll return to
home altitude and things like this are gonna go back to default so you got to
go back in the app when you're done flying with two remote controllers and
then change all your settings back to the way they were it's kind of annoying
but it's just the way it is
so why use a dual controller mode the biggest advantage is having one person
control the flight of the drone and the other person controlling the gimbal
movements all right that's probably the best way to get really professional
drone footage and it's really hard to do both simultaneously and this makes it a
lot easier another thing is you can also use this for search-and-rescue so if
you're a firefighter or you're going somewhere after an accident or a crisis
happens one person can be controlling the drone the other can be scanning all
around looking for people that need help and things like this all right guys
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